The search for "One Knob" to rule them all??? MixCentric

My guess? Not only will it wind up as a bundle like the Chris Lord-Alge, Eddie Kramer, Jack Joseph Puig, Tony Maserati, et. al, bundles, it'll be discounted super-cheap in the not-to-distant future. I've been burned by Waves in the past (I basically have 2 CL-A bundle licenses; please don't ask), so...
 
In-place edit: while checking the spelling of 'Maserati', what did I find? Geez, but Waves was fast with this one...the Greg Wells Signature Series! List: $349. On sale today for? $299. I put even money on the bundle being on sale for half that amount (or less), within 6 months.
 
http://www.waves.com/bund...nature-series-overview
 
I like the CL-A set the best; they're great for demos! I don't use any of the plugs in the other "celebrity" bundles, even though some are quite good (Kramer's and Puig's). No reason to. I mean, who else but Chris would include a "Cowbell" setting on his drums plugin?
 
Looking forward to your review of all 3 plugs after you've had some time to use them! Thanks in advance!
 
 

about to demo it now, have the other 2, Voice and Piano, and like what I can get out of them very much.

I just got a butt load of One Knobs from Cakewalk...

I'm good...

Demo'd , liked, purchased

I hear that's what people say about Cakes Style Dials as well  

 
The effect pedal is maybe a pretty good analogy.  They're mostly single function and can make you sound better.
 
I'm more inclined to spend a few minutes learning what these one-knob plugins are doing and then do it myself, adjusting things to my particular situtation.
 

These kinds of make-gooder plugins would have a lot more credibility if they could cite a single hit record made with them.

sharke
These kinds of make-gooder plugins would have a lot more credibility if they could cite a single hit record made with them.

Heck with the "make-good" idea. A mess is a mess will always be a mess. If the mix IS NOT a mess, then I have no need for such a plugin. If the mix IS a mess, there's nothing any plugin can do to fix it.
 
What I DO have a need for is for quickly putting decent-sounding demos together. That's why I like the Chris Lord-Alge bundle. I put the appropriate plugin on each instrument/vocal track, starting with everything at unity and tweak from there. As I've mentioned elsewhere, I wound up with two licenses for this bundle, paying $79 for one and totaling out just under $100 for the other. If I forget about the screw-up, I paid less than $15 for each of the plugins. I've got some Waves plugins that I don't use, but these are great for demos or quick toss-offs. I have a feeling that you could do a decent mix with just these, but I haven't taken them that far yet.
 

 

 
G.A.S. is a way of life, I've just got to accept that. For some reason, I've having a surprisingly easy time passing up these Greg Wells plugins. Maybe I've turned a corner!
 
 
Yeah, riiiiiiight! 

bitflipper
Who knows - without trying first - it could well be something quite good.
 
I would, however, approach it with skepticism given the dubious manner in which it is advertised. I could easily duplicate the "demonstration" offered by Mr. Wells using a number of other tools. You can do it, too. Just bypass your master bus chain - if you've done anything right at all, it will sound worse, just like in the demo video.

That sums it up for me.  I didn't hear anything that I couldn't get with a combination of other plugins.  I could, however, see it being helpful to someone who is very new to mixing with no idea of how to take a recording up a level.