necessary plugins/vsts efx used for guitar/drums/bass?

[vejichan]

I have some questions .. what plugins/vsts(efx) do you guys use for your

1) rythmn guitar tracks( is it better to do them dry and add reverb in the master track)
2) lead guitar tracks( delay?)
3) clean guitar tracks(compressor/chorus/delay)
4) bass track ( pitch shifter/ compressor)-- i don't have a bass.. so i try with a pitch shifter(down an octave)--tse BOD---compressor to simulate a bass sound.
5) drum track (compressor?)
6) master track ( reverb/eq?)

i am using reaper and amp plugins.. so feel free to let me know what are
some useful/necessary efx plugins for each individual track.
thanks

 

[ahjteam]

if the sound is good at the source, not necessarily anything.Use your ears and listen if it needs anything.

 

[Benqbasic]

Hey Man, it's not so much about what you use but how you use them.
Of course some plugins are better than others. But knowing how to use the ones you have got is what will make your mixes better.

Have a read of these tutorials Ermz has put out:

Production Tips Compendium

Systematic Mixing Series

 

[Tommy Evans]

For sure. the studio bass i use takes a shit ton of processing for it to sound good. But i once mixed a song where the bass was so nice, and the singal was so awesome, it barely needed anything.

 

[vejichan]

ok.. but since i'm using plugins/vsts.. that takes/eats alot of CPU?
any downside to adding too many plugins/vsts/effx etc?
Is it better to keep things simple?

 

[Fandus]

Basically you want to get to where you want to go in as few steps as possible. Plugins are used to enhance, not to fix or change a shitty source. You will come to realize that over doing it with fx will degrade the sound.

 

[Damage, Inc.]

Basically you want to get to where you want to go in as few steps as possible. Plugins are used to enhance, not to fix or change a shitty source. You will come to realize that over doing it with fx will degrade the sound.

+1! Good mixing is more about good recording and good performances than turd-polishing. I'll take a brilliant performance recorded with bare-bones equipment over a shitty performance that's autotuned, grid-corrected, sample-replaced, and over-produced any day of the week.

 

[Robert Landrum]

Always keep it simple. BUT I find that on almost ALL of my mixes I will EQ and compress a little bit. That's it though.