KVR Audio

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Fri Apr 10, 2026 4:38 am

Well… I thought I had 45% off but then I realized it was from LAST summer. Idk why I thought it was current.

Anyway I still had 15% off, so I got widener and bus processor.

Weiss exciter and the compressor would be great but too much $$$.

I think widener is great,
As for bus processor… I’m somewhat mixed. for pure compression alone i prefer the glue (at 8x oversampling) however there’s a lot of neat stuff that bus processor brings to the table too. Softube is kind of softer, the glue is a bit rougher with the audio, but focuses the kick better, it’s very aggressive. It’s perhaps more preference than one being clearly better than the other.

I’m sure I could string a bunch of plugins together to similar effect wit those extras but more and more I prefer shorter chains, fewer plugins.

I already have tape, tape delay, harmonic processor and MAS. All great at what they do but there’s a lot of either “too subtle or too much” going on with those, for me.

jens · Post by **jens** » Fri Apr 10, 2026 9:34 am

My absolute favourite is the Amp Room Bass Suite (especially loaded into Amplifiers rather than Amp Room). The Bass Standard is fantastic - I have and like and used other Ampeg emus, but they imo pale in comparison. And the Supernova is really great too. (The Cardinal isn't really my cup fo tea very much.)

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Fri Apr 10, 2026 6:33 pm

The EL Knuckles I like a lot too

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Apr 10, 2026 6:54 pm

How does Amp Room Marshall Suite hold up in 2026?

DCrown · Post by **DCrown** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 5:21 am

I only use Saturation knob sometimes, I like the hiss - no kidding.
The rest is not for me, also their amps and synths not.
Softube plugins don't give me a satisfactory result, prefer other options.

theviirus · Post by **theviirus** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 5:45 am

Model82/84, Modular, Heartbeat, Dynamite, Mutator, DS1 MK3, Vocoder, Tape, Dirty Tape, Tape Echoed, Transient Shaper, Layers.

and a very satisfied Console 1 user w/ SSL SL4000E & XL9000K

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 10:05 am

God I hate Mutator, sounds so puny compared to its peers

jtsterays · Post by **jtsterays** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 11:37 am

It's been a while, but I remember the Mike E sounded really nice.

kraster · Post by **kraster** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 8:08 pm

OTO biscuit and the tubetech CL1b (V1 is better which is a setting in the current version)

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 10:16 pm

I wish Biscuit was a Modular module

Raddler1 · Post by **Raddler1** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 11:42 pm

Etienne1973 wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2026 8:03 pm Softube Summit Audio TLA-100A is the most musical, program signal dependent reacting leveling compressor I have in my arsenal. I think worth checking out.

https://www.softube.com/plug-ins/summit-audio-tla-100a

Yeah, but too bad it has a fixed high cut.

Raddler1 · Post by **Raddler1** » Sat Apr 11, 2026 11:44 pm

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Teezdalien · Post by **Teezdalien** » Sun Apr 12, 2026 3:51 am

cryophonik wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2026 4:06 am The Weiss Collection gets my vote.

Right. I have Mastering Flow subscription, which I think pretty good value, considering each month you attain credits to be used towards perpetual licences. The Weiss DS1-mk3 is expensive, but sounds so good and I really rate it once you get your head around it.
Trouble is now the DS5 multiband is available and pretty much the same price, is there any reason to still pick the DS1 over the DS5?

melodeath · Post by **melodeath** » Mon Apr 13, 2026 3:52 pm

Etienne1973 wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2026 8:03 pm Softube Summit Audio TLA-100A is the most musical, program signal dependent reacting leveling compressor I have in my arsenal. I think worth checking out.

https://www.softube.com/plug-ins/summit-audio-tla-100a

Have you ever tried the Tim P 100A for nebula? I'm curious how it compares.

Fav softube plugins?