KVR Audio

thefyn · Post by **thefyn** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:32 pm

I was really looking forward to it since I use devil loc on EVERYTHING.

But I'm finding it pretty much unusable...Anyone else find their Little Radiator gathering digital dust?

rope · Post by **rope** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:38 pm

I want to. I really do. but i cant make it produce anything that i want to keep.

thefyn · Post by **thefyn** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:53 pm

rope wrote:I want to. I really do. but i cant make it produce anything that i want to keep.

It sounds more glitchy than distorted to me. But not the cool glitch...haha.

penguinfromdeep · Post by **penguinfromdeep** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 6:57 pm

I use it, but I have to be careful how hot signals I send to it ... Obviously it doesn't work well on all material but I found the distortion it induces really pleasing actually. I use it on synth leads, flutes etc ... Gives a nice bite

thefyn · Post by **thefyn** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:44 pm

penguinfromdeep wrote:I use it, but I have to be careful how hot signals I send to it ... Obviously it doesn't work well on all material but I found the distortion it induces really pleasing actually. I use it on synth leads, flutes etc ... Gives a nice bite

So it really is the plug glitching then? Why should I worry about how hot a signal is compared to normal plugs of this nature?

metrosonic · Post by **metrosonic** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:50 pm

I think it's pretty wonderful myself, it's one of the ITB tools I constantly reach for alongside Decapitator, VCC & TwinTube. But I do find it best when used with a very light touch as is so often the case with ITB saturation/vibe plugins.

It's great for removing the sterile hi-end splash from digital sound sources. Can't wait for the full product.

JM
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https://soundcloud.com/leftside-wobble

polyslax · Post by **polyslax** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:02 pm

In regular use over here.

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:17 pm

i use it a lot in connection with U-He's Filterscape:

rhythmtechnologies · Post by **rhythmtechnologies** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:29 am

i love it on vocals for an older kinda sound.

penguinfromdeep · Post by **penguinfromdeep** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:14 pm

thefyn wrote:
So it really is the plug glitching then? Why should I worry about how hot a signal is compared to normal plugs of this nature?

Well even if the 'heat' is set to minimum I find that I have to lower the volume of the signal I sent to the plug-in to not to get too distorted tone. Try it!

thefyn · Post by **thefyn** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:43 pm

penguinfromdeep wrote:
thefyn wrote:
So it really is the plug glitching then? Why should I worry about how hot a signal is compared to normal plugs of this nature?
Well even if the 'heat' is set to minimum I find that I have to lower the volume of the signal I sent to the plug-in to not to get too distorted tone. Try it!

Thanks for the vol tip guys. I tried it and I got a good analog vibe using Razor...In fact, I got pretty excited when I enabled/disabled it to hear the effect.

So basically if something in my mix sounds too hifi, clean/digital. I'll lower the vol apply the little radiator and see if it sits better vibe wise.

metrosonic · Post by **metrosonic** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 7:00 pm

thefyn wrote:
penguinfromdeep wrote:
thefyn wrote: So basically if something in my mix sounds too hifi, clean/digital. I'll lower the vol apply the little radiator and see if it sits better vibe wise.

That's about the gist of it. It doesn't work on every source but I've found it does excel on additive synths such as Razor or Blade which can be a little cold and sterile.

What I tend to do is start with mix at about 5% a gradually dial in the 'heat'. Some timbres really benefit from the distortion too, so for those start with mix around 50% and dial in 'heat' to taste. It's amazing quite how much timbal range you can get with those two knobs alone!

JM
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https://soundcloud.com/leftside-wobble

Kaboom75 · Post by **Kaboom75** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 11:22 am

Radiator is great on Bass and Piano. mix 40% and heat at about 10%.
It's tricky plugin though because some tracks wont make a difference unless you reverse this setting so lots of heat and less mix.

Anyone actually use Little Radiator?