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Plugins, plugins, plugins... so easy to whip out your credit card and pay for plugins and buy a bunch of stuff you don't need or don't know how to use! In this video, I'm talking about why you should stop and consider if you should actually buy more plugins.
PRODUCING A SONG WITH STOCK PLUGINS: • Producing a Song Using...
WHAT GEAR YOU REALLY NEED: • GEAR You REALLY Need t...
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@antoniodonatello 3 года назад

Decision fatigue/analysis paralysis is a real thing! That piece of advice about sticking to two plugins for each type is priceless! Thanks! 😊

@johnm4912 3 года назад

joji made a bunch of his beats in garageband, you dont need much

@eskrimadorchris 3 года назад

Awesome episode Nathan! I've been commenting about how there are only so many ways you can manipulate audio...and most of those (if not all) are already in your DAW. I keep seeing the ads for "this plug-in is the best", or "this plug-in will take you to the next level" which seems like it's some pre-bundled eq/effect that smooths out what the engineer should have been able to accomplish without...by knowing what they are doing. Thank you for keeping it real!

@j.cbarbier821 3 года назад

I totally agree with you. I'm a logic pro user since 12 years, I do have 3rd party plugin but i mainly use stock plugins because it does the job that i want them to do. It's all about what you want to hear from your source.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Logic stuff is actually super good. I've used third party compressors and still love the logic 2A

@j.cbarbier821 3 года назад

@@NathanJamesLarsen i totally agree... 👍👍 thumbs up from Mauritius. 🇲🇺

@kid_rajah 3 года назад

One thing I would encourage is sound design. If you are like me where I for years only used the demo version of FL Studio to make music, then you will find you can make your own sounds. I use Logic Pro these days but what I learned in FL I transferred to Logic and learned what I had. I also for years made music on my android phone before I got my first iPhone. Learning what the programs can do, will help you understand how much you have to outsource. I don’t buy loops or midi packs but I buy sfx sounds sparingly. Most cases I have to use my own ugly high pitched voice to make custom sounds. Sometimes it takes days on 1 sound but I typically save money to use on ads, my household, or learning how to do something else. Most plugins that people buy are the same anyway. I know how to use Alchemy in Logic for 808’s but I purchased SubLab because the UI was a lot more organized and the the color contrasts was vivid making it easier to do what I fiddle in Alchemy for. Now you see how this video also works for a slight different perspective.

@Keroser1983 3 года назад

If it serves you in anyway then it is right to do so ( better sound, better workflow, timesaving etc etc )

@anthonycunningham4598 3 года назад

You’re preaching to the choir my friend!!! Great content!!

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks Anthony! Figured this one would get a lot of "I agree!!" And "no I disagree!" Haha choose your side wisely 😂😂😂

@u_ok 3 года назад

STOP BUYING PLUGINS‼️ start cracking em))😏

@danny_munoz Год назад

I watched this video last year and I am rewatching it again just to remind myself not to overspend this holiday season. 😂😂😂

@pierrefustec320 3 года назад

Great ! I would say an other thing. "stock plugins" are optimized for your daw & they preserve the CPU load.

@kenmecone8010 3 года назад

To my shame, this the first video I've watched since subscribing. Like plug-ins (free ones cuz I'm broke, and only working on spoken word.), I have WAAAAY too many RU-vid subscriptions. You have a great presence on camera, and have a natural communication style. Keep up the good work!

@FinnEcesMusic 3 года назад

I had just bought another plugin and then this video popped up...

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Haha!!

@toddmoore9138 3 года назад

I buy synth plugins for features. I have and play a lot of them. For production plugins, I have a couple of EQ's and a couple of compressors. One limiter, two reverbs, one tape delay and one digital delay. However, it took me a long time to find the right ones, so over the past 10 years I've bought a lot of them....

@NoThumb 3 года назад

I bought the izotope ozone 9 sweet for like $30 last year which was pretty worthwhile

@petrikaivanto 3 года назад

In this last stupid year I started buying a lot of stuff and seeing a bunch of tutorials, but definitely I'm on your side. The ideas and the original sound quality are far more important than mixing and mastering. As we say in my language: "you can't make a piece of chocolate out of shit".

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

100% agree

@okamientertainment5267 Год назад

Thanks, Teacher

@Transitwo 3 года назад

Choice fatigue is a creative killer...on point Nathan. No thumbs down here ;)

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Absolutely! Thanks man!

@Transitwo 3 года назад

@@NathanJamesLarsen Apologies for having to leave your live stream, I was really enjoying that! Hope all goes well with your new addition to the family. Enjoy every moment, it goes so quickly. Maybe one day we could talk strings ;)

@MeanMaoriMean555 3 года назад

Love this! 🙏 Thank You for the counselling Sir!

@HuhGrant 3 года назад

This couldn’t come at a more perfect time. Just spent a bunch of money in the last week on plug-ins I thought would add to my Production. But shocker it didn’t so I’m not looking at any free or paid plugins. I’m sticking to just producing. Half the plug-ins I own I don’t use and that’s not an exaggeration. Also getting back to using stock plugins.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

I feel you - I literally use Logic stuff all the time and I own probably close to 100 paid plugins. So I know how you feel. Music isn't about plugins - it's about creating great sounds and knowing how to make great decisions with it

@theunprofessionallabel6978 3 года назад

Video quality OP❤️

@YesThisIsJamesWier 3 года назад

I literally have been using stock plug-ins for the last 6 years and they’ve always worked for me. Sometimes it’s best to learn to get the most out of what you have, honestly.

@hamooddyy Год назад

I just love having choices while mixing a project lol its just amusing

@TheVideogamemaster9 3 года назад

Logic's stock library is great, especially because it has lots of acoustic samples (which are most akin to Sampletank 3 imo), but unfortunately many DAWs don't provide a lot in that regard. I've had to spend thousands on both software and hardware synths, before I could make my own collection of samples that I feel confident about using for my music.

@Keroser1983 3 года назад

Plugin addiction is a real thing and I suffered from that. I am trying to recover. I went to the illegal side a lot because of that. The key is always ask yourself " do I need it? And What am I gonna do with it? ". By the way sample libraries cost much more ( considering the need to buy ssd etc )

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

For sure - and yes libraries are more expensive but also way more valuable.

@Allthingsambient 3 года назад

great content and great advice nathan youv'e got a new subscriber.

@vewilli 3 года назад

You are completely right, if only I had known that in 2019 when I began to install a small home-studio. I now know that Logic‘s stock plugins would have been all I needed, nevertheless at the beginning of my work with Logic I thought I must have some more and these „some“ turned many. So far, so good, but I‘m nothing but a hobby musician, moreover not a good one. I have many more plugins than I need, but now I‘ll stop buying plugins. But yesterday I thought Baby Audio‘s „Spaced Out“ would be a must have and this will be the last one for a long time that I purchased.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

I hear you - and spaced out IS good and one I recommend. All a matter of balance

@thecraiginator 3 года назад

Totally agree!! The new Ableton 11 plugins are truly amazing. As a production noob, plugin overload is definitely an issue, and substantially slowing my learning curve. Learn your tools!!!

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

1000000% agreeee

@mickeymonster9584 9 месяцев назад

plug ins can all be boiled down to 6 dynamics that can be traced back to 6 pedals and analog is better ready? EQ distortion compression/limit pitch shift chorus/flanger, reverb and delay Everything else is a regurgitation except autotune witch is really just pitch shift

@mickeymonster9584 9 месяцев назад

its all snake oil

@mickeymonster9584 9 месяцев назад

even all the high end racks are nothing more than the pedals from the 70s

@dulistanheman 3 года назад

That's make sense after I started digging 1 (one) plug-ins at the time...I realized I shouldn't bought The Waves 😅

@ginocote 3 года назад

Now, there's a lot of good free plugins

@laurieknapp5264 3 года назад

Agreed but sadly I feel like definitely need to pay for an orchestral library. Logic’s Studio Strings and is nice and can be manipulated, plus it has a lot of articulations. But it still sounds synthy when compared to even the free Spitfire stuff.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Yes like I said - sample libraries SHOULD be the focus. Especially if you're doing orchestral stuff in particular

@hmcvm 3 года назад

You planning to release that stock-only track any time? I’m a big fan of it..!

@hannahbackward 3 года назад

I have Ableton and Komplete 12. That's it! I'm sure I could add some things but don't know exactly where Ableton falls short.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Honesty the native instrument bundles pretty much cover it all!

@hannahbackward 3 года назад

@@NathanJamesLarsen That makes me feel a little better, now if I can just figure out how to go about unpacking it. Ask 20 people you get 20 different answers. How did you navigate through your first year of learning production? You seem to have a real knack of making the complicated simple.

@OfficialAmn 3 года назад

Brother please make a video on how to market yourself.......🙏

@shaneomac151 3 года назад

Thanks for using your “pro logic” to preach to us😉 Less is more every time!

@Smartstartup1 2 года назад

Gold words!

@gori_4444 3 года назад

Hey bro you are so clear about what you do thats why we are here but this is my humble request from you to explain music production from step by step method through which more and more knowledge get transfer 🙏🙏

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks a ton! Doing one video on that could be tough cause I don't want to oversimplify it cause there are a lot of pieces. But honestly my 7 Keys to Pro Productions training is what that is - on my site theproduceraccelerator.com

@revevague6256 3 года назад

Excellent advice.

@youngautumnofficial9920 3 года назад

Listen to the man be preaching the facts!!!😝😝

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

🙏🙏🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥 lets goooooooo

@luukipuuk3537 3 года назад

Genuine question; I haven't bought any plugins or sample libraries, and when producing songs I really struggle with finding the right sounds for what I have in my head, would buying a few sample libraries be the right choice for me?

@alecrivera8928 3 года назад

Absolutely it will

@scottcymbor 3 года назад

If only I watched this three years ago.

@anotherwolff3650 3 года назад

I have no PlugIns at all. Logic ProX is may enough. But i have some external "PluIns" like some analog compressors, equalizers, limiters and Lexicon FX from the 90´s: thats all enough.

@Reggi_Sample 7 месяцев назад

The skill is to see a new plugin Identify why it works past all the hype and marketing Find you already have several plugins that can do the same thing Be at peace

@kiillabytez 8 месяцев назад

I'm pretty sure people need to stop buying ANY plugin until they've learned how to use the ones they already have. Doesn't matter if that shiny new plugin has that ONE feature your current plugins don't, because there will ALWAYS be a new plugin coming out that has a new feature your others don't. It's how they keep you buying plugins you really don't need. Do you really need another compressor to add to your 25 OTHER compressors just because this new one has Autogain and your others don't? It's a waste of time and money when you don't even use the other 25. It's just my opinion, but I'm tired of all these RU-vid channels praising a new plugin when it essentially does everything the other 100 plugins they've already praised do as well. Stop the trend now!

@Ponyboy999 3 года назад

I need every plugin

@SimonFlames 3 года назад

I’ve probably used about 10-15% of the plugins I have and even those I don’t know how to get the most of them. There’s no need to spend money in more stuff if you don’t know how to use what you have.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Ammeeeeennnnm

@politicallyincorrectloser6322 3 года назад

Dope video!

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Thanks Amy!!

@LaurierLachance 3 года назад

I have a few ppl i need to send this too 😂😂

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Don't we all!!

@LaurierLachance 3 года назад

Nathan Larsen 😂 facts

@tabbywarrior 3 года назад

@@NathanJamesLarsen fax

@vatsalismusic 3 года назад

Freeware like tdr nova, slick, molotok, labs and etc are equally as good as the paid ones!

@kalana3141 3 года назад

For me.no solution for make upbeat pop music with free plugins. hard😞😞😞

@rumar4u 3 года назад

Mastering plugins & Producer plugins are different. Probably a producer Synth, Piano or Guitar (depending on the price) might add value to your arsenal. But for mastering FabFilters and iZotopes are more than enough.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Yeah my channel isn't about mixing or mastering - totally different beast

@rumar4u 3 года назад

@@NathanJamesLarsen Oh, I thought because you mentioned "Stock" plugins or "EQ's" you were referring to Both, Mix or Master and producing.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

I should've clarified - I realize I said "mixing and mastering" -- I do talk mixing sometimes but never mastering. I'm not a mastering engineer and won't act like one 😂😂 but I say in the video that if you just mixing and that's it - then it is different

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

I use EQ as a producer all the time - not just in mixing. EQ can sculpt sound and radically change a sound - and there is definitely overlap between producing and mixing

@RaphaelNano Год назад

Please listen to this guy

@jaym2112 3 года назад

A lot of very good points. Honestly, a little tired of the "pros could make good music using all stock plugins so don't obsess over plugins." I believe this is true, but it only stops people from buying things they may not need. It doesn't tell someone what investments may make things easier. The real question is: where's the biggest bang for my buck at each career stage? To use the construction analogy... Yes, a skilled worker could probably build a house with a 10 oz Stanley hammer, a hand saw, and a clenched jaw full of chewing tobacco. And, yes, if you dropped off a stacked contractor's tool chest in some laymen's driveway and said, "here you go...everything you need to build [whatever]," they are probably going to struggle (and break some things). HOWEVER, having a buddy that can tell you, "Son, that's a hammer your wife uses to hang baskets and pictures on the wall...you need a real hammer," (true story) is incredibly valuable. Knowing the right time to invest in a specific power tool can save you dozens/hundreds of wasted hours. The question I always have is "If I have $X right now to put on improvement where is that best spent RIGHT NOW?" At some point, maybe it's a synth. At another, maybe it's something like Syntorial, a PML course, or the "producer accelerator course." Maybe I'm wasting hours and hours screwing around making hihats and I should just get a decent drum sample library. Maybe I'm wasting a ton of time tweaking some stock effect and could save dozens of hours by getting a plugin that suited my needs better. How do I figure that out? If this video taught me anything, it's that I really need that "dude, you need a real hammer" guy in my life. A mentor for music production. Not sure where to find that. I'm not into some music scene.

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

I don't disagree with this at all - I have plugins I love that I bought and I find very valuable. This video is really geared to those who think that plugins will "save their productions" Also - Disclosure's first hit was produced and mixed with stock plugins. But I maybe only have 10 plugins I feel are like "yeah these are 100% worth paying money for" and the rest are basically plugins that can be replaced with stock options. Just as good. But the number of producers who are obsessed with buying the newest plugin is insane. It's a waste and it's getting people focused on the wrong thing. Focus on making better music and find plugins that make me more creative - that's my metric

@LOLdjrabaanLOL 3 года назад

i have this mindset, information should be free and piracy legal

@LOLdjrabaanLOL 3 года назад

oh wait i watched the video, nvm

@mattlorenz6833 3 года назад

You can't stop me i'm an addict

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Haha!

@gezimhasani9785 3 года назад

What if we steel them ? Lol just kidding , great video.

@DaveChips 3 года назад

Where my freebie squad at?! :D Tokyo dawn,melda,blue cat,Togu freebies!!! :)

@user-ec9dy8sv1i 2 года назад

I'll never stop buying plugings

@mortengu1385 3 года назад

just one more plugin and then I will be happy :-)

@stevengergi6781 3 года назад

This guy is really smart

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

'ppreciate you saying so! Thanks!

@stevengergi6781 3 года назад

@@NathanJamesLarsen i am an ableton user for year recently I trid Logic Pro x and I love it. Can you do comparation between this two with m1cheap. Did Ableton optimized tbeyr daw fully with m1 or not yet?

@snesmocha 3 года назад

*hah, i only bought 4 kontakt libraries in my life*

@miybeats5973 3 года назад

You really only need serum and learn sound design tbh

@lawrencerasmus 3 года назад

Yep ! If you can't sound great on a $700 Epiphone you won't sound any better on a Gibson or Martin 🤪

@johndough6260 3 года назад

I’m too far gone 😭

@rionvalet 3 года назад

His discouraging everyone

@gratefulmusicsound8337 3 года назад

Are you gonna break my ears with that song in a middle? Man, this’s bad. Can you just balance your clip volume before?

@kalelisuperman 3 года назад

FIRST!!

@NathanJamesLarsen 3 года назад

Yaaaa boi!

@soundburger4003 3 года назад

Dude - that music in the background needs to stop.

@jacksmith4460 3 года назад

I have 700 plugins, and have only bought 1 (a drum plugin) the rest are freeware....lool Lots of plugins can be good, as in having many available tools, but its not what people should lean on. Skills should be leant on, not software. I would say another reason to not buy plugin is...you don't need too. (i'm not talking about cracking software btw). I do not use every single plug in I have , no doubt, I probably use 30-40 different plugins (I do everything in the box so many of these are virtual instruments, or amp sims cab sims etc and I work in Reaper, stock plugins are functional but not the best, although I use the stock EQ a lot, and one of the stock delays is really good). But I think it is nice to have different examples of the same type of plugins, It can help you to learn, but also I don't lean on them. I could delete 90% of them and be fine, maybe even 95%. I have never equated money spent on gear/software with ability.. Also with Freeware, they spend less time on fancy GUI and more time making good solid functional plugins, so you get more out of them the more you know and the higher your skill set. I like to have different options with Compressors, Saturation , delay's and Modulation.I tend to pick the one that is closest to what I am trying to achieve straight away and tweak from there. I am primarily a guitarist, so my way of working I guess comes from that.I have a similar approach to pedals on guitar,. I own a lot but I know the pedals very well and can get most types of ones using a couple of pedals, or a lot, but like plugins I know which ones are right or closer to the end goal so I like having that choice. However I am far newer to engineering and mixing than I am to specifically guitar Tone, so I have way ore to learn, but I know that, and dont for 1 second think getting a new plugin fills any gap in skill.