Over-hyped vs Underrated – Page 2 – Effects Forum

Just hyping some things I like that IMO deserve a look. Underrated:

Impress 3 – dessert island track compressor
Fuse Compressor – OTT on steroids
DynOne – OTT for mastering
Spectre – dessert island track saturator
True Iron – dessert island buss saturator
Trackspacer – fast and great sounding ducker
Filterverse – most versitile filter
Shaperbox – does a great job on way more things than most people think
Snapback – takes drum sounds to the next level
bx-Aura – just sounds great
Tonal Balance Control – best way to keep your mix’s frequency spectrum in check
Current – Serum on steroids
Current FX – hard to beat this bundle
TDR Arbiter – most natural de-esserish plugin

Great, but already well rated: Pro-Q, Pro-L, Metric A/B, Michaelangelo, Unisum, Rift, Serum, Phaseplant, Myth, Diva

Nothing wrong with any of plugins or looking down at other users, but IMO better alternatives exist. Overrated:

Skeumorphic EQs and compressors – why bother?
Most Acustica offerings – to many quirks, bugs, bloat, resource hogging
Valhalla – mid
XLN RC-20 – mid
Tone projects Kelvin – complicated and mid
Bx-HG-2 and HG-2MS – one of the few popular plugins I just strait up dislike. Awful sounding saturation algos
Plugin Alliance – the Amazon for mid plugins