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high gain distortion vst help :)
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:04 am
by kingnaya
hey guys... i was looking at oldschool 2 step songs and askd someone what distortion they used... they said its just when you put the gain up in your analogue mixer... and the closest he gets too it in vst wise is some of the functions in logic's bitcrusher
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZDBROgUgjM
does anyone know a nice vst that can help me with making theese sounds.. i can never get the rite texture.. its always too bass heavy when i try
anyone make 2 step here?
Re: high gain distortion vst help :)
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 11:52 am
by WIFE
If it's coming out too bass heavy have to tried tweaking the eq? Maybe a high pass would do the trick.
Re: high gain distortion vst help :)
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:20 pm
by antics
I'd of thought that would have been similar to pushing it over the red on your master track, then render to audio. That way any of the errors will be saved when its played at a lower volume. He's also probably right that a bitcrusher is a similar effect, it just wouldn't be as strong.
Couldn't you just get a guitar amp vst or a distortion unit (Fuzzplus 2? Camel crusher?) and just max out the gain?
Re: high gain distortion vst help :)
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:35 pm
by staticcast
antics wrote:I'd of thought that would have been similar to pushing it over the red on your master track, then render to audio. That way any of the errors will be saved when its played at a lower volume. He's also probably right that a bitcrusher is a similar effect, it just wouldn't be as strong.
Couldn't you just get a guitar amp vst or a distortion unit (Fuzzplus 2? Camel crusher?) and just max out the gain?
This'll just sound like hard clipping, ie nasty.
Driving an analog mixer is, AFAIK, not something that's been widely emulated in software -- it's possible, for sure, but not as marketable as something like a guitar amp. Your best bet is probably just a decent waveshaper with an analog clip curve, though there's more to it than just that.
Buy a decent analog mixer.
Re: high gain distortion vst help :)
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:36 pm
by deadly_habit
Re: high gain distortion vst help :)
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:42 pm
by kingnaya
thanx alot for that.. thats just what i needed im going too try theese saturation vst's out now .. thanx again
Re: high gain distortion vst help :)
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 1:35 pm
by icelizarrd
As far as free saturation/warmth plugins go, how about Ferox, Bootsy's NastyVSD (or anything else by Bootsy), TS's Secret (warning that this one is mono), Digital Fish Phones' THD.
Sometimes small amounts of digital clipping can be nice to get some crispy drums. If you DO want digital clipping, you can save yourself the trouble of over-boosting your DAW's master by using GClip, Clip-R, or Advanced Clipper.