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FilterFreak: Pure Analog Magic

Looking to find a plugin that has fat analog sweeps, or pounding filter rhythms, plus some particular hardware sound? The FilterFreak resonant analog filter by Soundtoys is the tool you need. Smooth and silky or grimy and resonant, the FilterFreak will add some serious character to your sound. On the one hand, it does it…
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MPhatik

MPhatik by MeldaProduction is a multi-effects and dynamics plug-in that features an amp, compressor and convolution to help you add that special warmth without sacrificing its dynamics. Amping/distortion/saturation are the classic strategies for getting a little warmth to almost about any sound, but the issue is, these forms evacuate flow by nature. MPhatik investigates the…
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Futurator

If your sound needs some fatness, colour, grit and general oomph to it with distortion, the Faturator plug-in by Kilohearts might be your quick solution. This software plug-in is a simple and efficient platform to distort and tear whatever sound you pass through it. This platform has the ability to process any kind of audio…
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Decapitator

The Decapitator is an analog saturation modeler, by Soundtoys, that makes subtle to hard hardware modeled saturation to your mixes. Let us explain. We can say that saturation is what makes all analog hardware sound so pleasing and musical for listeners. With the combination of the sound of tubes, circuitry, and transistors taken to their…
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IVGI

IVGI is a handy plugin for both saturation and distortion. In particular, it offers subtle saturation effects that are easy on the master bus. In addition, it provides dense and dirty distortion effects to spice up musical pieces. This plugin reacts dynamically to single the input signal. Moreover, modeled fluctuations also have a dynamical response…
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Maximizing Loudness

Maximizing loudness in a mix begins at the sound stage rather than the mastering one. By using the full potential loudness of individual elements, the producer gives the mastering total control to drive the limiter at a higher threshold without distortion. Electronic Dance Music artists are constantly trying to find ways to get their mixes…
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