A Brief Look at Some Essential Plug-Ins

February 18, 2009

pluginsSo here is a little overview of some plug-ins that I’ve been using as part of my productions.  These are mostly used for mixing and mastering purposes, as well as some effects.  I will leave synths and samplers for another post.  Although most decent DAWs come with a usable set of EQs, compressors, filters, and other plugins, it is still worth it to purchase or atleast try out some 3rd party plug-ins because sometimes they offer features that the built-in plugs don’t offer.  Also, because the software developers working on these plugins specialize in a certain area you may get better sound quality, or a different approach to the same principles than your DAW offers. Continue reading…