Anyone looking to buy FabFilter stuff for the first time, be sure to let one of your FF-using forum friends know (via a PM) because you can get a 10% discount on your initial purchase by just being referred by an existing user. The referrer also gets a small credit toward future purchases of his own. 

Wow...just demo'd the FF comp and eq. All I can say is "dammit! I hate you guys soooooo much" 

They're really really cool. The visualization tools alone on them are just so cool. The realtime comression envelope display on the ProC is amazing and everyone should really include some kind of similar display. Gah! Don't you people know I just bought a Beeznees Tribute 3 and can't spend more money?!?! Are you trying to get me divorced?!?!?

*sigh* Somebody (Bit? Ol Pal?) PM me how to get the 10% thingy? Also, do they ever go on sale? If I wait a bit will the price go down?

I feel dirty...

Dean

PM Bit.  I got em all already.  He'll get you squared away with your discount:-)

Hi bigboi,
I figured I'd give you a quick comparative review since the original point of this thread was to compare the FF stuff and the Waves stuff. I've only demod the EQ and Compressor so far from FF, but I do own a bunch of other stuff...Waves, UAD, IKMM, PSP, and a bunch of hardware (UA, SSL, Empirical Labs etc).

Regarding the EQ, let me start by saying I'm not a big EQ guy. To my ears most of them sound pretty much the same (with very few notable exceptions) and the real difference is how quickly and easily I can get them to do what I want. The FF built-in analyzer is really cool in this regard, as is the control set...I really like the ability to easily bypass and solo bands and the shelves and filters are nice and functional. I don't think I own any Waves products that do what the FF does, and while I'll still use the UAD Manley, Pultec and my hardware, if I do pick up the FF it will see a lot of use.

The compressor: I am a bit of a compressor nerd...I own lots of plugs and a fair amount of hardware and I know my way around compression pretty well. The functional dynamics control aspects of the FF are really very nice and the display that shows both the dynamics domain and time domain effects is really really good. If you have any lingering questions about how compressors affect sound, the display will help tremendously. Even if you're just still trying to figure out stuff like "how does 2db of compression with a medium attack sound as compared to whatever other setting", being able to see what the compressor is doing and then correlating that with what you're hearing is very valuable. The FF will not replace my hardware or some of my "character" compressors, but if I do buy it it would see lots of use.

So, shorter answer, after an admittedly short demo period I really like what I've seen so far on the FF stuff and may be buying shortly. For most of my everyday, workhorse tasks they'd certainly be near the top of my list. I think I agree with some of the other folks who posted, FF first for everyday stuff, Waves (and others) for specific things.

Good luck, and thanks for bringing the FF stuff to my attention.

Dean

Fab filter is the meat on a sub. Its the ham on the cheese. Its the salt of the sea. Its the banana splits of sundaes!!

But your comparing apples to oranges, as the waves bundle comes with different types of plugins. But comparing the limiters, compressors, and EQ, Fab Filter is the H2 in water..

Cj

Cj....You had someone write that for you, didn't you...So poetic...:o) :o)

rtucker55


I've been looking at the FabFilter Pro bundle at $549. Do they ever have a half off sale?

They do not ... or at one that I've ever seen.  What they do have is the occassional 25% off bundles sale.  I think one recently ended.  But if you can wait until the end of the year, they have had a holidays 25% bundles sale for the last two years.  No guarantee it will happen this year, but history is on your side.

The more you own, the higher the discount is when buying new plugins from them

CJ

The FabFilter stuff is - dare I say it - fun to use.

A couple of weeks ago , i made a track and the kick was taking from Maschine library .....but after some eq and comp , on clcik artefcas appeared obviously ....this was in the sample !! so i opened sundforge and try to edit it , but no go ... i then used Waves X-click : bingo saved my day !!

Yesturady i wanted a rotating effect on a TOM roll , so i was like ok let's do this and that with automation , then i remebered having Mondomod (waves) and bingo , tempo sync rotating effect ...

I can go on and on ......yes i may use those less than 5 times a years !! but those tools are just life/time saver ....and alwayz welcome this is the strenght of waves bundle : all you need , you have !! they might be other better processing in certain area (Pro L , Pro G ect) but i assure you that you can definitly make a pro sounding mix with waves without a doubt !!

to get the equivalent , you will have to buy FF and way  more .....