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Hi Guys,

I've finally decided that I need to buy some plugins, even though I am obsessed with hardware and was loathe to go down the software path again.

I'm finding I'm using still having to lean on plugins, but with the basic reaper ReaEQ, it's just not helping things much as far as improving the sound. Kinda sterile.

Years ago I bought one of those Yamaha AW2816 - 16 track HD recorders/console. I splurged on the Waves card, and it was worth it. I still have the machine at a friends place.

I remember the rennaisance EQ's were fantastic. After working with the Yamaha EQ's for hours, you plugin the Waves Eq and it was minutes to get a much better sound. L1's were great on toms too.

So I went over to waves and discovered they have some serious specials happening.

Ren Eq - $38 (RRP$150)
Ren Bass - $38 (RRP$75)
IR-L reverb - $28 (RRP$250!!!)

There's about 15 on special, with very similar savings. Oh and for you TDM guys there is a bunch on special too!

Until these specials came out the only Waves plugin I had bought for myself was MaxxBass. Personally, I never really liked the Ren EQ, unless used very subtley. However I did buy the IR-L reverb as an alternative to TL Space. I'm wondering if I should get Ren Comp and/or Ren De-esser as well. From memory those were quite good, but I wonder if Smack! (which I have) fulfills all duties that Ren Comp would do, and I rarely use a de-esser these days. Anybody have an opinion on Ren Comp?

GlennS wrote:Until these specials came out the only Waves plugin I had bought for myself was MaxxBass. Personally, I never really liked the Ren EQ, unless used very subtley. However I did buy the IR-L reverb as an alternative to TL Space. I'm wondering if I should get Ren Comp and/or Ren De-esser as well. From memory those were quite good, but I wonder if Smack! (which I have) fulfills all duties that Ren Comp would do, and I rarely use a de-esser these days. Anybody have an opinion on Ren Comp?

Im really enjoying the ren eq. Ive found it particularily good for rolling off the top end of guitars without sounding doughy. I low passed down to about 3.5khz ( i actually think it was lower) and it removed all the sibilence in the guitars and they still sounded clear!

The ren comp is quite versatile im finding. Smash snare with it and drum buss quite nicely at extreme settings to get it to distort. It behaves very nicely.

Just thought id mention also that q-clone is now available to $48 at the moment too. Normal rrp is 400 bucks, used to be a grand. Integrate your outboard eqs really quickly and freeze the impulse response/filter on any track without printing the track. Move to another adjust eq etc.

I bought it, havent got it working yet since i cant figure out how to patch reapers inputs into the plugin as yet. Spent 5 minutes on it and just moved on...

If anyone knows how to, please let me know haha.

This is Sonar, not Reaper I'm afraid:
http://www.vimeo.com/12780363

ChrisW wrote:This is Sonar, not Reaper I'm afraid:
http://www.vimeo.com/12780363

Thanks for the link Chris! I managed to get it routed properly the other day after posting. But the issue im having now is to do with the calibration of the headroom. It says its receiving but its like the signal is too low. Sending appears fine.

Im going into api 550b which i always notice reduces the volume whenever i send tracks to it. I tried putting a preamp before the eq to boost the signal but does do much until its too much and starts overloading dramatically.

Ill keep experimentung!