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

[Junkyard Sam]

Previously I called The Hot Summer + The Analog Molecule Deluxe the most “real” console emulation/analog summing system. That’s just my opinion!

Airwindows Console is impressive, no question. But the requirement to keep DAW faders at zero is a dealbreaker for a lot of people. For that reason alone, I rank TAMD + THS higher.

Beyond that, TAMD + THS feels more “alive” to me. The mix breathes and responds to fader moves in a way that feels like it's working with me. There also seems to be more inter-plugin communication, though Doc Shadrach would have to confirm that.

TAMD also includes an SSL-style channel strip with 4 compressor options(!), and that processing is part of the cross-plugin interaction... So it’s not just extra, it’s integral. Plus, it has a proper GUI, which helps when mixing. Airwindows’ slider-based UI is functional, but not as enjoyable to work with.

To my ears, TAMD + THS is an evolution beyond Airwindows Console. The fact it builds on some of Chris’s ideas is a good thing. That’s how progress happens. Maybe TAMD+THS will inspire Chris to take Airwindows Console in a similar direction, and solve the DAW fader limitation.

[legendCNCD]

So, the question has landed: has anyone measured these (TAMD or THS), I am interested in aliasing and such, how much it imparts harmonics etc. ?
It seems the highend of spectrum is being dropped a bit, but thats how far I got.

Oversampling THS (at least the summing bus) in Reaper makes a difference.
Give it a try!

Can't make music in Reaper, using Ableton but yeah thats what I heard from a friend too, needs OS in some parts.

[stippenstoh]

Definitely, any distortion can sound very different and probably better with higher sample rates.

[TechHaus]

I know I'm way behind the times but I am trying the u-he Satin on every track thing. Can't decide if it should be last on every track in the production phase, or first-ish on every track in the mixing phase.