Native Instruments Alicia's Keys - "Best NI Piano to date"
Alicia's Keys can be purchased as a stand-alone software library, or as part of a software bundle like NI Komplete (this is how I received my copy). From owning Komplete, I also have access to all t…
Waves Maserati GRP - "Perfect Introduction to Bus Processing"
This plug-in is about as simple as it gets. Insert it on your tracks and its going to make a big difference right away. I mainly use if for the 'Drums Live' and "Drums Prog' settings. Right away, …
Waves Maserati ACG Acoustic Guitar Designer - "My Favorite Signature Series Plug-in"
The Waves Signature Series plug-ins are designed to be simple to use. They are simple to install and simple to authorize. They are almost 'dummy-proof' in the sense that as soon as you load them up…
Waves SSL E-Channel - "The Go-to channel strip"
Waves makes easy to use plug-ins. They are easy to install - you just download them off their website. They are easy to authorize - you can use any USB stick as a dongle, or use their software appl…
Project-X X-Amp [Freeware] - "Not bad to be free, the distortion is muddy though"
Project X amp was a freeware plug in that I downloaded back in 2008 after hearing some of my fellow musicians talking about it. The speaker sim is very good and you can do a lot of things with it but…
IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE - "Build a custom amp"
Amplitube LE comes with 14 different pre amps and 14 different EQ types. There are 6 really good microphone models that I loved in this plug in too! Amplitube LE has been out for a while now but I ha…
Nomad Factory Rock Amp Legends - "Uses some CPU"
The Nomad Factory Rock Amp Legends is compatible with Mac and PC machines. But the specs are very important with this plug in because if your computer cannot handle it, it will not run smoothly. On m…
Line 6 POD Farm 2 - "Upgrade to 2.5"
The Line 6 POD Farm 2 is a tone plug in, I have recently upgraded to POD Farm 2.5 after using Farm 2 for quite some time. Version 2.5 has some flexible digital processing that will give a wider and f…
Line 6 GearBox Plug-in - "Eats CPU"
The Line 6 Gearbox Plug in is very simple to use, there are only 6 knobs on the main interface (Drive, Bass, Middle Treble, Presence, Volume). I do recommend looking through the manual to get a bett…
Simulanalog Guitar Suite [Freeware] - "I cannot believe this is free!!"
The SimulAnalog Guitar Suite comes with 7 different amps, the Boss DS-1 which is a distortion module, and the Boss SD-1 which is an overdrive stompbox are two of the ones that I use the most out of t…
Softube Vintage Amp Room - "3 amps"
The Softube Vintage Amp room is an easy plug in to use, the basic version of this plug in cost around 200 dollars but I suggest getting the TDM version because it comes with more amps but it is about…
Audio Ease Speakerphone - "A great investment"
The thing that I love about the Audio ease Speakerphone is that you can place any sound you are working with in basically any acoustic space that you want it to be in all in real time and with visual…
Steinberg Warp - "Good for a first guitar amp plug in, very affordable too"
The Steinberg Warp VST is a guitar amp modeling plug in that can be run on a Mac or a PC operating system. It is very affordable and there is no need for a manual because it is simple and easy to op…
Voxengo Tube Amp - "A good freeware plug in"
The Voxengo Tube Amp is an audio effect VST that can be run as a AU too. It has a drive knob, bias knob, mode knob and out gain knob. This plug in is very easy to use and it is very light on my CPU. …
Toontrack The Classic EZX - "Awesome EZX"
The Classic EZX is a multi-sampled drum library. I have to give Toontrack credit for really increasing the sound quality of the newer EZX packs by using a lot more velocity layers/round-robin samples…
Toontrack Roots SDX - Bundle - "Mic Channels Galore!"
If you are not familiar with sampled drum libraries, the idea is to record the drums just as they would be in a typical recording session. In this case, individual drums are recorded with close mics…
Fretted Synth Audio Free Amp 2 [Freeware] - "Freebie "
The Fretted Synth Audio Free Amp 2 has seven different amps types to work with and seven different eq’s that have their own controls. It comes with 128 presets and most of them were usable though som…
db Audioware Flying Haggis - "Unique and inexpensive"
Flying Haggis is a virtual guitar amp that I recently purchased for around 30 dollars. That was probably the only reason that I purchased it, because if it had been much more I would not have been in…
McDSP CHROME TONE - "Many options"
I originally started with the Demo download of McDSP Chrome Tone from the website to see if I liked it. They let me have a 14 day trial in which I used it just about every single day. I love the lay…
Overloud TH2 - "3d microphone placement"
The Over Loud TH2 helped me get that perfect tone. It has 45 amp channels with over 120 different modes. It allows 3d positioning of the microphones in a visual format; I was able to get everything …
Native Instruments Guitar Rig 1 - "Huge fan of Guitar Rig"
When Native Instruments Guitar Rig 1 came out, I was very excited to get it. It has come along ways since version one but still version 1 was what set the ground floor for everything after that. Whe…
PSP Audioware MasterQ2 - " An equalizer .. Luxury!"
translatedVery simple installation. Master Q is a parametric equalizer seven bands. For details, was at the center (ie for the midrange) three bandpass filters, each side there is a low-shelving and high-shelv…
Steinberg Cubase 7 - " Composer mixer"
translatedInstallation: up date for me and obligation to reinstall W7 because it blocked in 64 bits. Then no problem. Manual englisjh videos but helping the intuition SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE P4 4 GB of R…
Stillwell Audio The Rocket Compressor - " A small bomb!"
translatedQuick and easy installation. There is no real manual, just an explanatory note provides information on the various parameters, including those specific to the compressor as the "Decadence" (which ove…
Relab Development LX480 Lite - U-FLYstudio's review
translatedPlug repeating the algorithm Random Hall of 480L I use a mac book pro i7 with 8GB Ram, RTAS, therefore Protools 10HD native one. when I open the rather, we must still count CPU consumption by …