chase_bencin

Everything an audio interface intended for the home studio should be and more. I personally really love the zero latency monitoring and the ability to craft complex monitor mixes with it's amazing yet a bit complicated at first glance Mix control software. Only things about this that left me wanting more out of it are the preamps. They're clean but they're a bit dry if I'm being honest. Also the gain staging on the preamps themselves is bit dodgy. I felt like the preamps were gain curved as opposed to a typical linear gain step. Other than that I love this thing!

When someone asks me what reverb they should get, not matter if they're a new producer or someone who's been doing this for a long time, I will always recommend this. I own a plethora of other reverb plugins. I have the Reflektor, the Waves IR1, the Waves TrueVerb, the UAD Lexicon 224, and the UAD AMS RMX16. A majority of those reverbs cost hundreds of dollars, however this $50 plugin just continues to make me smile every time I load it up. This is always the first reverb I use in a project. For just about everything. Sometimes I take a break to use the RMX16 but this is the one for me.

This is a game changer. The immense amount of technology that has been put into this interface is ground breaking. The concept of a Unison preamp which models famous vintage preamp circuits to a T that you can record onto your tracks is something that you just have to use to understand how incredible it is. I recorded a track in what used to be a storage room in my house yesterday that sounded like a Led Zeppelin acoustic track. To say the least, it leaves me speechless. The unison technology alone barely scratches the surface of the vast creative possibilities of this interface. However there is one downside: the fact that it eats up DSP power, I recommend investing in at least one extra quad core satellite.

I have been a music producer for several years now and this is a modern classic. It may not be the prettiest looking piece of software, but it won't let you down. It has all the rich goodness and sparkle of an old Moog with the ability to create complex tones that can only be limited to a digital domain.

As a music producer I recommend this DAW to everyone that wants to make great music. This software has hands down, the best sounding plugins of any DAW. There are however a few issues with the software... When projects get intense (60 tracks or more) things begin to get a bit buggy. It will sometimes crash and CPU is very jumpy from time to time. Also this is a really unattractive DAW. It's not an important complaint but I really believe that I work better when the software that I'm using is attractive.

I can't describe how much I love this plugin. It's perfect for those who aren't the most skilled engineers and for the pros. It's versatile, simple, and most importantly it sounds amazing. CLA is one of today's great engineers and his sonic characteristics really show on this plugin.

As an owner of a real 1176LN I can attest to how close these waves plugins get to the real thing. It is really a great substitute when I'm already using the 1176. However this plugin has it's own sound as well. Which is part of the reason why I really like it.