Best VST Warmer

[metamorphosis]

Hi kvrists i know the topic about 'warming' the sound is old as the sun, but still it will be interesting to exchange opinion or preferences about favorite vst you guys use to make your sound more
'warm' and mellow.I have few old plugins i still adore and some new i use,please share some of yours :
1.Ferox: http://www.vst4free.com/free_vst.php?id=2063
2.EQ1A : http://www.mellowmuse.com/EQ1A.html
3.YOU WA SHOCK ! : https://sites.google.com/site/youwashockvst/

Tape saturation, slate VCC, low pass filter.

[Debutante]

Not even an mention.... I finally bought it. The desert island plugin in this category:

http://www.studiodevil.com/products/vir ... be_preamp/

[Clearscreen]

SGAII? VSM-3 is good. And Airwindows spiral is really useful.

[Elektronisch]

Turning up the thermostat usualy helps, but it totaly depends on the ambience temperature and taste. I personaly like at around 21 degree celcius (if humidity is low). If humidity is higher its better to have a little bit higher room temeprature because it feels slightly colder wich is not good for the synthesizer.

p.s. triming down some high frequencies and increasing mid-highs (depends on the original sound) and adding slight distortion on it and then some upwards compression might make the synth sound a little bit nicier satin sounds good as a distortion/saturation plugin on synths

[a_Scientist]

What is warm. Does this come from old equipment that was becoming warm and the sound changed?
If you wish distortion, I'd say Guitar Rig. Or Little Radiator for something smaller. Because it has interface not as modular and big as GR.

[TheSynthScientist]

Warming up your mix is very easy:

EQ at 250 hz: + 1.5 dB

This really works? If so, I will try this. Thanks for the tip.

That would really depend on what the song needed.
There is no hard and fast EQ boost for all songs ever made.

[enroe]

Warming up your mix is very easy:

EQ at 250 hz: + 1.5 dB

This really works? If so, I will try this. Thanks for the tip.

That would really depend on what the song needed.
There is no hard and fast EQ boost for all songs ever made.

The easiest and most successful way is to use the EQ. That is
because here you know what you are doing: A mix which needs
"warmth" has a lack in frequencies anywhere between 100 and
1500 hz. You just need to finde this frequency and push it
a little.

If you use a warmer-plugin you seldom know exactly what
this "warmer" does. Mostly the warmer creates new harmonics
out of the given content - but you never know what frequency
creates what overtones.

The danger of a warmer-plugin is creating mugginess and
dullness. You can be caught in this trap also if you use an
EQ, but with an EQ you have more control - you can "see"
what you are doing.

[alonl6]

I like quadrafuzz 2. It's a native Cubase plugin, so if you don't have Cubase you can't have it, but it's sounds great.

[VELLTONE MUSIC]

Warming up your mix is very easy:

EQ at 250 hz: + 1.5 dB

This really works? If so, I will try this. Thanks for the tip.

That would really depend on what the song needed.
There is no hard and fast EQ boost for all songs ever made.

The easiest and most successful way is to use the EQ. That is
because here you know what you are doing: A mix which needs
"warmth" has a lack in frequencies anywhere between 100 and
1500 hz. You just need to finde this frequency and push it
a little.

If you use a warmer-plugin you seldom know exactly what
this "warmer" does. Mostly the warmer creates new harmonics
out of the given content - but you never know what frequency
creates what overtones.

The danger of a warmer-plugin is creating mugginess and
dullness. You can be caught in this trap also if you use an
EQ, but with an EQ you have more control - you can "see"
what you are doing.

Best advice so far,especially some EQ have real mojo and bring tonal richness in spectral area where something missing,i like Cakewalk pro channel eq and Mellowmuse EQ1A,but not everything everytime is ok with them or maybe i don't understand mixing enough yet.

[sfd]

Are your plug-ins freezing ? :=)

waves Aphex is nice. It's currently on sale for $29

[Aloysius]

+1

Don't freeze your tracks.

[enroe]

+1

Don't freeze your tracks.

Now in the winter all my tracks are in danger of freezing!

[SLiC]

If you just want an 'in the box' warmer then there I a ton of stuff depending what you mean by 'warmer' (saturation, valve emulation, tape emulation etc): Great tools in Soundtoys, U-HE Satin. PSP stuff..loads of stuff to demo.

The other option if you have the time/tools to hand is to take the VST or MIX out of the DAW through something analog (whatever you have) and then record it back in- basically re-amping a VST rather than a guitar.

I use Electron Heat, Laney Iornheart (cheap valve pre), an analog delay guitar pedal (basically my guitar stuff!) but it works just as well with synths with inputs...but whatever you have works, so don't rule out hardware on your VSTs if you have it to hand!

[perpetual3]

Warming up your mix is very easy:

EQ at 250 hz: + 1.5 dB

This really works? If so, I will try this. Thanks for the tip.

That would really depend on what the song needed.
There is no hard and fast EQ boost for all songs ever made.

The easiest and most successful way is to use the EQ. That is
because here you know what you are doing: A mix which needs
"warmth" has a lack in frequencies anywhere between 100 and
1500 hz. You just need to finde this frequency and push it
a little.

If you use a warmer-plugin you seldom know exactly what
this "warmer" does. Mostly the warmer creates new harmonics
out of the given content - but you never know what frequency
creates what overtones.

The danger of a warmer-plugin is creating mugginess and
dullness. You can be caught in this trap also if you use an
EQ, but with an EQ you have more control - you can "see"
what you are doing.

Yes I use PSP e27 for this sort of thing.

But Vintage Warmer has an EQ section in both single and multi band mode, so you can easily avoid the dullness. Anyway, I still think VW is a great warming plugin.

And I was using Toneboosters Reelbus 4 today, and that too as a drive EQ as well as individual saturation and compression parameters. Works very well in my opinion.

But yes, a really good EQ is all you need.

[cron]

SDRR is great for this. Cheap too. Loads of different flavours on tap. I particularly like the desk model and, if we're pushing things a bit harder, the way it 'breaks up' when set to even harmonics only.

Variety Of Sound's ThrillseekerVBL is another tool I like for warming things up. It sounds fantastic if you really smash the signal (I'm talking all knobs maxed as the starting point) but only blend a touch of that smashed signal in with the dry/wet knob - as little as 10% wet or thereabouts can work wonders.