Convince me not to buy thread

[lijnen]

I want to buy this thread

I will not buy this thread, it is scratched!

My DAW is full of eels!

I found myself just using some plugins of Kush and now after months of subscribing I'm considering buying just those... Oh the sunk cost effect.

[jamcat]

What is this haberdashery!

[_leras]

Hi all can we have a thread were we touch base with reality a little? I have too many plugins on my radar right now!

Case in point the Softube CL-1b is on sale and I have wanted that for a very long time. Matter of fact talk me about of that and the upcoming Weiss bundle sale.

Silly or serious answers welcome

You don't need it unless you record vocals and don't have any good compressors.

Even if you don't have an opto compressor, which are great for vocals, you can always use a different type of compressor. There may also be cheaper LA2A emulations that are good enough for cheap (waves/plug in alliance).

You can also micro edit the gain for a more natural effect, which you should do anyway.

Beyond that you can saturate, even in parallel, and/or use an inflator or limiter.

But if you don't have any top tier compressor and you know it will enhance your final tracks, then why not if the sale price is good enough.

I have uad LA2A and it's like magic on vocals and real instruments. This probably similar. Maybe not so much benefit on electronic sounds.

[chk071]

Hi all can we have a thread were we touch base with reality a little? I have too many plugins on my radar right now!

How do you like NI Crush pack, and, specifically, Dirt?

[Aiynzahev]

Hi all can we have a thread were we touch base with reality a little? I have too many plugins on my radar right now!

How do you like NI Crush pack, and, specifically, Dirt?

It's really good. So much variation available in such a simple plugin design and it all sounds so good. NI has a knack for putting out high quality effects with enough creative features while keeping it all stupidly simple to use. For the $20 I spent, total no brainer.

[vurt]

Hi all can we have a thread were we touch base with reality a little? I have too many plugins on my radar right now!

How do you like NI Crush pack, and, specifically, Dirt?

It's really good. So much variation available in such a simple plugin design and it all sounds so good. NI has a knack for putting out high quality effects with enough creative features while keeping it all stupidly simple to use. For the $20 I spent, total no brainer.

so you start a thread about convincing not to buy stuff, then convince other people to buy stuff!
what sorcery is this???

[Aiynzahev]

Hi all can we have a thread were we touch base with reality a little? I have too many plugins on my radar right now!

How do you like NI Crush pack, and, specifically, Dirt?

It's really good. So much variation available in such a simple plugin design and it all sounds so good. NI has a knack for putting out high quality effects with enough creative features while keeping it all stupidly simple to use. For the $20 I spent, total no brainer.

so you start a thread about convincing not to buy stuff, then convince other people to buy stuff!
what sorcery is this???

The trick is to buy the right stuff!

[_leras]

How do you like NI Crush pack, and, specifically, Dirt?

It's really good. So much variation available in such a simple plugin design and it all sounds so good. NI has a knack for putting out high quality effects with enough creative features while keeping it all stupidly simple to use. For the $20 I spent, total no brainer.

If you add NI Driver to that set as well, then it expands the palette even further. Driver is a bit wacky, but has some great sweet spots.

And yes gotta agree NI have been quietly putting out great FX (and synths e.g. super the past few years, despite how much the get disparaged.

[chk071]

Hi all can we have a thread were we touch base with reality a little? I have too many plugins on my radar right now!

How do you like NI Crush pack, and, specifically, Dirt?

It's really good. So much variation available in such a simple plugin design and it all sounds so good. NI has a knack for putting out high quality effects with enough creative features while keeping it all stupidly simple to use. For the $20 I spent, total no brainer.

That's what appeals to me as well with their FX: Simple to use and great sound quality.

[Aiynzahev]

Hi all can we have a thread were we touch base with reality a little? I have too many plugins on my radar right now!

Case in point the Softube CL-1b is on sale and I have wanted that for a very long time. Matter of fact talk me about of that and the upcoming Weiss bundle sale.

Silly or serious answers welcome

You don't need it unless you record vocals and don't have any good compressors.

Even if you don't have an opto compressor, which are great for vocals, you can always use a different type of compressor. There may also be cheaper LA2A emulations that are good enough for cheap (waves/plug in alliance).

You can also micro edit the gain for a more natural effect, which you should do anyway.

Beyond that you can saturate, even in parallel, and/or use an inflator or limiter.

But if you don't have any top tier compressor and you know it will enhance your final tracks, then why not if the sale price is good enough.

I have uad LA2A and it's like magic on vocals and real instruments. This probably similar. Maybe not so much benefit on electronic sounds.

Yes I agree. Even if it does sound very good on electronic sounds most of the benefit of this compressor in particular would be lost on it compared to the other good compressors I have.

[zerocrossing]

Just do what I did and buy everything till nothing else left to buy, problem solved.

I’m on it.

[Aiynzahev]

Well right now I'm looking into Techivation plugins, and Inertia sound systems Instinct. I'm expecting Instinct will go on sale come Black Friday and that's when I'll pick It up. Also want to get U-he Satin.

[zerocrossing]

How do you like NI Crush pack, and, specifically, Dirt?

It's really good. So much variation available in such a simple plugin design and it all sounds so good. NI has a knack for putting out high quality effects with enough creative features while keeping it all stupidly simple to use. For the $20 I spent, total no brainer.

If you add NI Driver to that set as well, then it expands the palette even further. Driver is a bit wacky, but has some great sweet spots.

And yes gotta agree NI have been quietly putting out great FX (and synths e.g. super the past few years, despite how much the get disparaged.

I took an assessment of my NI stuff after years of being disappointed by various things, and the conclusion I came to was that they have a lot of great stuff in their line up. I can definitely still make criticism on various aspects, but there’s also a lot that I use often and love.

[Virgiauskas]

If still relevant regarding 303 - you can always make any sounds with almost any VST synth you have, but at least for me ABL3 is just way easier as it's already tuned the way a 303 should sound - plus all the controls are laid out in similar fashion with all the necessary functions for your next acid hit.
So contrary to the threads title - I would convince you to buy it

I had looked at the Weiss de-esser, and I still think it might be better than what I got instead--the Klevgrand de-esser. However, "better" in this instance doesn't make a damn bit of difference to the music I make, or if it does, it is negligible. Take a hard look at those plugins, and don't get blinded by the shiny features. Ask yourself, will it truly make a difference to what you create--or the ease and efficiency with which you create it? Only you can decide.

Now, talk me out of Phoscyon 2 and ABL3. I can make nice 303s with so many of the plugins I own, right?

[plexuss]

"Convince me not to buy thread"

Do not buy thread. Save your thread money and put it towards a plugin.