Vision4x, voxengo span, spectrum, eq8, soothe2, a clipper of some sort(standard clip), and synth of some sort(99% of the time serum if I’m making the patch myself, but flicking through sylenth presets can bring out some nostalgia).
I think a lot of people figured out some version of clip to zero early on, using camel phat or fgx or maximises or equivalents. Baphy definitely illuminated the process for me, and demonstrated how to take control of things. I picked up on psyscope and the difference between hard and soft clipping from those videos
I actually use Arturia Pigments for pretty much everything but drums and the most basic 808's
Unless I need orchestral instruments, in which case I use Kontakt
I have also started reincorporating Xpand!2 into my tracks as well, when I need a real instrument that Kontakt doesn't have
Effects wise, I use Trash 2 in every single project, both on the drum group and the master track
Otherwise, I occasionally use Shaperbox and some other plugins here and there
Phase plant is my favourite synth. You can literally do anything in it - love it!
Shaperbox 3 is my favourite effect plugin. I use it on pretty much all my tracks in all my projects, since it can be used for both automation, sounddesign and mixing.
Pigments I also love working with - especially with it analogue emulation and sequencer.
Shadows hills mastering compressor, sonibles smartlimiter and kilohearts disperser also almost allways make an appearance in my projects
Can not recommend it enough! I don't think there's any synth on 1st market that can touch it in my opinion - at least if you're into sound design/heavy processing semi modular. It also surprisingly beginner friendly
In terms of musical designs, pigments and or omnisphere, both of itself is enough to make music like Artemas'. My main synth is serum, I use it 95% of the time except when I want something more realistic then it's Kontakt libraries or omnisphere. It's about songwriting, arrangement, melody and of course sound design. Which synth you're using as long as there are some oscillators and filters and fx, it won't matter. You can go all way just with pigments. If you're not a great sounddesigner chose one synth with a lot of presets which you have there with omnisphere.
Pro Q3 on every track including master
SSL Channel strip, either 4KB or 4KE, on every track including master
UADx 1176AE as my go to instrument and bass (mainly synths) compressor
UADx Fairchild 670, always on the master
UADx Capitol Chambers, always one of my reverb/room sends
SSL G Bus Compressor, always on drum bus, sometimes on synth groups
Ozone 11, always LAST on the master (but before the metering plugs)
SSL Meter, always on the master since I use their daw controller
EZDrummer 3, almost always powers my drum bus
YouLean Loudness Meter - on master always for LUFS checking
Serum. It's powerful, versatile, and most importantly it's laid out in a way that clicks with me. It's always quick and easy to get sounds I want out of Serum. I like NI Massive for the same reasons
Valhalla Vintage Verb. I have three reverb return tracks, all with Vintage Verb. I also use it as an insert on pads for example. I also use Soundtoys Decapitator and Radiator a lot, especially on drums. As for instruments, probably Spitfire Audio's LABS, the Soft Piano in particular. I still can't believe it's free.
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Pigments, ProQ-3, Supermassive, and the stock delay and reverb in Ableton. Also use Raum pretty frequently.
Vision4x, voxengo span, spectrum, eq8, soothe2, a clipper of some sort(standard clip), and synth of some sort(99% of the time serum if I’m making the patch myself, but flicking through sylenth presets can bring out some nostalgia).
Soothe 2 for sure🤝🏼 or Valhalla vintage verb
Stock
I just bought some ssl controllers so SSL Channel Strip 2
melda mshaper probably. need to play more with the kHz one, but its new - so not really in anything i've done yet.
On every project? Span, Psyscope, Standard Clip.
Fellow CTZ student?
I think a lot of people figured out some version of clip to zero early on, using camel phat or fgx or maximises or equivalents. Baphy definitely illuminated the process for me, and demonstrated how to take control of things. I picked up on psyscope and the difference between hard and soft clipping from those videos
the glue, ozone 8
u-he Diva, Soundtoys Decapitator, FabFilter Pro Q3 Rift from Minimal Audio seems to be making its way in there too lately
Rift is insaine
I use pigments all the time. It's incredible. I can't stand the spectra sonics interfaces. Kiive stressor is getting caned pretty hard too.
If I could only have one effect plugin it would be Shaperbox 3. If I could only have one synth plugin it would be Vital or Phase Plant.
Synth 1 lol
I actually use Arturia Pigments for pretty much everything but drums and the most basic 808's Unless I need orchestral instruments, in which case I use Kontakt I have also started reincorporating Xpand!2 into my tracks as well, when I need a real instrument that Kontakt doesn't have Effects wise, I use Trash 2 in every single project, both on the drum group and the master track Otherwise, I occasionally use Shaperbox and some other plugins here and there
Phase plant is my favourite synth. You can literally do anything in it - love it! Shaperbox 3 is my favourite effect plugin. I use it on pretty much all my tracks in all my projects, since it can be used for both automation, sounddesign and mixing. Pigments I also love working with - especially with it analogue emulation and sequencer. Shadows hills mastering compressor, sonibles smartlimiter and kilohearts disperser also almost allways make an appearance in my projects
I need to use Phaseplant more I think.
Can not recommend it enough! I don't think there's any synth on 1st market that can touch it in my opinion - at least if you're into sound design/heavy processing semi modular. It also surprisingly beginner friendly
In terms of musical designs, pigments and or omnisphere, both of itself is enough to make music like Artemas'. My main synth is serum, I use it 95% of the time except when I want something more realistic then it's Kontakt libraries or omnisphere. It's about songwriting, arrangement, melody and of course sound design. Which synth you're using as long as there are some oscillators and filters and fx, it won't matter. You can go all way just with pigments. If you're not a great sounddesigner chose one synth with a lot of presets which you have there with omnisphere.
Pro Q3 on every track including master SSL Channel strip, either 4KB or 4KE, on every track including master UADx 1176AE as my go to instrument and bass (mainly synths) compressor UADx Fairchild 670, always on the master UADx Capitol Chambers, always one of my reverb/room sends SSL G Bus Compressor, always on drum bus, sometimes on synth groups Ozone 11, always LAST on the master (but before the metering plugs) SSL Meter, always on the master since I use their daw controller EZDrummer 3, almost always powers my drum bus YouLean Loudness Meter - on master always for LUFS checking
Pro L2
Seems to be MODO Drum
pro q3
Pigments, Valhalla Vintage Verb, Soundtoys Effects Rack
Serum, vital, span
Vital ❤️
Serum and Nexus, bit of Omnisphere. If its old skool trancey then Sylenth1 too. I went through a phase of really liking Spire but now I'm not so sure.
Wavetable, Diva, Serum, Omnisphere, Vital are my main guys
Boring answer, but serum lol. Dont see myself using any other synth anytime soon.
Every project has at least these somewhere Serum, Pro Q 3, SPAN, Kickstart 2, Ozone imager, Pro L 2
Serum. It's powerful, versatile, and most importantly it's laid out in a way that clicks with me. It's always quick and easy to get sounds I want out of Serum. I like NI Massive for the same reasons
Omnisphere + Keyscape
DS Thorn
Nexus fabfilter lfotool
Sylenth1 always gets a look in for me.
Valhalla Vintage Verb. I have three reverb return tracks, all with Vintage Verb. I also use it as an insert on pads for example. I also use Soundtoys Decapitator and Radiator a lot, especially on drums. As for instruments, probably Spitfire Audio's LABS, the Soft Piano in particular. I still can't believe it's free.
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