Good preamp VST?

[Steve550]

Hi guys, can anyone recommend a good preamp plugin? Mainly for adding some more vintage character and drive. I don't looking for all the vintage emulation of compressor's and eq's, just pure preamp VST.

Thanks in advance

[VariKusBrainZ]

LVC preAMPed which is good, comprehensive and cheap
http://lvcaudio.com/plugins/preamped/

Audiffex In valve contains a circuit modelled peramp, cheap
http://www.audiffex.com/EN/studioeffect ... valve.html

Wall of Sound III which is free and has preamps, there are pay for Cabinets
http://www.two-notes.com/en/software/to ... f-sound-3/

AXP plugs are good and free, theres a coule of preamps and other nice stuff
http://www.soft-amp.com/audio-fx

TSE plugs are good and fre, theres a tube preamp in there
http://www.tseaudio.com/software.html

Voxengo tube amp is free
http://www.voxengo.com/product/tubeamp/

Xenium tube amp is free
http://www.xeniumaudio.com/downloads.php#XTube

Phil audio tube amp circuit modelled, free
http://philaudio.wordpress.com/research/tube-preamp/

Theres loads to be honest, check the database or Google

[Kaboom75]

Soundtoys Radiator
Emulates Altec 1567A very CPU heavy though.

[Burillo]

don't forget Nick Crow TubeDriver (free), WaveArts Tube and StudioDevil VTP (the latter being my favourite).

[electro]

Preamp is Nebula's specialty.

[K-Slash]

SoundToys Decapitator


SoundToys Radiator


Studio Devil Virtual Tube Preamp


Wave Arts Tube Saturator


Voxengo VariSaturator


Mellowmuse CS1V

[Robmobius]

Plus one for Radiator it's class!

[Steve550]

LVC preAMPed which is good, comprehensive and cheap
http://lvcaudio.com/plugins/preamped/

Audiffex In valve contains a circuit modelled peramp, cheap
http://www.audiffex.com/EN/studioeffect ... valve.html

Wall of Sound III which is free and has preamps, there are pay for Cabinets
http://www.two-notes.com/en/software/to ... f-sound-3/

AXP plugs are good and free, theres a coule of preamps and other nice stuff
http://www.soft-amp.com/audio-fx

TSE plugs are good and fre, theres a tube preamp in there
http://www.tseaudio.com/software.html

Voxengo tube amp is free
http://www.voxengo.com/product/tubeamp/

Xenium tube amp is free
http://www.xeniumaudio.com/downloads.php#XTube

Phil audio tube amp circuit modelled, free
http://philaudio.wordpress.com/research/tube-preamp/

Theres loads to be honest, check the database or Google

Wow long list, big thanks!

[Steve550]

Preamp is Nebula's specialty.

Didn't use the Nebula based VSTs a high amount of cpu?

Soundtoys and Studio Devil looking atm best for me. Again thanks guys!

[electro]

Preamp is Nebula's specialty.

Didn't use the Nebula based VSTs a high amount of cpu?

Soundtoys and Studio Devil looking atm best for me. Again thanks guys!

Yes and it also depends on the program. Properly sampled Nebula programs done with high end A/D converters can be nearly indistinguishable from hardware.

There is also a low cpu version of Nebula, but the cost is high latency.
http://www.nebulapresets.com/?product=h ... la-192-khz

http://www.alessandroboschi.eu/html/alexb/preamps.htm

http://cdsoundmaster.com/site/cds-softw ... tware.html

[bpblog]

here's a list of freeware ones:

http://bedroomproducersblog.com/2011/04 ... t-plugins/

TubeDriver by Nick Crow and Tube Amp by Voxengo are pretty good!

[Robmobius]

Wavearts Tube Saturater is a great vst - BUT it's very very cpu hungry.

So be prepared for a lot of bouncing, but it sounds class.

[ariston]

Studio Devil VTP. Wow.

What I find especially impressive about it is the cumulative effect it can have on a full mix. A lot of software preamps have a pretty obvious "sound", which makes them immediately appealing when dropped on a single track, but a preamp's job is not full-on distortion - it is meant to simply boost a signal. The inherent side-effects of good gear are a welcome addition, but they're meant to be subtle. It is in this that VTP excels IMO.

[PeterL]

IgniteAmps TPA-1
Free, but one of my favourites (open the rear panel and try to know what I mean)

[djanthonyw]

Wave Arts is the best I've heard.