Hey guys and gals!
I was wondering if you were ballsy enough to share some of the plugins that define your sound or you use frequently to get some specific sounds .
Ill start
Maserati gti guitar compressor
This is my mothership.
I use this on leads and basses in almost all of my productions (i later found out that eric prydz is really fond of it aswell) this really makes my sounds come alive and makes them stand out nicely in the mix
Bbe sonic maximizer
Mostly use this on my leads to makem them crispier and more powerfull. This can make tinny plucks really stand on their own and heavy synths really shine.
Static phasers
I often use this to make sawy basses get a unique character and even stabby synths to sound experimental
Now what do you guys use ?
My complaint with the Maserati Waves GTi and other Maserati plugs is that they make it near impossible to level match bypass vs processed. The only way you can evaluate wether processing is helping a sound is to compare level matched before and after. Our brains always fool us into thinking louder is better, but without level matching we're potentially just fooling ourselves.
On certain source material with even moderate "sensitivity" and "tame" settings the GTi boosts the level +12db or more, but the output control only has a small attenuation range making it impossible to properly level match within the plugin itself. It sounds pretty good otherwise, but that quirk is annoying.
