The plain fact is sometimes they sound worse on a given track.
I gotta check out more of Slate’s stuff…like the new TM.
U ever try Stripbus or Satson? Literally a FRACTION of the cost too. I also just got VTM, and that in combination with VCC is quite amazing! While I don’t have experience with hardware gear to compare to, I will say after doing so much mixing digitally ITB for the past 5 years…it wasn’t until last year and this year I started using VCC and it has really helped me improved my sound without trying so hard with individual EQ’ing and tube and saturation use…and while being done so subtley…or at least I try to keep that.
If you don’t want so much color, you can adjust the drive and input levels accordingly. VCC is quite subtle, but from what I’ve experienced it does add a nice gluing effect. And you want to use the grouping functions, but don’t forget you can have multiple groups. So yes, you do want to mix into them because of the effect they add, but if doing so, you do want the channel inserts as well as the buss insert on the master because they work together. **this is Steven’s rec…why? Because if you slap it on everything…and it sounds like it does, you make all mix decisions based on that…so, of COURSE then bypassing it makes the mix “suck”–that doesn’t actually mean VCC is making the mix better-it means you mixed in the context of it’s color. PhaseBug (freeware-should be built into a DAW, but isn’t). Aether&PCM Native (though hardware still owns it, so I didn’t buy). Waves API, CLA, Mastering, and JJP bundles. There are very few plug ins that have added much useful, IMO. Do as little as you need to.Īnd go get his new VTM…and FXG…OK…I’m indeed a fanboy. While it may seem obvious, you only leave it where the first is the case. That’s the thing–three things happen when you put slate on a channel–it sounds way better, it sounds worse, or it just kind sound different. If you can’t hear what it’s doing, leave it off. Now…don’t take that wrong–Slate is the game changer that has gotten me to move to Cubase as audio platform…but, my experience has been it’s best selected on a per channel/bus basis. Not used NLS…but, I’ve tried that with Slate…as much as I like the product, absolute BS that you should “mix into it”**…and set it on everything…there are nasty side effects on some tracks, that while you don’t notice it if you just plaster it across everything, are quite evident if you solo and toggle the bypass.
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