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SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:31 pm

Shade Vs. Volcano best BF Deal....fight!

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:17 pm

Didn't we establish that Fabfilter doesn't appear to do Black Friday sales but instead does a "Winter Sale" in mid-December? The KVR News indicates as much anyway.

December 10th 2020...
https://www.kvraudio.com/news/fabfilter ... sale-50485

NomadMonad · Post by **NomadMonad** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:17 pm

I have been quite lucky since I got Volcano 2 quite recently and got free upgrade.

Overall I'm quite impressed. The combination of resonance and drive can make the filters sound really aggressive. Shade is quite neutral under this aspect. It has some resonant type of filters but none that can distort/saturate. Also the delay in parallel routing can create some really interesting flanging type of effect. That was also a feature in v2 to be fair.

Overall Shade still objectively wins in terms of modulation capabilities but in terms of sound Volcano can get quite filthy, even though it doesn't have special type of filters (comb, phaser etc). But to be fair I don't quite like phase/comb filters in Shade. I much prefer LFO Tool's ones.

My 2 cents

Jkist · Post by **Jkist** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:26 pm

cptgone wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:22 pm
Jkist wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:38 pm I can get this for $26 bucks with all my discounts...I guess thats pretty much a no-brainer at that point huh.
For a sec I thought I could get it for €36 IIRC, but that was with all the suggested purchases included. Once I unticked the option to buy every Fabfilter product I don't own, the price went up to almost €50 IIRC.
(I'm gonna wait for a BF deal, sorry Fabfilter, I have to economize)

Yeah I'm a student, so the educational discount stacks on top of everything else. Pretty nuts, although I actually purchased a majority of their stuff before I became a student, so RIP.

kobal · Post by **kobal** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:27 pm

should be good for vowell sound ?

NomadMonad · Post by **NomadMonad** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:34 pm

Yeah you should be able to create a vowel formant with the bell filters

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:35 pm

kobal wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:27 pm should be good for vowell sound ?

Ooooooh?

Aaaaaahhhhh!!!

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NomadMonad · Post by **NomadMonad** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:42 pm

NomadMonad wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:17 pm even though it doesn't have special type of filters (comb, phaser etc)

I stand correct. You can create a phaser with the allpass in parallel. Nice

NomadMonad · Post by **NomadMonad** » Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:36 pm

And well also delay + allpass in parallel can get you quite close to a comb filter

wangeroge · Post by **wangeroge** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 12:26 am

If anyone would like a Fabfilter 10% discount code, pm me an e-mail address and I can send you a referral code.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 12:44 am

I posted an audio example on Gearspace of Volcano 3 when used as a mixing utility tool. In case anybody wants to check it out, here's the link:

https://gearspace.com/board/showpost.ph ... stcount=20

NomadMonad · Post by **NomadMonad** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 12:48 am

wangeroge wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 12:26 am If anyone would like a Fabfilter 10% discount code, pm me an e-mail address and I can send you a referral code.

same here

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:09 am

gondii wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 8:48 pm
Ploki wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 7:02 pm How is it “better”?
I tested it and skipped on it and use volcano constantly.
It has more filters so what? You know how many Melda MWobbler has? Its even better. And you can load it into MXXX and its even more better
I'm not done testing it, it's just my first impression. Might still pick it up if the added sales discount is good enough. But the main reasons are that Shade has more "interesting" filter types for sound design. The modulation in Shade is extremely fun and I'm not the biggest fan of how Fabfilter handle it and I do prefer the work flow in Shade a bit. And also I just love the sound of the filters in Shade (I think they are from Falcon?). Just sound really good to me. I tried Volcano and Shade on the same source and ran a few presets through them and... well I just like Shade better I think.

Valid.
I for some reason love the sound of Fab’s filters and wanna buy twin2 just for the filters.
They have unique grit about them that just sings well with me.

And latching multiple parameters on the slider and just automating that is so much easier than having 4 lanes. Love it on timeless

macmuse · Post by **macmuse** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:12 am

I’m a long-term FF customer and can offer you a 10% discount also. Just PM me.

perpetual3 · Post by **perpetual3** » Fri Nov 19, 2021 4:55 am

medienhexer wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 1:21 pm
jens wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:13 pm
SLiC wrote: Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:51 am You could argue Shades replaces Pro Q and Volcano and is frequently on sale for less than $80... (was $79 on launch) so be interesting to see what they do for BF.
You bet I'd much rather spent 80 on the full Shade license than 55 on the Volcano Upgrade... in fact if UVI offer a BF deal for it, my contempt for FF's style of business will serve as an additional inducement to purchase Shade.
My upgrade price was 38€. Not unhappy at all. If UVI make a fantastic offer, I might get that, too.

Tbh, I could live with only one filter if that one could go from nice to nasty, both in resonance and saturation. I have not found that, yet.

The Drop?

Fabfilter Volcano 3 Out now