M-box Protools Plugins Options

[Mac1]

Say has anyone used the plugins that come with the m-box protools? I'm not sure if I have to do an additional load or they're already there in the audio drop down tools menu. Also what other plugins can I buy for protools? Audio,Midi,ect.

[Synthetic]

Audiosuite is not the only way you can use the plugs. Most versions of the AS plugs also come with RTAS versions that you can apply to tracks in the mixer view. You should have 4 slots per track to run RTAS plugs. The plugs supplied with PTLE are descent as far as sound quality... what they lack is better and more presets and the interfaces are not the most user friendly unless you have a strong background in sound mixing.

There are a ton of plugs that you can get... and yes the Waves series mentioned in earlier post are really nice plugs but the cost is only viable for the studios that make $$$ at their craft or the really wealthy home hobbyist. For compression and limiting... I really like the Maxim RTAS plug as it is easy to use and offers good results. If you want a plug that will do compression, eq, limiting, and nice interface... consider the Channel Strip RTAS... this is the plug I use most often and it doesn't eat up that much system power really either. For creative sound effects and sound manipulation.... I highly recommend the GRM Tools RTAS plugs. There are about 5 or 6 plugs in the series and they offer some really nice fx especially if you use automation to adjust the fx over time in the mix. For verbs... RealVerb is nice with tons of presets and nice interface.

If you find yourself using the same plug on more than one track in RTAS mode... i suggest setting up an aux. track with those plugs in it. I do this with reverbs to save system power to run other plugs. Just use the bus to route audio from the tracks you want reverb for and then have the aux. track with plugs bring the bus back in.

Warning... stay away from plugs that say TDM... those are for full blown PT systems that use tons of DSP chips to process the plugs and thus they are very system demanding... I have gotten them to work on PT LE before but only one plug at a time and it was very tedious with many crashes.