A question from Sound Sonic - what is your favourite plugin brand and why?

[Resonator63]

From the list I voted PSP as they offer great customer service and excellent plug-ins.
D16 are also very good.
The following are not in the list.
Camel Audio,Fabfilter,Quikquak,Admiral Quality and Audio Damage are also excellent to deal with.To name a few

Yeah PSP, they're pretty solid all round, did you catch trhe 48track mixer app for the iPad demonstrated in NAMM? PSP was one of the first companies for Plugins to use in association with ipad - it's for a reason!

I'll have to look out for that NAMM demo,sounds interesting.

[SoundSonicTeam]

Voted other. Spectrasonics is def #1 in my book.

Love Rob Papen, U-He, and Lennar Digital. Big fan of NI's stuff as well.

Yes yes! Omnisphere an all time classic, still making waves across the industry!

Just checking your soundsets! Nice work, sounds great!

[Jace-BeOS]

@ SoundSonicTeam: Valid points about the NI thing. I'm not closed to NI doing future good things, but I feel they're not headed in a direction I agree with. I'm interested in upgrades to NI products I have, but my desire to use Kore makes that problematic. They've taken away my primary interest in their product catalog, without providing an equal replacement & smooth transition. I still believe those products are strong.

[SoundSonicTeam]

From the list I voted PSP as they offer great customer service and excellent plug-ins.
D16 are also very good.
The following are not in the list.
Camel Audio,Fabfilter,Quikquak,Admiral Quality and Audio Damage are also excellent to deal with.To name a few

Yeah PSP, they're pretty solid all round, did you catch trhe 48track mixer app for the iPad demonstrated in NAMM? PSP was one of the first companies for Plugins to use in association with ipad - it's for a reason!

And D16 too - coincedence they're both from Poland???? : )

[SoundSonicTeam]

I voted other. My favorite's (this week) are Audio Damage and SKNote.

"This week" - ha, I love that! Does feel like that...

Good choice!

[SoundSonicTeam]

From the list I voted PSP as they offer great customer service and excellent plug-ins.
D16 are also very good.
The following are not in the list.
Camel Audio,Fabfilter,Quikquak,Admiral Quality and Audio Damage are also excellent to deal with.To name a few

Yeah PSP, they're pretty solid all round, did you catch trhe 48track mixer app for the iPad demonstrated in NAMM? PSP was one of the first companies for Plugins to use in association with ipad - it's for a reason!

I'll have to look out for that NAMM demo,sounds interesting.

Yeah, it's all iPad crazy, I'll be interested how popular it gets without the ergonomic touch, there's always something nice about twisting a pot, especially one live performance. It always appears that the iPad is too fragile to be rock 'n' roll!!

[Resonator63]

Maybe they should make the itoughPad,designed for more rigorous use

[PaleBlueDot]

I voted other. While I enjoy NI Komplete and Maschine, they aren't my "favorites". I would list them as amongst the favorites that I have tried. I also enjoy U-He Zebra, and CA Alchemy. Again, it's mostly because I have tried them and like the quality. Camel Audio has been great with tech support, and I have never needed tech support with U-He. Native Instruments has a great overall quality, but I sent them a request for support once and it was never answered. Thankfully, I figured it out on my own. So, I felt the only thing to do was vote "Other".

[steffensen]

I voted Other, instead of Audiorealism, that wasnt in the list for some mysterious reason.
Both for the excellent and still unbeatable sound (imo), and also for mike being such a nice guy!

GForce isn't there either. Oddity is my second most used synth.

[SoundSonicTeam]

I voted other. While I enjoy NI Komplete and Maschine, they aren't my "favorites". I would list them as amongst the favorites that I have tried. I also enjoy U-He Zebra, and CA Alchemy. Again, it's mostly because I have tried them and like the quality. Camel Audio has been great with tech support, and I have never needed tech support with U-He. Native Instruments has a great overall quality, but I sent them a request for support once and it was never answered. Thankfully, I figured it out on my own. So, I felt the only thing to do was vote "Other".

Good reply, that's really interesting. You mention the response time and how that reflects on a company - it sadly takes away the quality of the product. The customer service seems to run porportionally with size of the company sometimes. But to look at it at another way it takes the attention of alot of users to build on the quailty of a brand and expand Research and Development so to bring products quicker to the market place. Take the Maschine, so good, but it needed NI to be what it is to be here now!

[SoundSonicTeam]

Maybe they should make the itoughPad,designed for more rigorous use

Or out rubber.....and spherical ; )

[ariston]

Other.

U-he and Camel Audio. Why? Because they are super-nice guys to deal with, offer great products at great prices, and keep their ear well to the ground.

[SoundSonicTeam]

Some smaller companies, a few bigger ones. FXpansion (which I ticked above), u-he, HG Fortune, Camel Audio for instruments; Izotope, Rob Papen, Team DNR for effects. IK Multimedia for both.

Thanks. good stuff - FXpansion is getting a lot of respect on here! Well deserved. What are you using by them at the mo?

[filkertom]

Customer service does make a huge difference. I appreciate responsiveness to customers; I'm used to Zingerman's Deli here in Ann Arbor (they train corporations on customer service), the cast members in Disney World, the folks at the forums for PG Music and Garritan, and many of the people mentioned above here at KVR. Especially Andy at Camel, Steven at Team DNR, Urs, Bronto Scorpio, aMUSEd... they rock.

[SoundSonicTeam]

NI for instruments because of their versatility.
PSP Audioware for effects because they offer good product plus very friendly & helpful people.

PSP getting a lot of love!! The Vintage Warmer's really made way for those guys.