What's your favorite saturation plug-ins?

[jack634]

I've been on a saturation plug-in binge lately and was just wondering what everyone else is using to warm up their mixes. Right now, I'm using wave arts tube saturater, spl twintube, and my favorite, the psp vintage warmer.

 

[pikachu69]

PSP Vintage warmer 2 and Ferric TDS here.

 

[Audiosprite]

ferric tds

 

[AllanD]

Ferox is very good.

 

[Trevoire520]

SPL twintube is indeed pretty good. Massey Tapehead is ok if you don't overdo it (though sometimes it can be a good effect if you do!)

 

[MindMunch]

Variety Of Sound has many plugins for saturation http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/vst-effects/
They´re all great, but I end up using BootEQ MKII the most for this task.

 

[wetpenny]

Variety Of Sound has many plugins for saturation http://varietyofsound.wordpress.com/vst-effects/
They´re all great, but I end up using BootEQ MKII the most for this task.

+1 BootEQ MKII

also Bootsys "nasty" range

http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=217522

 

[timislegend]

cranesong phoenix

 

[chrisjmp]

I usually use Mcdsp Ac1 for subtle glue, URS Saturation for a slightly more obvious effect and Massey Tapehead for the over the top stuff. I tend to treat tapehead more as a subtle distortion then saturation.

 

[botus99]

Nebula 3 (even though I'm using the free one) with the Analog Channel, Back to Genesis, SSL, and Color Tape programs (which were also free). Better than everything else I've tried hands down, although I remember Ferric TDS being really nice too

 

[Lasse Lammert]

CraneSong Phoenix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
followed by AC1

then for vox sometimes URS PhatC

for extreme stuff: Decapitator

 

[nch3966]

i wish my daw could use crane song stuff i went to a studio and he had the dark essance he a/b it and it was amazing the difference

 

[kev]

A very light decapitation.

 

[greyskull]

analog (sic) channel.

 

[exoslime]

Izotope Trash´s - Tape Saturation
Wave Arts Tubesaturator should be very nice too, but i´v read its pretty cpu intensive

 

[bryan_kilco]

Ferox is very good.

+1, it's what I use since I'm not spending big $$ on any plugins because I'm still learning with Reapers stock plugs. I mainly use it on guitars and vocals.

 

[Ermz]

Nebula

 

[Ascendant]

Ferric TDS, BootEQ mk2 and sometimes TesslaSE.

 

[Skinny Viking]

McDSP Analog Channel

 

[tempe]

Slate VCC, Decapitator, PSP Vintage Warmer2, Tape-head. Pick your poison, they're all good!