Comments on: Antress VST Plugins – I Love Them!

By: John

John — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:44:57 +0000

It's really good package. No jokes. I've been comparing these to Waves SSL 4000 serie and... well, compressors/EQ sound different, but don't go mad - Antress plug-ins are for FREE. Some of the comments are simply malicious (from malicious people, no offence). If someone is creating stricte electronic music look for Elektrostudio VSTi's. Free of charge as well. When you put a low-pass filter on them (8-10kHz, depends on a taste) they're sounding like true f**g analogues. Regards boys and girls.

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:10:47 +0000

I like the Antress Stuff two, it sounds good, i dont think that antress only is an experiment and OK if that is true, so i have a good sound for free.

I have seen that Antress has posted the SynthEdit projects on his webpage, and also he has posted additional modules two.

Thinking Antress is a very niche deal, you can test it without risk, because it is free ....

By: casey campbell

casey campbell — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:17:40 +0000

guys, seriously. the antress plugs were literally meant to be a joke and an experiment. the experiment was to make the g.u.i. of these plugs really nice, but use basic synth edit modules (known for sounding terrible). the thought was that if a plug-in looked great, users would love them no matter what they sounded like.

By: Fezzer 74

Fezzer 74 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:31:05 +0000

I've been mixing with cubase now for about four years and recently discovered antress's range of free plugins. The dyna killer 1176 compressor emulation blew me away when i put it on the lead vocal of one of my mixes. I've got quite a few waves plugins and by comparison they sound pretty average. The fact that you can download about 30 or so of the antress plugins for free is even more amazing. There are lots of costly plugins out there claiming to be the best and stating they've been used on countless hit records, however many of them are very dissapointing.

By: Mixc8

Mixc8 — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:04:39 +0000

I came cross these vst's while searching for free mastering vts's. I must say I like them alot, and of course you cant beat free! this weekend I am going through many free mastering plug-ins I have downloaded and by far these are the best. I use Abelton 7, Sonar 7 and Cubase AI. I am getting Pro Tools 8 next week. Now I am not saying that I wont get any Waves or McDSP plug-ins, and I dont have any Waves or McDSP plug-ins to compare! But I can say the Antress do give me the sound I am looking for. I do have a very hign end PC so I have open several of the plug-ins just to bench mark there performance and so far I have not had any issues yet! Way to go Antress!!!

By: bill1

bill1 — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:42:43 +0000

I did not think the vst"s were better than the waves. I have a lot of waves . Yea the ssl 400 is great for tracks. I use the V-series more than the SSL.
The SSL is cleaner cutting, The V-series has that old time vintage warmer sound, I usually use the v -series eq. great for everything.

Did you ever try the L-316 waves mastering plug in. You mentioned loud, Well this will totally fatten up your sound a lot. I will admit ,when i have to totally finish a radio jingle, or even a song that is not getting mastered by mastering co, then i know all i can do is to use that waves L-316. I am not saying that it can but i did on few , all depends every time,

I have A_B few mixes, L316 vrs a real mastering studio, Sometimes i like the waves BEtter, And that is just a plug in. Well it is almost the size of the entire screen but it does eat some cpu power but really not that bad,But then it comes down to outboard pcs as well.

By: chris

chris — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:21:47 +0000

hi folks,

my name is chris and i am a pro-level mixing engineer with big name credits, i ahve been working professionally for about 6 years now..(you can find me on gearslutz.com as sleeper1400 if your in a jam)

ive been around a while in the digital realm, ive used them all.

there are the best plug ins i have ever used as a whole.

the dbx 160 (the emulated one i used on a funkadelic record)
was stunning. the neve strips are very good.
there were so many, i couldnt keep up.

they all sounded as good or better that their competitors, and when you mix in free..well that changes everything.

their distressor could use a touch of work, but since its the only plug in on the market, im not complaining. it sounds good anyway.

the manley was also very good.

just to gripe a little, it would be nice if they had manuals for each device, and better names for the plugs.
when you have a 3 column page of VD_FM the stuff gets a little confusing.

anyway,
hreat work gentlman. keep fighting the good fight!!!!

By: Steve Dene

Steve Dene — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 13:29:53 +0000

Yes, I think the Antress is great too

By: CLA

CLA — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:13:52 +0000

All of these sound terrible, and several have visual bugs. Sure, free yadda yadda, but time is money and these things are a waste of time.

By: Brandon Drury

Brandon Drury — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:54:58 +0000

I've been testing a demo of the API Waves stuff and they are much easier on the CPU. I really like the Waves API 2500 compressor and it the 550 EQs. I REALLY like the equalizers!

I'm not sure what is going on with Antress, but there is a new link with all the plugins available here:
http://www.gersic.com/plugins/hosted/antress/