RE PLUG INS.
Heres a little fun challenge ive done in the past.
Give it a try. Do a mix with just the standard pg plug ins and the plug ins built into your daw.
THEN redo the mix with all ones fancy plug ins, and then play both for the “man in the street”.
And see what they say.
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Heres my own logic.
Tween pg and reaper jesusonic/vst plug ins and the plug ins from computer music mag, {the combo being highly underestimated imho) i have something like 180 plug ins and instruments etc.
THUS if i cant do a good song with that lot, then i’m at fault.
Further my logic goes something like this.
BP (before plug ins) great songs were done over the decades. Further i would propose
That the great AE’s of the past would prolly still do great songs using the pg and some free plug ins. Cos thats their forte with inventiveness added into the mix.
The other piece of logic i muse over is ive seen first hand the magic good AE’s in big studios
Wield. Thus prolly if someone was interested in one of my songs…it would be often remixed in a big studio facility with all the added fancy gear such have.

In conclusion, the above are some of my thoughts i’m shareing when i get gear lust for
Fancy plug ins. One of my other thoughts is….how many people when they become a first
Time pg biab/rb user really explore in depth and experiment with the free pg plug ins ?
OR do they go “oh they are free, cant be any good”.

Finally , there is a great thread with goodness so many views about free plug ins at reaper.fm
(and other net sites) that is interesting to read.

Finally i’m not saying i’m any good blah blah, just suggesting alternatives to explore if money is tight. Cos i like to eat…lol.
Anyhoo try my little plug in challenge sometime, and see if it brings a different perspective.
And for those that havent done it , respectively really try in depth the pg plug ins in conjunction to copying and sliding track copies related to the original track <<an old skool clue.

Best/happiness
Silly old muso.


Last edited by justanoldmuso; 03/03/22 06:55 AM.
my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)