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Your Favorite Plugins

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Nelz

Hey fellow audio nerds,

What are some of your favorite--most used--plugins for VO? They're damned expensive; so before I invest my hard-earned moolah, I'd like to hear of your experiences.

nelz
 
I use WAVES' C1, L2, L3, Q10 and REQ6 ALL the time.

Only Adobe plugs I use is either the Graphic EQ or the Parametric EQ, Mackie Hi Boost setting. Great overall VO EQ.

Also use Sony's (Vegas) Dynamic compressor and Reverb plugs. Sony's Time Compression plug is outstanding!
 
Izotope Ozone is, by far, my most valuable plug-in. It's designed as a mastering toold, but it makes a phenominal voice processor. For more creative stuff, I also like the other Izotope plugs.

Emmett
 
Izotope's Vinyl is a fun plugin when you have to make something sound old. I also use the Blue filter and delay a lot (got the Blue line of plugs from a disc in a computer music magazine) as well as Sony's Wavehammer chained with a touch of Sony's reverb as a finisher. Using Vegas, Acid, Sound Forge.

Rob
 
Not only am I an audio nerd, but I'm also a Pro Tools fanatic.

And by fanatic, I mean, I've invested a truckload of money in the software, the hardware, and the plugins, and by God, I'm stickin' with it.

Anyway, I must admit, I've got LOTS of plugins...all of them legit by the way.

And, honestly, more often than not, I find myself reaching for the built-in comp / limiter / expander for my voiceovers.

Sure, a little C1 or the Renaissance Compressors from Waves does the trick and makes things sound nice and phat too...

But, I think for built-in dynamics processing, Pro Tools has a really impressive toolset.

I have a good friend who does a tremendous amount of A/V post here in Chicago, and even he reaches for the Digirack plugins!

So, before you go shelling out your "hard-earned moolah" on expensive plugins...

Download as many demo versions as you can before you buy, and try the built-in stuff that's in your workstation already.

You might just be surprised what a little tweaking and twiddling can get you...for next to nuthin'!

Oh...and for what it's worth...I second that emotion on the iZotope stuff...I have all their plugs, and they're fantastic.

And for creative plugins, I really like the Soundtoys plugins...They're super-neato, and now, they're Native, so you don't need a TDM / HD system to run 'em!

Mike Bratton
Voice Guy

www.mikebrattonvoice.com
 
I, too, am a Pro Tools user. I do use the Digirack effects more than anything else...and they are very good. But I'm always in the search of something better...you know...the HOLY GRAIL of VO treatments (cue angelic sfx).

Thanks Emmett for the Izotope lead; I found a demo and gave it go at the station...Wow! I loved it.

I look for a WAVES C-1 demo with no luck.
 
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