Best 64-bit VST Limiter, Auto Tune and F/X Filter...

sqye


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Hey guys.
 
My new DAW should be arriving tomorrow - built by Jim at Studio Cat.
 
I'm looking for reasonably affordable sw VST plugs to replace my old versions of:
 

• Antares Filter (CPU friendly Resonant Filter + Effects: delays, etc.)
• Antares Auto Tune 4 (Very happy with how CPU friendly and easy to use this is)
• Waves Original Gold Bundle (CPU friendly killer brick wall limiter, although the Q10 is great, too).

I really don't want to spend more than a few hundred dollars per plug. 
I need everything 64-bit!
 
...I want to do as little bit-bridging as possible.
 
 
Thanks in advance for any and all ideas!!
 
New DAW:
i7 950
12GB DDR3 1600
Win 7 x64
Sonar 8.5 + Kontak 4.1 + Symphobia, etc.
RME FF800
 
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Sijel
BrickWall - try Boost 11 x64
AutoTune - try V-Vocal (see my work-process in the forum for successful V-Vocaling).
Filter - DimPro/Rapture (as you point out) - I've never used these on a per track basis... they may be limiting depending on what you are trying to do. 
BTW - I've used the Pentagon Synth sidechain (put it in Vocoder mode by right-clicking on the menu) for adding filter effects.  Again, not sure what specifically you're trying to do.
 
You can add in T-Racks Std/Deluxe ($) for more brickwall options and you can buy Melodyne ($$) for tuning options... personally, I haven't used other add-ons like Antares Filter.  But, there are a slew of expensive Synths out there that allow audio inputs.  I'll defer to others on Filter.
 

The general concensus on the V-Vocal is not great. Again, I don't find it intuitive at all.

Sijel

The general concensus on the V-Vocal is not great. Again, I don't find it intuitive at all.

There is without a doubt some very good freeware out there. 
But my experience through many years in the DAW game is that the more freeware I add to my DAW, the more problems I end up having.  In fact, I've been pressing myself to live with the Sonar PE tools where ever I can - and that's been working wonderfully.  The most musically productive and least frustrated I've ever been. 
 
[Not trying to say all commercial code is a charm... but beware that most things marked "free" are NOT really free.]

nix means no. As in don't use v-vocal or boost eleven

The T-Rack Peak Limiter looks great - and people seem happy with it

I do not recommend the V-Vocal. V-Vocal sound coloring

The general concensus on the V-Vocal is not great.

And the processing results are mixed. But it's probably because I don't know how to use it efficiently.

nix means no.  As in don't use v-vocal

Some folks like v-vocal.  But once you've used Melodyne, there's no going back

i don't really have time to read a poweruser book just to get basic fast CPU-friendly pitch correction with some instant presets happening

1. Break tracks into clips - editting at the silent parts. I find it's best to use the smallest clip duration that you need to get the job done.  I do NOT ever try correcting an entire track clip (but maybe that's because I use V-Vocal surgically or for effect).
2. Save my project (!!!)
3. Enable track layers on the track in question
4. Create a V-Vocal clip using the right click menu option on the original clip. 
5. Move that new V-vocal clip (which is by default ON TOP of the original clip) down using SHIFT-drag to an open layer.  You willl now see the original track with the red mute symbol (i.e., a crossed out O).  [Shift-drag keeps the clip aligned to the original clip.]
6. Operate in the V-Vocal Editor to your heart's (or ear's) content
7. CLOSE the V-Vocal Editor and IMMEDIATELY "Bounce to Clip" - this is very important!  If you leave this Editor open or don't bounce this Clip, you will most likely encounter a problem as you keep working
8. Listen for a few times to make sure the new clip is ok... and then File...Save (use a new version number if you wish and add a comment on what track you V-vocaled.).   If you don't like what you heard, you can delete the V-Vocal track and unmute the original track...for perfect safety, you can close the project without saving and reload to your earlier version.