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what do you guys use to sprinkle some classy analog twinkle to your tracks, im looking into getting a tube eq or tube comp
any recommendations

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the warmth module in sonnox dynamics ... does a wicked job without needing to shell out for outboard

I use Marmite.

popslut wrote:

YESSSS! Sweet sounds from those two gems. (although not exactly budget gear).

Where are your sounds, man!? Need to hear what you have come up with, with those two pearls...

Best

-j

My tube outboard equipment was knitted by grandma

I'd really like to use outboard but can't work out the cable routings

"warm" is just a concept that's in your head, guys...if your audio sounds good, be it software or hardware mixers, it'll be good.

Look into Voxengo's new Varisaturator for some "warmth". Honestly, I don't hear a big difference with this stuff...I know Vintage Warmer just sounds muddy, and Saturator sounds distorted. I just focus on good clean mixes, and I don't worry about "warmth".

nebulae wrote:"warm" is just a concept that's in your head, guys...[...] I don't worry about "warmth".

...and then one day you'll get he chance to run one of your mixes up through the custom EMI TG12413 limiters they have at Abbey Road and those words will stick in your throat like a ball of mineral loft insulation.

I agree that no plugin on earth is going to make your mixes sound remotely "warm" - which is why the Chandler TG1 - faithful remakes of the EMI comp/lims - go for four grand a pop.

As usual I'd counsel against ruining your mixes by running them through some shitty plugin or cheapo outboard gear and take them to a professional mastering facility instead.

meh, abbey schmabby

Actually, the one time I mastered at Abbey Road it was shit. The lazy fuck assigned to my session just ran my mixes through a fucking TC Finalizer and into his Sonic Solutions - and then onto glass master.

I suppose I should take it as a compliment that he thought they didn't need any further tweaking, but my suspicion was that his decision was based more upon a need to get to the pub at lunchtime than any kind of musical appraisal.

having spent much time in a studio which used several brent averill (neve pre's, modular EQ's) + manly (massive passive) + UA (2-1176), the odd bit of TOFT designs kit.. all through top notch AD/DA setups and having heard their pile of poo and comparing it to stuff ive heard done completely ITB (in the box) i can comfortably say its more about who's in the chair than what they tweak.