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Console Emulation/Saturator
Are there any console emulation fx for iOS like Slate? Also looking for a nice subtle distortion fx. Any recs?
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No console emulation as such, but Saturn 2 does do transformer saturation which is close enough.
As for overall distortion and/or saturation then once Saturn 2 is probably the best, although there are a few others. Klevgrand ReAmp is also quite nice, and capable of very subtle results because you can reduce the number of added harmonics.
Whoa, they are both really spendy as far as apps go, i guess my stuff will be un-console saturated for now!
Someone suggested low fly dirt for a cheap approximation on a subtle setting. I know it’s not anywhere near Saturn, but a little Pluto will have to do for now.
I just saw that Barricade has an analog console saturation preset. I really need to dig through my current pile of apps more, I usually find that I have something close if not exactly what I’m looking for. Needed micro pitch, almost bought Eventide Micropitch and then saw Discord 4 will do something similar.
Here's a trick.
Download Mooer's "GELABS - Infinite Tone Lab" amp simulator.
It's free and everything in it is open to use. It's got every type of guitar stomp and amp type
you can imagine. I'm sure something in it will work for distortion of your audio.
People forget that some of the "guitar" products can be used more generally to great effect.
This one is only free because they want you to buy the hardware version of the app. It's $500 and
competes with Kemper, Fractal and the other amp modeler devices.
I'm surprised more folks on a budget don't use this trick to get the good shit for $0. Is it a "Saturn" no...
it's more of a Suzuki.
I’ll rock with a Samurai all day! Thank you, I was looking for an amp sim too so this is perfect. Insta-download!
At some point you'll want to save a preset. Don't! Build from scratch and it's free. Using presets costs
extra. @flo26 bought 50 preset slots because he's @flo26 and he makes amazing presets and they are worth something.
TIP #2: Go to the FREE GE Labs cloud and download rigs with "Luke" in the name and you get @flo presets
for FREE. There are a lot of "rigs" there and you can keep downloading them to get "free presets".
Everything is still very guitar centric. Go figure.
Nembrini's "PSA 1000" (and Jr) makes some nice saturations. Not free but you asked.
Haha, I have psa1000 when they flash sale’d it for free! I used a combo of reelbus and barricade console preset with time machine and got a really nice vintage sample sound I’m happy with. I’ll def try ge with flo’s presets because frankly I know nothing about guitar presets and he is incredible from what I’ve heard posted here. I’m not proud, I’ll use the expert’s presets, advice, freebies if it will get me a better sound than what my limited skills will get me. Thanks for all the info. I think I mentioned earlier that my addiction makes me seek out new plugins when a little digging reveals that I have everything I need in my existing setup. Can’t believe I have the nembrini joint, I downloaded cuz it was free thinking I’d never use it because I don’t play guitar.
It's a software re-creation of the SansAmp rack unit used in studios for 20 years as a guitar pre-amp and solid in the millions as a foot pedal. But entirely useful for general tone/distortion fishing. People love it for bass guitar so I'll bet it's a killer with synths too because that means it doesn't roll off the lows and the highs like your typical guitar amp with a 10 inch speaker and no tweeters in sight.
Maybe a little off-topic, but the DDMF 6144 EQ has a huge sweet spot. It's not a distortion/saturation plug-in (it can't really take you that far) but you said subtle, and it does do a little something that you might not want taken away when you A/B. Worth keeping on the sales radar, I reckon:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/6144-equalizer-by-ddmf/id1127457881
Also it's kind of niche, but Inphonik's RX950 is a great little mojo machine to be aware of, that costs a pittance:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rx950-classic-ad-da-converter/id1406136418
Glad you found some use for what you have. ReelBus is a good one
@colonel_mustard thanks for the RX950 tip. I just watched a tutorial about the secret many of my favorite producers use on their samples. Guess what it is: subtle sample rate reduction. Sounds like this app does exactly that and it’s $2. DDMF is on my Black Friday list along with Saturn 2 and I bunch of the more expensive apps. But $2 for something I wanted to achieve and it can be used to mono your mix, no brainer.
Pro tip: There's a little trim pot on the back, if you flip it over (by tapping on icon to the far left, between the rack screws). It took me many months to notice.
The manual's a quick study, turns out:
https://www.inphonik.com/pdf/RX950-User-Manual.pdf
Enjoy
It has, and a bunch of other nonlinear models as well that are very useful to add some subtle saturation or to crank up the loudness if you're into that.
I'm a fan of Saffron Saturator. Cheap, basic and sounds really nice. Luxe is what I use for more subtle saturation.
Are you using Auria? If so it’s built in to the mixer, you just enable it per channel.
@mrufino1 @sippy_cup No sir, on BM3 mainly. The barricade option sounds great.
Also @DavidM recommended the RX950 and for $2 sounds like $2k for my needs. Because I have no self control I’ll look at Saffron and Luxe too. Thanks