Quality Plug-ins?

[LIMiT]

wow. I think i'm going to take exception at what limit has been saying here. the answers are correct...just the reasoning/explanation has me wondering. i'm probably mis-interpreting this, but here's my take on it:



Native means that the plug is using your CPU power to run it.

TDM means you have DSP farms (like the UA cards) which do the processing for you, freeing up your CPU to handle other jobs.

neither of these are Mac or PC specific.

RTAS, AU and VST are all different types (formats) of plugins.

Cubase runs VST, so as long as the company have a native VST version of the plugin, it should in theory work.




we're probably saying the same thing here. Just wanted to clear the air

You're absolutely right...my explanation was incomplete (DSP cards are 'in computer too )


Native - any plugin running off the host CPU

RTAS, TDM - Protools plugs. RTAS are Native, TDM runs off DSP cards
VST's can be 'wrapped' using FXpansion VST to RTAS wrapper and used in Protools.

UA cards are exclusively for UA VST plugs, and do not require native CPU processing.

Yes... most (if not all) VST plugs should work with Cubase (sorry ..not a Cubaser myself).


Hope this doesn't add further confusion.

Cheers,

-LIMiT

 

[Sonixx]

Voxengo Voxengo Voxengo.

Voxengo.


Can't say it enough. If I have to choose between Voxengo and my UAD card, I'd take Voxengo (and I love my UAD plugs). Good prices - usually around $60 each. Great sound and very innovative. Some of my favs:

Soniformer - Kind of a cross between an multi band comp and dynamic EQ. Nothing can tighten up bass content like this can, IMO.

GlissEQ - A dynamic EQ that can sound awesome.

Elephant - Search around and you'll find that this limiter is preferred over some big name plug-ins.

Curve EQ is good too. It's linear phase, and has some unique controls. I tend to use Gliss EQ more, though.

+100000000

GlissEQ is great and so is Crunchessor.