ProTools Plugins?

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Hi guys,

I've recently decided to try and start doing some home recording projects and I purchased the MBOX. I have recorded in a couple of different studios and both used ProTools. I guess having seen it used before kind of pushed me towards ProTools. So anyways, I have quickly realized that there are tons of plugins (and some are very expensive) and I just wanted some advice. Do I need some plugins, if so, what are some of the "needed" plugins. I remember one guy I recorded with used Antares Auto Tune religiously. He was like, lets put Antares on this guitar and this bass track and in these vocal tracks, lol. I was thinking geez all I did was write the song I guess I'll have to put on the CD: Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitars, and Bass all preformed by Antares Auto Tune, lol. But I never really got to sit and hear the difference in most of it without Antares. I can sing in key very well and of course I can tune my guitars... is there really any need for that? Anyways, really any useful infomation about ProTools, the plugins, the MBOX, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,

Barry
 
did you buy the Mbox factory bundle... if so that comes with tons of great plug ins and u should be fine with them if u didnt get the factory bundle ummm... i cant really help you with your question cuz i am happy with the plug ins i got bundled with my 002
 
Yes, I did get the factory bundle. Thats good news. I'm going to try and start recording some stuff with it today.
 
no, sounds like he overly used the Antares. I'd use auto tune only in situations that sound horrible without it. Maybe in bar 17 where the singer missed the A or something...then it might help. But putting it on things like a guitar track just make it sound worse. Guitarist like to bend notes or slide from chord to chord....and the auto tuner tries to tune those as well (depending on the settings you have it on). So it sounds weird. I guess it all depends on the type of music you plan on doing. Certain styles (ie. jazz, blues) i would never try it. But people have gotten away with using auto tune for years. Sometimes the little imperfections make the CD more real. :cool:
 
If your band is named Linkin Park, then yes- use Autotune on everything. :)
 
bd7117 said:
Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitars, and Bass all preformed by Antares Auto Tune, lol.

Barry
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lol.
the digirack stuff is a good tool to learn the basics.
id do that first.

peace
 
alright, i just contradicted myself this morning. i was playing around with a song I had on my computer of a band i DID NOT record...notice i said that i wasn't the one who recorded them. otherwise you can believe me when i say I would have kept them in the studio until they got it right. anyway, yeah, i used autotune today. The singer was SO flat as was the "trumpet player" (if you can call that a trumpet player...sounded more like a guitarist who just picked up the trumpet to record a track. hint as to why it was 30 cents flat on every note). The vocals sound so much better though. When I soloed the track and added the antares i thought that it wasn't working right, because when I A/B-ed the original to the effected it sounded like a half step of a difference on one of the notes he holds out. I thought that there was no way this was going to sound good with everything else. When I un-muted all the other tracks....low and behold!! He was in TUNE!!!! This was the first time I had actually gotten Antares to work well with a tune.

In short...I guess it all depends on the song. Some times it may be awesome, sometimes horrible. In fact, when I added it to the trumpet one of the notes he bends up to the last note didn't come out right. So i might X that one. This was a hard rock singer just to let you know too. Use it sparingly. :cool:
 
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