[djanthonyw]

Originally Posted by everythinglouder

Some people make a big fuss about this. I suppose there could be some smart theories behind where in the chain to put a saturation plugin, but personally, with this sort of plugin I feel it can go first, middle, or last.

I mean, if you had a wicked hardware preamp and you were going to send your DAW tracks through it, I'm sure it would sound good if you sent them through before EQ/compression OR after EQ/compression. Either way you'd be getting nice analog saturation.

Well I think the same applies to a plug like Redline Preamp. You could saturate first in the chain so that your EQ / compression decisions are influenced by the saturation effect, or you could get your tracks 90% there with EQ / compression first, then polish off that extra 10% with some careful saturation afterward.

The point is, there are no rules with this stuff. If it sounds good, it's good.

Cheers.

I guess if you wanted to simulate analog summing you put it it last on everything except the master... on the master put it first.