saturation plug in on the master bus?

[Keith99]

I used to use Ferric but I found it adds too much high frequency content

[lingyai]

Ferric TDS is on (essentially) every single master buss for my productions. Sometimes I'll mix in a little NastyTableTop as well and occasionally ModernAnaloguer to take the bite out of harsh high-frequency content.

The tube stage in BootEqMKII is good (along with the low-frequency exciter it has) but can get a little "smeary" with the sound and affects how distinct the instruments sound...though it can be used to cover a bad mix in some cases because of that.

Thanks for that. You sound pretty expereinced with it -- would you mind sharing a bit more re how you set up the master buss fx chain? In which order do you put FerricTDS? Also, do you use its dynamics, and if so, do you put additonal bus compression on with something else?

Grateful for any advice...

[lingyai]

I used to use Ferric but I found it adds too much high frequency content

Is it not anything that could be EQ'd out? What do you use now?

Sorry for all my questions in this thread, but this is something I want to get better at...

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[penguinfromdeep]

Bmanic, what do you think about the Kush Audio UBk-1?

i am pretty certain he will love it, and if he doesn't, it will be the first actual time in history i have fullly disagreed with him

Yes I'm asking because he is kind of compressor guru around these parts of internets, I'm wondering if he has noticed this plug-in ...

[CANE CREEK]

Bmanic, what do you think about the Kush Audio UBk-1?

He's obviously not on Mac logic or Pro-tool because he'd of been all over it already.

Speaking of compression what I love about UBK-1 is at the flick of a switch turn of a knob you have instant 1176 all buttons vibe with the huge bonus of Wet/Dry that unfortunately UA plugins don't have

[carrieres]

camel phat

[guppi]

I'm going to have to try out this Nebula stuff one of these days...

Anyway, I have lots of saturation options, but the one I use most often is the free Voxengo Tube Amp, in Mode 2 with 8x oversampling: great way to subtly thicken a mix or submix without colouring it too much. Its a shame he didn't include a dry/wet mix control on the interface for this type of scenario, but I discovered that switching the oversampling to linear phase mode allows me to use Reaper's dry/wet mix knob (or run the plug in a send/return loop "NY" style) without creating any phase problems.

This^^ !!

[Mercado_Negro]

Rough mix or mixes in a budget: VCC into VTM-M2
The rest: AlexB MLC into CDSoundmaster R2R (specifically Otari 30ips with 499 tape at 0dB) and finally VTM-M2

[Fred_Abstract]

vintage warmer dials in the sweet spots...remind me my friend fatso.

[bmanic]

Bmanic, what do you think about the Kush Audio UBk-1?

Haven't tried it yet as we don't have Pro Tools TDM nor Logic. But I'm fairly confident in saying that it probably kicks some serious ass! It is after all containing the UBK name!

Cheers!
bManic

[bmanic]

However there is a point when even i must say, when is enough enough?

When YOU say that it makes me worried!

Perhaps the world IS coming to an end this year.

Cheers!
bManic

[jancivil]

I knew the 'Magneto' recommendation was just around the corner - has that late '90's "what's it doing to my audio anyways? vintage sound, dont it?!

heheh.

I liked it. That was when I used something on the master bus. I prefer to handle coloration, ie., warm up the sterility, more particularly now.

[kvaca]

There will probably be quite a lot of "powered by nebula VVTT technology" plugins out there later this year or next year. That's good news.

...especially for people who prefer compressors without compression,tape machines without saturation,equalizers with adjustable attack and release and similar stuff...