Music Producers: Watch this BEFORE Buying Any Plugins
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2023
- One thing I see a lot in the producer community, especially with beginners, is thinking that if they purchase a bunch of plugins, it's somehow going to make them better at music production. This video explores some of the things to consider before going out and buying a bunch of plugins hoping it will help you get better at production.
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The biggest point I want to get across in this video, is that if you're struggling with music production and you don't really know how to use certain stock plugins in your DAW (like an EQ for example), don't think that buying an amazing EQ like Fabfilters Pro Q 3 is going to solve all your problems. Learn how to actually use your stock EQ first, and learn how to properly EQ in various situations. This will most likely take a lot of trial and error and will probably take a long time. There are definitely a lot of skills to master within music production, and it's not something you just get good at overnight.
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Hope everyone has a great weekend! Let me know what you guys think about buying plugins vs using stock or free plugins
I agree with the points made. First learn how to use the stock plugins (and the associated terms).
I think sound design is pretty important, as it helps with the creative process. I think experimentation is also a good thing when learning.
@@justmisu experimentation 100%
I started with stock plugins back in FL Studio 5, and had no other choice but to learn them, bc it was a lot harder to get plugins back then. haha
Totally agree though, I'm still learning basics to this day. Looking forward to educational content!
This really mainly effects beginners. Once your in it for a min your able to read thru the bs vsts. While your learning just stick to your daw and learn it thoroughly and just focus on training your ears to hear what your stock plugins are even doing to sounds
I recently deleted my plugin folder which had nearly 100 3rd party plugins. I then went through and decided what plugins I actually needed and use, I now have less than 20 I use regularly and have started using stock plugins a lot more. I use Studio One and the stock plugins are actually a lot better than I thought they would be, I wish I had done this years ago as it would have saved me a lot of money.
Arturia released Tape Mello-fi for free last year, and it's been a absolute go-to for me. I have another similar emulator, and hell, I can't even remember the name of it now. Mello-fi is just that good.
Oh, and just so you know (for analytical purposes or whatever), I came to this video from your email. lol
I'm already subbed, but no notif. Cheers!
Nice. Haven’t tried this one yet. Thanks for this 💎
@@AnotherMonster Can't beat Free fifty!
Thanks for the video! 👍🏾🎧
np bro!
I love SketchCassette2, Shapeshifter and Digitalis for lofi and saturation stuff. Amazing plugins and not really expensive. All by the same company called Aberrant DSP. And I love Unfiltered Audio stuff. Especially Byome which is a multi effect plugin and what I love about it is that you can modulate everything and anything. And the effects are real nice. But that's personal. Dent 2 is also very cool for distortion and bit crushing. I do still use a lot of FL Studio stock plugins. I really like Parametric eq2 for instance
Hey David good to see you back! It took me many years to finally purchase some new VSTs and I'm really glad I did in the long run. I would always do research beforehand and ask myself "do I already have something that can do this?" Most of the time the answer is yes. You'd be surprised just how much your DAW and stock plugins can do. Once you really get a feel for everything you start to become aware of what your DAW may be missing and this is where paid plugins can help. In reality there are probably only a few that I use on every piece of music.
My advice is to do some research and ask yourself if you really need a specific plugin or not. A few companies will try to sell you something that you don't need at all, and for ridiculously high prices (cough cough unison cough). So stay vigilant and be smart, and keep an eye on sales. Sometimes you can get great plugins for a nice deal.
Or don't buy any at all. Up to you.
Also my synth recommendation is Vital. If you know your synth basics and are looking for something free and amazing to play with get it.
Hey man, good to see you're still here! I totally agree. At some point it does make sense to purchase plugins, and you're approach is basically the best approach imo. I've just seen a lot of beginners get sucked into buying all these plugins that they're never going to use, and just wasting a bunch of money for no reason. Hopefully, some new people see this before getting sucked into that trap
Disclosure said many times that their first album was fully made with stock Logic plugins only, including their massive hit "Latch"
I always struggle with intros. Usually jumping right into the drop. Would greatly appreciate a video based on intros!
hi David,the best all round free synth is vital,its so good that i bought the extra wavetables and text to speech possibility
even the free version can do everything with only the exeption of TTS,also love supermodal from polyverse,also great for sound design
Vital is amazing
@@AnotherMonster it surely is
this years my finding is free VITAL vst synth -better than Serum or Massive X
VITAL is amazing for sure. Love that synth
I really like bertom denoiser it's a must have for me❤❤❤
Personally I dont think you need to buy plugins to get a professional sound. You need practice, and to train your ears to know why something does or doesnt sound like the pros, that being said there are some pretty good tools that you can get (both paid and free) that can help speed up the process and help you get your ideas down before you lose them in the technical aspects of trying to sound "professional" whatever that even means😅😅😅
yeah it's a good point. Music is subjective, and there's so many variables involved in what makes a good mix (like genre for example). Practice and ear training are definitely the most important things imo
Finally he remembers he have a UA-cam channel.
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This video is 4:47 long, the question at hand is less than 10 seconds long. Answer is: Get the base hardware and software, plugins is not needed at all. Creative souls needs just the foundation.
I think it's a little more nuanced than that, but yes
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