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What are some of your favourite "gems", be they hidden or not-so-hidden?

Gregory Blakeborough

Gregory Blakeborough

Larry Beethbrof
I'm curious to find out what your personal little gems are. I recently got the Lindell Audio TE-100 EQ, based on the UE-100, and between its "unusual" layout and interaction - and the awesome behaviour when pushed hard, for me it was a real find; a "gem" if you will.

Same with Soundtoys' Little Plate, which, sure isn't a hidden one, it's still a great sounding "little" reverb. So gem? Not a gem? For me it kind of is.

Another one for me recently, Softube's Tube Delay. Hidden? Not so much. A basic delay? For sure. But that drive though, and that feedback! Gem?

What are some of your out-of-left-field plugins you're using and are excited about?
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Not a plugin, but worth getting more attention: I have used a little Mac (Intel) app called Memory Diag for a long time (currently looking for something similar for the ARM Mac). It's a tool which monitors and shows memory use, has functions for freeing up memory etc. Available on the App Store.

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Vik said:
Not a plugin, but worth getting more attention: I have used a little Mac (Intel) app called Memory Diag for a long time (currently looking for something similar for the ARM Mac). It's a tool which monitors and shows memory use, has functions for freeing up memory etc. Available on the App Store.

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iStat Menus. I've been using it since forever. It doesn't have a function for freeing up memory (what would that even be?) but it's hands down the best monitoring app I've seen.
 
cedricm said:
There are so many gems, I'll only mention two.
UVI Shade is my all time favorite EQ, so versatile.

All Tokyo Dawn Labs stuff is technically and musically top notch and amazing value.
The only downside: you'll have to put the hours to master those incredibly deep plugins.
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Shade is brilliant!
 
My favorite FX plugin used to be Waves' TG12345 until I got finally fed up with their way to treat paying customers and consequently ditched the whole mess from my SSDs. (the last phone call with their service hotline is worth its own thread, lol).
Lately I've been using PA's Black Box Analog Design HG2 quite a bit, wouldn't want to mix without it any more.
Oldie but goldie ... izotope's Alloy 2. Having a bit of an obsession with channel strips at the end of the day I've been using Alloy more than anything else, including the latest versions of Neutron.

doctoremmet said:
I also adore Audiority Xenoverb and Grainstate.
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I just love Xenoverb and the fact that after x years on the market Audiority still keep updating it.
 
Some New Favorites of Mine

Voosteq - Model N Channel:
Really like this thing. Punches way above its price tag (20$?). Only drawbacks are: 1) Uses too much CPU, 2) Don't use the internal Bypass (some users have problems with delay if they do that). But it put Voosteq on my map. Looking forward to what they bring out next.

Neold - U2A:
Like the addition of "high-frequency compression," "recovery," "aging," "drive," and a freaking "mix knob." More flexibility than a traditional LA-2A. It's one of those, where you think, why aren't all plugin makers just giving you more options?

TOMO Audiolabs LISA:
Weird concept, but it's just awesome. Everything gets better. Drawback is just the CPU usage... So, sadly only sitting on the Master Bus. I would probably slap this thing on everything if it would use less CPU power.

Free Stuff

Variety of Sound - Tessla SE MkII:
It's free saturation, and it makes you think, why is this exactly free?

JS - Inflator:
Free Oxford Inflator clone with AA. Just one gripe with it, if I load a new instance, I have to adjust the GUI size again.
 
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