tc4b
Yeah I been drinkin, SO!?
Wondering what your opinions are regarding physical rack units vs. free plugins for low-end people like me. I have two outboard compressors I really like, but frankly I'm not convinced they're any better than some I've gotten for free (no, not illegal, there's actually a lot of free stuff out there). For people spending, say, <200 per rack unit, is the free stuff just as good if not better? In my opinion, yes, especially for reverb; nothing I can afford comes close to Bootsy's epicverb. For compression I'm on the fence, basically deciding whether I can bear to part with my two cheap compressors I actually like (unlike the rest of my cheap shit I don't so much) in order to help finance a new interface.
I know it might be a matter of how good one's ears are, and how serious one is about recording. I don't doubt that an la-2a would whoop ass all over any free plug, but I'm not going to be spending the money to get one or the time it would take to get good enough to be able to use it to its full potential.
BTW, the compressors I'm talking about are the RNC and a Symetrix501 (no, not the valley people one with the toggle switch).
I know it might be a matter of how good one's ears are, and how serious one is about recording. I don't doubt that an la-2a would whoop ass all over any free plug, but I'm not going to be spending the money to get one or the time it would take to get good enough to be able to use it to its full potential.
BTW, the compressors I'm talking about are the RNC and a Symetrix501 (no, not the valley people one with the toggle switch).