Do you have a Go-To Plugin for Warming Up, Saturation, +Character ?
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- KVRAF
- 3688 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
If you need a plugin to add analog warmth to your harsh sounding digital vst, that should make you think a bit about your source too. Trying to fight your digital outcome with another digital tool trying to compensate what was introduced from the beginning, might be counterproductive. With that said, there are real analog pedals for cheap, or boutique outboard for not so cheap, which will actually do what you asked for. There certainly also are some plugins which can emulate such behavior, yet those will also 'to a degree' add digital artifacts, again.
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- KVRist
- 148 posts since 16 Sep, 2023
If you are on Windows the free Variety of Sound plugins are all you will ever need. Especially their Tessla and Thrillseeker series products and the latest iteration of FerricTDS.
Otherwise you can't go wrong with Fuse Audio / NEOLD products.
Otherwise you can't go wrong with Fuse Audio / NEOLD products.
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- KVRist
- 289 posts since 4 Dec, 2003 from Oregon, USA
Felt audio Brut and Mixwave Coil audio pre-amps.
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- KVRian
- 1477 posts since 7 Apr, 2007 from Bellows Falls, VT
Got a nice surprise for you tomorrow
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- KVRAF
- 7794 posts since 20 Jul, 2004 from Clearwater
Acustica Sand, Ash, and the Deep Vintage plugins from TBTECH.
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- KVRian
- 601 posts since 5 Oct, 2004
Fazertone Furnace - sounds great (for me) and it's affordable and easy to use.
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- KVRian
- 826 posts since 26 Aug, 2005 from Oregon, USA
My routines are like a cat so I use PSP Vintagewarmer and Black Box Analog Design.
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- KVRAF
- 1894 posts since 9 Jul, 2014 from UK
Yay. Another list 
I wonder what happens if I press this button...
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- KVRAF
- 3688 posts since 21 Nov, 2015
Lists are good. Now go out & Do something good!
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- KVRian
- 1156 posts since 2 Oct, 2021
In the poll you can check fish.
ABX is enemy to GAS
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- KVRAF
- 12039 posts since 12 May, 2008
Still nothing really beats vintage warmer for me. And I still use the v1 algorithm for lower latency and am perfectly happy with that. I spent years trying to emulate it. Can’t even remember why. Maybe it wasn’t a compatible format or something. But the magic basically comes from nice multiband compression with pleasant saturation. Lots of things can do that. It’s just quick and a sweet spot effect. And I guess that’s why people like tape and tape effects. The slight compression and saturation. I also used to really like trash when it had the multiband compression.
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- KVRian
- 826 posts since 26 Aug, 2005 from Oregon, USA
I also use the PSP Microwarmer (comes with VintageWarmer) for beefing up various weaker synth lines with nice harmonics. But the big brother goes to the drum or mix buss.