Who's Got the Best Distortion?
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acousticshade
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Yeah, there are 3 or 4 other distortion plug-ins I wouldn't mind owning.
vitocorleone123
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Destructor is among the best, without a doubt in my mind. It’s my first choice for distortion, followed by The Scream, Fury, Heavy Pedal.
And my analog gear.
Onemandown
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Softube's Saturation Knob is an amazing free light distortion plugin. I use it a lot on SOS low strings to beef it up.
sostenuto
AKA _ doubtingtom37
What about PSP BinAmp @$29. promo now ?? ' the most analog sounding plugin ...... '
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vitocorleone123
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There’s saturation and then there’s distortion.What about PSP BinAmp @$29. promo now ?? ' the most analog sounding plugin ...... '
PSPaudioware handcrafted audio effect & processor plug-ins.
PSPaudioware develops high quality audio effect and processor plug-ins (VST, AAX, VST3, AudioUnit). PSP products garner rave reviews and endorsements from every corner of the music production, engineering, composition, and post-production worlds.
Onemandown
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And there's Ruina i.e. perfection
emasters
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I purchased an Electron Analog Heat +FX for primary use with some external gear (clearly a splurge buy, given the cost). It has a cool plugin "Overbridge" that lets you stream audio into and out of the device, without changing your primary audio interface in the DAW. Overbridge's latency is such that using it to track isn't very practical. But while mixing, the latency is no big deal. It has analog saturation, basic analog EQ and analog filtering. Along with some digital effects that when using a DAW, one can easily get ITB. It's interesting to have analog saturation external to the DAW. To my ear, it does sound a bit more open with extra clarity and depth (using the cleaner saturation settings). That said, it may just be my brain trying to justify the purchase... Regardless, an interesting approach with distortion, given all my other saturation alternatives are ITB plugins.
vitocorleone123
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OTB saturation can be very nice. I have an Elysia Karacter Qube and Erica Synths Acidbox 3 (as well as Walrus Julianna that can distort, Meris Polymoon, and Meris Mercury X that can distort).
Hardware OTB is a much more expensive and fraught proposition than plugins, though! Still offers something different sounding.
A reamp box and any guitar pedal (staring from even as low as 30$) will give you amazing sounding distortion, usually tighter and more aggressive then any plugin. Combine a few and possibilities are endless.
doctoremmet
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See this man’s pedalboard? He used to be an active participant of the VSL fanboy thread. Now, the last time he typed “VSL” was in the classifieds section of this board.Beware. OTB dirt can become an obsession…
Don’t let hardware take over your world. Don’t become another Zanshin. To think all of these pedals will be hard to pick out in a blind test. This man could’ve just stuck to using Softube Saturarion Knob, but noooo…..
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acousticshade
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If you stack up enough distortion pedals in a row, no one will be able to tell when you hit a wrong note. Who said gear can't make you sound better!Beware. OTB dirt can become an obsession…
Nice setup BTW.
Onemandown
Probably an AI
I wish I had known this strategy when I played trumpet...
sostenuto
AKA _ doubtingtom37
.... still enjoying Meris Mercury X ??
A bit spendy here, at moment _ Walrus Lillian may be fun addition tho.
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vitocorleone123
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Yes! I was able to get it with a discount code for around $500 from Perfect Circuit, free shipping, no tax. Spendy, but less so. It was also a gift from my wife for my birthday.... still enjoying Meris Mercury X ??
A bit spendy here, at moment _ Walrus Lillian may be fun addition tho.
As of now, the only reverbs I'm regularly using are the Mercury X and Cinematic Rooms Pro. I'll likely need to face the music (har har) and acknowledge I don't really need several other reverbs I have installed.
And despite some of my other pedals looking at me with a sad face, sometimes I just only use the Karacter and then the Mercury X as a combo delay, chorus, and reverb. Sometimes I'll add in the Zelzah, and sometimes I'll use the Zelzah+Polymoon to create an ensemble stacked chorus I like.
sostenuto
AKA _ doubtingtom37
Cool !Yes! I was able to get it with a discount code for around $500 from Perfect Circuit, free shipping, no tax. Spendy, but less so. It was also a gift from my wife for my birthday
As of now, the only reverbs I'm regularly using are the Mercury X and Cinematic Rooms Pro. I'll likely need to face the music (har har) and acknowledge I don't really need several other reverbs I have installed.
And despite some of my other pedals looking at me with a sad face, sometimes I just only use the Karacter and then the Mercury X as a combo delay, chorus, and reverb. Sometimes I'll add in the Zelzah, and sometimes I'll use the Zelzah+Polymoon to create an ensemble stacked chorus I like.
Have Strymon - Deco v1 + Walrus - Lillian & Slotva on Deepmind12 /Prophet 5 DM set-up.
Need to spend more time tweaking for best results.
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