What is you Desert Island VST?

[ido1957]

I would pick my Cakewalk CA2A compressor. Simple to dial in, adds a nice flavour to everything, the harmonics are very nice.

 

[easlern]

I guess I'll take Adam Monroe's Austrian Grand. Or a good channel strip. Is that cheating?

 

[pikingrin]

Are we limited to processor plugins or can we pick from VSTi's, too?

 

[JimmyS1969]

I would go with a good compressor myself. Waves API 2500 is my 'go-to' comp.

This desert island still has a daw with stock VST's right?

 

[Greg_L]

Since this desert island obviously has electricity, I'm talking all of my real drums and amps and will just record there like I do here. No magic VSTs required.

 

[Armistice]

Fuck VSTs. I'd take food, beer and women..

 

[rayc]

Now David, before looking over your shoulder take the e from the last word and replace it with an a.

 

[Pinky]

Waves L3 Multimaximizer (so I can EQ and compress)

 

[Chili]

UAD 1176...

and some chocolate lava cake, just in case it's a dessert island.

 

[TKeefe]

The one plug that's on everything these days is the Eventide Ultraverb. Every time I stick another brand on I eventually switch it back. I have been using a lot of Nebula recently which opens up a whole lot of territory.


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[kcearl]

Few mentioned that Id rate too

Uad 1176 collection
Ultraverb
Nebula

Cant think of one I use more than others or couldnt do without, I love the presonus fat channel, I generally have it on every channel whether I use it or not...the new Uad fairchilds are excellent too.

 

[Guitargodgt]

TBH if I had to only use 1 3rd party plug it would be an eq because I fucking hate cubase's stock eq. Everything else is livable IMO.

So for me it's proQ.

 

[Tadpui]

I don't think that I could pick just one. I have several that I use on every project. But the one that seems to consistently amaze me is Waves L1 Limiter + Ultramaximizer. One-knob hard limiting is perfect for home-brew "mastering". It's so transparent and makes it simple to bring mixes up to volume for sharing. I would give up the rest of the Gold bundle if I could just keep L1.