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Haze 
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what distortion plugins are you using people?
my distortion doesn't sound like i want it. so i've tought that maybe other plugs can make me happy 
i've using Antares Tube VST and a mda Bandisto (multiband distortion)
Any help much appreciated
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28-10-2005 08:31 |
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wreakon
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ive been playing with the nomad rock amp thing http://www.nomadfactory.com/products/rockamp/index.html
tends to make everything sound very guitar but you can make some cool effects by layering just the higher freqs of your bass into it.. also it has some wicked reverb and feed back but beware it uses some serious cpu
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28-10-2005 08:50 |
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Surya
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My distortions don't sound as I want them to either, that's why I'm going to buy some guitar pedal distortions. Nice analogue shit
Software distortion always sounds too digital.
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28-10-2005 10:26 |
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thechronic
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Beware of recording guitar distortion pedals directly into the computer. Most of them sound horribly buzzy. You'll need a good speaker simulator, or even better a guitar amp and a microphone.
Line 6 have a couple of good distortion units with built-in speaker simulator.
For software, I like the Amp Farm TDM plugin, but it is not for sale anymore...
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28-10-2005 11:30 |
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cynik
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28-10-2005 12:20 |
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M-Theory
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I think you can try Predatohm. Really nice, plenty of options.
PSP Vintagewarmer could be good as well, but for a really light distortions.
Cheers
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28-10-2005 12:25 |
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TechDiff
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If your looking at getting nice guitar distortion its worth having a look at the line 6 stuff. Ive had one of the PODs for years and its got some great sounds and its so easy to use. But if your looking for the real thing, Some of the Marshall valve amps have a simulated speaker output so you can plug staight into a mixer, and it sounds pukka. Or there is their JCM1 which is a rack mounted preamp which also sounds nice. Dont know what theyd sound like for other stuff, but for guitars you just cant beat marshall!
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28-10-2005 12:49 |
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Invent
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I like QuadraFuzz... after tweaking it for awhile and using some other effects and eqing. i can make a bass sound really deep and nice :>
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28-10-2005 13:22 |
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Haze
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Originally posted by Invent
I like QuadraFuzz... after tweaking it for awhile and using some other effects and eqing. i can make a bass sound really deep and nice :> |
I think QuadraFuzz and other ones i've mentioned before are good for guitars. What I am lookin for is bass distortion (reece's, 808 kicks etc.)
It should sound evil 
Thanks a lot for posting ppl
Gonna check those out
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28-10-2005 16:34 |
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cynik
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Originally posted by Haze
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Originally posted by Invent
I like QuadraFuzz... after tweaking it for awhile and using some other effects and eqing. i can make a bass sound really deep and nice :> |
I think QuadraFuzz and other ones i've mentioned before are good for guitars. What I am lookin for is bass distortion (reece's, 808 kicks etc.)
It should sound evil
Thanks a lot for posting ppl
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youve tried various distortion units, but have you tried some imagination ?
like, adding more than one unit, splitting the signal to different bands and distorting each separately, chaining other fx with distortion, eq etc etc.
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28-10-2005 16:42 |
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Daemon79
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Originally posted by Surya
My distortions don't sound as I want them to either, that's why I'm going to buy some guitar pedal distortions. Nice analogue shit
Software distortion always sounds too digital. |
So you can have a nice discussion between tube distortion and transistor distortion?
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28-10-2005 18:46 |
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Muad'Dib
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I use Blood Overdrive Fruity Plugin...
(I predict the future, and it says that someone will throw tantrum about this plugin)
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28-10-2005 19:35 |
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Haze
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Originally posted by cynik
youve tried various distortion units, but have you tried some imagination ?
like, adding more than one unit, splitting the signal to different bands and distorting each separately, chaining other fx with distortion, eq etc etc. |
yeah
like i said i've used mda Bandisto (its a multiband distortion plug)..
other fx in chain.. fuck yeah.. i'll always use chorus or sometimes even phaser before distortion
it seems like i've just find good sounding plug.
it's Ohmforce QuadFrohmage
i've add it into channel with my just created Albino's reece and.. it sounds fuckin evil
anywayz thanks for posting
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28-10-2005 19:48 |
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Darkside
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try amplitube by ik multimedia, guys. very nice for software. its a whole amp model with flange, chorus, wah, eq, reverb, delay...the whole joint. i love it. not the cleanest sound but hey its a good thing.
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28-10-2005 22:19 |
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PEAHEAD
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i got this thing. delta force it can give out some phat distortion and u can also set the frequencys n shit. i like it neways
try using it with blood overdrive, mda bandito, fast dist tht gives some nice effects...
Peace
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09-01-2006 10:24 |
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Surora23
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Originally posted by PEAHEAD
i got this thing. delta force it can give out some phat distortion and u can also set the frequencys n shit. i like it neways
try using it with blood overdrive, mda bandito, fast dist tht gives some nice effects...
Peace |
delta force, antares tube, and camel phat baby... the way to go..
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09-01-2006 20:33 |
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Halph-Price
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Originally posted by Surya
My distortions don't sound as I want them to either, that's why I'm going to buy some guitar pedal distortions. Nice analogue shit
Software distortion always sounds too digital. |
third time i have heard you plug the distortion pedals and analog clipping.
try doing that example though and layer the warm dist of the Tube AFTER some crappy distortion.
also check out TriDirt a free multi band distortion, different styles of distortion, free!
ya, camel phat is good too,
so is PSPsaturator,
and VintageWarmer
oh and the Fruity Overdrive isn't too shabby.
iZatope Trash is more of a rauncher sound.
ROCKAMP is another one like Trash
and Amplitube too.
Quadrafuzz for one of the best multi-band distortons, glitchy in Fruity Loops though.
Buzz MAchines RYG Analog Distortion is very nice.
Cyanide2 is another free overdrive one, that let's you draw the shape, but also has 16x oversample. a very good plugin, by smartronix, i tihnk, they do a lot of nice free vst's, including reverb and compressors. i suggest checking them out
DOMINION by digitalfishphones is a good exciter.
Also another name for good distortion, is Saturation, or Exciters. Exciters are even harmonic distortion, which happens from tape or tube saturation. this si why that's prefferedd...
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This post has been edited 3 time(s), it was last edited by Halph-Price: 09-01-2006 21:42.
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09-01-2006 21:34 |
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Surya
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I don't say digital distortions don't have their uses, but if you take a lowpassed reece and distort it with a digital distortion, like the Anteres Tube, it sounds digital. Combinating distortions can help indeed, it can also make everything a big muddy mess. It's not easy...
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09-01-2006 21:39 |
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Halph-Price
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ah yes, if you layer on distoritons, make sure the first one is a bit less hot, or distortied, than you want. you need to give headroom for the other distortion.
this can happen with analog clipping on SS distortion pedals too.
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