You're preferred method for adding analog warmth

[soniccouture]

My method for adding Vintage warmth is quite involved, but well worth it.

Firstly i leave some classic analogue synths out in the rain - a prophet 5, a Minimoog, etc.

I let them Rust for a few weeks.

Then i bake them in a vintage belling oven for 3 days, very low temp.

Then, i scrape off the rust into a pile, and coat some 1940's sellotape with it.

I then record my mix onto this exceptionally warm tape, then bounce it back into pro-tools.

N.B. be sure to use only the rust from true analogue synths - rust from say, a Virus will not sound the same AT ALL.

[stilaktive]

i think your lying

[deaneager]

...down.

[Jafo]

"Warmth" means a lot of things. It partially means EQ -- a bit bassy, perhaps with a clear high end, lacking in piercing mids. Often, it means a bit of a sagging, compressed feel. Slight inaccuracies of pitch are also important. And then there's a touch of low-order harmonic distortion, especially even-order.

It helps to begin with souds that have these characteristics. Good guitar sims, good samples, and vocalists who aren't classically trained -- Bel Canto is an Italian term that means "sing like a computer-driven sine wave, making every vowel sound the same."

As far as plugs go, I use a lot of the Classic series effects, especially the Compressor and Reverb, which helps a lot. BuzzMaxi beta 2 (the best of 'em all) gets a lot of use, too, especially on drums. Afer that, I'll put RubyTube or SweetyVST, perhaps a random Digitalfishphones plug, on the whole.

You don't need a lot; a little goes a long way. It's easy to turn a mix into sludge.

[fritzman]

My method for adding Vintage warmth is quite involved, but well worth it.

Firstly i leave some classic analogue synths out in the rain - a prophet 5, a Minimoog, etc.

I let them Rust for a few weeks.

Then i bake them in a vintage belling oven for 3 days, very low temp.

Then, i scrape off the rust into a pile, and coat some 1940's sellotape with it.

I then record my mix onto this exceptionally warm tape, then bounce it back into pro-tools.

N.B. be sure to use only the rust from true analogue synths - rust from say, a Virus will not sound the same AT ALL.

Uh,

I never read it like this.




Have fun, FRitz

[grillo]

Like somebody said, there's not only the one stop solution of using the dedicated plugs (i personally use antares tube a lot, it can do a little compression, and a little boost preamp, and add some mild or severe overdrive) but you can use other tricks, like a bit of chorus, filtering, reamping your tracks, and that oftend does it for me.

[Jafo]

Then there's also the classic Warmificus spell, to be featured in the last Harry Potter book when Harry starts a poser punk rock band, The Wankerers.

Well, now that he's out of school he has to do something for a living, right?

Watch the fun as Ron bites the heads of garden gnomes and Hermione becomes the idol of crew sluts and groupies everywhere!

Hmm, what do dropouts do in England, anyway?

[spaceman]

I usually just wear an extra jumper

[mayan]

I think I saw meffy's Silence Sampler VERY favorably reviewed in this month's Non-Sound on Sound but I can't talk about it.

[scam_artist]

I usually just wear an extra jumper

but not polyester, or else the top end won't breathe

[dirtnap]

PSP Vintagewarmer.

Other than that, I use Sonalksis EQ and Compressor and they add a bit of analog character as well.

Would like to try Colortone Pro, but as said, there is no PC version.

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[Meffy]

I think I saw meffy's Silence Sampler VERY favorably reviewed in this month's Non-Sound on Sound but I can't talk about it.

You could talk but it would be inaudible. Amazing, yet true! (Except it isn't; I lied.)

[vurt]

record to tape.

[Meloday]

record a fart....pitch it down 3 octaves

*edit*
hey that might actually sound pretty good....organic even