Joey Sturgis

I use iZotope Ozone for the final EQ, limiting, multi‑band compressor and exciter‑type things. I use various compressors as my bus compressors, but mostly Waves SSL or Kramer PIE. So Waves and Ozone pretty much take care of it.

Joey Sturgis, the founder of Joey Sturgis Tones, developed the JST Clip plugin based on his extensive experience recording heavy music for renowned artists.

Joey's current setup comprises three Windows‑based PCs running Cubase v6.5 and all Joey's favourite plug‑ins, so that the same project can be opened on any one, plus an Apple Mac running Logic and Pro Tools.

For example, if you use a Waves CLA‑76 blue‑face compressor, you'll notice that the breaths are too loud when you compress the crap out of a vocal. Before the vocal starts, you hear that really loud inhale and then the vocal gets quieter because that breath has slipped though before the compressor clamps down, so it seems like they are louder than the actual vocal. Then you come across compressors that do the exact opposite, where the breaths don't come in loud enough relative to the vocal. This compressor is based on 10 years of messing around with vocal compression.

Joey Sturgis, the founder of Joey Sturgis Tones, developed the Gain Reduction Deluxe plugin. This compressor plugin reflects his extensive experience in recording heavy music for renowned artists, as highlighted by Joey Sturgis Tones.

Joey Sturgis, the founder of Joey Sturgis Tones, developed the Pixelator plugin, drawing on his extensive experience recording heavy music for prominent artists.

Joey Sturgis, the founder of Joey Sturgis Tones, utilizes the Joey Sturgis Tones Toneforge - Menace plugin. This amp simulator plugin reflects his extensive experience in recording heavy music for renowned artists.

Joey is the founder of jst. these pluggins are based of of the years of experience recording heavy music for some big name artists

His favourite tools are Native Instruments Komplete 9, reFX Nexus 2 and Vengeance, and Spectrasonics Omnisphere. "Omnisphere has everything — pianos, strings, basses, organs, sound effects, chants, drums, synthesizers — and Komplete 9 has everything as well, but they have their own workflows.

His favourite tools are Native Instruments Komplete 9, reFX Nexus 2 and Vengeance, and Spectrasonics Omnisphere. "Omnisphere has everything — pianos, strings, basses, organs, sound effects, chants, drums, synthesizers — and Komplete 9 has everything as well, but they have their own workflows.

His favourite tools are Native Instruments Komplete 9, reFX Nexus 2 and Vengeance, and Spectrasonics Omnisphere. "Omnisphere has everything — pianos, strings, basses, organs, sound effects, chants, drums, synthesizers — and Komplete 9 has everything as well, but they have their own workflows.

Joey Sturgis is among the producers and engineers to have released plug‑ins capturing aspects of his sound. Here, two instances of his JST Clip peak-clipping plug‑in form part of a complex snare drum processing chain which also incorporates Cubase's channel EQ and Waves' SSL Channel, TransX and Q10.

Joey Sturgis is among the producers and engineers to have released plug‑ins capturing aspects of his sound. Here, two instances of his JST Clip peak-clipping plug‑in form part of a complex snare drum processing chain which also incorporates Cubase's channel EQ and Waves' SSL Channel, TransX and Q10.