Adding warmth

freq juggler · Post by **freq juggler** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:52 am

Hey all,

Wich software / hardware do you use to give some warmth to your tracks?

I use PSP vintage warmer alot, distortion plugins in cubase 5 and i like the warmth of the Nomad factory blue bundle compressors and brickwall.

Some others to but i forgot

Sometimes i even record the seperate drumhits to tape and re-record them with that nasty analog distortion and tape hiss hahaha (sometimes though).

What do you do?

lowpass · Post by **lowpass** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:06 am

yeah I normally associate "warmth" with analog/tape compression/saturation/distortion

Used to use camelcrusher on "subtle master" mode, resample that a few times gives it a "warmer" feel to it.

then theres the "tape saturation?" mode on scream in reason that seemed to work.

vivace · Post by **vivace** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:29 am

Izotope Ozone 3. Use it to add warmth, life AND death to a track.

86. · Post by **86.** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 1:31 pm

Vintage Warmer is good. At first I thought it sounded like garbage.

I like Izotope Vinyl and JB Ferox. on the master bus

I use a lot of distortion on individual tracks as well.

Littlefoot · Post by **Littlefoot** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:03 pm

Vivace wrote:life AND death to a track.

yes! this can be said of any "warmth processors"

I've always liked Vintage Warmer 2.

PSP make great plugs, but I'd feel ripped off as most buttons become useless over about 3 on the dial..

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:16 pm

There is a cut down free one, too:

macc · Post by **macc** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:17 pm

Aye, Colourtone is quite good

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:23 pm

some dude on the ableton forums posted a massive effect rack that emulates a sp-1200

sounds verry nice, but not for constant use

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:54 pm

colortone! haven't seen that in a while. i use phasetone a bunch.

airwindows makes 'channel' which is nice, as well.

'warmth' is often just an increase in low mids and a bit of a cut in the upper registers, with dynamic control.

w/that said, vwarmer's killer for this stuff. as it just overdriving things in general.

not everything needs to be 'warm.'

contakt321 · Post by **contakt321** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:55 pm

hurlingdervish wrote:some dude on the ableton forums posted a massive effect rack that emulates a sp-1200

sounds verry nice, but not for constant use

Link please? Very curious as to how it sits against a real SP.

hurlingdervish · Post by **hurlingdervish** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:04 pm

contakt321 wrote:
hurlingdervish wrote:some dude on the ableton forums posted a massive effect rack that emulates a sp-1200

sounds verry nice, but not for constant use
Link please? Very curious as to how it sits against a real SP.

http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... +1200+rack\

im sure it cant touch the original but its a nice soft redux/aliasing effect

two oh one · Post by **two oh one** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:04 pm

TeReKeTe wrote:not everything needs to be 'warm.'

Yes! If everything is warm, nothing is warm!

Contrast, innit?

contakt321 · Post by **contakt321** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 6:23 pm

hurlingdervish wrote:
contakt321 wrote:
hurlingdervish wrote:some dude on the ableton forums posted a massive effect rack that emulates a sp-1200

sounds verry nice, but not for constant use
Link please? Very curious as to how it sits against a real SP.
http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php? ... +1200+rack\

im sure it cant touch the original but its a nice soft redux/aliasing effect

Thank you sir! Can't believe I missed this. If I have time this weekend I will try to do a comparison of the same sound through this rack and in the actual SP1200.

test_recordings · Post by **test_recordings** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:26 pm

De-esser works really well on a mix, takes the hiss and sibilance off digital wave-forms and is easily implementable

feasible_weasel · Post by **feasible_weasel** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:37 pm

some sub-base

sook · Post by **sook** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:20 pm

sonnox dynamics warmth section...
cant be beat... sonnox plugs are
on point...

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