psp vintage warmer 2 ?

[Red Mastering]

I have Total Pack,
very long time PSP plugs user

1. VW 2 - is a fantastic tool, very creative ( I don't use it in mastering process though, but in mixing or during producing/sound designing - it's a beast,
I used to use it on a lots of tracks
mixing wise - use it after reading manual as someone mentioned,
and learn it!
add a bit, too much is always too much! - even in analog word
I highly recomend using VW 2 on keys, rhodes, synths, bass, guitar, drums track, groups, samples, loops...

other PSP are great too....
it's many
oldtimer is my first compressor to go in,
I use it in 90% of situation (single tracks) and I need up to 15 sec to set it up correctly

check demo and pick yourself

[therealbigd]

I really like it for some things.

I love it for taking all the dynamic range out of bass guitars, and simply for turning stuff up as loud as it will possibly go.

[Surbitone]

VW 2 is great. I think it was pretty unfair to run it with FAT off at 44.1 - pretty obvious there was going to be a lot of aliasing.

I tried the old version 3 or 4 years ago, and wasn't too keen, so I used various alternatives. But now I work at high sample-rates
- this thing is a beast, and measurably performs very well. I've been using it alongside Nebula R2R and TB+ to add a bit more gain and compression to certain sounds. These tools work really well together, same can be said for decaptitator. Anyone who's doing Rock and Indie would find VW2 very useful.

[jordanvoth]

Strongly disliked the first vw. That's what demo's are for you. Try it out, I can see why people like it but its just never been the right tool for the job.

[Nagrywacz]

Vintage Warmer is one of the best plugin I've ever used.
It has many features and adds nice colour to the source. Great for snare, bas, room mics, guitars, vocals.
I wonder how does it compare to the crane song phoenix?

[Track 7]

Originally Posted by gongbass

I have PSP Vintage Warmer and VW 2. I like it a lot. I use DP and bought this in an attempt to get something similar to MCDSP's Analog Channel. Its not really that close to AC but its a really cool Plug-In.

I agree that you have to tweak most presets, however the presets are good places to start for the vibe they suggest. I usually have to roll off the mix and gain on most. Its not subtle but can do wonders for a so/so drum track or loop. I also use it on Bass quite a bit.

I guess when you have to force yourself to not overuse a plug, its a pretty good one.

+1 ditto thumbsup

[nedorama]

Love it, use it all the time. Have had since the original vintagewarmer and it's gotten better. Use it for mastering as well as sometimes for drum submixes.

Try the demo and see if you like it yourself.

[EricF]

Another Vintage Warmer fan here. More often than not, it usually sounds "right" to me.

[Resonator]

+1 for Old Timer and don't forget Mixpack2 five plug-ins all very useable especially MixSaturator.

[Joetp]

I love the vintage warmer 2. I think the key is to know how to use it, and to use it in small doses. I use it on my drum busses set to track tape normal. It adds a certain hugeness to the drums that I havent found in any other plugin. I find the three different levels of track tape presets are the most useful.

[ksandvik]

Yes, key down the mix to 50-60% and you get kind of parallel compression without losing the transients that happens with a 90-100% mix on the master bus.

VintageWarmer is the main reason I never had a need to get a tape saturator plug-in.

[cactusleaf]

+1 for all the people praising Vintage Warmer 2.

I became a huge, huge fan when I realized 1. that the saturation is produces is the most legitimately analog sounding, and musically useful, saturation from any plugin I've heard, including some of PSP's (see my second to last paragraph), and 2. you can crank up the Drive knob and get mixes insanely loud without much fuss or artifacts.

I use it on the master buss usually on heavier rock tracks.. I can get like -8 to -4 RMS levels pretty easily by cranking it, with the Speed knob all the way down to zero and the release as fast as possible (not that I like mixes that loud!). It's like pushing a mix to tape.. it distorts in the best way and fattens everything up. Maybe not a good idea on most tracks, but heavier stuff, yes.

In reality, probably a better idea to dial back a bit, bring the "mix" to about 50% or whatever, but screw it, I say. Even compared to SoundToys Decapitator, which is a superb saturation plug, this thing is more transparent and more pleasant even when in full-saturation-no-compression mode. And as a brick wall, there's no comparison. If you dial in a little bit of normal limiting and a little bit of saturation, this thing really kicks.

Alright, now to describe the saturation.. It sounds less like you're clipping a machine, and more like you're blowing out speakers. The low end always seems to distort first with this thing, meaning your bass can really slice your mix, as if you've simply turned it up too loud for your speakers or headphones and they're driving a little. High end kinda hisses a little through it when you're doing it right, like it's on tape.. but not a harsh clipped white-noise-in-the-background sound, more like a pleasant alteration of the audio. Other sat plugs sound like they're shaping digital clipping.. not this one. Sounds like tape. And that's why I like Vintage Warmer.

EDIT: A word on losing transients, as per ksandvik's post above me: Right on, except for one thing.. I've found with WV, even with the mix at 100, despite the transients literally getting sliced off, things like kick and snare still seem to crack through the mix way more than with other tape saturation plugs like KramerMPX and Reel Tape. My main gripe with those is the loss of transients.. the tendency of the snare to get buried and the kick to start going "blup" instead of "PUNCHYOUINTHEFACE". With WV set to mostly saturating, even though the waveforms are clipped, the snare still sounds like a baseball bat breaking in half. It's one of my favorite things about it.

[Handsomecracker]

It is one of my favorite plug ins. If for nothing else than for a listen back.
If you are recording someone or pitching a track or song to them and put it through the vintage warmer, it is almost always a positive response (as long as the track is good haha).

I love that plug in. Its worth its weight in gold if you ask me