Best used for: All-around organic tube saturation for instruments, groups, mixing and mastering. Thermionic Culture Vulture from Universal Audio ($299) Whenever I’m comparing plugins, some of UAD’s tools almost always end up toward the top of my list.
- What saturation is
- Why you absolutely should be using saturation
- The different types of saturation
- When & how to use saturation
- WHERE to use saturation and…
- My top 5 free saturation plugins
- My top 5 premium saturation plugins
What is saturation?
Why should you be using saturation in your mixes?
The different types of saturation
Tape saturation
Tube Saturation
Transistor Saturation
When, where & how to use saturation
Synths
No Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/01-Synth-No-Saturation.mp3With Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/02-Synth-With-Saturation.mp3Drums
No Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/03-Drums-No-Saturation.mp3With Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/04-Drums-With-Saturation.mp3Bass
No Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/05-Bass-No-Saturation.mp3With Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/06-Bass-With-Saturation.mp3Vocals & Guitars
Vocals No Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/07-Vocals-No-Saturation.mp3Vocals With Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/08-Vocals-With-Saturation.mp3Guitar No Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/09-Guitar-No-Saturation.mp3Guitar With Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/10-Guitar-With-Saturation.mp3Busses
Master Buss
All together then
No Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/11-All-No-Saturation.mp3With Saturation:
https://www.audio-issues.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/12-All-With-Saturation.mp3
Top free 5 saturation plugins
Top 5 premium plugins
Conclusion
Free Vst Tube Saturation Normal Range
Saturation Plugins Free
Softube make some of the best plugs around. No Joke. Being able to grab this Saturation Knob for free should be taken advantage of immediately!
Best Free Saturation Plugins
Get the Saturation Knob —SFT/SatKnob
If you have never downloaded anything from Softube or Slate Digital there isa bit of a process to get the knob, but it is well worth it.
Free Vst Tape Saturation
The three modes, Keep High, Neutral and Keep Low give you three kinds of characters of distortion. If you want to squash a drum loop but keep the bass drum fairly intact, you can for example use the Keep Low mode.
Free Vst Tube Saturation Plugins
“My response when they told me the Saturation Knob is a free plug-in was—are you nuts? Seriously? It’s too good to be free! I use it to make guitars fatter and more aggressive, snares naturally brighter, kicks punchier, vocals warmer. Basically, it’s good on just about anything. Saturation Knob should be renamed Attitude Adjuster! If a plugin can be addicting, the Saturation Knob is it!”
Free Vst Saturation Plugins
– Michael Brauer, Seven Grammy awards, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Coldplay
How can I get it?
Saturation Knob is available for free! Simply sign in to your Softube/Gobbler account and click the ‘Get Your Free License’ button at the top of this page.
Then go to [their] Download page and install the Gobbler App, which is used to install [their] software. Sign in to the app using your Softube/Gobbler account and click the ‘Install’ button next to the Saturation Knob to install it. This will make it ready for use in your DAW.
Softube Saturation Vst
Propellerheads Reason users can get it from the Propellerheads store: shop.propellerheads.se/product/softube-saturation-knob