Channel Strip VST?
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2805 posts since 22 Mar, 2006 from cornwall
Hi,
I’m currently using Izotope Ozone 2, Izotope Nectar 2and Voxengo’s Voxformer as my general channel strips which are all quite good.
I noticed Waves has just released the Scheps Omni and this can be had for as little as $37 which seems like a real bargain if it’s any good. I’ll be downloading the demo to try it out today.
This has made me wondering what other new channel strips are out there and what else I should be auditioning?
I normally use a combination of Acon Equalize/Tokyo Dawn Labs Slick EQ GE, Tokyo Dawn Labs Nova ME for EQ, NI Vintage Compressors or Tokyo Dawn Labs Kotelnikov GE and Fabfilter Pro-DS plus a few plugins built into Cubase 9 and a few various reverbs. These all sound great but sometimes I find a channel strip can be very useful.
What would you recommend?
I’m currently using Izotope Ozone 2, Izotope Nectar 2and Voxengo’s Voxformer as my general channel strips which are all quite good.
I noticed Waves has just released the Scheps Omni and this can be had for as little as $37 which seems like a real bargain if it’s any good. I’ll be downloading the demo to try it out today.
This has made me wondering what other new channel strips are out there and what else I should be auditioning?
I normally use a combination of Acon Equalize/Tokyo Dawn Labs Slick EQ GE, Tokyo Dawn Labs Nova ME for EQ, NI Vintage Compressors or Tokyo Dawn Labs Kotelnikov GE and Fabfilter Pro-DS plus a few plugins built into Cubase 9 and a few various reverbs. These all sound great but sometimes I find a channel strip can be very useful.
What would you recommend?
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- KVRAF
- 4712 posts since 26 Nov, 2015 from Way Downunder
- KVRAF
- 4434 posts since 15 Nov, 2006 from Hell
loads of them. you might want to check out Hornet Channel Strip MK3, there are also various IK Multimedia channel strips, a couple of Softube ones, boz +10dB... i can't be arsed to give you the whole list of channel strips worth checking out, there's just too many of them.
I don't know what to write here that won't be censored, as I can only speak in profanity.
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- KVRian
- 1310 posts since 16 Nov, 2011
- KVRAF
- 2868 posts since 8 Dec, 2008 from Global Cowboy
Alloy 2 gets a lot of use around here.....
It's a serious Swiss army knife for sure...
But I still use Mix Control Pro from time to time...
We have so many choices these days,we are really spoilt
It's a serious Swiss army knife for sure...
But I still use Mix Control Pro from time to time...
We have so many choices these days,we are really spoilt
No auto tune...
- KVRAF
- 23496 posts since 12 Jul, 2003 from West Caprazumia
Alloy has been discontinued since 2016... and Mixcontrol since before the war
"Preamps have literally one job: when you turn up the gain, it gets louder." Jamcat, talking about presmp-emulation plugins.
- KVRAF
- 2868 posts since 8 Dec, 2008 from Global Cowboy
That's right....jens wrote:Alloy has been discontinued since 2016... and Mixcontrol since before the war
Along with Stradivarius violins,Neve consoles and a bunch of other old rubbish
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No auto tune...
- KVRAF
- 4882 posts since 4 Aug, 2006 from Helsinki
A good one...digitalboytn wrote:That's right....jens wrote:Alloy has been discontinued since 2016... and Mixcontrol since before the war
Along with Stradivarius violins and Neve consoles and......
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- KVRAF
- 3273 posts since 22 Aug, 2012
Do you mean iZotope Neutron 2...Ozone's more for mastering. If not Neutron's worth a look, although I found it used more than an ideal amount of CPU for a channel.dickiefunk wrote:I’m currently using Izotope Ozone 2, Izotope Nectar 2and Voxengo’s Voxformer as my general channel strips which are all quite good. I noticed Waves has just released the Scheps Omni and this can be had for as little as $37 which seems like a real bargain if it’s any good. I’ll be downloading the demo to try it out today.
There are many many options, for all kinds of budgets, but Waves Scheps Omni is certainly worth checking out. I think it's great, both in sound, but also workflow and flexibility. It's a bit of a no-brainer at the intro price.
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- KVRist
- 384 posts since 15 Jan, 2003
Below are a few of the options, in my plugin folder, that are worth consideration:
* Brainworx bx_console E, G & N
* McDSP 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip
* Metric Halo ChannelStrip 3
* Softube Summit Audio Grand Channel
* Softube Tube-Tech Classic Channel
* Wave Arts TrackPlug 5
* Brainworx bx_console E, G & N
* McDSP 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip
* Metric Halo ChannelStrip 3
* Softube Summit Audio Grand Channel
* Softube Tube-Tech Classic Channel
* Wave Arts TrackPlug 5
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- KVRian
- 1097 posts since 28 May, 2010 from Finland
It's a matter of taste really, but I've found SSL channels to sound best for the type of music that I do.
So in this case you could look at Waves SSL (https://www.waves.com/bundles/ssl-4000-collection) or a Duende (these can be had quite affordably from Ebay now). Softube Console 1 is also great, if you can afford it.
I have also read about the MH Channel Strip 3 to be awesome, but it would be possibly redundant, if one already has a SSL strip. So budget-conscious would draw between the MH CS 3 and some SSL strip.
So in this case you could look at Waves SSL (https://www.waves.com/bundles/ssl-4000-collection) or a Duende (these can be had quite affordably from Ebay now). Softube Console 1 is also great, if you can afford it.
I have also read about the MH Channel Strip 3 to be awesome, but it would be possibly redundant, if one already has a SSL strip. So budget-conscious would draw between the MH CS 3 and some SSL strip.
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- KVRAF
- 35191 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from the wilds of wanny
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- KVRian
- 1310 posts since 16 Nov, 2011
Indeed, I bought it when it was on sale for 9$ and also this sample pack from DNR Collaborative, but forgot to backup thes samples and I lost them, except MixControl Pro.
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- KVRAF
- 1530 posts since 17 Sep, 2002
Airwindows CStrip for something a bit different.