PSP Vintage Warmer - feedback
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- The Teach
- 8273 posts since 23 Jul, 2002 from flatness
use it on almost everything at the minute ...
... yeah its relatively limited in scope ... but what it does it does VERY well IMHO ...
slainte rob
... yeah its relatively limited in scope ... but what it does it does VERY well IMHO ...
slainte rob
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- Banned
- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
it didnt get its nicname vintage farter for nothing
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- KVRian
- 1045 posts since 23 Jul, 2001 from Jersey Is Where America's At
Montana, when used over full mixes and on bass instruments Vintage Warmer is known to loosen up the bottom end in a wierd way that can often be described as "farty." While you can work around this by going to the back panel and playing with things like the saturation levels, and using this in combination with elements of the front panel, it's not very intuitive, and can be really time consuming. This is why I'm not big on recomending Vintage Warmer for full mixes, but on everything from drums (throw it on a submix or overhead or room sounds) to pianos (sounds great on piano samples) to just about any other individual instrument it can really do great things. Now that full latency compensation is supported I've gone back to using it quite a bit in these tasks, and in that respect it's invaluable to me. But I've still not quite figured out how to quickly clean up the bass over full mixes and I have quite a few other mastering limiters that I'd prefer anyway. I tend to now go for a clean mastering chain, and try and get my warmth in the mix.
I'm sorry this post wasn't about techno.
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- KVRian
- 1045 posts since 23 Jul, 2001 from Jersey Is Where America's At
Up until just recently I've been using TLS Maximizer which was free, very transparent, and is a great (but sadly no longer available) mastering limiter. Right now I'm beta testing a new limiter which I can't discuss but is again transparant and just generally fantastic (when it's out I'll let you know). Aside from that I was very impressed with Voxengo's Elephant and always meant to getting around to buy it (now I'm not so sure I need it, but it is damn good). So if you need a clean limiter in your mastering chain these are all great options.
I'm sorry this post wasn't about techno.
- KVRist
- 74 posts since 15 Apr, 2004 from Sweden
I tried it some time ago and first I appreciated the sound of it. But after a while I realized it was the built-in limiter that I was hearing all the time.MB wrote:Set the times and thresholds appropriately. Don't overcompress.
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- KVRian
- 1349 posts since 12 Jan, 2003 from Paris
I always use Vintage Warmer on full mix and i'm very happy with the sound...
Things i always do :
- "knee" must be < 5
- "Mix" arround 75%
- Keep the EQ adjust on "0"...
- Then You can try to decrease the value of Saturation of "low" and "mid" on the back panel.
- After you can play with the drive and a little with the EQ.
With that setting, i really find VW does something very nice to the sound...
Things i always do :
- "knee" must be < 5
- "Mix" arround 75%
- Keep the EQ adjust on "0"...
- Then You can try to decrease the value of Saturation of "low" and "mid" on the back panel.
- After you can play with the drive and a little with the EQ.
With that setting, i really find VW does something very nice to the sound...
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- KVRist
- 122 posts since 3 Jan, 2004 from Scarsdale, NY
I use VW on rhythm guitar tracks and it really makes them lights out.
It does seem overzealous on bass guitar tracks, so I go the Waves Ren Bass road for those.
Drew
It does seem overzealous on bass guitar tracks, so I go the Waves Ren Bass road for those.
Drew
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