The first menu in the presets, Crystals, sounds just as it sounds. The Crystallizer is what’s known as a granular echo effect. It only will delay a portion of the audio that you input, known as the Splice. It’s a rad plugin that takes the simple concept of delay and pitch shift and smashes the two together. The Crystallizer is one of those plugins that I overused to death when I first bought it. Let’s dive into two of my favorite plugins from the bundle. However, they are significantly more expensive out of the product bundle. If only a few plugins stick out to you, just buy them a la carte. Just because Soundtoys 5 comes in a bundle, doesn’t mean you have to get the whole thing. Soundtoys 5 comes bundled with 21 different effect plugins. It’s hard to explain, but I think Soundtoys does a great job making great-sounding effects with a hint of analog fuzz. When I use effect plugins from say, Waves, some of them are great, but some sound like they’re plastic and cheap. I enjoy using Soundtoys because the plugins are both fun to use and add an excellent color to the sound that’s both unique and doesn’t sound overly processed if that makes sense. My two favorite plugins currently are Decapitator and Devil-Loc. The plugin bundle is second in line to the SSL Channel from Waves.

I can’t say that I utilize every single Soundtoys plugin, but I almost guarantee that one or two of them make it in each session. One turn of a knob opens up possibilities you may have never have conceptualized during pre-production. They indeed are fun plugins that sound great, and they make the creative process of music production a blast. It may have even come up daily during the production of the last album! I can’t count the number of times we’ve questioned using a Soundtoys effect on a part to make it sound more interesting. I bought the entire plugin bundle rather than one at a time. I’m pretty positive he used them on the album (The Decapitator was absolutely on the snare drum in the final mix).īack in 2017, Soundtoys offered a discounted sale (must have been for Black Friday), and I took it.

He told me how much he enjoyed using the plugins and how great they sounded.

While recording our band’s second album in 2016, one of our producers had mentioned Soundtoys to me. Soundtoys has made music production less technical, more creative, and more fun all around. I am a drummer and a music producer, so I’m always interested in plugins that can help give a drum recording a unique character or quality. Being that Soundtoys 5 is upwards of $500, is it worth your money? Today we’ll be answering that question and taking a look the plugins in the bundle.

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