Thanks for the Kraken shout out! You are 100% correct about the website. I put all my efforts into the product. There is no reason (that I can think of) for the website to be flashy! I am a heavy exponent of substance-over-style. Hopefully the app speaks for itself. :)
Was just using Kraken 1.4 on a feature and it was great! Had some interesting quirks (haven't done the EDL workflow much), but defnitely helped becasue the Davinci Resolve AAF wasn't working with Pro Tools' Field Recorder Workflow.
If you're doing a lot of dialogue clean up with RX, I suggest you get a simple drawing tablet (I have a Wacom), it makes selection quicker and more precise. And for general use, a trackball or at least an ergonomic mouse. I have a Kensington Slimblade and love it because it has a "drag" function, where you click with one button and it drags the clip (or selection) without having to hold the button. Trust me, it eases the stress in your muscles a lot.
@@ChristopherTesta it's called One, I have the small version (there's also a medium size). The Intuos has a few assignable buttons, but I already have my shortcuts set on the numeric keypad so I didn't need them.
Great list Thomas! I think sometimes we can forget about the “boring” tools too. But in my opinion extremely important. As an example, having good data management. I use a RAID as my working drive, then use Carbon Copy Cloner to back that up to a separate external drive and then use Backblaze to backup to a remote site.
@87forsak @@ThomasBoykin Good shoutout. I have been "lucky" so far, but really consider how to improve my data managment. Right now I have the projects spread out on a handful of external harddisks. I am thinking in the lines of getting a big raid NAS and a big external drive for starters, but would love to hear more about other peoples way to manage the data too
Again a wonderful video! What you have done for teaching young (and old!) people about the art of film sound is invaluable. My own tiny addition to your list would be the Sonnox Inflator on lavs, as it can give even the muddiest inside-the-scarf recording some bite in the mix.
Thanks for the list Thomas! One plugin that was recommended to me by Rob Byers is POWAIR. Its a loudness leveler, helps with tightening the dynamics of the dialogue. But damn is it wonderful and transparent! I'd definitely give it a try at the end of your DX chain. It's a pretty amazing tool.
Another great video. Definitely going to check out Chameleon. I've added Oxford Transmod to our foley chain. Really helps tame any harsh transients and smooths everything out nicely. Agree with the SA-2, always on the end of the dials chain these days.
One tool I recently started using for sound design is the ARA2 Melodyne integration with pro tools. It's super handy for doing complex pitch shifting within one sound effect by being able to break up the sound into seperate sections and each of those sections can be moved to whatever pitch you like. Found it much faster and easier than audiosuite, resampling or automation. Also, it's very fast workflow having the interface built within the edit screen.
Love your videos and always appreciate your insight!!! I recently got into using Pitch 'N Time on certain things. It's great for matching music cuts to videos cuts or for sound design. Even dialogue!! The most transparent pitch shifter i've ever used. different algorythms based on what your processing helps eliminate artifacting. a little on the pricey side for a pitch shifter, but well worth it, especially for music editing.
Great video and thanks for sharing! Probably could've almost done a top 20 as I'm sure Youlean Loudness Meter was just behind some others mentioned. After a 5.1 mix do you typically do another stereo specific mix or grab a downmix plugin? I've found the Waves DTS Neural plugins to be pretty great for upmixing and downmixing, tho I've heard Nugen Halo and of course anything by Neyrinck to be great. Oddly enough for score stems and even ADR I like adding the Waves NLS sometimes. Emulates an SSL, Neve, and EMI consoles with a saturation knob that can help warm up anything too sterile or perfect. Trackspacer is another interesting plugin. It's functions as a side chain compressor but is made up of 32 dynamic EQ bands instead of typical compressor methods. I've found it a quick help on doc or similar non-fiction media when you want to duck just a little bit in more precise regions than can be done with a multi-band. Futzbox by McDSP is also fun for a variety of futzing.
You can easily save on half of this list if not more, if you use steinberg Nuendo. I know Pro tools is the standard and everyone should learn it (I myself am pro tools certified user) but when it comes to workflow, and what you can do with a DAW, Nuendo is way ahead of the game. Kraken is so nice.
@@ThomasBoykinyou are 100% right about the one man band, I totally agree with you that is why I had to master pro tools. But for the other part, no, not any DAW can do what Nuendo can do without using expensive 3rd party plugins from vocalign to izotope, to soundly and melodyne etc ... Which you never need using Nuendo.
@@BayanChacraYou're right, not any DAW. Nuendo is the most advanced, fully integrated DAW for post. Sadly, it's far from being the standard. I wish I could work with Nuendo, but it's just impossible when working with large teams or simply because the mixing stage is always done in large mixing facilities in my case.
Been binging your videos this past week. Thank you so much for the content man. Is there much difference in workflow when working with animation vs film?
I've used Soundminer for years, but I love my PC and Soundminer is pretty limited on PC. I started using Soundly a while back after you plugged it and I get way better integration with it than I do Soundminer. I would love to see a video how you organize your local libraries in Soundly and keep a well curated SFX library.
Very informative as always. I gotta say, as a fresh graduate of audio production, I am getting my first opportunity to work as the Sound Designer on a film that a friend has funded, and I don't have any of these plugins (except Soundly). Nor do I have much money at all, lol. Any advice on what is absolutely necessary for my first film?
@@ThomasBoykin Somehow I knew exactly what you meant. I thought I was tripping when I thought my vocal sounded weird with soothe on it. I kept seeing people swear by it on youtube but forgot that maybe soothe paid them to say these nice things.
Ehy Thomas, for someone that cannot afford a 5.1 speakers set up and acoustic treatment, do you think a pair of headphone such as Sennheiser HD660 can be helpful?
