9/7/2006 - Long-time Depeche Mode writer/programmer uses Anthology II plug-ins on a variety of new projects
Known for his long time association and programming, production and writing with Depeche Mode, programmer/producer Andrew Phillpott has been involved with a number of musical projects over the course of his storied tenure in the business. During this time, Phillpott has accumulated a large quantity of gear and instruments to help him achieve unique sounds and effects time and time again. One of the newer additions to his technical repertoire has been the addition of the Eventide Anthology II TDM plug-in bundle.
Phillpott uses the Eventide plug-ins on a number of his current projects. In particular, Phillpott uses the Reverb plug-in to give instrumental sound, especially drums and synthesizers, a unique sound that separates them from anything else available. "Within the Anthology II bundle, the Reverb plug-in has great tails and plates," says Phillpott. "This plug-in makes it very easy for me to EQ the track both pre- and post-reverberator. I'm particularly fond of the entire bundle and find it to be very useful and true to the original processors. It's really outstanding."
Phillpott says that he also uses the H910 and H949 plug-ins quite frequently, specifically to fatten up drum sounds through hard panning between the right and left speakers. Phillpott also enjoys using the H3000 plug-ins for giving guitars an added layer of sound that makes them sound much fuller.
Phillpott also says that the built-in functionality of the plug-ins and their ability to be quickly accessed via computer is a solid asset. "One of the features of having these effects as plug-ins that I find to be most useful is the fact that you can open multiple windows in a single session and access multiple features and functions at once. It greatly reduces production time and enables me to do a lot more in each session."
Available for Pro Tools TDM for Mac and PC, the Anthology II bundle includes Eventide's most popular effects spanning the last 35 years of effects making, including the original products from the 1970s, the H3000, up to the current flagship H8000. Anthology II is comprised of all fifteen Eventide plug-ins: H3000 Band Delays™, H3000 Factory™, H910, H949, Omnipressor®, Instant Phaser™, and Instant Flanger™; Eventide Reverb, Octavox™, Quadravox™, EQ45 Parametric Equalizer, EQ65 Filter Set, E-Channel™ and Ultra-Channel™ channel strips, and Precision Time Align™.