Esoteric distortion question / challenge (SubLab XL)

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Esoteric distortion question / challenge (SubLab XL) 2023-01-13T11:56:47+00:00 Hi folks, I've been messing around with SubLab XL, and have been trying to re-create some of the patches in Halion 6 (because the SubLab envelopes are very limited and basic) and i was 90% successful. However, in one area, i can't match SubLab, and that's in the distortion. I tried about 20 different distortion plugins, and i can't even get close. I think it's some kind of harmonic distortion, but i'm not sure. I'd really like to use this distortion on other synths, but unfortunately SubLab doesn't take an audio input so i can't use it as an FX plugin. So i'm curious if anyone has got any ideas about what kind of distortion SubLab is doing and if there are other plugins that can give the same sound? Here below is a link to two zip files. The first contains the raw WAVs (sine, tri, saw, square) coming out of SubLab, and also two different distortion settings (with and without "fatness"). The second zip contains the same distortion files, but with a filter applied (115hz to 835 hz - see attached screenshot). This filter must be post-distortion, but i can't quite work out if it's just hi / low cut off (and what slope?), or something multi-band, or? ......... also interesting to note, though not really relevant here, is that when you play the synth sound up and down the keyboard, i think this filter also does some key-tracking. Anyways, curious if anyone has some suggestions. For myself, the closest i got (which was not very close) was SoundToy's Decapitator and Steinberg's Distroyer. One other note: you'll notice the raw waveforms coming out of SubLab aren't pure, they're a little warmer, also curious if anyone has an opinion about that. ZIP 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HMcRk2jSr9iMhyPlghm9C7jSpdU5oyOq/view?usp=share_link ZIP 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XVjyVR4oxrsZIVndzjpJI9qMoxf-jl7O/view?usp=sharing IMG-2330-min (2).jpg Mr D https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=280005

Ploki Ploki https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=221865: KVRAF; 6780 posts since 17 Dec, 2009

Post by Ploki » Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:50 am

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ok, i just need to get to the studio to match it a bit by ear. i won't be doing the filtered stuff, just the base distortion

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