bx saturator 2 vs others. opinions

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so yeah its on sale and i LOVE my SPL Transient designer and twin tube, so i checked out the demo of saturator 2 a bit and dunno yet if it really is so impacting to me like bx_refinement which i totally love too and dont want to miss anymore.

how is saturator 2 compared to other plugins? is it fully comparable to Magnetic2, Twin Tube, TB Ferox? cause those i got and like a lot, but always checking out new/other plugins' sound, but in the end i cannot think or dont think that you do need 10 saturators so i wanna minimize more and learn how to know which ones really are good and offer things you might need/want without marketing blabla.
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Hi.
BX saturator V2 is the best for me in my arsenal which contains also:
-Waves J37, Kramer Tape, NLS, REDD
-Softube Saturation Knob
-FXpansion Etch
-Ableton 8 saturator
-Steinberg Distortion & Tape Drive (are included in Mixer, Halion 5, Halion Sonic SE2, ....)
-D16 Devastor
-iZotope Alloy 2
-RP Distort



The main unique features for me are:
-separated saturation levels for mid lo, mid hi, side low , side hi;
-VST3 support;

Alternatives for separated saturation levels for mid lo, mid hi, side low , side hi:
- NI Guitar Rig 5

Alternatives for separated saturation levels for lo/hi or mid/side:
- free TNT by Speaker Blower Records: http://www.drsb.net/audio.htm
- custom chains. For example: Waves S1 MS Matrix -> Left Mono Saturation+Right Mono Saturation-> Waves S1
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thanks very very much, this is what i always am interested in, the mid/side etc. i will test it out more on the masterchannel later.

does anyone compared it to Twin Tube? i use twin tube on single elements and i really like it when i wanna get some elements more in the face or tame down some mid/lows without having to losse the sound overall.
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Twin tube seems to me to do more to the top end. Saturator seems to do more to the mids and the rest of the band.

But it's been a while since I used either. Sat is more versatile I think and I prefer it.
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thanks for all the replies! got it and love it ;).
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It's the dogz... I use it on everything. :)

I have SPL's Twin Tube also, but I rarely use these it these days to be honest.
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I tried a lot of saturators, I mean a lot. They all do a good job.
Vintage Warmer 2 is the best in my opinion at really changing the sound the most, if that is what you want.
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FabFilter's Saturn is my go-to for saturation. Great, multi-band saturation with all kinds of different saturation options and sounds very good to me. Definitely worth a demo if you're looking for a new saturation plug. You can define a big number of bands, have different saturation on each, mid-side stuff, etc.

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