![]() ![]() A stereo width plug-in is handy for widening the soundstage of any sound.įrom here, things get a little more unusual with a frequency shifter that can bend the individual frequencies within a sound, a distortion unit for adding drive and crunch and a fuzz wah for transistor-style warming effects. Delays are well catered for too, with a multi delay providing up to five levels of delay to your signal and a dynamic delay with DAW tempo sync and the capacity to be modulated by an envelope follower. A spring reverb unit brings a more retro reverb sound like you get in guitar amps. There’s a basic reverb as well as a non-linear model for gated and reversed processing, great for more unusual effects. You get three reverbs, each with different characters. A multi-chorus can be used for even more complex chorus effects, and a phaser rounds out the vintage sounding modules for now. There’s a chorus to add richness and space to the signal, an ensemble effect to bring modulation and movement and a flanger for a classic '70s modulated effect. The original (though updated) 20 plug-ins consist of a range of mixing and effects tools, all prefaced with “AIR” in their names. ![]() This Plus version of the collection does add some more esoteric stuff with the new eight plugs. The bread and butter of most production work is after all things like reverb, compression, EQ, delay and the like. The emphasis doesn’t seem to be on flashy graphics or gimmicks but rather a really solid set of mixing, mastering and processing tools that you will use in everyday situations. The plug-ins share a common design and preset system as well as being fully automatable and having MIDI learn capability with min and max range controls accessible via right-clicking on any of their parameters. These are welcome changes, especially the higher resolution graphics in this age where an increasing number of pro audio computers are running very high res screens. ![]() All the processors in the collection have received updates with remastered user interfaces that bring support for higher resolution displays, support for the Virtual Instrument Player 2 included with controllers from Akai, M-Audio and Alesis as well as support for Akai’s MPC software and Mixmeister. A non Pro Tools user would use the full 28 in AU/VST format.”Īll the plugs in the collection-except the last one in the list.Īlso in every format are the eight new plug-ins which we’ll look at a little later. A Pro Tools user upgrading would get AU/VST support (for use in other DAWS) and the eight new plug-ins to use in Pro Tools or any DAW. For clarity, the distributors told us that: “you get the 20 original AAX plugins within Pro Tools as part of your purchase of Pro Tools. They’re 64-bit and also come in 32-bit VST format for hosts that still run that slightly older format. In addition to the existing Pro Tools’ AAX format these have now been updated to run in VST and AU formats as well, making them compatible with more or less every major DAW on the market. As such they have found their way onto countless recordings and could arguably considered a “standard” in the pro audio world based on the fact that many producers will be using them. There are 28 plug-ins provided, and 20 of these are the “classic” Creative FX collection that have been part of Pro Tools since version 8. The idea is not only can the collection replace or supplement the plug-ins that come with your DAW, but it also gives you a set of tools that have all been designed by the same company and therefore provide a consistency of approach and design. In fact, it’s designed to cover pretty much all your mixing and mastering needs, as well as providing some more specialized effect processing tools for sound mangling. In the case of the Creative FX Collection Plus, that theme is very broad as the name might suggest. AIR makes a number of software effects and instruments, and as is common when a company has a large stable of products, it bundles some of these together to provide themed collections. ![]()
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