What is your favourite plugin for 'analog' style saturation?

[Chris Hawkins]

We have this article on our site about some of the plugins for getting analog style saturation (some stock, some for 3rd parties) and while we couldn't cover all the plugins, the covered some of the more common ones.

https://streamworksaudio.com/using-satu ... -your-mix/

But I was wondering, what are your favourite plugins for getting 'warm' analog saturation onto your tracks?

[Chris Hawkins]

I should add that I typically use TrackPlug 7, because I love that channel strip plugin. I put it on a lot of tracks.

[jamcat]

Hmmm. I’ll have to think about that one. No one has ever posed this question here before.

[rackrack22]

Melda Saturator or Multi-band Saturator is super flexible, tweakable, and organic sounding. There are so many parameters you can control that you can basically make it sound like anything you want.

[crimsonwarlock]

Que every saturation, tape simulation, and distortion plugin from the KVR database

[Dirtgrain]

Que every saturation, tape simulation, and distortion plugin from the KVR database

But can you tell me one sounds exactly like, "vbzchgchghvzsvshgrrschkaughrvsz"?

[BackInCheck]

Fuse Audio VPRE-72 has a nice "box tone", very analog in character. It's free!

[crimsonwarlock]

But can you tell me one sounds exactly like, "vbzchgchghvzsvshgrrschkaughrvsz"?

Sure, but then I have to kill you. That one is the big secret of my non-existing musical success

[vurt]

why not use an analogue device for analogue style saturation?

[vurt]

Que every saturation, tape simulation, and distortion plugin from the KVR database

see above, i went scorched earth.

[seafire]

We have this article on our site about some of the plugins for getting analog style saturation (some stock, some for 3rd parties) and while we couldn't cover all the plugins, the covered some of the more common ones.

https://streamworksaudio.com/using-satu ... -your-mix/

But I was wondering, what are your favourite plugins for getting 'warm' analog saturation onto your tracks?

None. I hate all that retro sound degrading rubbish. Those halcyon days are are a myth, and there is not a single one of those musicians who would use that tripe if they didn't have to.

If you are relying on ancient methods to get a 'sound', your focus is on the wrong thing.

[seafire]

Melda Saturator or Multi-band Saturator is super flexible, tweakable, and organic sounding. There are so many parameters you can control that you can basically make it sound like anything you want.

Can it sound like a dog pulling a tapeworm from its own anus?

[djanthonyw]

How could you list stock Logic effects and leave out ChromaGlow? That one is actually up there with current third party options.

The best third party options for me are:

Kazrog True Iron
Pulsar P44 Magnum
Arturia Studer
Arturia MelloFi

[Chris Hawkins]

How could you list stock Logic effects and leave out ChromaGlow? That one is actually up there with current third party options.

The best third party options for me are:

Kazrog True Iron
Pulsar P44 Magnum
Arturia Studer
Arturia MelloFi

Yes you are right, we should have included that one.

[Tawix]

How could you list stock Logic effects and leave out ChromaGlow? That one is actually up there with current third party options.

The best third party options for me are:

Kazrog True Iron
Pulsar P44 Magnum
Arturia Studer
Arturia MelloFi

I use true iron and it sounds amazing. You can emulate a variety of gears.
I tried once to clip in it once for kicks and worked amazingly well