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Alex@ProgressAudio · Post by **Alex@ProgressAudio** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:44 pm

You might like to also try ShapeShifter which is another multi-effect type plug (its also a little cheaper then the others you mention)

Of course, presets are a matter of taste and how suited they are depends on what sort of sound you're trying to achieve. However, I'd say that Shapeshifter is probably one of the most intuitive multi-effect plugs you can find, so don't be put off also trying to create a preset from scratch. Its a doddle!

shamann · Post by **shamann** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:46 am

Try Devine Machine's minion. It's free and super. No delay on it, but there are volume/distortion/filter effects. A stepfilter worth checking out (also free, the 8-step version) is Tiny God's Murmur.

Another few worth trying out are Audio Damage Ronin, Tone2 Filterbank2, Basement Arts Frantic Filter, and Ohm Force QuadFrohmage.

All of them have their own character, and offer different implementations of routing and modulation that are worth a look.

liars&ashes · Post by **liars&ashes** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:35 am

----I have CamelSpace and it's pretty darn cool, you havta kinda tweak at it a bit and experiment to really get it to do what you want sometimes, or layer 2 instances of it, but it's a solid workhorse multi-effect. Shapeshifter has the nicer filter by far though, if I had the spare cash myself I'd be checking it out again, it sure sounded nice in the demo I tried. And that's really your best bet, take the couple of hours and try all the demos, find the one that you like working with the best.

Jeff

TotcProductions · Post by **TotcProductions** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:03 am

Well, if you're on a low budget....actually, even if you're not...absolutely can not live without Desaster Development's ZAPFILTER

It's very flexible...and very cheap...and it sounds fantastic!

Otherwise, go with the Antares Filter, Basement Arts' Frantic, or FabFilter's Volcano. All highly recommended by me.

Peace

JackDark · Post by **JackDark** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:47 am

There's only one Multi FX VST that I use now, FX Lord, and it has filtering too.

Vkingo · Post by **Vkingo** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:25 am

As far as filters are concerned i find Scamp by AdmiralQuality to be the nicest sounding and easiest to manipulate, largely due to it's old school analog style GUI.

Antares FilterVST is a beast in its own right, but CPU hungry.

justjazz · Post by **justjazz** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:14 am

diverdee · Post by **diverdee** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:26 pm

I can't recommend filterscape & camelspace enough.
Both are excellent sound manglers.
A point to rememer with filterscape is that you also get a very capable & deep virtual analogue synth & also a dynamic eq in the bundle also - so that makes it worth the admission price three times over.
the interface may seen confusing at first, but deconstructing presets will soon leave you with the impression that it has an excellent design philosophy behind it - considering the deep functionality & of course it sounds amazing.
Camelspace is just amazing full stop.
both are well worth it, sound great & are also very econimical cpu wise & are the brainchilds of very worthy independent devs.
I don't know shapeshifter, haven't seen it in action - so I can't comment, although I have heard good things about it.
Audio Damage Ronin appears to be mainly delay based, sounded really good when I saw it action, seemed more cpu hungry though.

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:10 pm

Another thumbs up for Camelspace from me.

You're right...it's just very easy and intuitive to use - not too many esoteric controls. It's probably not the best sounding filter out there, but I like it specifically because it's quite powerful in the mid ranges - which is exactly where the impact sounds are. You can easily use Camelspace's filter more as a fattener than as a straight filter. Whereas most other filters tend to thin out sounds.

As for presets...I'm not sure, but possibly the demo is only limited to the given presets - but when I bought it, there was automatically another 2 full sets of presets in the support page, and I seem to remember another popped up since then; that gives you a start-up of 4 banks

. And it's so easy to use, you'll find you soon have your own presets, which can easily be done by tweaking Camel's own presets.

What host do you use? I mention that, only because I personally really like the Tonic filter included in Cubase. It's not as immediately characterful as some VSTi filters, but it has a simply beautiful mild overdrive attached to it - a similar affair to the OSCar/impOSCar filter drive. A good overdrive can do absolute wonders to any filter - trouble is, I haven't yet found an independent s/w overdrive that I like yet - most tend towards nasty grating digital distortion rather than the warm subtle overdrive you get in analogue things. But if you have access to Cubase in any incarnation, check out Tonic - it's greatly overlooked IMO - after Camelspace, it's my next goto filter for standard bread and butter filter effects (and it's capable of fancy FX too)

. As far as I know, Tonic is included in all version of Cubase?

respirator · Post by **respirator** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:29 pm

If you got a Powercore, Filtroid is a great filter. With true sidechaining (and why they didn't add that to their comps ... gods only knows).

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:08 am

Also try FilterBank2.
Although I'm a CamelSpace user, this is a great FX and as bonus you will get a synth version too.

Ben [Camel Audio] · Post by **Ben [Camel Audio]** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:02 am

Thanks for all the CamelSpace recommendations - I'm glad you like it

CamelSpace comes with 3 banks and there another 3 banks to download from the website - making a total of around 350 presets, which should keep you busy for a while!

Ben