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2NDMOUSE · Post by **2NDMOUSE** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:45 pm

audiot wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:48 am
checked your Soundcloud profile ... a few plugins that you should ckeck out, if you like glued and pumping beats:

yeah I tend not to release on soundcloud anymore. All my recent music is on hearthis.at because it makes soundcloud look victorian..........or via my albums on bandcamp

audiot wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:48 am - Softube FET
Nova GE

yeah got those, but got much better plugins. Nova has visual lag when I sidechain. TD told me they know it's an issue but don't know how to fix it, so I don't use it

audiot wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:48 am And dont underestimate the Power of Sausage Fattener ... if you havent demoed it then do it

No thanks. I want dynamic range, not a brick waveform

audiot · Post by **audiot** » Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:33 pm

2NDMOUSE wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:45 pm No thanks. I want dynamic range, not a brick waveform

Sausage Fattener has dials, not just an on/off-Button

My recommendations were based on a few random clicks on your soundcloud site. I just tried to pass some experiences. If you want "glue and beef", as you said, you should listen to Jon Hopkins. Some of his tracks are the epitome of glue and beef ("collider", "open eye signal"). He uses extreme compression and extreme sidechainig as a stylistic element in some of his tracks.

As i said, two compressors in a row, upward/downward compression, FET style compression and bit of distortion (it dont have to be Sausage Fattener

) are good recommendations for glue and beef.

And why do you care about a visual input lag? I also have a small lag in the sidechain mode of Nova GE (very short). You could use SPAN on the trigger channel for realtime feedback, if it bothers you.

alekseevstudio · Post by **alekseevstudio** » Mon Jul 20, 2020 10:33 pm

UAD Neve 33609
UAD SSL G Plus
Acusticaudio Erin
Acusticaudio Magenta5
Tim P L-bus comp (Nebula library)

jams3223 · Post by **jams3223** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 11:30 am

Softube Tape
Softube Harmonics Analog Saturation Processor
PA elysia elpha compressor
PA Lindell 254E

Halonmusic · Post by **Halonmusic** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 1:40 pm

VoS Density mkIII and FerricTDS

Michey · Post by **Michey** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:12 pm

2NDMOUSE wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 4:45 pm No thanks. I want dynamic range, not a brick waveform

Lemme give you a little advice (as I've seen too many video clips showcasing the plug in the WRONG way) :

The correct workflow with SF is a little misleading (or rather : VERY misleading, as so many seem to operate it the wrong way). It goes like that :

To start off, there's a little knob called GAIN.

it is NOT an output gain but INPUT gain (they should've denote it. strangely, the didn't. and as there isn't an "official" output gain, many assume - wrongly - that this is an output gain... which, of course, it's NOT)

you twiddle with it until the light next to it flickers with strong, full, green color (with emphasis on : FLICKERS... and FULL STRONG GREEN). when it FLICKERS with full green light (not just faint green) you've reached the correct gain staging into the plug (when you are beginning to see red, you've passed the border to no-man's-land ie. ugly distortion or simply brick-like sausage).
then, set the color knob (it introduces some sort of parallel filtering effect. As you turn it to the right, different areas of the mid-range are boosted, making the audio more "forward")
then, set the FATNESS (how dense is your audio - a combination of compression and distortion).

If you follow these instructions, you can get very broad dynamic results (very dynamic or shoe-box waveform)

Mind Riot · Post by **Mind Riot** » Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:59 pm

EDIT: Ahh, forget it. Better to be nicer anyway.

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 6:45 am

LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:42 am

For Glue ! Good question.

Well I've always used the SSL Bus Compressor for glue, it does seem to do that well. Gets a lot of use on group channels in Cubase for that exact reason.

But one thing i've been doing more of recently is multi band compression on the stereo bus, and i've had some really good results with it.

kev2525 · Post by **kev2525** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:08 am

Just bumping this because it's an interesting thread. The SSL buss compressor is on sale for for $50. Is it worth it?

adl · Post by **adl** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:34 am

kev2525 wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:08 am Just bumping this because it's an interesting thread. The SSL buss compressor is on sale for for $50. Is it worth it?

Yeah, absolutely! I got the UAD SSL and prefer the "original" SSL Emulation by far. Just sounds less clicky and peaky, compared to the UAD version. It uses quite some CPU when used in 4x oversampling, but soundwise it's great.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 10:07 am

This and only this:

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crickey13 · Post by **crickey13** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:24 pm

VCA-style or Vari-Mu comps and soft clippers.

dionenoid · Post by **dionenoid** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:35 pm

martinjuenke wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 10:07 am This and only this:
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This one is much better :

_leras · Post by **_leras** » Fri Apr 22, 2022 12:51 pm

adl wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:34 am
kev2525 wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 9:08 am Just bumping this because it's an interesting thread. The SSL buss compressor is on sale for for $50. Is it worth it?
Yeah, absolutely! I got the UAD SSL and prefer the "original" SSL Emulation by far. Just sounds less clicky and peaky, compared to the UAD version. It uses quite some CPU when used in 4x oversampling, but soundwise it's great.

Are you referring to this sale?

Channel Strip 2 and Bus Compressor 2 - for £37? That's an absolute bargain.

https://store.solidstatelogic.com/plug- ... ls-bundle-

What are your favorite “glue” plug-in’s?