Keep or trash 298 plugins… which 64 do I keep?

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@FredDeMassiveAlambic 2 ай бұрын

Roasting you for throwing away : - slick EQM : (one of) the best digital mixbus EQ. - StageOne : do you really prefer Wider ??? - Kelvin : this thing is 1. hugely creative 2. absolutely stunning soundwise, miles away from Decapitator And for keeping this aliasing Waves stuff :(

@voinrima 2 ай бұрын

Sonnible SmartComp going to thrash is mad actually

@587583922 2 ай бұрын

Agreed about Slick EQ M (and the other versions). They're great, even if I have other things I prefer. Trashing Kelvin is insane to me - at least to my ears, there's nothing better available ITB.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

I feel you!

@elevateaudioengineering4892 2 ай бұрын

anyone that chooses Wider over Stage one is telling you how little they know. Also, notice how he only keep the Luca AA plugs?? What a shill this clown is.

@who_is_dis Ай бұрын

@@voinrima Probably the best spectral side chain compressor - I haven't compared it to Soothe since I don't have that but I would bet money on SmartComp

@djflusso 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing, great videos!

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@jxcn 2 ай бұрын

I really love Waves MaxxBass, was a bit surprised to see you skip over it - any thoughts? It does a great job at bringing out upper harmonics for bass.

@xerixm5314 26 күн бұрын

Pro q 3 & pro L 2 is all you need. And maybe a distressor 🤘

@anonymousbrowser4448 2 ай бұрын

Slick eq m is great you should give it a try again. You have built in autogain that works perfectly to not trick your ears even when you’re boosting. Makes for some really conscious decisions

@AutoclaveBeats 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this video...am curious about your delay settings for the vocal widener...how did you come about those specific numbers for each side of the delay?

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Learnt it in a A.schepps workshop, and I have had that as the default since.

@davidwitte6466 2 ай бұрын

FYI, Ozillose by Shulz Audio is a great Oscilloscope and allows for overlaying multiple sources…AAX format.

@fdgggfh24 2 ай бұрын

So are you using the MJUC with these settings on your Mixbus? Have a nice day!

@S7V7N_SEAS 2 ай бұрын

11:59 can you make a video of how you are using LANDR sessions to connect to OBS?

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Easy, add plugin for LANDR sessions and use it as mic input in obs and done!

@artysanmobile 2 ай бұрын

I like your thinking. If the name isn’t immediately familiar - TRASH IT! I have a similar problem and you’ve inspired me to clean house. There’s nothing worse than knowing just what you want, an EQ, and finding a drop-down menu 80 items long.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Bangon

@MrAkkaTinka 2 ай бұрын

In the video on your new mastering template, there is no routing to the analog chain. Don't you use your analog gear anymore or do you have it as an insert on any given channel?

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Use it as an insert :)

@melokit-music 2 ай бұрын

hi and thank you very very much for all these precious tips (and theses presets!!!) on the other hand I have no idea how to install them.. I tried to put them in the preset folders but no way to make them appear ! an advice could be welcome (and sorry for my "french-english" language )

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

I need to update each folder with install instructions - stand by!

@melokit-music 2 ай бұрын

@@panorama_mastering ok kool

@Hoolagun 2 ай бұрын

"Two big ears you're out" - Proceeds to write it in the KEEP column :P

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Haha a few errors there! I updated the list so we’re all gucci!

@MilliardBeats 2 ай бұрын

Having some problems downloading the decapitator preset on your newsletter, not sure if that’s on your end or my end tho

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Weird, email me and I’ll flag it to my todo tomorrow morning

@MattGarwood777 2 ай бұрын

question - how does switching God Particle’s sidechain from internal to external change its multiband processing?

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Because in ext with no ext linked there’s NO signal triggering the mb compression ;)

@robshrock-shirakbari1862 2 ай бұрын

Waves MV2 is one of a handful of Waves keepers.

@camilodias5158 2 ай бұрын

I came from the fiture to say: yes

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Never explored it. What y’all using it on?

@camilodias5158 2 ай бұрын

@@panorama_mastering boost low levels and lower high levels, usable in a lots of scenarios. Greetings from Brasil!

@camilodias5158 2 ай бұрын

@@panorama_mastering to boost low levels and lower high levels, usable in a lot of stuff. Greetings from Brasil!

@Hoolagun 2 ай бұрын

Also agree with mv2

@NoQualmsTheArtist 2 ай бұрын

Keep them all or you can't open old project. Honestly every professional should own as many plugins on the market as they can so they can open clients projects, you naturally acquire them over time for this very reason. Doesn't mean you have to use them or get analysis paralysis. Just use your core plugins to mix.

@marcusgarveyson 2 ай бұрын

He really forget that he will need to open old projects !!! That's the reason I don't delete plugins

@scotthstevenson 2 ай бұрын

Why can’t we see izotope ? Hiding Ozone5 ?

@juanhamilton_ 2 ай бұрын

love the new look king 😎

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Cheers m808

@xrabbz2010 2 ай бұрын

I appreciate the sh*t outta this video. I’m trawling KZfaq trying to find a clipper that sounds the same as the saturation from the old T-Racks 2.4 standalone mastering software, like the look of diamond, gonna go see if there’s a demo now

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Nice!! Check it ;)

@DaftyBoi412 2 ай бұрын

BTW, you put hornet harmonics in the "remove" list when you said you wanted to keep it. Just in case you wonder where it's gone from your Mac next time you enter a session and goto use it and it's not there ;P.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Great point! I updated that in my list on the edit after the fact ;)

@esahm373 2 ай бұрын

Klanghelm Mjuc in fact does only cost around 25 bucks.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Cheap as chips!

@cefk9944 2 ай бұрын

I've been using SuperVHS in every session, since it came out, back in the day. Put it on a reverb, hit the magic button and start playing with the drift-knob .. maybe adjust the mix-knob (introduces almost a phasy sound). Add a little drive or wash, if needed .. Also works on boring synth-hats.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Great tip! Haven’t tried that before

@cefk9944 2 ай бұрын

@@panorama_mastering Enjoy :)

@yurikalashnikov2460 2 ай бұрын

I recently went through my plugins and made a word document grouping all of them according to type(eq, comp, etc). Each plugin got its own line. The word document is 8 pages. I can quit whenever I want too.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Nice

@ghfjfghjasdfasdf 2 ай бұрын

What’s your favorite synths at the moment?

@yurikalashnikov2460 2 ай бұрын

@@ghfjfghjasdfasdf I mostly use pigments as my daily drivers, and I’ve been having a lot of fun with Moog Mariana. I also love arturia’s CS-80 when I’m feeling squirrely.

@ghfjfghjasdfasdf 2 ай бұрын

I love Pigments 5, except for it being a little light in the low end… so when I use it, it’s mainly for leads, pads, and mid-range work.

@urniurl 2 ай бұрын

Have you been sending the newsletter?

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Just sent now! ;)

@Banoffeeee 2 ай бұрын

very stupid queestion but how do you delete the plugin in Mac...there's several i tried to get rid off but it kept coming back

@voinrima 2 ай бұрын

did you try to google the problem?

@587583922 2 ай бұрын

It's a PITA. If you use a downloader/manager, they could be set to reinstall things that go missing. Also, plugin companies really suck at making uninstallers. You'll find most of them in one or more of these folders: /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins /Library/Application Support/Digidesign/Plug-Ins /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST

@Banoffeeee 2 ай бұрын

@@voinrima I did...i went to one of the vst folder to delete some of the plugin but whenever I open DAW it kept clashing things up

@TakeHit0 2 ай бұрын

Step 1: Switch to windows

@587583922 2 ай бұрын

@@TakeHit0 Or, don't. Because it has its own host of problems that are no better. Honestly...they both kind of suck when you get right down to it. But, they're also the only available options. So, pick your poison and learn to deal with it.

@psyderdj 2 ай бұрын

Checked out your plugin list but I can't download anything from there, it's all just info....am I dumb?

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Updating today! The update didn’t push across on notion….

@psyderdj 2 ай бұрын

@@panorama_mastering Thanks, thought I was becoming a full boomer not knowing how to download a file for second!

@Yoshipiano145 2 ай бұрын

Do you not have soothe 2?

@xrabbz2010 2 ай бұрын

I think baby audio smooth operator is basically the same, think he trashed it though so he must not use it

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Nope I use clatrity and stabilizer by ozone instead of:)

@WalkinonSunshyne 2 ай бұрын

Smooth operator is not the same as smooth. Much less control & tends to be less transparent than soothe. Imo.

@xrabbz2010 2 ай бұрын

@@WalkinonSunshyne I’ve never tried it, but now I know not to bother, thanks for the info

@Rhuggins 2 ай бұрын

you just inspired me to clean house too

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Happy to help ;) making any decisions different to mine?

@Rhuggins 2 ай бұрын

@@panorama_mastering I have a lot more of a collection and it will take me several days..I wish it was easier to ditch the waves stuff. Got rid of a bunch of shit. I did keep the HOFA IQ verb (its like a better Altiverb) as well as all of the Tone Projects stuff. I got rid of all of the SSL Strips from SSL. The Softube Console one sounds better, to my surprise - in the case of the SSL 4KE, almost the same

@Odihmantich 2 ай бұрын

Get Maat Fidef Jen two!

@lilwombat 2 ай бұрын

the only things i think are worth keeping from your trash pile is saturn and the goodhertz stuff particularly vulf and tupe are good i love lossy but thats more production side

@claviustube 2 ай бұрын

Goodhertz stuff is top! Specially Tupe and Faraday IMO

@jeffreyhanc1711 2 ай бұрын

Totally agree with Saturn. That goes toe-to-toe with any saturation unit imo

@lichibeatz 2 ай бұрын

im not sure, but you said ur using the hornet harmonics but u put it in trash section tho and two big years the other way btw 0:32 ur goat for this, im not a preset guy, but i love to test setting by other people to see why they like the plugins that they use and i hate gatekeeping, because music is still f ing hard even without gatekeeping 🙏

@mar7838 2 ай бұрын

Yes was about to comment the same. It's at 9:40.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

No sweat! If you got access to the notion list I am updating it today and will push an email with it too ;)

@marcusgarveyson 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes i think a plugin is useless then i start using it and is shocked how good it is .

@timzbeatzinternational7755 Ай бұрын

Can you please give me the fab filter Pro R license i really need it you dont need it🙏

@huberttorzewski 2 ай бұрын

As cool as TDR stuff is - I hardly ever use it. Fabfilter's just faster to use and still sounds great. Agree on getting rid of these plugins you don't use often. I probably should do the same haha. However you should check out Soothe 2 as it has so many uses in mixing from intelligent broad dynamic eq - best kick&bass sidechain (Jaycen's Joshua trick) - to smooth out the highs mids in vocals - or smoothing out live drums harsher transients all the way to narrow resonant peaks reduction. I love what is does using very broad settings (so it doesn't create many narrow filters) - no other plugin can do what it does. Also UAD's LA2a and 1176s are way way different sounding to Waves or other brands - they control the dynamics on vocals better and have a very unique sounding saturation. Other UAD plugins can be more easily replaced but these 2 collections are must-haves

@moleex5759 2 ай бұрын

I wouldn't complain about any of your choices even though I disagree woth some of them. Everyone makes use of things differently. Enjoy your clearout.

@americatunedright1211 2 ай бұрын

Why you didn’t just use the save preset feature for tracks and aux, and use the cmd click for priority plugins. I understand you are on a plugin diet but don’t staple your stomach mate!😂 This is something that’s recommended for noobs that purchase (hacked) every plugin and need to restructure and prioritize.😢

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Just an honest look into what I am actually using. Cutting off the fat

@americatunedright1211 2 ай бұрын

@@panorama_mastering I’m from Texas and over trimming your brisket is frowned upon lol, nothing but Texas BBQ. Just a little “tung n cheek”. If my American friends read this they’re thinking ass cheeks 🤣🤣🤣😭

@dxnxxl_k 2 ай бұрын

rip hornet harmonics, u put it on the wrong side while you kept Two Big Ears :D btw I slightly cried when u trashed FF-DS wich is by far one of the best deesser but my heart stopped when u trashed maagEQ. you also trashed some great waves plugins like API tools and C4 & C6 wich was also painfull to watch.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

I Don’t use em ;) Clarity and stabilizer in ozone are my go to

@efrenhei4902 2 ай бұрын

Kirchoff it's the best

@deividasgnedinas7592 2 ай бұрын

Those who collect plugins in such quantities are unable to do anything in music.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Possibly so!

@dxnxxl_k 2 ай бұрын

hopefully u don't get a client who wants to rework a real old project and then ur missing an essential plugin u used back then. had that before

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

Freeze sessions before archiving + i am moving these plugins to the “plugins unused” folder so they don’t index… the trash can makes for dramatics ;)

@adycfrbv 2 ай бұрын

no UAD ?😂

@audionerdlilcuz 2 ай бұрын

Well UAD is kinda old news now.

@adycfrbv 2 ай бұрын

@@audionerdlilcuz Waves is very old news too😆

@audionerdlilcuz 2 ай бұрын

@@adycfrbv Waves can go kick a field full of dandelions.

@panorama_mastering 2 ай бұрын

No uad! The ua team are super awesome, i met some of them at a puremix namm after party in 2020… super passionate and cool people, but I never got into their plugins.

@huberttorzewski 2 ай бұрын

@@panorama_mastering their LA-2A Grey, 1176Rev E and rev A are special-sounding to me, can't get that sound by using anything else ITB