I want to crush some drums. You know what I mean, take nice tame kick drum/tambourine sound and distort it into a huge jingling KABOOM.

I really cant find decent distortion plugin's that smash stuff up well. It seems like a lot of the tube plugs would be just right, but then Im at max of the controls and no more to go!

What are some suggestions? I checked everything listed under distortion here on kvr-vst, and compress/limit. They were either too expensive for me right now, or did not get the job done.

Izotope trash is great for that, quite versatile.

walrus wrote:

Izotope trash is great for that, quite versatile.

I didnt even try trash. 199$ is the difference between having electricity and water next month, or having a cool plugin I can use on my laptop till the battery runs out. Then charge it in my car till that battery runs out. Then charge it at the coffeeshop till they arrest me. Then, then, then!! It's a slippery slippery hill downwards my friend.

www.sfxmachine.com

is 1/2 that, and will mangle like a knife weilding serial killer

Mighty_Hero wrote:

www.sfxmachine.com is 1/2 that, and will mangle like a knife weilding serial killer

Oh, water isn't that important. It rains a lot around here, and I do know how to purify water naturally. Well well. I could spend a month filling up jugs with water to supply me long enough to make up the 100$ difference.

Is quantum FX a viable option too? Since most of the freewares seem to kinda suck, I feel Im going to have to start saving up.

Alive In Chernobyl wrote:

Is quantum FX a viable option too? Since most of the freewares seem to kinda suck, I feel Im going to have to start saving up.

quantum fx will run you $299
better start saving.

Super Camelphat $49

http://www.kvr-vst.com/get/538.html

great plugin.

For $249 you could get Reaktor Sessions & have it ALL. The NI User Library is Medusa head of Fx plugs.

bluedad wrote:

Alive In Chernobyl wrote: Is quantum FX a viable option too? Since most of the freewares seem to kinda suck, I feel Im going to have to start saving up. quantum fx will run you $299 better start saving.

True. but quantumfx would serve many of my plug-in needs, perhaps saving me very much over a period of time. I am indeed low on the $$, but economy and efficiency are the name of the game.

Why don't you check these free ones:

The Little GreenAmp II R1.1 does what you want

if not there's also Kjaerhus Classic Series lpug-ins, which sounds very good, and useful
use the little Greenamp and the compressor from Kjaerhus, and you would be happy.

Also check Voxengo free plugs (some of them are very helpful for what you want)

If it's primarily for drums... can't beat SuperCamelPhat.

If it's an all-arounder, Green Amp is ass-kicking, too.

Greg

Did you try RubyTube? It's free.

Also for drums-- this may not be distortion, but if you throw a Digital Fishphones' Endorphin on the track and select the "Loud and Punchy" preset as a jumping-off point, you'll be amazed and delighted.

add some cyanide2 ?
http://bram.smartelectronix.com/

More votes for Cyanide2 and CamelPhat.

Try to wait until Trash drops the price. I got mine last year for $99 and it along with the dr-008 are the best purchases I have ever made. You can use Trash as a multiband compressor/gate, delay plug, and may other things besides just distortion. I just wanted to be able to build my own amps/distortion but when you try it you realize it does so much more. Many times I use it as a multiband compressor because visually it's so easy to use.

Joe

Try tri dirt(link in the Effect list).

Cyanide is really, really close to what Im after. Wish It didnt get so harsh! 3-4 rubytubes maxxed up get it 99% there, but it just doesnt seem right for some reason.

Maybe this gives a better idea of what Im after?

Tearing Parachutes wrote:

Torture Chamber may be of interest to you. Insane amounts of distortion without the harshness.

750K for such a small, simple plug-in? I am a bit new to these things and that makes me nervous. Someone explain please?

Quantum-FX kicks arse. Since buying it, I haven't used any other effects plugins (and I'm an effects junkie!).

Forever,




Kim.

Alive In Chernobyl wrote:

Tearing Parachutes wrote: Torture Chamber may be of interest to you. Insane amounts of distortion without the harshness. 750K for such a small, simple plug-in? I am a bit new to these things and that makes me nervous. Someone explain please?

The GUI is probably a large image file stored inside the .dll

Um, I think its been discontinued but I still use Rhythm Tool Kit for drums...its probably not as extreme as you want but its for making big sounding drums that also sound slightly shitty as well.
Also, nice sig Cron.

I'm amazed Delta Force doesn't get mensioned more often in distortion threads. I think its ace

supercamelphat


for free tho try ephonics lofi

If you want distortion maybe you should try out the Simulog Guitar Suite plug-ins. Particularly the JCM900, DS-1, and TubeScreamer plug-ins in the pack.

super camel phat
warp
delta force
cyanide 2

I would just compress it really really hard. Then put one of the tube plugins you mentioned on it.

I'm having a whale of a time right now with Voxengo Voxformer. (Hey, it's got a saturator...and a couple of compressors). That and Supercamelphat kick.

Actually, nothing brings a smile to my face like loading SuperCamelPhat into Live and then abusing clips with random settings.

Except maybe tossing Voxformer onto an insert and tormenting absynth or Tera.

For the MOST BRUTAL DISTORTION, get BloodOverdrive!
There's two versions:
One that was around as freeware, with a UI, but it had a hard time saving settings in Logic, and one that came with a demo of Fruity Loops but will work in any VST host.
If I ever need STRONG distortion, it's my very first choice.
http://www.audiomelody.com/Plug-ins/VSTPlug-ins/Blood!Overdrive.htm

I remember this my first post on KvR I have a friend write it and next ones because I was scared of not being understanded KvR is much more friendly than I thought at first!

My next song uses the ideas from this thread

link at that site is dead, & the developer page link is dead too.

ohmforce´s predatohm .. tiptop!

In addition to cyanide2, I like Buzz's stuff, especially OctBUZZ:
http://www.kvr-vst.com/get/641.html

It's all free.

Still one not mentionned and that could serve you well is the destroyFX Geometer, very cool plug. It won't sound as most overdrives or dists, but it sounds good.