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classic · Post by **classic** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:50 pm

Have a few very, very nice Kontakt librarys, but somehow they sound need a little......help.
I want them to sound a little more warm, deeper, more solid and richer.

How to achieve this?
May be, which plugin to use to have it, at least a little bit:)

Thanks for your help
classic

Crandnew · Post by **Crandnew** » Sat May 28, 2022 2:02 am

I’d recommend kelvin by tone projects.

wwjd · Post by **wwjd** » Sat May 28, 2022 2:21 am

try this. not an EQ, not saturation, but harmonic additions
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/x_cita_by_elogoxa

garfield78 · Post by **garfield78** » Sat May 28, 2022 4:22 am

you can try "Space Networks Mastering" : https://www.kvraudio.com/product/space- ... -by-wavdsp

you have too "intensity" from zynaptiq , but it's very expensive : https://www.zynaptiq.com/intensity/

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Sat May 28, 2022 6:12 am

The way I interpret your sonic desires (chuckle)...

"Warm" = EQ
"Deeper" = EQ / Reverb / Delay
"Solid" = Compression
"Richer" = Saturation / Stereo Enhancement

You have been around since 2004 so I am assuming you know all this.

My favs...

EQ: Crave, SonEQ 2, various Acustica
Reverb: Blackhole, Liquidsonics everything, Silver
Delay: Pulsar Echorec, Replika XT, EchoMelt, Eko (GuDa)
Compression: FirComp, The Glue, Pro-C
Saturation: Spectre, Big Al, Saturn 2, PSP Saturator
Stereo Enhancement: Ozone Imager (Multi-band, not the freebie), FireMaster, Mongoose

If you're brave, post some audio clips for more detailed advice.

Make awesome music and have a great weekend

s28 · Post by **s28** » Sat May 28, 2022 8:20 am

Agree with the post above, that has much more to do with sound choice, arrangement, eq and spatial fx than one plugin.

Making use of lowpass filters and only having a few brighter sounds can do a lot for the density and cohesion of a mix.

I do like airwindows tape for adding body and smoothing things out a bit. But I find that eq/volume has far more reach than that or any other plugin in my experience.

The Noodlist · Post by **The Noodlist** » Sat May 28, 2022 8:46 am

Strap a second-hand Alesis MicTube Duo or similar on your 2 bus.

imrae · Post by **imrae** » Sat May 28, 2022 8:48 am

On paper, a lot of those adjectives could be achieved by adding a low-shelf with even-order saturation. Spectre can do this easily, or the free (but Windows-only) ThrillseekerXTC.

But I'm a little suspicious because these are adjectives that make things sound "better" individually but not necessarily fit into a mix as well.

Biome_Digital · Post by **Biome_Digital** » Sat May 28, 2022 8:50 am

Choice of synth to start with is important.

legendCNCD · Post by **legendCNCD** » Sat May 28, 2022 2:31 pm

Saturate/Overdrive low mids for example - this can be done with whatever internal tools DAW has. Just bandlimit needed area with EQ (fex. 80-200) and mix to taste into original signal.

But first the mix must be good too

dionenoid · Post by **dionenoid** » Sat May 28, 2022 2:51 pm

A little high-shelf cut (with any eq) can do wonders on many Kontakt libraries.

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Sat May 28, 2022 11:37 pm

saturation is the most unused effect when you are new to production, it is really abused by most

ckub · Post by **ckub** » Sun May 29, 2022 7:26 am

XLN RC20 has all you need.

acousticglue · Post by **acousticglue** » Sun May 29, 2022 1:09 pm

Flower Child Filter with your own settings to taste, works great on guitar, on reverbs play with pre-delay, delays add depth

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Mon May 30, 2022 8:52 am

Try an analog modeled channel strip like one of the bx_consoles or Waves SSL EV2, and a tape simulator, like the IK T-RackS Tape Machines.

Make my sounds more warm, analog and sounding deeper somehow.