discussion. rprs own plug ins versus others...cpu etc.

[manning1]

for me i dont find myself needing any plug ins other than the jesusonic/stilwell ones that come with reaper.
this gives me way enough things to try without complicating things with even more choices and adding lots of 3rd party vst plug ins. in summary i like to keep it simple....what are others feelings on this ??...reason being with too many plug in choices ones brain starts hurting ....lol.
in addition....do you find that the built in plug ins in rpr are less resource intensive than 3rd party vst's for example ??
what are your feelings on this ??

[Art Evans]

I confess to being a collector of freeware FX almost for the sake of it - though I don't bother with anything that actually distorts the audio, as that isn't usable in classical music.

I tend to settle on a small range of FX that I get to know how to get the best from, changing from time to time as a new current favourite emerges.

But it's all pretty subjective and not very scientific.

[ahoova]

Reaper's built in effects are cool. I do tend to get "inspired" by the way certain plugins look and feel too, so I mix it up a bit. I know its psychological, but I am a visual person so I often stick to eq's and compressors that "show" me what I'm doing. For that reason, I use some other vst plugins that I've grown accustomed to.

[Stringer]

Last time I looked, Reaper had a delay but not a reverb. Is that still the case?

John

[Art Evans]

There's the convolution reverb now.

[olzzon]

I use ReaComp and ReaGate all the time. They works great, and i like their flexibility.

For Eq i use the AirEq, this is the one for me, i love it.
It´s not that i think the Eqin reaper are bad, they are just as fine as most. But i think AirEq is just better.
This is my oppinion ofcause.

ReaVerb is cool too, but i mainly use my TC Powercore for reverb. Not much into convolutionverbs. Again that´s just a matter of taste.

All the JS fxs are great for helpers, and when you need something special, it´s really cool to have a hole package of FX´s included. Many of the plugs i´d probably never buy because i´d only use them once a year, so it´s really cool to have them here.

[griz lee]

Reaper's internal fx and JS have the sound quality! It's noticably better than my powercore on EQ and compression. (I'd agree about the reverb with olzzon, i like a good algorithmic 'verb).

Reacomp is one of the very best digital comps out there. Notice how it doesn't screw up your audio going through it when nothing's happening. How many comps can you say that of? Plus, with the pre-attack and rms windows controls you can get extremely smooth compression should you need it or very wild pumping. Great control, without silly limitations.

Major Tom (in JS) is probably the best dbx (in forward mode) or teletronix la2-a (in feedback) that you'll get in digital. I don't have a dbx, but i do have an la2 and scott's version has all the behaviour and yet a better, more resolved sound (probably due to me not having to go analog).

The whole JS thing sounds fantastic, and i'm really getting to like the fact the interface doesn't pander to my visual desire to see say, a realistic looking fairchild 660 on screen. Instead, it just sounds that way if i load up the ss-670!

All i really miss is a nice gain reduction meter in JS. Then i'd be extactic.

[manning1]

nice comments.
ahoova...like you i'm a visual person...
maybe a "bunny" plug in is needed for us types ?? lol.


olzzon...that air eq...does it use more resources than reapers own built in ones ??

[olzzon]

Originally Posted by manning1

olzzon...that air eq...does it use more resources than reapers own built in ones ??

Haven´t really tested. I have a Core2 E6700, and there´s so much power in it, so i hardly ever think about it anymore.
But it doesn´t seems to use much cpu. You can allways download a demo at Eliosound.com i you want to check.
But i do think the Reaper Eq´s are good too, i just fell in love with this one.(AirEq that is)

[LOSER]

My take on this is: having some 1200+ free VSTs (1200 minus some help files that come with the VSTs) but only using ReaFir and selfmade JS plug-ins
(And on some rare occasions ReaVerb)

P.S. I'm a collector like Art