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OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
like this is a question anyone can answer... but I'll ask anyway!
So I'm down to only a couple of days left to take advantage of the anniversary sale. I'd buy the whole lot if I could, they are some really well done plug-ins! But like some others, well, that would be too great a stretch...
So, if you could only buy one Fabfilter plug-in during this sale which one would you buy? OK, that's just too lame even for me...
I've narrowed my choice down to Volcano and Timeless. I had hoped that Timeless could do most of what Volcano does if I disable the delay lines, but alas, they did save some tricks just for Volcano. Oh well.
I did spend quite a bit of time with most of the processors (while I can always use another synth I decided against a synth at this time.) And I have to say, their compressor and multi-band compressor are very impressive. But I can get the same results with other compressors - they aren't as easy to use as the FF plugs, but I can get the job done, so for now I scratched those off the list.
The equalizer, gate, limiter and de-esser are equally easy to use, but again I have tools that I use for those tasks. What I can never seem to get enough of are the effects. Which leaves me to choosing between Timeless and Volcano.
So... anyone that has them care to share their thoughts?
Thanks!
-- Bill Audio Enterprise KB3KJF
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yorolpal
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/22 23:34:30
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Timeless.
But when I bought mine I got a bundle that included Volcano...is that not offered anymore?
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dcumpian
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/23 08:04:42
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+1 for Timeless. It is a very deep effect.
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Dan
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/23 11:49:48
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Bill, I'll throw out a wacky idea from left field...maybe you've already got all the plugins you need? Heresy, I know.
But I will second everybody's opinion on Timeless. Tons o' fun, that one.
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Grem
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/23 13:37:56
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I just got Timeless this weekend. Love it. There is some serious usage here!!
Grem
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/23 16:45:52
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/23 17:03:10
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Mosvalve
Timeless for sure...
Great choice! You will not regret it.
Grem
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wst3
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/23 18:50:44
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sonofagun!
Thanks all for confirming my instincts. I really love them both, and while some of the PSP delays can do some of the things that Timeless does, none of them are as easy to use, and that does count for something.
Volcano is amazing, but when I stop to think about it I use filters as an effect less than I use delays... so I think Volcano will have to wait.
They don't seem to have a bundle that includes only Timeless and Volcano - I might have stretched for that.
And Bit - yeah, I have reached the point where I find it very difficult to justify another plugin... it isn't so much that these things do anything completely new, but they do present the controls in a very user friendly manner, which neither Nitro nor 608 do<G>!
I can even see me replacing my Waves compressors with FF, just not today!
Thanks again for making this a bit easier!!
Anyone here use Volcano's little brothers - Simplon or MIcro? I had a lot of fun with Simplon, not as much fun as Volcano, but it might help me ease into the FabFilter way of thinking... and I think I can make that stretch. Thoughts?
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yorolpal
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/23 19:46:05
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I use Micro all the time as a simple hi pass filter on tracks.
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/23 21:40:28
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wst3
sonofagun!
I can even see me replacing my Waves compressors with FF, just not today!
Pro-C or Q is what I would suggest, but you had it narrowed down to the two. You can't really go wrong with FF. They are in my opinion...special.
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wst3
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/24 20:29:17
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Thought I'd close the loop...
I now have a license for Timeless... and I am quite pleased. It does not hurt one bit that I got to spend some time with all of them before making my purchase. I know what it can do... well, at least I know some of what it can do<G>!
I ended up comparing AudioDamage Filterbank to Volcano 2 - they are not the same, and I'll eventually add Volcano to my toolbox, but I decided that much like Pro-C vs other compressors, I had a really good filter toy already. (I also have the Moog filter from UA, which I love, but it isn't as flexible as Volcano or Filter Bank.)
The biggest surprise, for me, is the sound of the filters. As I said, I use Filterbank and the Moog a lot, and I really like them. I don't think I would say that Volcano sounds better - but I will say that it sounds different enough to give me a whole new tool, when I finally break down and buy it<G>!
Thanks everyone for the input - not an easy choice! (It would have been much easier to just buy everything<G>!)
-- Bill Audio Enterprise KB3KJF
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Re: OK FabFilter Fans... need advice
2014/04/25 13:10:48
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I'd go with Timeless2 and Pro-Q. You get the 40% discount on Timeless2, then throw Pro-Q in the cart and you'll see it's really not that bad to add it. That's a really good tool to have available to slip in anywhere in your signal flow.
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