Is anyone really that impressed with the Channel Strip plugin?

[JMDNYC]

"Niños de la Memoria." No idea when it airs.

[YYR123]

Cool look forward to it - que me dan ninos para mi memoria !!! Hahaha

[drumzalicious]

its been ok for me. for quick reference mixes i've thrown it on the master bus because its pretty transparent as an eq

[chrisdee]

Originally Posted by kippertie

Avid - how about updating EQ III and Dynamics III plugins using the processing from channel strip but the UI from EQ III and Dynamics III as separate plugins. Surely that would be quick/cheap to implement?

Good idea. I'd vote for that!

[matthias.matthias]

Originally Posted by Dizzi45Z

I would especially love this plug-in if it had the ability to turn on a Frequency Analyzer with the EQ (pre or post).

+1 to that! I think visualization can really assist the ears, especially in the lower frequency range when mixing on smaller or unfamiliar monitors.

[Frank Kruse]

I wish CS had a 6dB/oct. slope on the high/low-cuts.
I find 12 and 24dB/oct. way too radical 90% of the time.

Otherwise I like it.

Since high and low-cut are the most used sections for me I really hope they are going to put in 6dB/oct. filters. The sooner the better.

http://protools.ideascale.com/a/dtd/...rip/86603-3779

Frank.

[xbook]

Originally Posted by JMDNYC

The .5 Q thing was annoying; next time I'll reset it globally before I start to mix.

One thing you can do, is set up the way you like the defaults to be, Q @ 2, Low Freq @ 120hz, etc. Save this as "Your Default", then set as "USer Default", then under Presets > Setting Preferences select the option for "Set Plug In Default to > User Setting"

Now when you start the plug, it will start with the controls the way you want them. Personally I do post prod work, so I like my channel strips to come up with a lil filtering on the low and high end, and a bit of lite compression. Now that I have the "JK Default" and the plug is set to use my defaults, it comes up the way I want every time.

[DJ Hellfire]

Originally Posted by matthias.matthias

+1 to that! I think visualization can really assist the ears, especially in the lower frequency range when mixing on smaller or unfamiliar monitors.

100% agreed! I hate when guys say "oh music is about just using your ears, not your eyes". Well your ears can't always notice every single thing. And it's also A LOT quicker to first dial in on something with your eyes first to get into the general area of where you need to work, then use your ears to fine tune. Anyone who thinks sight is useless in audio is just ignorant, IMO!

[JFreak]

Originally Posted by matthias.matthias

I think visualization can really assist the ears, especially in the lower frequency range when mixing on smaller or unfamiliar monitors.

Yes.

Many think that this is [bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep][bleep], but I agree with you. Think about great cooks for example. Blindfolded, they cannot taste almost anything. But then again, not many of us eat blindfolded in a restaurant. Visualization is important!

[PiccoliStudio]

I agree with Dizzi... I was hopping, upgrading to PT10 that, GREAT, will save lots of processing, replacing 3 plugs per one.... even de-esser...

BUUUUUUUT: attack is toooo slow... terrible... impossible to use it on drums!!!

I like eqs and comps to color some channels... but I clean each channel with avid eq and dyn... they are transparent for me...

So, if I replace (on snares, per example: gate, eq, comp... or on vocals that I also include de-esser) this to just one plugin, I will have more free space for colorful stuff and tunning stuffs...

I like to let everything running in real time, until the end... usually I never "print" channels!