The Softube compressors he has there are outstanding too. Their stuff is great.
I just got their dbx160 model for free 
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I also agree with this tbh. The more basic the plugin the less tinkering you can do. I still use basic plugins for creating tracks.
I wouldn’t recommend fabfilter to beginners. Especially not for that price.
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Ah, cool. My compressor works exactly the same.
And the knee stuff is actually important for me currently, as the cover I’m testing it with sounded cr@p. The bass had a “banging” quality, hard to explain, but it s#cked!
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no, the knee is really subtle, it was not the cause of your problem.
Your problem was you were trying to use a limiter as a compressor
limiter = infinite compression. Your problems were almost assuredly a combination of threshold and ratio. I can tell you this without even listening to the track just because it is obvious based on what you used to compress.
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It’s a learning process
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Yep! Compression is one of the more difficult effects to grasp (which is why I suggested not overwhelming yourself with a super powerful plugin).
But the one you got is really good. You’ll get there, just try to stick to the basics at first
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Your wish is my command!
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Meanwhile I just completed my collection of the Arturia Minis by buying MiniFreak V. It’s the weird yet surprisingly deep digital brother to MiniBrute V. I did not need this synth (as I have the equally if not more weird Modwave Native, which is kind of like strapping four MiniFreaks to a Kaoss Pad), but what the hell, great used price and I did want it. I really dig Arturias own creations (a lot more than their emulations of others). Very harsh and aggressive untamed synths, totally my thing.
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Just added iZotope Ozone to my forsale list as I have mastering covered by other stuff now.
It’s basically a more powerful version of Logic’s Mastering Assistant with additional loudness control to various standards and profile targets.
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Wow, Bitwig’s builtins are good. Almost tempted to sell Pro-Q already 
Bitwig looks like a mix of Ableton, Logic and Reaper 
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It’s made by former Ableton developers, but yeah it’s got Reaper’s flexible feel to it too. Awesome so far, really liking it. Pretty sure I am going all in.
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Super easy to set up sidechain modulation for proportional EQ (just did it). Really digging how hard Bitwig leans in to DAW modulation sources. Not bad EQ for a built-in.
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I don’t think I can handle reading almost 800 posts but what are the main plug-ins one should have?
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I would recommend a good parametric EQ, a good amp and cab sim, and a good compressor and limiter, in that order, to start.
Depending on DAW you probably have some of these already.
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Free BDDI plugin, if SansAmp is your jam.
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Just picked up UAD’s Distressor, mostly because Melda’s was not good. I mean that melda’s was a fine compressor, but it was not a good emulation of the Distressor.
One funny thing was it immediately reminded me of how much I love d16 Frontier as a limiter. I got this awesome 909 sound going with it, just deliciously gnarly, but then realized I was boosting its output too much and driving the signal way up in to Frontier’s limiter threshold, which adds a lot of tone color
There was absolutely no need for me to buy this this and I do not recommend anyone else does - I just wanted another good vintage compressor model to go with my LA-2A. For 99% of you this would be a waste of money, unless you really want a Distressor.
However it is on sale for $39, which is nice.
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Yep, they have a couple of -essors and other effects plug-ins on sale right now!
Yeah their LA-2A and 1176 are, of course, canonical.
(That’s Bill Putnam’s company)
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This is the best post in this thread
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