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Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:53 pm
by Lucifa
After a decent distortion unit to add some bite to the midrange.

Got on well with Scream 4's Fuzz and Tape setting but no longer use Reason. Gave Ohmicide demo a go, since everyone raves about it, but didn't really like its tone or interface.

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 11:57 pm
by nowaysj
Interface sucks, no doubt, always with the difficult stupid interfaces. But it really is very deep. Have to really rein it in though, or it will just get out of control, and they've included a lot of controls to do that. But it is a learner, unfortunately.

W/that said, people, apparently, are pretty psyched about fabfilter's Saturn, a multiband saturation plug.

Scream is awesome though. I feel you.

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:01 am
by deadly_habit
scream 3 or 5? :sofa:

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:08 am
by ZankUSA
Ohmiscide or w/e

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:20 am
by Lucifa
nowaysj wrote:Interface sucks, no doubt, always with the difficult stupid interfaces. But it really is very deep. Have to really rein it in though, or it will just get out of control, and they've included a lot of controls to do that. But it is a learner, unfortunately.

W/that said, people, apparently, are pretty psyched about fabfilter's Saturn, a multiband saturation plug.

Scream is awesome though. I feel you.
Maybe i weren't using it right but none of the distortion types were doing it for me. All sounded too messy and stodgy, probably decent for reeces but i mainly want one for a sharp, midrange buzz rather than growl.

Saturn looks decent but would prefer something a little more straight forward.

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:21 am
by Lucifa
deadly habit wrote:scream 3 or 5? :sofa:
why have you done this


why

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:46 am
by nowaysj
Lucifa wrote:i mainly want one for a sharp, midrange buzz rather than growl.
If you can't get a sharp midrange buzz with ohmicide... I don't think you are doing it right. No offense, at all.

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 11:34 am
by Lucifa
Elaborate then?

What distortion type and band-width?

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 2:21 pm
by billybuxton
Camelphat3 or has someone else mentioned it ???

Yeah i also think ohmcide is a head fuck :dunce:

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 3:29 pm
by nowaysj
Lucifa wrote:Elaborate then?

What distortion type and band-width?
You're just going to have to try/do it yourself, or just move on to the next plugin.

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 4:32 pm
by Lucifa
uhhhh well that was the point of the thread....

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 4:44 pm
by nowaysj
proceed then :)

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:11 pm
by hasezwei
fabfilter saturn is the shizzle. really, just give it a try. especially if you use multiple instances in series on a relatively clean source. bring out the fuzz where you want it, EQ, then shape that again, EQ, rinse and repeat. you have total control over the frequencies like that.

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:35 pm
by Today
D16 Redoptor

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:25 pm
by jbcrazy
Haha... what's funny, me not being a Reason pro or whatever... I have troubles with the Scream 4 distortion plugin. It's so easy to sound harsh or fuzz out on that thing and you don't have multiple bands to work with... That's why people usually run multiple instances of the distortion plug-in. I love Ohmicide... gives you so much more control over what you want to distort. Keep working with it and use the wet/dry mix and the cut features.

Camel Phat is another distortion plug-in that's cool.

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 3:26 pm
by jbcrazy
nowaysj wrote:
Lucifa wrote:i mainly want one for a sharp, midrange buzz rather than growl.
If you can't get a sharp midrange buzz with ohmicide... I don't think you are doing it right. No offense, at all.
Agreed. The plug-in is freaking awesome!!!!!!

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 4:24 pm
by nowaysj
Today wrote:D16 Redoptor
:U:

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:15 pm
by deadly_habit
izotope trash is another great distortion plug (tends to be my go to)

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:31 pm
by Lucifa
i like the look of Redoptor!

Re: Alternative to Scream 4?

Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 6:56 pm
by Today
sweet tube emulator, would definitely recommend