Comments on: Compression Lovers: Free Audio Damage Plug-in, Ableton+Reaktor Trick

By: Human Koala

Human Koala — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:14:17 +0000

blockfish & dominion don’t work on last intel mac…
it was a great lost…

By: Human Koala

Human Koala — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:13:05 +0000

funny, i found also the dynamic tube trick in ableton some days ago, and it rocks !!!

my fav settings :
dry/wet 30%
tube settings : c
drive 2.5
tone -0.32
bias 27%

very good on drumkit

By: runagate

runagate — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:32:21 +0000

I have Reaktor and will certainly try this trick, but here’s freeware alternatives:

http://www.interruptor.ch/vst_overview.shtml
Wow N Flutter VST

http://www.jeroenbreebaart.com/audio_vst.htm
TimeMachine VST vintage sampler emulator
SEND Spectrum Enhancing Non-linear Device
Ferox VST vintage tape modeller plugin

By: te2rx

te2rx — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:08:15 +0000

Blockfish is a freeware compressor with a saturation stage and a lot of other odd parameters (read its documentation), but the best thing I’ve been playing with lately is Dominion, which allows you to shape the “attack” and “sustain” of an input signal without compression. In other words, it allows you to control compression-like effects (e.g. snappiness) without squashing the dynamic range, or otherwise having to worry about thresholds and ratios. Prior to Dominion, most of the time I was not even using compressors for the purpose of actual dynamic range compression, so it presents a more intuitive way of thinking about… stuff.

http://www.digitalfishphones.com/main.php?item=2&subItem=4
reading the documentation for this helps too

By: tobamai

tobamai — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:24:58 +0000

I think bliss has the right idea: voodoo and fairy dust. I recommend dropping in seven secret spices too, if your host supports loading them.

By: painfulleginjuries

painfulleginjuries — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:47:16 +0000

A free Audio Damage plug-in, with an OSX version. I must have done something right today.

By: bliss

bliss — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:16:25 +0000

I have a compression mastering trick: Don’t limit or compress on the master channel. Do so on individual tracks where it’s needed or wanted. Use ears, voodoo, and fairy dust. How’s that?

By: ronnie

ronnie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:22:10 +0000

Thumbs up for the Audio Damage freebie. FabFilter Pro-C covers pretty much all I need but like most effect plug-ins, I don’t mind having more options.

By: leo cavallo

leo cavallo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:17:45 +0000

Or you could also try Sonitex, by OtiumFX.

http://www.otiumfx.com/

I just purchased the plug-in and to me it’s the “non plus ultra” for adding any kind of analog grit/dirt to your sounds/mixes.