5 Plugins I Was Wrong About 😬

Howdy! Today we're going to talk about 5 plugins I was wrong about and that I now can't stop using in nearly every session.

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0:00 Howdy
0:57 Disclosure/Sponsor
1:42 Microtonic
2:08 My Favorite Feature Of Microtonic
2:57 A Quick Microtonic Demo
3:30 InfiniStrip
4:28 Two Insanely Useful Features Of InfiniStrip
6:04 InfiniStrip Demos
6:50 Gullfoss
8:40 Gullfoss Demo
10:07 Playbeat
12:25 Reference
15:13 Reference Demo
15:43 Closing Thoughts

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[VenusTheory]

Any underrated plugins you think people should check out? 🤔
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[isaiahcottengaim]

For me, it was actually Ableton Live’s native devices. I underestimated how powerful and awesome Operator, Analog, and Saturator are. And Echo. It’s easy to get allured by 3rd-party devices and fail to appreciate how high quality some of the native devices are in your DAW 👍🏻

[Jokerjn]

Gulfoss and Reference might be my most valuable plugins I have in the sense that I use them on every project, neither of them really have a comparable alternative, and their contribution to the quality of each track is incredibly high. Hard to imagine going back to not having them.

I find with Gulfoss I almost always drag the HF range limiter slider over to prevent it from applying that big boost it always gives in the 10-20k range.

[JeremyForTheWin]

I have two that i've been enjoying lately

1. Peel by zPlane. It's basically an EQ visualizer that kinda looks like a screensaver but you can use your mouse to select and isolate particular frequencies or ranges and do stuff with them. It's pretty insane, you just like... drag your mouse over the spots that light up when vocals are there and then you can just turn them down. Plus its $40.
2. On the smaller side, theres a fun small volume shaper/sidechainer called STFU by Zeek. You can set up two envelopes and crossfade between them, it can sync to midi or bpm. And its free.

[RandomNoiseMusic]

Another insanely cool and fun feature of Microtonic is the morph sound cross fader at the top that gives the option to morph each and every parameter between two versions of the same kit. Love this vst, one of the best drum synths out there 🙌

[jamespingel]

For me it has to be Phaseplant actually. I mostly use VA synths like Diva, and the occasional FM synth. I like to think I've gotten pretty good at synthesis over the years, but nothing I make sounds newer than about the early 90s, and it's one of the things people constantly complain about in my music. I've tried a few of the other "powersynths" before, but I always end up in the same places, so I didn't figure Phaseplant would do much for me. I used it for the first time in a song last week and the first thing people have said when they hear the song is that they love the sound I made with Phaseplant, so that's definitely a sign I need to make a point to use it more.

[JakeyWakey]

Slick EQ GE by Tokyo Dawn. I stopped using it because i got "better" plugins, but then i had worse mixes. 🤷‍♂️

[adamtaborowski]

Thank you Venus for this video. I am extremely happy seeing that you are using my plugin. It is of course important for our company, but it is much more important for me emotionally. I am super happy to see that!! 😻

[Am-]

I always tend to forget about Hornet ThirtyOne… it can work wonders on the master bus, even if you think you already have quite a good mix (or you have a “not-quite-ready” mix and want a quick bettermaker to give you an idea where to optimize your mix).
It is kind of similar to Gullfoss in that it does some automatic balancing/unmasking, but works with a very different technology. And of course, being from HornetPlugins, it is super affordable…

[unieon]

Beatspace in Microtonic is a game changer for tweaking your presets!

[maxmartinez]

I really like using Drums That Knock especially when sampling breaks into the MPC. It adds that modern drum sound to old breaks or weak drums without having to add extra kicks or 808's layered beneath them.

[ahreuwu]

Gullfoss sounds like when I tried following a pink noise based eq leveling for mastering, the one beat I mastered with that was the best sounding beat I've ever done. I can't remember how it was done nor where I saw that tutorial, so I haven't been able to replicate that, but Gullfoss seems to work similarly. I've been eyeing soothe recently so I might try Gullfoss instead, it looks very powerful

[Cynshet]

Microtonic was my second VSTi I ever bought and I still use it today.

[Maradnus]

I brought play beat, thinking it was basically a pattern generator for drums….
Forgot I had installed it ..
And then my most over the audio, modern folder, and I saw play beat, so I put it on, and I realised that it had its own sounds drum sequencer, and it blew my mind …

I literally use it all the time now

[thesciencehq]

Hey, thanks for hooking me onto PhasePlant some time ago!

Acoustics hint - do you see that dip in the low end as well as the boost slightly higher, that SoundID is compensating for? That's SBIR. Do this experiment - move your speakers closer to the center of your room (further from the backwalls). This will move the dip and boost to lower frequencies. The goal of the exercise - move these 2 culprits below 50 hz, where you either way don't "hear" much. You can use Sonarworks' calibration mic, or any omni measurement mic with EQ analysis on the mic channel and running a pink noise at -18dB RMS aiming for 80 dB SPL coming out of the speakers. Trust me, SBIR can't be fixed with SoundID and you'll have a tremendous improvement in transient response and low end detail if you move these out of the way. It's your room more than your speakers (specifically your backwall).

[henriquenicolau]

It's important to mention that sonarworks reference is way better when measured with their own calibrated microphones

[permutemusic]

your videos are always so inspiring, there's nothing better than watching someone who truly loves what he's doing. out of all the youtubers out there doing this kind of stuff, you definitely do it the best.

[seanemmettfullerton]

Cameron! thanks. Love your attitude and good energy. Ha! It's easy to
get bombarded with the sheer amount of new software available today.
Like many, Soothe 2 has come to my rescue more than a few times...
it's hard to imagine not having it now :)

[friesiamans]

hey, i sit here in my garage, which opens up to my backyard with a view across the fields, and while i was watching, a thunderstorm slowly built up in the distance and exactly with the last soft stroke of the bass in your video a just as soft thunderstroke came from the outside and fitted in perfectly - yes, i heard the difference in my room, haha - i love moments like that... :-)
nice video, thank you!

[mrgsb]

Not to mention that Microtonic allows you to export sounds you’ve made to PO-32 Tonic by Teenage Engineering!