It's audio voodoo and simple magic at gluing a mix together in such a subtle way. This is a relative newcomer to my plug-in collection but the minute I tried it on a mix I thought it would become a favourite. Manley Variable Mu® Limiter Compressor Plug-In Tape with the running costs or the razor blades. The ATR-102 adds so much character that if you leave it on and then turn it off you find yourself disappointed. We can't all own a vintage tape machine, in fact the service and running costs are enough to put most people off, but this plug-in sits on my mix buss for 99% of mixes. Review here UAD Plug-ins For Mixing/MasteringĪmpex® ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder Plug-In I also own the hardware, again I use both! It seems a lot of people agree with me as this won our People's Choice Award in 2013. But it's not limited there, the entire EQ has such musical and immediate settings that it's a joy to mix with. Perhaps the smoothest and most musical EQ on the market, the AIR band is simply magical for adding sheen to vocals and shine to acoustic guitars.
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I also own the hardware version of this baby and I use both. I reach for this all the time for bass, kicks, vocals and guitar and thankfully for me it's idiot proof. It's hard to choose, but this Marshall Plexi is just amazing, it's British, vintage and has been produced in conjunction with Marshall and rock guru Tony Platt - what more do you want? James reviewed it here UAD Plug-ins For Track Mixing I'm not a huge fan of guitar VIs, many of them leave me disappointed - not so with the UAD plug-ins. The preamp section alone can do magic things with everything from warm smooth sounds to pushing it hard to add some edge - try tracking through this, it's a dream. We ran a test and shoot out with this plug-in and it has an amazing sound, even better it works in Unison mode, so for those with Apollo hardware you can use this baby to track through a Neve 1073.
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I've decided to choose 2 I use for tracking, 2 I use on tracks during mix and 2 I use on the mix buss or when I'm mastering. Team Air Crack Vst 2 VST, Plugins, Audio, Samples, Free, Download.
So I've put together my 6 goto plug-ins, of course your choice might be completely different, if so then leave your favourites in the comments. With the huge selection of UAD plug-ins it can be hard to decide which ones to consider buying.