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a staple... i guess anything that the signal path can pass through to fatten it up, give it more headroom that perhaps can't be achieved in the DAW. i haven't invested in such things (yet) but if i had endless $ i would be looking at the outboard rack mixers, pre's and compressors by Manley UK and Thermionic Culture. you prob are all over that tho, wish list!
i've got a few things in my rack i have really only messed with at this point - a BBE sonic maximizer, a Midiverb, etc. Mostly effects stuff. other than that it's messing 'in the box' with compression, etc.
i am just getting familiar with Logic Pro X and am really considering buying some proper, quality 'staple' eq/compression plugins. The newly released Waves Scheps 73 EQ looks/sounds really nice and may be a purchase for me soon. http://askaudiomag.com/articles/…
but... like i said tho, honestly, i'm not the guy yet to even think of offering any 'sound' advice because i haven't really used my hardware gear as a collective and connected living thing. i read a lot on gearslutz for advice - dudes over there obsess over things and that can be very helpful, sometimes not.
at this point I'm not producing music the way i want to be and really should be. it's a mess, it's not talking to each other, it's too much trouble to get a chain of things going. i have ideas and then i'm left swearing at myself and throwing a tr-707 out my window.
so i've said enough is enough! i have the gear, i have some know-how and understand what i want as the end result as far as workflow signal/midi path for the gear i have, and am just sorting it out. and... purging gear i have acquired for old reasons. get rid of stuff you know you're not going to use, feels good!
i will tell you as a little project i have gathered the necessary components to make a diy passive rack'd summing mixer that i will build when i know exactly what my channel count will end up being. will use it to route my DAW mix through to a tube pre - looking at the ART Pro MPA II which is cheap and cheerful and can do tube swaps. then stereo'd back into the DAW. i think this would be a great way to add a little controlled warmth among other things to the final mix. maybe mess with different tubes to see what ones add certain character.
i'm babbling on now...