VST/DX Effects
Studio Software
• Sonitus:FX Suite
Cakewalk bought this effects suite and began including it bundled with their Sonar product lines.
I have A/B'ed these effects with their much more expensive counterparts, made by Steinberg, Waves,
and other flagship companies, and saw absolutely no compelling reason to pay extra money when
I get such top notch equalizers, limiters, and other effects for free with Sonar. Yes, they are
that good! Believe it!
• Sony Sound Forge Effects Plugins
Sound Forge is my current "destructive" sample editor of choice. Of course, with any
good sample editor comes a collection of DirectX effects that can be used in any other
application which supports it. Sony has included some very interesting and useful
effects with Sound Forge. Although I think the Sonitus compressors and equalizers
have a more natural sound, Sony brings up the "loudness maximizer" to truly mash all
the dynamics out of a sample if you just need a really loud or punchy drum sample (for
example). There are a quite a few gems in this collection.
• Cakewalk Project 5 Effects Plugins
Out of all the effects packages I own, this collection is my favorite. The interface
is very natural, uses very little screen real estate, always easily syncs to tempo with
the click of a mouse, and sounds absolutely amazing. I loved the instruments and effects
that came with Project 5 so much, I bought it JUST for them. I really don't care for
the new fangled sequencing interface compared to Sonar. But the plugins were too good
to pass up!
Sonar includes several other effects processors (that I have not familiarized myself with
much yet). I also use a wide array of freeware VST and DirectX effects I have picked up over
the years, each bringing
something very unique to the table, and I will also post about them in the future.
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