Best Vocal Plugin

[Kaboom75]

DMG Audio Essence and Soundtoys Alterboy + Echoboy would be a great combo for vocals.

[Paschalis I.]

There's no something like "best vocal plugin".

Every single compressor or eq can work (put some saturation in there too).

If you've done a good job recording then you won't need to do much.

If a vocal suite is what you're looking for then google nectar vst, it's cool.

[LittlePete]

Sound toys Little Alter Boy is great

https://www.soundtoys.com/sxsw2015/&rc=373-5594-211

[RunBeerRun]

Soundtoys Little Alter Boy has 2200 samples of latency, which makes it a producer plugin, not a vocal plugin.

[simon.a.billington]

Actually I managed to get my hands on the demo and it's very nice indeed.

It's quick, intuitive, can be used on its own or in conjunction with other processes. It's easier to use than you might think.

http://youtu.be/YmBA4syh1dA

[Den*]

Very good results with these:

Boz Audio +10dB Compressor

http://www.bozdigitallabs.com/product/p ... ompressor/


PSP MasterQ2 Equalizer after compression.

http://www.pspaudioware.com/plugins/equ ... _masterq2/

[jhudstudio]

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 6&t=450891
Here is my Vocal plugin I made. It basically helps vocals to sit in a mix buy using compression/limiting. Check it out.

[simon.a.billington]

There's this thing I saw on ProTools expert...
http://youtu.be/j_AaQnsRYsM

[DrGonzo]

I know there are many more advanced plugins out there - and I've bought many of them - but I ALWAYS end up using Voxengo Voxformer on my tracks. Super simple to use and very good sound.

/C

[stardustmedia]

Any plugin that is not yet mentioned?

That's what you get for a very general question

I think I'll add a more generic recommendation :
- Any kind of compressor with character. Depending on the mix situation choose the right one, let's say out of 10
- Any kind of EQ with character. Depending on the mix situation choose the right one, let's say out of 10
- One neutral filter for lo and hi cuts
- 2 - 3 different filters (like FilterFreak, WOW, Etch, etc.)
- 3-4 different types of delays
- 3-4 different types of highclass reverbs
- add another 5-7 modulation types of effects
- depending on your style of music maybe also 2-3 different glitch, stepped, etc. style of effects
- also very important with vocals. one hiclass pitch tune plugin (e.g. Melodyne or Autotune)

That's about it. With that you're set up for EVERY possible situation

[ViciousBliss]

The best all-in-one I've tried is CLAVocals. That said, it really depends on what you want to do. If we're just talking dynamics and eq, there are a lot of options.

Mostly I'm using, some on the vocal tracks, some on a vocal bus, and some on the vocal fx tracks:

Autotune 8(almost always some form of Flextune)
Revoice Pro for creating doubles and aligning existing harmonies
Fabfilter Pro Q2 so I can spectrum grab things
Metric Halo Channel Strip 3
U-He Satin
Waves C1
Waves C4
Waves L1
Ozone 7
CLA76
CLA2A
Quiet Art's Waverider
Sonnox Inflator
Klanghelm SDRR
Klanghelm MJUC

I'm into more classic fx than I am into modern uses of delay and reverb. For those I'll use:

Metric Halo Dirty Delay
Softube Fix Flanger
Excalibur
H3000
Ultrareverb
Blackhole
Renaissance Reverb
Any of the Lexicon Reverbs and sometimes PCM Effects
Satin in delay or flange mode
Tsar-1
CLAEffects
CLAUnplugged
CLAGuitars
Waves Doubler

You could almost just pick random plug-ins from each category and come up with something good if you know what you're doing. My advice would be to go watch youtube videos of all the top plug-ins and decide what you like best.