What plugin/technique/etc do you embarassingly (over)use?

hudson · Post by **hudson** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:39 am

Sub bass

narcissus · Post by **narcissus** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:02 am

drums..

jrisreal · Post by **jrisreal** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:42 am

FL Studio

hudson · Post by **hudson** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:49 am

Notes.

narcissus · Post by **narcissus** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 1:56 am

okay, we're done here.

Manic Harmonic · Post by **Manic Harmonic** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:40 am

therapist · Post by **therapist** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:59 am

Distort>Filter>Reverb, I just do it to everything without even realising.

maximum robot · Post by **maximum robot** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:30 pm

I use 3*osc for almost every sound in my tunes (except for drums, which usually are processed 808/909 sounds or samples from dub records)
Everythin else is coming from real instruments.
Also i love Tal-dub I-III

Manic Harmonic · Post by **Manic Harmonic** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:58 am

I've been using various tube/tape warmers and coloring compressors waaaayyyy too much lately. It sounds nice and warm but if you do it on nearly every pad, the song just sounds dull. I have no idea how Telefon Tel Aviv pulled it off. Probably because they used real tape. Damn I want a reel-to-reel.

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:56 pm

Antares FilterVST

been overusing this since '03

Manic Harmonic · Post by **Manic Harmonic** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:29 pm

FSTZ wrote:Antares FilterVST

been overusing this since '03

I want this thing, but it doesn't work on intel macs

can you even buy that anymore? Antares has some badass stuff but its sooooo expensive.

Aphile · Post by **Aphile** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:55 pm

therapist wrote:Distort>Filter>Reverb, I just do it to everything without even realising.

I always thought that filtering was to be done before disto? This way you remove any harmonics that may be amplified due to distortion?

Manic Harmonic · Post by **Manic Harmonic** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:58 pm

Aphile wrote:
therapist wrote:Distort>Filter>Reverb, I just do it to everything without even realising.
I always thought that filtering was to be done before disto? This way you remove any harmonics that may be amplified due to distortion?

whatever sounds good. you could do Reverb>Distortion>Filter as long as it sounds good. The best thing about music is that there are no rules. just suggestions. I don't know of many musicians that are receptive to suggestions.

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:40 am

FSTZ wrote:Antares FilterVST

been overusing this since '03

oh man i totally miss that filter. Was listening back to some unfinished tunes from like '05, and was like "how did that filter sound happen???" oh yeah, antares filter, back in the cubase days. damn you, intel macs

Mushroom Buttons · Post by **Mushroom Buttons** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:47 am

was gonna say dirtbox

then i found out it looks like this now

gotta check it ouuuut

stefevr · Post by **stefevr** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:02 am

Maximus. Using it to death these days, coupled with the PSP Vintage Warmer

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:25 am

Image Line Hardcore get`s used on most things

Manic Harmonic · Post by **Manic Harmonic** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:54 am

I've been using Synplant multiple times in every track. I want to make a whole track with just synplant and microtonic.

Electric_Head · Post by **Electric_Head** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:11 pm

synplant is cool
I just found myself staring at the fronds dancing rather than producing anything

psychedelicatessen · Post by **psychedelicatessen** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:33 pm

I make my drums separately from my tunes, mix them independently, then throw them into the mix, and ghetto rig my DAW into a triple (sometimes four) band compressor, then parallel compress that bitch until I have to eq every single track around the drums, then I usually end up putting a fuckload of reverb on my pads then accidentally bouncing them, then later seeing that there is no reverb on the mixer channel and putting more reverb on.

I also subconsciously end up eq'ing out the mid lows, so I just quit making basslines. I stick to pure sine or square waves split into two signals so I can slam anything above 100hz with saturation if I'm feeling dirty.
I think the icing on the cake is that I leave my master channel untouched

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