Tomy Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 10 Plug-ins to Improve Your Synthstaken from http://primeloops.com/10 Plug-ins to Improve Your SynthsWondering how to make your synths more professional and interesting? Here are 10 suggestions for things to do to your sounds, from pretty conventional ones to downright destructive ones!Here are 10 plug-ins to improve your synths...1. ChorusA brilliant way to simply widen your synth or to turn it into something reminiscent of an epileptic Dalek. Chorus is great for some mental modulations!2. Dynamic EQA plug in I've found much more useful than conventional EQ when it comes to playing with sounds, you can actually carve out the frequency spectrum you want rather than simply boosting certain frequencies! Brilliant for emphasizing those important parts of the sound that are a bit too quiet.3. Bit CrusherNeed a bit more of an edge to your synth? Bit Crushers can turn your synth into a lo-fi sledgehammer when used correctly!4. EnhancerThese are nice plug ins that combine a few things - they can widen, do rudimentary EQing and limiting or compression depending on the plug-in you get. Great for doing a lot with a small amount of processer overhead (as opposed to using loads of separate plug-ins!)5. Harmonic ExciterSometimes also called enhancers (can get pretty confusing with the above plug-in!), harmonic exciters deliberately distort the high end of the spectrum to bring back some of the brightness lost in the recording process. This can really lift a synth up in the mix!6. Stereo ImagerThese are absolute gold when making immense synths or epic soundscapes. They push the synths to the far left and right in the stereo spectrum, widening it and making it feel bigger.7. LimiterMakes the synth effect as loud as possible while stopping the synth from peaking - really useful on crazier, unpredictable synth effects!8. Multi-Band CompressionLimiting not making your synth loud enough? Try Multi-Band Compression - it separates the sound into several different frequencies, boosts each filtered section, then puts it back together, making the apparent volume much louder without affecting the overall volume! Ridiculously useful.9. FilterFilters are great for making synths sound completely different - just isolate a certain section of the frequencies with a band pass filter and listen to the difference!10. DelayInstant talent - Delay makes everything sounds so much bigger and better... just be careful that you're not totally drowning your synth in the stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBG Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 filters are the most important effect to have as a dj imo. high pass is just golden on the ear drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomy Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 do you use cut high freq. off? or as an effect? please explain for the masses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevChelios Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Nicely done, I'd rep you but I cant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevChelios Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 And one more ting. If any of you have dblue glitch I highly recommend you get it, good peice of free ware, its like an effect bundle weird thing and you can make some cool shit with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupe Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 +rep good post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyB Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 yeah dude high pass filters are used to make those crazy wobble'scheck out mightyfools remix of badmen. or the dubstep bass's tek one makes in his tracks like hate you. they are both high pass filter wobbles im pretty sure.bit crushers are also wicked for making those talking synths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevChelios Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 bit crushers are also wicked for making those talking synths Fuck yeah I didnt know that...... to the labrotory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomy Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 And one more ting. If any of you have dblue glitch I highly recommend you get it, good peice of free ware, its like an effect bundle weird thing and you can make some cool shit with it link to d/l? or their website... i'll check it out sound tastey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevChelios Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 http://illformed.org/plugins/glitch/Thar you go, you'll have to search a tut on it though its pretty confusing to look at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyB Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 did you realy not know that chev?if you didnt, its not easy haha. i havnt made any good ones yet. used right though you can get some awsome sounds! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevChelios Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 yeah i didnt ay, Ive sat down for like hours trying to make vox synths and getting nowhere. Ive mad an alright one already, full roboty n shit :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyB Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 haha yeah , bit crushers are a dubstep essential i recon:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBG Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 do you use cut high freq. off? or as an effect? please explain for the masses? Hey mate, sorry I forgot I posted here.I've got a filter knob on my A&H mixer, and you may or may not know, A&H make awesome filters.I generally use the High pass filter in my mixes.. creates the sort of effect that a flanger does without the annoying noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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