3 Plugins I Purchased but Rarely Use (Unfortunately)

First, in order to justify my plugin addiction to myself (HA!), note that I’m in the business of teaching audio production so I need to try lots of plugins so I can evaluate them in order to give opinions to my students, graduates and YOU.

Here are 3 plugins that are awesome but unfortunately I don’t actually use very often:

1. Level Magic (Flux/Jünger Audio) — This plugin is an auto-leveler that does a similar job as Vocal Rider but with WAY WAY WAY more features and use cases. From their website: “Level Magic is a comprehensive loudness management processor utilizing an algorithm highly adaptive to the structure of the incoming audio to meet the requirements of the broadcast and media industry, producing a result without artifacts such as pumping, breathing or distortion.”
2. Split EQ (Eventide) — SplitEQ analyzes the incoming audio and separates it into two separate streams: Transient (noise, pops, mic plosives, vocal sibilance, attacks) and Tonal (sustained notes, harmonics, tone, ambiance) – allowing you to EQ these two independently! Very handy in some use cases. From their website: “SplitEQ™ is a groundbreaking EQ that offers a fundamentally new approach to corrective and creative audio equalization. It excels at Repairing, Rebalancing, Enhancing, and Widening any musical source or audio signal. SplitEQ is both a surgical tool for fixing particularly nasty problems and a creative tool as it opens up exciting new musical possibilities. More than just an EQ — It’s a new and better tool.”
3. dear VR pro (Plugin Alliance) — This is an amazing 3D audio plugin. From their website: “dearVR PRO provides 46 vivid virtual acoustic environments, featuring true to life 3D imaging and gorgeous sounding environments to place your sounds and then move them around in real time. Among the many selections to choose from are concert halls, car interiors, different types of rooms, a church, cellar, staircase, bathroom, booth, warehouse, arena, outdoor street and live stage. Each environment is instantly and independently recallable per plugin instance, letting you place each object’s sound in a different space.”

These are all excellent plugins which I like a lot.

Do you have any plugins that you bought but don’t use very often? Share below 🙂

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