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Plug-ins I Love - The Vocal Compressor That Just Works

If you missed the first part of this new series then to reiterate. 

In this new series I'm going to share the plug-ins I JUST LOVE. Some of them are going to be popular, some not so. Some plug-ins do amazingly complex things whilst other very simple things. These are the plug-ins that you will almost always found sat on my mix somewhere because when I'm mixing I think  'I know what is going to help that' or in some cases rescue it!

I'm going to choose a different type of plug-in for each post and I hope you will also suggest a similar plug-in that you use for the same job. What I hope we achieve with this series is sharing of our favourite plug-ins.

I'm not expecting you to agree with my choices, or to go out and buy every plug-in I talk about. You may want to try them, but like me you may already have a plug-in that's a faithful friend to you, if that's the case then keep on using it.

As I say what I hope the articles and the comments do is point all of us to some real gems that we may never have tried. Enjoy!

Renaissance Vox

Waves Renaissance Vox offer a simple one-stop solution for cleaning up and levelling a vocal.

  • Compression, gating, limiting, and level maximization in one plugin
  • Soft-knee compressor with auto make-up gain
  • Gentle downward expander for noise gating

All the above work incredibly well.

Why The Waves Renaissance Vox?

The jokes goes that "the trouble with making things idiots proof is that bigger idiots keep appearing." Setting the joke aside the Waves Renaissance Vox is perhaps the simplest most effective compressor for getting vocals levelled in a mix that I've come across.

It makes no claims about character, it's a simple 'meat and potatoes' compressor and expander gate for cleaning up and levelling vocals, there's not a lot more to say than that. 

Like many plug-ins I reach for this is a really set and forget and in some ways reminds me in terms of use as the old DBX over-easy slider compressors which were just "more or less."

I'm sure there's someone out there who could fill several pages of a forum with reasons not to use this plug-in - I'll let them continue with their writing aspirations and continue to use this baby.

As I am saying with each one of these posts I'd love to know what you use for these kind of jobs and why.

More on the Waves Renaissance Vox here

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Plug-ins We Love But Never Use - What Are Yours?
Plug-ins We Love But Never Use - What Are Yours?

A thought occurred to me recently: I have a lot of plug-ins. Some I like a great deal but never make it on to finished tracks. They might get instantiated in a session, I might play with them (sometimes it is just play...) but I then move on and use something else. I asked the team and while they all had some, there didn't seem to much consensus. In fact some of the suggestions from other members of the team were plugins I use very regularly. So lets hear them and hear yours.

Plug-ins I Love - The Master Tape Mastering Plug-in

This plug-in has the ability to glue tracks together that without it in the mix seem to just slip around together - cohesion is what I'm looking for and the ATR-102 is the magic to make that happen.

Plug-Ins I Love - The Unbeatable Beat Maker

It's the first thing I reach for when wanting to creating grooves and backbeats. Yes there are a lot of newer, faster, bigger, more trendy offerings, both in terms of plug-ins and hardware but when it comes to building grooves fast then Stylus RMX takes some beating.

Plug-ins I Love - The Supersonic EQ

The closest thing I've found to using a real analogue console, using it is a dream with the EQ responding to even the smallest nudge and so musical! Sweet, creamy, airy, gutsy are all words that I could use to describe it and  why you'll find this EQ all over my mixes.

Plug-ins I Love - AIR Xpand!2

Russ continues his series on plug-ins he loves. Granted there are more powerful synths and sample libraries you can buy, but when it comes to bread and butter sounds then this one takes some beating.

Plug-ins I Love - The Buss Compressor On Steroids

If I have a drum mix then it's highly likely you are going to find this plug-in on it.

Plug-ins I Love - The Vocal Compressor That Just Works

Part 2 of Russ' new series, in this one he talks about an idiot proof compressor for vocals.

Plug-ins I Love - The Filter That Just Keeps On Giving

In this new series Russ shares some of his favourite plug-ins and hopes that not only will you try the ones he oboes but also share the ones you love too.

tags: Plug-ins I Love, Waves
categories: Plug-in
Thursday 07.09.15
Posted by Russ Hughes
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