wow!
THE Craig Anderton?
amazing!
 
i will take your recommendation with the highest regard.
used to read your columns in various PRINT mags back in the day.
 
thanks!
fred

the overview page of the Sonitus Suite is great!

Craig Anderton also wrote the forward to one of my favorite books, now in its 3rd Edition, "The MIDI Manual". 
 
I think Craig works about 30 hours a day. 

FCCfirstclass
Craig Anderton also wrote the forward to one of my favorite books, now in its 3rd Edition, "The MIDI Manual". 
 
I think Craig works about 30 hours a day. 

i think that's down a few hours from when i was reading his columns.

hodshonf
 MixControl Pro looks pretty nice and gets raves.

It is nice, but not available anymore.  The company disappeared with a lot of drama behind it.
 
As already mentioned, both the Sonitus and ReaPlugs are great for bread and butter FX.  There's really no need to look elsewhere, especially when these are free (the Sonitus being bundled with Artist).

I had used Voxengo's Voxformer (about $70) for years, until all the toys in the ProChannel came along and made it easier to use what was already defaulted on every channel.  The dual band compressor, gate and de-esser are still pretty handy to have all lined up and ready to go.
 
Hmm...I might just have to go back to that.

JonD

hodshonf
 MixControl Pro looks pretty nice and gets raves.

It is nice, but not available anymore.  The company disappeared with a lot of drama behind it.
 
As already mentioned, both the Sonitus and ReaPlugs are great for bread and butter FX.  There's really no need to look elsewhere, especially when these are free (the Sonitus being bundled with Artist).

i wasn't aware Sonitus came with Artist.
 
thanks.

There are a host of free options here... some of them even sound half-decent!
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/free-vst-plugins/
 
you could probably populate a basic DAW with a versatile fleet of plugs for nearly every imaginable purpose without spending a dime... more and more of them are 64-bit, with respectable interface and sonics... 

hodshonf
wow!
THE Craig Anderton?
fred

He is on our side