Is Andrew Huang's Transit Plugin Actually Good?
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- I wanted to do a an honest review of Andrew Haung's Transit VST plugin made by Baby Audio. I had to investigate it since people were hyping it up. Well, you be the judge!
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0:00 I keeps it real
0:41 investigating the website
1:21 is it hard to install?
2:21 the demo version sucks!
3:12 first reaction & walkthru
6:05 I want to hate this so badly
6:21 exploring it further
8:55 final thoughts & honest opinions
2 dislikes and the video ain't been out for 4 minutes.... lol foh
Ohh well, cant please everyone.
Trolls 🧌
Yo @AveMcree aka Clown Shoes Influencer, When you gonna make music that doesn't suck with all these Shitty VSTs that you're Pushing like a Drug Pusher on N00bz?
@@o.g.tommye7580 that's not what trolling is
@joeysaturday3420 😅 This someone's burner account
Picked this up today and after a quick play around it's pretty amazing, having everything just through that one switch, put it on a q link / midi and go nuts.
Looking forward to fully automating it and seeing how nasty I can make it sound
Ave was like man I wanted to hate on this plugin so bad, but I cant! Great review as always! I thinks its going to be a great asset to my collection...keep up the good work. I really rock with you Ave!
Thanks for this video, love your honest reviews, im gonna purchase now after seeing this! Cheers!
Thank you for always keeping it real
great review. I really enjoyed hearing your opinion. Thanks for creating it
I think the plugin desighn is great, very smart, very easy to understand, however I dont really have any issues making transitions and just like this plugin I use the same style effect for most transitions which are Reverb, Delays and some riser sounds. I'm a Reason user and can combine multiple effects devices together and control them with one knob like Trasit if I want.
The knob/parameter acceleration looks nice though
It’s something I enjoyed with plug-ins like turnado or stutter edit and can’t be done natively with ableton racks or combinators?
Wait.. maybe you could with combinators? Been a while since I used Reason, could you map to cv controls to the one macro knob and sum or multiply them?
Hmmmmm
Anyways, still slick looking workflow to me!
REASON COMBI is next level
i build my own plugins with it
extract the essence with a couple knobs from a mix of top bin plugins is not beatable
This looks more on the fly though , IDK
@@starkid9736 I think Reasons Combinator could be alot better like enabling use to put the screens of devices inside the Combinator on the front panel or give us the ability to make a digital screen look, which includes knobs fades and anything that is shown on Reason devices as a digital screen. I'd like Reason to make a huge number of half rack devices to be used like a Eurorack, then use that to build are Combinators. Also needs a easier way to get are custom art on the device.
That's just basic macro control. Ableton does that as well.
FL has a fast scan feature now. In the drop downs click Add>fast scan.
It reminds me slightly of a more user-friendly Infiltrator... I picked it up and need to dive a bit deeper on its usage but looks like it has potential... I appreciate your honest opinion...
Like you, I am always skeptical when something gets super-hyped. I did like what this plugin offered, however, so I picked it up the day I heard about it. Very happy with the purchase. Very easy to set up and use. But the "ultimate" transition designer? Yeah, no. Not because it's not good, but because someone's always going to come up with a better "mousetrap." (If for no other reason than to show any plugin can always be improved. I doubt even Andrew Huang is going to never improve this first version. ) That said, I'd encourage anyone who is even slightly interested, to pick up a copy while it's only 60$. I doubt it will be cheaper until it makes the rounds at the Discount sites.
"someone's always going to come up with a better "mousetrap."" By that logic, one should never buy anything ever again, because there'll always be a better whatever down the road. Stop buying cars because there'll be a better car later, or computer or yes, anything and everything.
Big fan of baby audio and figured this would be great for workflow and creating some unique intros. Took me all of 5 minutes to get a new song idea with this. Not gonna lie, I have other multifx plugins that do nearly the same exact thing. This one seems to be more efficient and usable.
It like editable version of UJAM Boost finisher or any of UJAM finisher tools . Would love to see comparison especially for practical use cases
Copped this in the sale, haven’t installed it yet will do tonight. When I stated the video I thought I’d messed up by not coming here first lol looking forward to playing with it now. Peace
you crack me up!!
love your realness
Great to see an honest looking review like this
First glance. I was like “hey, this is just sugar bytes turnado again” but with its ‘dictator’ slider
However,
Seeing some videos on it, thinking about it a bit and kinda realising, I don’t think sugarbytes plug-ins really stack up well in 2023… they’re often creative ideas but quite garish and silly sounding and are designed with CPU’s from 10 years ago in mind and genres from 10 years ago in mind.
I imagine this would have higher quality reverbs and other fx. Great to hear it’s not a total cpu hog too.
Also, the way complex automation can be handled in ableton + some of the limitations and tediousness of ableton racks compared to what is a lot more drag and drop and ready to roll…
I think it could spice up elements in my music and may actually be performative enough for some live jamming on my drum machine and synths…
Im thinking of giving it a shot!
Bought it yesterday…it’s really good
Has anyone had a prob with fl studio crashing when everytime I go to my browser to type and find something like per say I would type 140 and then it loads for a second then crashes
this plugin is actually pretty dope
Huang already has one hardware unit done in Eurorack. It seemed cool. Maybe this software will spawn a Eurorcack box.
It's awesome if you're using Studio one or Reaper (and any other straight ahead type DAW) But you can make the same thing with little effort in Bitwig, if not even better (and I know in FL, and I would assume in Abelton as well)
Studio one or reaper users could use the free Waves studio rack to chain existing plugins and assign macros. It has better routing options better macro controls and did I mention it was free?
Traction and mulab can do this natively as well for years
So can Renoise, but you can use any VST effect you own, you aren't limited to the built in FX in Transit, so it's massively more powerful.
@@Kevhumantruth tho. I think I never got into their options is because it was so blatant and obvious like in Bitwig. But you speak no lies about the power of these two. So. My bad for doing Reaper and Studio one dirty like that.
@@jonathansaunders6697nice. Tracktion is slowly getting on my radar.
Seems like a lot of people are completely missing the main point of this plugin. While it can me used for many ideas, its main focus is transitioning from one part of the mix/song to another. It's not just your regular run of the mill multi effects plugin of which there are a dime a dozen. Very few plugins fit this mold of being mainly for transitions. You have a very easy to use interface and up to 7 bays to put any of 18 or so effects and then one knob to rule them all. Yes, you can replicate this with other software, but it's more work. A lot more work. Just as Andrew Huang or watch his video where he explains why he went ahead and made this plugin.
Also some people are saying that in FL Studio or Reaper or whatever DAW is in focus, that you can do something similar for free. First off, I highly doubt that you can actually achieve as easily in any of those DAWs what you can with Transit especially as far as transitions go. Also even if you can, not everyone uses those DAWS, so whatever "solution" you think you have found in say FL Studio won't necessarily be in Logic or Ableton. The beauty of Transit is that it can be used in any DAW, on any computer and it'll work exactly the same in any environment that it's it.
I was nearly compelled to post the same thing. So many people missing the point entirely. And then you got the people who evidently don't know anything about Baby Audio, thinking this plugin was gonna be trash.
no we get it...but what makes you think muti-fx presets make good transitions...mouse music paint by numbers coloring book collage art laziness...movement, tension, and excitement should come from the musical ideas in your arrangement and/or from your performance by actually playing the parts...If you need a plugin to "keep the listener interested", and that interest is supposed to be provided by a sweep between gimmicky multi-fx presets;...then you simply don't have a good song...people are allowed to call out hyperbole when it happens...if ur in the camp reducing composing and songwriting into djing and dsp video gaming then have at it...make the same simplistic generative stuff and sound like everyone else...with all the hyerbole I thought it was something else and was surprised to find out what it was...but that's on me...i should have known better...that's marketing in a saturated vertical for 2023
And as already said, this has been native in tracktion, HH, and mulab for years...now FL studio and bitwig...and there are many plugin racks with macro designers that can be used in any DAW...mux, bidule, freestyle, studiorack
@@jonathansaunders6697 lol could you be anymore of a bitter fslur?
Synapse Audio has the older style VST called HYDRA for 59 bucks and there's a 30 trial And it's PRETTY COOL IMO
The sale price is too much. It's not a bad plugin but not a game changer .
I would take the claim “Game changer” with a grain of salt myself, but if someone like Andrew Schepps is looking forward to using this plugin “the wrong way” I’m like “Okay, you have my undivided attention”. And $60 isn’t bad.
would love to see more examples integrated into rap/trap music
Dammit Ave I was looking forward to you hating on this ish! 😂😂 NGL though, this jank seems fire. I might have to cop
That's great thanks
Thanks, man! Great video!
After using it for a month now, I can honestly say... it's kinda meh. I loved it to start with, but I've found myself going back to my old, more controlled ways of achieving the same thing. It's got some pazaz right out of the box, but it soon loses it appeal.
Andrew Huang makes bleep bloop music. I could see him mapping lfos to all the knobs and embracing the randomness. It's nothing special, but it's no different than the million different equivalent vsts in existence
It's pretty good, and reasonably priced. Although, one of their main goals was to simplify workflow by using one single plugin instead of several plug-ins, but it still kinda feels like working on several plugins at to me. (shrug) Also, since Baby Audio has a ducker on their Spaced Out delay/reverb plugin, it would be sick of they added that to Transit. Ducking is pretty crucial when you're combining all kinds of reverbs and delays together. I realize it can be done with other plugins and methods, but it' also very nice to just have that duck-knob right there ready to roll.
Fancy seeing you here! Love your music and luckily have been able to see you live a few times! Keep crushing it ❤️
@@Oblivinatti thank you for the love!
Ducker is in transit.
why transit from babyaudio is not in splice rent-to-own?
Funny vid! I subscribed brother!
Man, come on! How many chain plugins do we need? Btw, if you have Ableton, build your own plugin chain.
Imma check out a book for Max for Live.. Book seems legal tbh
Yeah, makes no sense for an Ableton user like me. 1) Hype FL. 2) Hype its workarounds. 😄
@@AveMcree you don't need max for live, just add all the plugins you need and group them and save them as a group. It will be there anytime you need to use or modify. That's all this plugin is, if you have Ableton, you have all these plugins already.
Or you can use "macro knob" m4l device and control any third party plugins
This one was hard to hate on. I completely understand the reaction 💣
LOL, I wanted to like this review. Haha. Good on ya Ave.
Can you do this on the mpc one??????
if you use it in controller mode & with the MPC software
do this type of processing with built in plugs from daw
My opinion is that if you’re new to the game it’s a quick creative addition. If you’ve been around the block it’s probably not going to be much of an addition to what you already have. Also, I tested it myself and some of the sections add some harsh resonance in the upper mids. Maybe it’s a bug? These kind of resonances can build up, if you don’t know what you’re doing, and by the time your track gets to the mastering stage, you have a whole bunch of upper mid harshness that is enough to drive a mastering engineer mental (believe me, I am one). Baby Audio usually do decent stuff and this is “ok”. But not worthy of the hype at all. Plugins like Soothe and SplitEQ had no hype. They didn’t need it. I’d say try it out. You might like it.
Shaperbox makes transitions, and does about a million things transit doesn't. Infiltrator 2 has 52 effects to choose from and sequencing. They are both pricey sure but this will be after the sale Even the free tug multi effect allows parallel effect chains. Transit seems quite good but the bullshit hype puts people off. No need to get all your mates to be disingenuous Andrew. 😮
It is just another multi effect with a macro knob. At this stage i would be disappointed if a plugin didn't have randomisation and parameter locks.
🙌🏻
@@adr7657 to be fair to Transit I didn't realise it had built in macro envelopes , which makes it a bit more of a workflow hack.
Worth looking at waves studio rack too , it's free and works with third party vst 3 plugins .
Turnado did it many years ago and way better. The dictator is more powerful than the transition control knob and there are way more effects to choose from. It's such an underrated plugin and is flat out nuts. Trust me and try it.
This video convinced me it's worth it!
Yo Ave, THENATAN has a 72 hour sale on, everything $5, just thought to let you know, you could inform your public as HATZ is $5! I grabbed a copy of Transit, $45 for all that , silly....
that would be the first plugin from the Baby Audio catalogue that I kind of badly want to purchase
It's good trust me... I'm shocked
@@AveMcree must have!
instant sub 😄
Is that first electra x preset from a pack on 16 levels?
Yes it's from this pack 6teenlevels.com/products/trappin-in-heaven-electra-xp-preset-bank the other is from this one 6teenlevels.com/products/trappin-in-heaven-electra-xp-preset-bank
@@AveMcree thank you. You posted the same link twice btw
@@PacksInSouth lol my bad here's where the arp preset came from 6teenlevels.com/products/triforce-xp-arp-collection-for-tone2-electrax-1-4-or-higher
i know it would be good cause baby audio doesn't miss but not cause Andrew Huang involvement just hope it comes to ios
Foreal...people saying they shocked that this plugin is good...Im like "have you ever used a baby audio plugin before??"
@@geolectric_universe exactly
But it's not so much a multi-fx, it's for transitions primarily 🤔
Even though it’s primarily for Transitions, this plugin has potential to be used “wrong” or “incorrectly” the right way (the same way Izotope’s Trash (1 & 2) was (Trash was amazing at sounding “broken” {It a setting called “cold solder”} ) So
there will everyone and their second cousin’s dog will be using this plugin correctly, show me how to use this plugin the “wrong” way.
but what makes a "transition"...people get caught up in following jargon like sheep..."transitions" between what?...intro and main?...main and chorus?...chorus and bridge?...not everyone thinks "transitions" are simple multi-fx sweeps,...which is all this is...this is what makes edm/urban so generic, formulaic, and derivative...it's such an impressionable coloring book naïve and juvenile way of looking at composing
@@sawtooth808 there are no rules in art...again wit the coloring book
I just mentioned that in reference to reviewing it's worth anything for its intended use. Comparing apples to apples, savvy? I'm all down for breaking things and using them in unintended ways *see: Acid House 303*@@sawtooth808
Some people do get paid to make music and sometimes you need a good tool to save some time. You don't have to cut off your ear every damn day of your life boss. *that's a Van Gogh reference for the young folks in the building*@@jonathansaunders6697
Andrew wang really hit it outa the park on this one boys!🙂
First plugin from a content creator that's actually good? Decap Knock is the best plugin from a content creator hands down.
It’s ok
on vocals?
Intro deal still up haha
dang i missed the intro price!
@avemcreeThanks for that honest review 😎; much appreciated
no problem
❤
Wow it’s turnado?!
And im getting spam jellied?! Hahaha wtf
3:44 When you find out there will definitely be strippers at the birthday party LOL
Baby audio, like Derek Sivers' company? Edit: nvm that's CD Baby
I think it’s great
Andrew Huang , like bruhhhh that's not how you pronounce my name!!!😂 Fr tho I enjoyed this review the most of the Transit reviews I've seen
Man what's this 2001: A Space Odyssey , NASA astronaut Tv dinner cafeteria school lunch tray looking VST ? Shit sounds dope hahaha
I might mess wid it, but I don’t wanna be a plug in junkie. I believe ableton has all the tools you could ever want.
Looks like he worked with Baby Audio, so that's promising..
I figured when I saw the screensshot. def has the baby audio look lol. Been feeling their stuff alot lately
I scratched my head when weaverbeats didn't make fun of this plugin. I clicked his video to see him roast this thing into oblivion, but he had nothing. 😶
Agreed weaver, it's not a bad plugin but it does nothing that the "macro knob" device in one of the free Ableton packs doesn't do.
Sure the effects seem nice, but there is no sequencing or modulation matrix built in, no advanced routing options. No visual feedback. Everything has randomization now and parameter locks are nothing new.
Probably excellent for someone who doesn't already have a bunch of plugins or Ableton Suite, or maybe is too lazy/noob to set up macros.
It doesn't bring anything new for production. Use automation instead.
The only scenario where i see this plugin being useful is for live performances.
I’ve been hating on Ave.
That face of pure bliss and confusion when he turned that Transit up won me back.
I never buy a plugin that has a UA-camrs name on it...
PS: Sugarbytes has a plugin called Tornado which looks and works way better ..I got Black Friday on sale for $29.99
Baby audio are the bomb and andrew is talented win win
Oh look! Another plugin for you to buy and manipulate sound when you already 100% have the same jinda stock plugs in your DAW! Exciting.
U don’t have to buy it
It's hard to tell these days. Everyone uses the Used Car Salesman Aggressive Blitz Marketing style and after the Uni-CON Midi Pack People ran that method into the ground; it's difficult to believe. Trust BUT VERIFY! Thank you!
From a sound designers point of view,this thing is a god send BUT not the greatest plugin on earth,there is no such thing...I'm just saying
Andrew really knows his stuff. And i wasnt surprise it ended being good.
I bought it two days ago. I like it because you like it FL gang gang. 😂😂😅😮😮
IMHO, I think you are not using the plugin right. I mean, for what I understand the purpose is to use it for transitioning and even though I am not a big fan of Andrew Huang, I think the plugin covers that well. I see you using the transition knob as a Dry/Wet to test out the effects.
why you wanna hate it so bad? cuz of like a... preconception?
Long reign omnisphere
It's like SugarBites Turnado.
More like Looperator
More like Ujam Boost or Boom LIFTFX.
"Turnado" plugin from Sugar Bytes was released already many years ago, and does the EXACT same job ! So what's the fuzz hype now about in this copycat plugin ?
I mentioned effectrix and sugar bytes as a reference. We’ll talk more about this subject soon.
@@AveMcree Ok but that was not what I was pointing about if you did mention it or not, or how great this new version is or not. My point is that the dude presented this plugin like it was so new and never done before , while if he did some research he would have found out that the older Turnado is basically doing the same job combining effects in a great way. He doesn't look so cool now people find out his new plugin is more like a Turnado 2.0 but here without the collaboration of the original Sugar Bytes guys. It is all just weird to me. Imagine me creating an exact copy of a Ferrari car , but put my own name of it because I changed a few colors on the chair. Of course people will start questions.
@@klaurcschwackerberg1880see Behringer.
Actually having useful presets is a big deal
I have a few plugins that can do what Transit can do. They just don’t look as cool.
😂true
not a little bit impressed, I'll stick with Cableguys and Sugar Bytes stuff, much more powerful than this
multi-effect plugin are addictive
I think the dislikes might be because it's hard to hear your example. The volume is very low compared to your voice. Either way thank you. :)
Nah.. those dislikes happened 2-3 minutes after my upload
@AveMcree within 10 seconds, I heard you mispronounce Andrew's Surname. Shows a lack of care for the details. And your pissbaby responses in the comments make sure I won't return. You could listen, or just make up how you want to feel. Nbd, it's your channel.
Toodles.
yes its very good
The price is pretty reasonable.
10:18 😂 it takes one to know one?
Eheh Wang
Actually pretty dope!
Plugins get more expensive. Buy 5 plugins and you could buy a synth🤣 and learn actual how to play an instrument.🎉
I don’t see anything exciting with this plug-in so pass on that.
Lmao I just died watching this video 😅
Why do you pronounce Andrew’s last name wrong?
It’s basically “Ha-Wong” but as one syllable, to keep it simple.
He says it in all his videos lol
Low key all these plug-ins are rip offs. They all do the same stuff with maybe one new feature. .... In other words perfect what you have and explore the entirety of what you have..... In other words ill be buying this! 😂😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨😮💨
lol
Ho hum, nothing special, just a rehashed multi fx with a macro knob.
SOLD!
Andrew's philosophy is waay more MUSICAL than the usual multi fx chains offered by other companies
let's not jump off the bridge but yes it's good.
@AveMcree
I feel u, but for $59, its a short bridge, Kiddo. lol
I watched his video demo, too
He is using it in ways that are super interesting to a Funk/R&B producer, not just EDM (risers and transitions), or Lofi Hip Hop, etc.
Your video confirmed my thoughts, so I appreciate that
@@AveMcree It has a less complex UI (Kilo Heartz Snap Heap, but for $29 Snap Heap is insanely powerful)
Let me use the trial or don’t, none of this worst of both worlds nonsense.
Based on your video and the material you demoed it I would not buy it..... I guess hard for youtubers to dont kiss the ass of huge youtubers.....
I didn’t kiss his ass😂😂😂 Andrew doesn’t fwm at all and it’s mutual.
A more expensive Kilohearts Snapheap, but influencer™ approved
Hmm 🤔
😃
people who think this is the same as ableton racks... matthew 13:13
If that can make VST plugins. I'm all for it!!!
People who know about the m4l device "macro knob" John 8.12
@@Kevhuman as an ableton live and M4L user from day one of the book of ableton live verse 1.0 I can tell you, the ableton rack macros are not the same.. the workflow is different, which btw was Andrews point being an ableton macro user himself.
@@knobross6703 I wasn't refering to the racks, macro knob is a separate device that can be used to control things outside of a rack, it can be mapped to parameters in. VSTs . It is a m4l device in one of the free packs. You and Andrew spoke of racks, not me.
It doesn't have the built in curves though, they would need to be grouped in with other devices or created using the chain envelope in racks . which does make Transit a quicker workflow, unless you build a template.
I'm not knocking the plugin, just saying there is a different option in Ableton than using racks if all you're looking for is easy macro control.
Dude how about using a normal sample to demo the product Jesus
Andrew GREED
I'm no fan but c'mon, cut him some slack. Sure he's into the "fame and fortune" but he is genuine in his interest.