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Plug ins for Adobe audition

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qwietbwoy

Hi Everyone:

First time poster here. I have Adobe Audition and I am planning to do everything from imaging to commercials to podcasts. I was told by somebody that I need to get some plug ins to add more punch to my productions. First, where can I find some good plug ins at...online stores, landbased stores, etc? What is the price range? Third, what type of plug ins would you recommend to a person doing the types of productions I plan to do? I figure with imaging I am going to need some serious stuff.

Thanks.
 
> Hi Everyone:
>
> First time poster here. I have Adobe Audition and I am
> planning to do everything from imaging to commercials to
> podcasts. I was told by somebody that I need to get some
> plug ins to add more punch to my productions. First, where
> can I find some good plug ins at...online stores, landbased
> stores, etc? What is the price range? Third, what type of
> plug ins would you recommend to a person doing the types of
> productions I plan to do? I figure with imaging I am going
> to need some serious stuff.
>
> Thanks.
>

Adobe/Cool Edit Pro supports DirectX plugs. I personally have also purchased Sonic's Vegas and Soundforge, not so much to use the editors, but to use the plugs that come with them in Adobe. Sonic's plug-ins are MUCH better. I also have ALL the WAVES plug-ins. Even better than Sonic's. WAVES are costly though.
 
Audition 1.5 also supports VST plug-ins..I really like the Wave Arts' "Track Plug" as a single channel mic processor it's got everything, Expander, Gate, EQ, compressor/limiter..superb..

free trials at www.wavearts.com


They also make "Master Verb" and really strong reverb/effects plug-in. They also have several others available..Couple of hundred dollars, and well worth it. You can also find a TON OF SHAREWARE plug ins by "Googling" VST Plug-ins, Shareware/Freeware etc.

For noise reduction I use "Sound Soap"

It also produces some neat vocal effects...
 
It sounds a little like you're looking for a "magic button". Adding "punch" comes from using compression techniques. I don't know of any plug in designed specifically for adding punch (except the puncher included in Steinberg's Wavelab...And I don't care for it). That punch sound is done using an upward expander, or in some cases, with upward compression. Both of these can be done within Audition, without the help of a third-party plug-in. Audition has nearly every type of effect built in. Learning to use the bundled Audition effects is probably the best way to go. Purchasing a $300 compressor plug-in isn't going to magically make something sound better. If you've mastered the art of compression, however, then there might be a benefit with a better module. Same goes for EQ and most other effects. Until you're really good with compression, don't even try to work with a multiband compressor. The WAVES C4 is an amazing tool that can yeild incredible results...And with it's $400 price tag, it's tempting to think that it will make everything sound amazing. However, it's actually much easier to ruin a sound with the C4, than it is to improve the sound. This is true of many high-end plug-ins. The better the plug-in, the more skills you need to use it.

There are exceptions to these rules. Izotope Spectron cannot be duplicated using Audition alone. And there are other things that Audition simply cannot do.

That being said, here are my favorite plug-ins:

Izotope Ozone 3 (Mastering) ($300)
Izotope Spectron (Weird Sounds - Modulation and delay) ($130)
Izotope Trash (Distortion and amp simulator) ($200)
Izotope Vinyl (Turntable simulator) (Free)
Amplitube (Guitar amp simulator) ($300)
Waves L3 (Auto-summing multiband brickwall limiter) ($600)
Waves Diamond Bundle - Native (Full plug-in line) ($3800)
Sony Sound Forge Time Stretcher (time stretch algorithm in Sound Forge)

Emmett

> Hi Everyone:
>
> First time poster here. I have Adobe Audition and I am
> planning to do everything from imaging to commercials to
> podcasts. I was told by somebody that I need to get some
> plug ins to add more punch to my productions. First, where
> can I find some good plug ins at...online stores, landbased
> stores, etc? What is the price range? Third, what type of
> plug ins would you recommend to a person doing the types of
> productions I plan to do? I figure with imaging I am going
> to need some serious stuff.
>
> Thanks.
>
 
Thanks Emmett for the comments. I think I do need to learn compression techniques. I don't understand it fully. Any good books to learn a little bit about it or should I just mess around by trial and error? all advice is welcome.

> It sounds a little like you're looking for a "magic button".
> Adding "punch" comes from using compression techniques. I
> don't know of any plug in designed specifically for adding
> punch (except the puncher included in Steinberg's
> Wavelab...And I don't care for it). That punch sound is
> done using an upward expander, or in some cases, with upward
> compression. Both of these can be done within Audition,
> without the help of a third-party plug-in. Audition has
> nearly every type of effect built in. Learning to use the
> bundled Audition effects is probably the best way to go.
> Purchasing a $300 compressor plug-in isn't going to
> magically make something sound better. If you've mastered
> the art of compression, however, then there might be a
> benefit with a better module. Same goes for EQ and most
> other effects. Until you're really good with compression,
> don't even try to work with a multiband compressor. The
> WAVES C4 is an amazing tool that can yeild incredible
> results...And with it's $400 price tag, it's tempting to
> think that it will make everything sound amazing. However,
> it's actually much easier to ruin a sound with the C4, than
> it is to improve the sound. This is true of many high-end
> plug-ins. The better the plug-in, the more skills you need
> to use it.
>
> There are exceptions to these rules. Izotope Spectron
> cannot be duplicated using Audition alone. And there are
> other things that Audition simply cannot do.
>
> That being said, here are my favorite plug-ins:
>
> Izotope Ozone 3 (Mastering) ($300)
> Izotope Spectron (Weird Sounds - Modulation and delay)
> ($130)
> Izotope Trash (Distortion and amp simulator) ($200)
> Izotope Vinyl (Turntable simulator) (Free)
> Amplitube (Guitar amp simulator) ($300)
> Waves L3 (Auto-summing multiband brickwall limiter) ($600)
> Waves Diamond Bundle - Native (Full plug-in line) ($3800)
> Sony Sound Forge Time Stretcher (time stretch algorithm in
> Sound Forge)
>
> Emmett
>
> > Hi Everyone:
> >
> > First time poster here. I have Adobe Audition and I am
> > planning to do everything from imaging to commercials to
> > podcasts. I was told by somebody that I need to get some
> > plug ins to add more punch to my productions. First, where
>
> > can I find some good plug ins at...online stores,
> landbased
> > stores, etc? What is the price range? Third, what type of
> > plug ins would you recommend to a person doing the types
> of
> > productions I plan to do? I figure with imaging I am going
>
> > to need some serious stuff.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
 
Thanks Jeff & Woody. Will have to check out your recommendations. I have heard a lot about Wave Arts.

> Audition 1.5 also supports VST plug-ins..I really like the
> Wave Arts' "Track Plug" as a single channel mic processor
> it's got everything, Expander, Gate, EQ,
> compressor/limiter..superb..
>
> free trials at www.wavearts.com
>
>
> They also make "Master Verb" and really strong
> reverb/effects plug-in. They also have several others
> available..Couple of hundred dollars, and well worth it.
> You can also find a TON OF SHAREWARE plug ins by "Googling"
> VST Plug-ins, Shareware/Freeware etc.
>
> For noise reduction I use "Sound Soap"
>
> It also produces some neat vocal effects...
>
 
Start with this:

http://izotope.com/products/audio/ozone/OzoneMasteringGuide.PDF

That's the Ozone mastering guide. It is ESSENTIAL reading, even if you don't have Ozone and aren't interested in mastering.

After reading that, just Google around for other good articles. Many of the best come from Sound on Sound magazine.

> Thanks Emmett for the comments. I think I do need to learn
> compression techniques. I don't understand it fully. Any
> good books to learn a little bit about it or should I just
> mess around by trial and error? all advice is welcome.
 
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