Don't Touch That Dial!
There are two sides to The Bomb Factory - the recording studios (follow link), and the plug-ins, which are now owned by Digidesign.
But the two used to be inseparable, and it's by looking at the philosophy, vibe, and equipment list of the studios that you understand where the plug-ins are coming from.
Because the plug-ins are great. Much of the resistance Pro Tools users had to switching from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X was down to the existence of a variety of cracked BF plugs. Which is why Digidesign acquired the plug-ins and why they have started using them creatively to attract people to Pro Tools products.
At the moment, if you buy a Pro Tools control surface, you get one of a variety of Bomb Factory bundles. At the lowest level, you get the Pultec EQ bundle. I'm lucky enough to have access to a not-for-resale collection of BF plugs, and they really sound incredible. Put a Pultec EQ unit across a track, for example, and it already sounds better -- before you've even touched that dial. And I've recorded (virtual) drums (virtually) through the (virtual) JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor - and they sound simply perfect to my ears: the drum sound I've been chasing for the past three years.
I've put a harpmonica part through the SansAmp PSA-1 (sounded great), and used its speaker emulation on a B4 organ part (sounds better) and just Pultec-ed everything I could (everything sounds better, meshes better).
So, quite apart from being the easiest package to use, the most rock-and-roll music sequencer, the most professional and powerful audio recording system you can buy, the main reason for using Pro Tools is to use Bomb Factory. Because even if you don't know what you're doing most of the time (hello, have we met?), they can make your stuff sound miles better. Yay, and all you need to really make the most of them is a small fortune and a much faster Mac.
But the two used to be inseparable, and it's by looking at the philosophy, vibe, and equipment list of the studios that you understand where the plug-ins are coming from.
Because the plug-ins are great. Much of the resistance Pro Tools users had to switching from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X was down to the existence of a variety of cracked BF plugs. Which is why Digidesign acquired the plug-ins and why they have started using them creatively to attract people to Pro Tools products.
At the moment, if you buy a Pro Tools control surface, you get one of a variety of Bomb Factory bundles. At the lowest level, you get the Pultec EQ bundle. I'm lucky enough to have access to a not-for-resale collection of BF plugs, and they really sound incredible. Put a Pultec EQ unit across a track, for example, and it already sounds better -- before you've even touched that dial. And I've recorded (virtual) drums (virtually) through the (virtual) JOEMEEK SC2 Compressor - and they sound simply perfect to my ears: the drum sound I've been chasing for the past three years.
I've put a harpmonica part through the SansAmp PSA-1 (sounded great), and used its speaker emulation on a B4 organ part (sounds better) and just Pultec-ed everything I could (everything sounds better, meshes better).
So, quite apart from being the easiest package to use, the most rock-and-roll music sequencer, the most professional and powerful audio recording system you can buy, the main reason for using Pro Tools is to use Bomb Factory. Because even if you don't know what you're doing most of the time (hello, have we met?), they can make your stuff sound miles better. Yay, and all you need to really make the most of them is a small fortune and a much faster Mac.
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Thursday, August 05, 2004
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