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Post by mitchkricun on Feb 24, 2017 16:47:26 GMT -6
In the last few weeks I've come across a few bargains that I haven't heard anyone talk about here, so I thought I'd share.
1) Kush Audio Omega Model 458A plug in - $29! I really liked what Soundtoys Radiator did in certain situations and imo, this plug takes it a step or two further sonically, while sacrificing some functionality. I don't want to go into adjectives, but it's definitely worth demoing and seeing if it works for you!
2) 3 Sigma Audio guitar cab IR's - $7 a piece - (Friedman 4x12 and 65 Amps combo were stand outs for me) I was never really interested in going down the IR rabbit hole, but damn, these really take modeled guitar amps to another level. When I'm recording a real amp, I usually mult my guitar to the amp and to a DI and record both for re-amping purposes. The 3 Sigma IR's blow away the stock cabs in all my Amp plug ins as well as my Axe-FX. I've never truly felt "satisfied" playing modeled amps, but I must say, I'm having a blast with these in the chain! They also have bass cabs, Acoustic Guitar IR's and Kemper profiles that are also highly regarded, although I haven't tried them.
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3) Boz digital Transgressor - $49 intro price. (May be regular price now, but I'm sure it will be on sale for that price at some point.) Up till now, I either used my real SPL Transient Designer or Softube Transient Shaper on Drums, sometimes reverb returns, sometimes clean guitars, etc. The Transgressor really gives nice results quickly as you can target the frequency of the transient AND the sustain. Very cool plug in.
Cheers!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 3:59:41 GMT -6
In the last few weeks I've come across a few bargains that I haven't heard anyone talk about here, so I thought I'd share. 1) Kush Audio Omega Model 458A plug in - 2) 3 Sigma Audio guitar cab IR's - $7 a piece - (Friedman 4x12 and 65 Amps combo were stand outs for me) And lastly 3) Boz digital Transgressor - $49 intro price. Cheers! Hi mitchkricun . Thanks for flagging these. How do the 3sigma electric amp impulses work, do you load those into an IR speaker sim but still need an amp sim first? I watched the vids but couldn't work it out. Love the idea of the acoustic sims - suits my lazy ass recording style... |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 7:09:38 GMT -6
Holy Crap - you don't know it but you've just solved the biggest headache I face when recording! I've got a beautiful sounding Brazilian Rosewood Yairi, but have never had the skill / kit / knowledge / room to do it justice when recording. I end up getting frustrated and just use my mid priced Ovation DI'd, which as you probably know has a horrible springy / plasticky quality. I bought the Taylor acoustic impulses to try. I'm not convinced about the ones supposedly turning an electric to an acoustic, but the ones designed for a DI'd acoustic made my rubber Ovation sound really nice - I wish I'd known this was possible before. Back to re-mixing all my songs with acoustic on them (again).  |
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Post by mitchkricun on Feb 26, 2017 9:38:57 GMT -6
In the last few weeks I've come across a few bargains that I haven't heard anyone talk about here, so I thought I'd share. 1) Kush Audio Omega Model 458A plug in - 2) 3 Sigma Audio guitar cab IR's - $7 a piece - (Friedman 4x12 and 65 Amps combo were stand outs for me) And lastly 3) Boz digital Transgressor - $49 intro price. Cheers! Hi mitchkricun . Thanks for flagging these. How do the 3sigma electric amp impulses work, do you load those into an IR speaker sim but still need an amp sim first? I watched the vids but couldn't work it out. Love the idea of the acoustic sims - suits my lazy ass recording style... Hi Snowflake. Yes, you need an amp sim first, followed by an IR loader/player. I use Recabinet 5 by Kazrog -$10. It allows you to load two IR's and for instance, use the same cabinet but with two different mics, or two different cabs, and blend them with a slider so if your using the same cab, you can do 60% SM57 and 40% Royer 121. Or two different cabs like a 4x12 with V30's blended with a 1x12 with a Greenback. Recabinet comes with a handful of IR's that sound really good, but as I said, the 3 Sigma ones, I believe are on another level. There are quite a few plug ins that can play IR's like Space Designer in Logic or the Free Pulse www.rosendigitalaudio.com/pulse/ Hope this helps. Holy Crap - you don't know it but you've just solved the biggest headache I face when recording! I've got a beautiful sounding Brazilian Rosewood Yairi, but have never had the skill / kit / knowledge / room to do it justice when recording. I end up getting frustrated and just use my mid priced Ovation DI'd, which as you probably know has a horrible springy / plasticky quality. I bought the Taylor acoustic impulses to try. I'm not convinced about the ones supposedly turning an electric to an acoustic, but the ones designed for a DI'd acoustic made my rubber Ovation sound really nice - I wish I'd known this was possible before. Back to re-mixing all my songs with acoustic on them (again). Nice! I was really curious about those Acoustic impulses for when I want to lay down a quick idea on acoustic, but don't have time to set up a mic and dial that in. My control room isn't really quiet enough to track acoustic guitar, so I have to run back and forth from my tracking room to the control room to tweek which is a pain in the ass. So thank you for sharing your experience! I'm going to pick a few up! Peace! |
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Post by donr on Feb 12, 2018 13:02:31 GMT -6
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Post by EmRR on Feb 12, 2018 13:21:25 GMT -6
1) Kush Audio Omega Model 458A plug in - $29! I really liked what Soundtoys Radiator did in certain situations and imo, this plug takes it a step or two further sonically, while sacrificing some functionality. I don't want to go into adjectives, but it's definitely worth demoing and seeing if it works for you! Interesting choice from Kush. They don't seem to be pointing out this is a push-pull tube circuit they are emulating, so the harmonics are mainly 3rd, very little 2nd harmonic. So it has more in common in some ways with tape simulation than the sort of 'tube' thing in most people's heads. Funny it's referred to in some reviews as 'little known', those have always been expensive and hard to find modules. |
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Post by indiehouse on Feb 12, 2018 13:26:54 GMT -6
Wow, those are some shiny speakers. |
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Post by iamasound on Feb 14, 2018 11:57:21 GMT -6
Both of.the Kush Audio Omega Models, A and N are very useful and very inexpensive.
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Post by schmalzy on Feb 19, 2018 9:12:06 GMT -6
Both of.the Kush Audio Omega Models, A and N are very useful and very inexpensive. I use 'em constantly. I don't have the Omega preamps they're supposed to compliment, but my mostly clean desk preamps get a little sauce from those things. Things seem to just mix easier after going through one of those Kush Omega plugs. |
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