Recommend good saturation plugin
- Banned
- 3490 posts since 6 Sep, 2007 from France
Decapitator by soundtoys is GREAT , but if you want sometime for tape saturation , every soundtoys plugin include 'analog' mode (really good).the little alterboy have a decapitator saturation algo on the output.Fabfilter Saturn is good too.
- KVRAF
- 4278 posts since 6 Nov, 2009
I have to be honest, I don't use VoS plugins for this reason. I think I'm just using them wrong though.scalawag wrote:What????????????????DJ Warmonger wrote:Another one VoS' plugins which has almost inaudible effect.Ferric TDS
- KVRAF
- 1724 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from betwixt
Ferric TDS you have to use the limiter knob, dynamics and saturation. I find it best to tweak those two knobs after boosting with the "input" control, lower left of the VU meter, while using the limiter. Without the input control it can be hard to hear what it might be doing.
I use it on drums all the time. Love it. Wish 64 bit. But not going to be everyone's cup of pee.
Also love Fabfilter Saturn. And Ableton Live's Saturation plugin. It is actually really good. Wonder what it's based on, if anything.
I use it on drums all the time. Love it. Wish 64 bit. But not going to be everyone's cup of pee.
Also love Fabfilter Saturn. And Ableton Live's Saturation plugin. It is actually really good. Wonder what it's based on, if anything.
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- KVRist
- 257 posts since 28 Nov, 2012
Whole these are all great, only one of them is a Tape plugin, LOLsinkmusic wrote:Hi
I am enjoying TB ferox. It's free, and sounds great (be careful to set the gain staging properly).
It's tape-based.
http://www.toneboosters.com/tb-ferox/v
Softube Saturation knob might be the simplest :
http://www.softube.com/index.php?id=satknob
Klanghelm SDRR is quite deep and cheap, too :
http://klanghelm.com/SDRR.php
FXpansion SingleMault gets some use, here too (not tape, but more "op-amp", transistor based):
http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2013/07 ... -mault-se/
If you like to get dirty, then AudioDamage might have some treat for you :
http://www.audiodamage.com/downloads/pr ... ?pid=ADF02
I also like Nick Row TubeDriver, for a tube emulation which can do subtle or more obvious.
http://nickcrowlab.blogspot.fr/
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- KVRist
- 257 posts since 28 Nov, 2012
DJ Warmonger wrote:I just tried it. Another one VoS' plugins which has almost inaudible effect.Ferric TDS
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA There isnt enough room on this message box to put the amount of 'HAHAHAHA's I need for this post.
If you can't hear anything, you have NO business caring about a tape plugin.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- KVRAF
- 16367 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
True but it's quite a bit more subtle than real tape. Satin, VTM, UAD Studer, and UAD Ampex are a lot better, IMO.itneveris wrote:DJ Warmonger wrote:I just tried it. Another one VoS' plugins which has almost inaudible effect.Ferric TDS
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA There isnt enough room on this message box to put the amount of 'HAHAHAHA's I need for this post.
If you can't hear anything, you have NO business caring about a tape plugin.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- KVRAF
- 1724 posts since 31 Dec, 2004 from betwixt
itneveris wrote: HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA There isnt enough room on this message box to put the amount of 'HAHAHAHA's I need for this post.
If you can't hear anything, you have NO business caring about a tape plugin.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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- KVRist
- 257 posts since 28 Nov, 2012
Oh sure, that's not the issue. But to hear 'almost inaudible' effects? That means you need to start back at the BASICS of EQ and Compression. Theres a lot of beginner courses on Youtube OP needs to check out.Uncle E wrote:True but it's quite a bit more subtle than real tape. Satin, VTM, UAD Studer, and UAD Ampex are a lot better, IMO.itneveris wrote:DJ Warmonger wrote:I just tried it. Another one VoS' plugins which has almost inaudible effect.Ferric TDS
HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA There isnt enough room on this message box to put the amount of 'HAHAHAHA's I need for this post.
If you can't hear anything, you have NO business caring about a tape plugin.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
- KVRAF
- 16367 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
True!itneveris wrote:Oh sure, that's not the issue. But to hear 'almost inaudible' effects? That means you need to start back at the BASICS of EQ and Compression. Theres a lot of beginner courses on Youtube OP needs to check out.
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- KVRian
- 1121 posts since 8 Oct, 2004 from Australia
I'm demo-ing the new Sly-Fi plugs just now, and the saturation on the Axis EQ is very good, but Kaya just sounds wonderful to me.
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- Banned
- 5357 posts since 7 May, 2015
Saturation imho doesn't do anything unless you use it in a mix w/o overdoing it. But once you introduce anything compression, ooopsy. Limiting? Death Magnetic...or steve albini....whichever comes first.
- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 4590 posts since 7 Jun, 2012 from Warsaw
It seems to work nicely I also noticed it kees signal under 20 kHz (anti-alias probably).Softube Saturation knob might be the simplest :
http://www.softube.com/index.php?id=satknob
Too bad it doesn't have built-in volume control. Also the installer is dreadful.
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- KVRAF
- 6827 posts since 28 Apr, 2004 from france
Yes, indeed !DJ Warmonger wrote:Also the installer is dreadful.
But you can extract the .dll from the might mamuth installer using 7zip, it works fine this way.
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- KVRist
- 282 posts since 24 Nov, 2014
SDRR is a very good plug but it doesn't do tape saturation so seeing it recommended on this thread is a little puzzling. Don't get me wrong; great value and worth having but in response to the OP I wouldn't have thought of it.
For tape saturation I would go u-he Satin all the way, because it's extremely flexible and has excellent sound quality, although there are certainly other good options such as VTM.
I don't know of anything free and good in this area.
For tape saturation I would go u-he Satin all the way, because it's extremely flexible and has excellent sound quality, although there are certainly other good options such as VTM.
I don't know of anything free and good in this area.