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Apple
Logic Pro“Apple Logic’s Ringshifter. I regularly use it. I don’t go overboard with it and use it subtly.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Koven's Max Rowat has said he works in Apple Logic, regularly using its Ringshifter plugin, and masters on the go with FabFilter Pro-L 2 and Ozone Multiband Compressor. He has said he leans on FabFilter Saturn, oeksound Soothe2, Waves CLA Vocals and Spitfire Audio Albion brass.
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FabFilter
Pro-L 2“FabFilter Pro-L 2 and Ozone Multiband Compressor. I master on the go.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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FabFilter
Saturn“With the vocals, it was a number of Fabfilter Saturn plugins gently adding distortion bit by bit.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Waves
CLA Vocals“I’m not sure whether its a guilty pleasure, but mainly Waves CLA Vocals.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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oeksound
soothe2“oeksound Soothe2 has been a real big help recently.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Studio
Has said they use
Apple
Logic Pro“Apple Logic’s Ringshifter. I regularly use it. I don’t go overboard with it and use it subtly.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
Apple
Ringshifter (Logic stock plugin)
Has said they use
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Waves
GTR3 Stomp (Pitcher Bass and Lay-D pedals)
Has said they use
“I tend to mess around with the Waves GTR3 Stomp pedal effects.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Camel Audio
CamelCrusher
Has said they use
Camel Audio
CamelCrusher“Camel Audio’s Camelcrusher. It’s just perfect for fattening up anything”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Mix and master
Has said they use
FabFilter
Pro-L 2“FabFilter Pro-L 2 and Ozone Multiband Compressor. I master on the go.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
iZotope
Ozone (Multiband Compressor)
Has said they use
iZotope
Ozone (Multiband Compressor)Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Has said they use
oeksound
soothe2“oeksound Soothe2 has been a real big help recently.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
Vocals
Has said they use
FabFilter
Saturn“With the vocals, it was a number of Fabfilter Saturn plugins gently adding distortion bit by bit.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
Universal Audio
Raw Distortion plug-in
Has said they use
Universal Audio
Raw Distortion plug-in“I also added a tiny bit of the Universal Audio Raw plugin.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Has said they use
Waves
CLA Vocals“I’m not sure whether its a guilty pleasure, but mainly Waves CLA Vocals.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
Sound design
Spitfire Audio
Albion (brass)
Has said they use
Spitfire Audio
Albion (brass)“The braaams are a blend of slightly driven Spitfire Audio Albion brass and Evolution Atlantica Trailer Low Brass.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Evolution
Atlantica Trailer Low Brass
Has said they use
Evolution
Atlantica Trailer Low BrassSaid in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Evolution
Devastator Breakout (Kontakt library)
Has said they use
“a sound library called Evolution: Devastator Breakout. It’s fantastic.”
Said in MusicTech: Plugins I Actually Use: Koven, October 2022
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Questions
About Koven's gear.
What DAW does Koven use?
Max Rowat told MusicTech in 2022 that he regularly reaches for Ringshifter, a stock plugin in Apple Logic, and applies it subtly.
What plugins does Koven use?
Max Rowat has said FabFilter Pro-L 2 and Ozone Multiband Compressor sit on his master bus, with FabFilter Saturn and Universal Audio Raw on vocals, plus oeksound Soothe2, Waves CLA Vocals, Waves GTR3 Stomp pedals and Camel Audio's Camelcrusher.
How does Koven make their braaam sounds?
Max Rowat has said the braaams on Industrial Strain blend slightly driven Spitfire Audio Albion brass with Evolution Atlantica Trailer Low Brass.
What free plugin does Koven use?
Max Rowat has said Camel Audio's Camelcrusher is the best free plugin he owns, for fattening up anything from bass to vocals.
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