Saturation Tools and Tricks

[trodden]

I've dabbled with Saturn2, but tended to get overwhelmed by the options...I need to put some more time into this.

I tend to prefer simple and effective plugins, apparently.

Yeah, I actually demoed Saturn a while back and didn’t buy it. I thought it was too complicated and I ended up going with the UAD culture vulture since I had a coupon. But I bought another fabfilter plugin and tried Saturn again and it clicked. I think after I had been experimenting with other saturation plugins the multiband option made more sense.

I like really simple plugins too. It’s why I stayed away from Fabfilter for so long honestly.

I love my Sonnex Oxford EQ. I've been using it for nearly 15 years. So, I've not jumped on the Fab Filter Pro-Q 3 bandwagon. It seems its become the "industry standard" though.

[T-rex]

Pro 3 is awesome, I have to say. It can be a really simple clean EQ, or you can split the bands to do mid side, have a dynamic eq for a particular freq that’s annoying, etc. It’s actually a very simple to use but insanely deep plugin.

I’ve always wanted to use Protools. Back in the day I used Cubase on PCs and had unlimited inputs and tracks, so I couldn’t see switching. Since I’m all word of mouth, it’s never been a problem. I’m Mac and use Logic now and I do love it, but I really want to try ProTools just to see. PT is all subscription now right?

[digitaldrummer]

PT is all subscription now right?

you can certainly do it that way (but if you stop then so does Pro Tools) but I think they still sell perpetual licenses still too, and they changed the reinstatement cost structure (although if you never had it then that doesn't matter). I have a perpetual license for what is now "studio" edition.

[T-rex]

Thanks, good to know. I looked at the pricing structure a while back and was thoroughly confused.

[digitaldrummer]

that's how Avid likes it.

[Mikea]

I think experimenting with different plugins like the Culture Vulture and Saturn has clearly expanded your sonic palette