Secret weapon warmers/tube sats/tape emulation

[ilovesound]

Fabfilter Saturn is awesome as a plugin ...

For distortion etc ... I still rely on my Culture Vulture. Nothing really beats it.

[atma]

i have to add that Waves Non-linear Summer has become my go-to for saturation. it's an exceptional piece of software.

[Rogue Ai]

Yamaha MG102c mixer

This thing sounds great overdrived. Example track:

[bal5000]

Originally Posted by chembros

Nebula with the Reel2Reel and Tape Booster expansion by CDSoundmaster or the R2R and Tape Booster VSTs do a convincing job at emulating recording to tape.

gotta agree with you!
i use the free version of nebula, and i love it!
im thinking about buying the full version, but as you said, its kinda heavy on the cpu, but i still recommend it for everyone!

apart from that:
fabfilter saturator is great

[audioconsult]

Originally Posted by Hi PHi

UAD Fatso is awesome! It's my go-to 'warmer'. Worth the cost of the UAD card, in my opinion.

Other than that, Decapitator and Trash are amazing plugins.

i tested the fatso again some vintage pres i got for 300 the stereo pair.. and the vintage pres won with distance...

[cane creek]

UBK-1

[royalefatale]

nothing i've found does digital tape better than Nomad Factory's Magnetic II