Chris and Jody talk about the psychology of collecting gear. Whether it’s hardware or plugins, why are you collecting these items and does it help your ability to create. Extra guitars, check. Extra compressors, check. The latest and greatest orchestral samples and do you need them. Does having too much gear become an endless search to figure out what the right item is for a given production?
Tuesday Tip: Spitfire Audio LABS
In this Tuesday Tip, Chris quickly goes through the downloading process, as well as the interface of Spitfire Audio’s excellent free plugin LABS. There’s also a musical example, so you can hear it in use. LABS is great for experimentation, getting the creativity going, or just for sample based instruments that fall a little bit outside the norm.
Top 5 Must Have Plugins For Writing, Tracking & Balance
Chris and jody discuss their top 5 desert island must have plugins for writing, recording and mixing. From amp sims to synths, to channel strips to mixing. The reasons behind the picks and possibly even skirting their own rules for the picks of their top plugins. Of course they also reveal their Friday Finds for this week. It’s also not unlikely that there will be some nonsense discussed.
Tuesday Tip: Using Logic’s Plugin Manager for Better Plugin Navigation.
Chris shares a tip using Logic’s Plugin Manager to help you get quicker access to the plugins you use the most. This can be of great help to stop option paralysis, due to an ever expanding plugin lists, caused by Gear Acquisition Syndrome.