Guano Records' Producer Mello Gives Us His Top-Pick Plugins for Recording & Mixing

REQ-6 Renaissance Equalizer

Featuring real-time EQ graphing, vintage-modeled filter curves, and extended internal headroom, the Renaissance Equalizer is a versatile paragraphic EQ with warm, analog-style sound.

BF-76 (Formerly Bomb Factory 1176)

The Bomb Factory BF76 (formerly, Bomb Factory 1176) offers you the world-class compressor/limiter capabilities of the classic 1176 Peak Limiter, while the BF Essentials provide a set of time-saving, trouble-solving, mixing studio utilities. All employ intuitive, easy-to-use interfaces so there’s no wasting time with learning curves.

Bomb Factory BF76: (TDM, RTAS, AudioSuite) Modeled after one of the most popular dynamics processors in the industry — the renowned 1176 solid state compressor. The Bomb Factory BF76 plug-in’s true-to-form representation of the original in terms of both sound and operation (including the “all four buttons depressed” setting) must be experienced to be believed.

D-Verb

From spacious halls to intimate rooms, D-Verb brings professional-quality reverb and ambience processing to single or multiple tracks of your Pro Tools session. D-Verb can be run on single or multiple tracks, auxiliary inputs, and group masters, in mono, stereo, or "mono-to-stereo" to create a stereo image from a mono track. With an attractive new interface, easy on-screen editing, superb audio quality, and the ability to do the work of multiple stand-alone reverb processors, D-Verb is a great performer. D-Verb comes bundled with Pro Tools | First, Pro Tools and Pro Tools | HD.

H-Delay

From real old school PCM42-style effects like filtering, flanging, and phasing, to slap-back echo, ping-pong delay, and tempo-sync with modulation, H-Delay delivers the goods, controlled by a super intuitive interface that lets you get right down to business.

SansAmp

You've heard SansAmp PSA-1 on thousands of recordings, on everything from drums and bass to vocals and harmonica. Now you can add it to your own mixes with the SansAmp PSA-1 plug-in. A favorite among touring artists and recording professionals, SansAmp PSA-1 provides a wide range of amplifier emulation, harmonic generation, cabinet simulation, and equalization tone shaping options. SansAmp PSA-1 comes bundled with Pro Tools and Pro Tools | HD software.

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