i've decided to start recording some short samples of cool sounds you can make with free (or cheap) vst plugins. i used to be somewhat of a plugin whore, i.e., i used to download every free plugin i could find but waste time fiddling with them rather than making music with them. i still do this to an extent, but the difference is that now i know right away if i'll be able to do anything cool with a plugin or if i should just dump it and forget about it. i guess you could call me an older, mature plugin madame, instead. some of the plugins i'll cover are probably old-hat to anyone who frequents a place like kvraudio, but trombone players wanting to do wacked out shit with trombone probably won't know about any of these.
that being said, the first plugin i'll cover really isn't one of the most well-known even on kvraudio. it's called "dtblkfx" and it's an fft plugin. if you don't know what fft is, google it yourself... then come back and tell me 'cause i don't completely understand what it is myself. i just know it makes things sound awesome... in a bad way... which is good.
now that i think of it, dtblkfx is probably the worst plugin to start this "tools of the trade" series with. it's hard as fuck to understand unless you struggle through the manual, it makes things sound harsh and nasty most of the time, and you can't use it in real time. but i was thinking today how i haven't used it in a while and felt like messing around with it, so bite me. anyway, here's a clip i recorded with it playing "nefertiti." i used no other effects besides dtblkfx, so it's completely dry besides that. i made up a few different presets, the first of which sounds kinda cool and the rest of which sound nasty.
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