Essential (mac-compatible) VSTs

[He's Dead, Jim]

If I had to buy some absolutely essential VST's for mixing, what would you guys recommend? I'm using Pod Farm and LePou amp sims in Reaper with EZ Drummer, and when I have some spare cash I'm planning on upgrading to SD 2.0. But other than that, what do you gents think? I was thinking of getting the Waves C4 compressor, but I don't know if it's really worth it for the price, or if it will have any measurable effect since the dynamic range of my inputs is relatively low, because, you know, they're not real.

 

[hct]

Absolutely essential plugins come with your DAW .

 

[He's Dead, Jim]

Well, does anybody know of a cheap (or free) VST that roughly approximates the Slate VCC? It seems everybody here slaps it on a lot of their busses. I know nothing is a magic wand, but I figured I would ask.

 

[jangoux]

cheap? Satson

 

[DarkSkar]

cheap? Satson

+1

I´m a happy Satson user.

 

[MIAnn]

+1

I´m a happy Satson user.

and another!

 

[He's Dead, Jim]

Thanks guys! $39 is cheap indeed, haha.

 

[MIAnn]

Thanks guys! $39 is cheap indeed, haha.

if you have a few $$ left, try sknote roundtone too

 

[ArthurD]

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