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Posted by phantom limb on Jul-21-2008 04:12:

Hot Distortion VST?

Howdy, everyone. Anyone here have any recommendations on a distortion VST that really adds a nice touch of edginess to a synth? I currently use Antares Tube, but it muddles the lower frequencies and doesn't provide enough sharpness. Either useful recommendations and/or advice would be appreciated. Thanks, guys.

Posted by Jason_R on Jul-21-2008 11:26:

Hi

Theres a re fairly new one from D16 that's getting a lot of attention and good comments.

http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=183

It's quite cheap to and if the quality of their other products is anything to go by then should be good.

Posted by evo8 on Jul-21-2008 11:48:

Re: Hot Distortion VST?

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Originally posted by phantom limb
Howdy, everyone. Anyone here have any recommendations on a distortion VST that really adds a nice touch of edginess to a synth? I currently use Antares Tube, but it muddles the lower frequencies and doesn't provide enough sharpness. Either useful recommendations and/or advice would be appreciated. Thanks, guys.

Have you tried sticking the Antares Tube on a send whilst putting a high pass filter on the send also, could maybe stop the muddying of the low end?

Posted by jupiterone on Jul-21-2008 13:08:

izotope trash

Posted by Lucidity on Jul-21-2008 20:12:

http://www.audiodamage.com/effects/...t.php?pid=AD019

Posted by phantom limb on Jul-22-2008 03:32:

Re: Re: Hot Distortion VST?

quote:
Originally posted by evo8
Have you tried sticking the Antares Tube on a send whilst putting a high pass filter on the send also, could maybe stop the muddying of the low end?

That is actually quite a brilliant idea! Why I did not think of that, is another concern of mine! ;-) Thank you.

Posted by phantom limb on Jul-22-2008 03:32:

quote:
Originally posted by jupiterone
izotope trash

Looks expensive, but I appreciate the input!

Posted by phantom limb on Jul-22-2008 03:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Lucidity
http://www.audiodamage.com/effects/...t.php?pid=AD019

The sample files sound pretty solid especially the last one. I will research this some more. Thank you!

Posted by phantom limb on Jul-22-2008 03:37:

quote:
Originally posted by Jason_R
Hi

Theres a re fairly new one from D16 that's getting a lot of attention and good comments.

http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=183

It's quite cheap to and if the quality of their other products is anything to go by then should be good.

This one sounds pretty good from the example files. I might pursue this one. Thank you.

Posted by Michael Lee on Jul-22-2008 18:50:

Both CamelSpace and CamelPhat can do some pretty interesting things to sound including distortion so give them a look as well. Good luck!

Posted by Icone on Jul-23-2008 20:04:

quote:
Originally posted by Lucidity
http://www.audiodamage.com/effects/...t.php?pid=AD019

The Kombinat plugin was mentioned together with the D16 one in Computer Music as one of the better ones. Still have to try them myself though

Posted by Lucidity on Jul-23-2008 20:10:

Yes, that is actually how I heard about Kombinat, I read CM every month. I have not actually used this plug yet but, the feature list looks real sweet. D16's I have used, and I actually quite like it but, the Kombinat I really want, since it has bitcrusher and many other types built in. I like that it is like a swiss army knife for distortion.

Posted by cybernetica on Jul-24-2008 01:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Lee
Both CamelSpace and CamelPhat can do some pretty interesting things to sound including distortion so give them a look as well. Good luck!

yes, +1
CamelPhat is my distortion of choice.

Also worth mentioning is the fruity Fast Dist, if you are using FL studio. Its super simple but also super effective.

Posted by B_man on Jul-24-2008 02:05:

I love this:

It's free here: http://www.uv.es/%7Eruizcan/p_beta.htm

Just keep the distortion levels low, and tweak the rest of the setting to get that "slight" crunch that is to kill for.

Posted by thecYrus on Jul-24-2008 11:08:

this is free and i use it all the time:

and if you're looking for a very advanced distortion unit check this: