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Sjefke · Post by **Sjefke** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:41 pm

What effects are you guys using to make your virtual analogue VSTs sound more like real analogue?

Any tricks you want to share

mike the mental · Post by **mike the mental** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:04 pm

less is more, the more you abuse the more the digitalness comes out

ariston · Post by **ariston** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:09 pm

I recorded a few samples of me kicking a real analogue synth, cursing, flipping dodgy switches several times in a row... I then mix those samples into the track, and presto! Real analogue!

Nightpolymath · Post by **Nightpolymath** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:11 pm

Sjefke wrote:What effects are you guys using to make your virtual analogue VSTs sound more like real analogue?

Any tricks you want to share

I don't know. I've been trying to make my Moog sound more digital.

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:18 pm

First the gap between VST and real analogue getting only smaller every year. If you have DIVA from u-he it sounds already very analogue.
There are many choices nowdays (even free like from Bootsie) for that saturation and warmth of ITB sounds.
I use Decapitator from Soundtoys and FabFilter Saturn.

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:27 pm

Sjefke wrote:What effects are you guys using to make your virtual analogue VSTs sound more like real analogue?

Any tricks you want to share

Layer as many as you can so you cant tell whats what. Add a bad singer to take the focus away from the synths.

minijetsdonttalk · Post by **minijetsdonttalk** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:51 pm

http://www.plugandmix.com/products/p882-Analoger/

BushidoBroWWN · Post by **BushidoBroWWN** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:56 pm

mike the mental wrote:less is more, the more you abuse the more the digitalness comes out

I think this is very good advice. Slapping on too many of those "colorizer" plugins messes with the signal and makes things sound overly processed and kinda unnatural to my ear.

No_Use · Post by **No_Use** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:59 pm

Kriminal wrote:Add a bad singer to take the focus away from the synths.

Haha, I like that.

Passing Bye · Post by **Passing Bye** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:37 pm

Kriminal wrote:Add a bad singer to take the focus away from the synths.

Hahahaha epic

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:41 pm

Sjefke wrote: . . . Any tricks you want to share

Practice, practice, practice

Kaboom75 · Post by **Kaboom75** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 9:46 pm

Slate Digital Virtual Tape Machine will make it sound like its recorded in the 80s.

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:29 pm

Why would anyone want their synths to sound more analog ?

Kaboom75 · Post by **Kaboom75** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:49 pm

The analogue synth sound, sounds more interesting has more character, it's not static. It's not the same thing as comparing digital TV to analogue TV.

cfanyc · Post by **cfanyc** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 1:57 am

Sjefke wrote:What effects are you guys using to make your virtual analogue VSTs sound more like real analogue?

Any tricks you want to share

Many here will take exception with my view, but honestly
for me "trick" number one is to use synths that incorporate
sampled analog waveforms or even full
sampled analog presets from classical gear.
From that point
on, a variety of compressors, eq, saturation, tape emus
that model harmonic distrtion and other
emulated or sampled analog color does the trick.

If i start from a purely digital virtual analog synth i seldom
end up with a mix that sounds convincingly analog.
That s why most of my purely digital synths never made it
to my new workstation.

Better analogue sound(vst)