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Old 08-02-2017, 06:56 AM   #1
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Aight, so the famous Soundtoys plugins are 50% off right now. Is it worth buying for us Reaper boys? I have heard some depressing things regarding compatibility...

I am mostly drooling over Decapitator. Anyone here using it successfully in Reaper?
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Old 08-02-2017, 07:57 AM   #2
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I am mostly drooling over Decapitator. Anyone here using it successfully in Reaper?
Yes, but sometimes it goes crazy with the CPU usage when processing silence (I work around that by putting the tone generator JS plugin right before it in the FX chain).
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Old 08-02-2017, 09:00 AM   #3
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Yes, but sometimes it goes crazy with the CPU usage when processing silence (I work around that by putting the tone generator JS plugin right before it in the FX chain).
I think a dither plugin might be better to stop denorm. Haven't noticed that issue myself but have had some projects crash on load from Decapitator and Echoboy. Have always been able to recover though.




OP it's a great bundle. I did a mix video using just the SoundToys bundle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSKjPRiH5P4
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Old 08-02-2017, 09:30 AM   #4
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I cannot imagine life without Echoboy. Just. Can't.

I purchased their bundle some time ago, and have had no issues with their plugins in Reaper or Studio One. Great stuff.

Go nuts with confidence.
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Old 08-02-2017, 03:18 PM   #5
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I love their stuff and it all runs smoothly on my system.
There was a recent update with minimal fuss with the installs.

Bear in mind that it needs a dongle free ilok account to work.
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Old 08-10-2017, 02:36 AM   #6
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Aight, so the famous Soundtoys plugins are 50% off right now. Is it worth buying for us Reaper boys? I have heard some depressing things regarding compatibility...

I am mostly drooling over Decapitator. Anyone here using it successfully in Reaper?
I use them all the time! Echoboy and Decapitator are almost on every mix! The Sie EQ is also nice and fits perfect on guitar busses or vocals. I also use Devil-loc for some parallel drums smashing. I'm really happy with them!

Some problems that I have noticed but I can live with them:

1)A fast freezing just for a moment at the opening of the plugin. So I have to be careful with the speaker levels because if I mix a little loud, this freezing sounds horrible!

2)Sometimes the midi learn for the tempo of the Echoboy doesn't sync to the tempo of the project so I have to re-write the tempo on the corresponding section of the plugin!

I wish for an official support in the near future!
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Old 08-15-2017, 08:45 PM   #7
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Soundtoys are rock solid here, the whole package. I use them every single day on every mix. Not a single problem with them.
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Old 08-17-2017, 10:28 AM   #8
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Absolutely. Soundoys 5 complete here without a hitch on Win 7 / Reaper x64.
Best plugins bundle purchase of my life.
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Old 08-17-2017, 02:27 PM   #9
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Thanks for the headsup. Finally pulled the trigger on this. The $155 upgrade offer from all the free plugins I already had was too good to pass up.

For me the distortion and modulation stuff are great options to have in film and tv mixes.
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Old 08-17-2017, 08:26 PM   #10
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Aight, so the famous Soundtoys plugins are 50% off right now. Is it worth buying for us Reaper boys? I have heard some depressing things regarding compatibility...

I am mostly drooling over Decapitator. Anyone here using it successfully in Reaper?
It's my favorite distortion box.

It reports its lag incorrectly to PDC. Put a JS time adjuster on the track with it set to -31 samples if you plan on doing parallel processing with it. (That's with 96k projects for me. Might want to do a quick test yourself.) Then disable Anticipative fx for any tracks using it.

Those little faux pas aside, it's not a problem even in projects with hundreds of tracks.

I use it in my live guitar rig setup too (Reaper based with amp sims and such). Make sure you assign the punish button to a foot switch. You'll like that.
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Old 08-17-2017, 08:42 PM   #11
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Soundtoys have always be a must for me. Echoboy is Da truth and I CAN'T imagine my life without it.

BUT

Soundtoys is the Only plugins suite that have given me troubles in Reaper. Almost all Crashes I've experienced since having Reaper 5 years ago have been related to a Soundtoys plugin. I soooo wish I could have a way to track it down, but Reaper is not officially supported by soundtoys so I can't have support from them.
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Old 08-18-2017, 01:10 AM   #12
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I'm having a great time with the Rack. Very well thought out piece of gear.
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I have had crashing on rendering randomly with random SoundToys plugins. They tried to help, but nothing seemed to solve the issue.

They did mention that they don't officially support Reaper as a format, so if you do have problems with SoundToys plugins in Reaper, you should contact them and let them know that you are using SoundToys in Reaper and would like it to be officially supported.
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Aight, so the famous Soundtoys plugins are 50% off right now. Is it worth buying for us Reaper boys? I have heard some depressing things regarding compatibility...

I am mostly drooling over Decapitator. Anyone here using it successfully in Reaper?
Never had one crash with Toys v5 on Windows 10 64 bit Reaper.
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I have had crashing on rendering randomly with random SoundToys plugins. They tried to help, but nothing seemed to solve the issue.

They did mention that they don't officially support Reaper as a format, so if you do have problems with SoundToys plugins in Reaper, you should contact them and let them know that you are using SoundToys in Reaper and would like it to be officially supported.
What video adapter are you using and how up-to-date are the drivers?

I've heard a number of stories of plugin GUIs causing crashes with old drivers.
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Old 02-11-2018, 04:15 PM   #16
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I've never had a crash with Soundtoys on Mac.

Like Serr, the incorrect PDC is a bit of a drag for parallel, but it renders perfectly in time. I should really email them about that...
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