there's no denying that the analog sound is what a lot of us are after for our songs it
adds subtle imperfections that our ears find pleasing and in this video i'm going to look
at nine free vst plugins from analog obsession so you can get that analog sound in your tracks for
free i'm zane welcome to audio tech tv where it's my goal to help you conquer the tech so you can
unleash your creative beast and i've included links down in the description to all of the free
analog obsession plugins that i mentioned in this video and i'm pretty sure they're
all available on mac and windows but right now let's jump in and the first plugin on the list
is merica this one is based on one of my personal favorite eqs the api 550a i use 550a style plugins
on so many things like vocals guitars bass acoustic guitars and even drums sometimes
and i find this one to be pretty easy to use you have your band selector switches along the side
and you can control how much you want to add or take away with the knob that's right next
to it and you also have a constant bandpass switch in there as well just like the api does
next on the list is buster now i've been playing around with this one quite a bit lately and it's
been sounding great and adding that glue when i put it on the mix bus or even on the drum bus
buster is based on the ssl g series compressor which has been used on thousands of hit songs
and like the original it's super easy to dial in and it gives you some nice subtle compression this
one even gives you side chain capabilities if that's something you're interested in
next up is a guitar amp sim in a pedal this one is jamp now this one is based
on the marshall jtm 45 guitar head and it delivers a lot of high gain sounds
the controls are very easy you have your three eq controls for high mid and low then you have
your master output plus you have a normal control that gives you a full range gain and
drive section then there's a high control that's a high frequency focus gain stage and drive section
it doesn't include a cabinet sim so you can use whatever one you like
or the next plugin on the list but first let's give this a listen without the cabinet sound
all right before i get into the cabinet sim plugin i just want to ask if you're enjoying
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much now back into the plugins this next one is called kabin you can use this plugin with
any amp sim or hybrid recording style that you might have you can control the
size of the speaker which apparently goes from small battery power damp up to 12 inch speaker
when you adjust the speaker size you're also adjusting the cabinet size with it character
changes the response of the speaker soft is a smoother response and punch gives it a fuller
mid response you can also move the microphone around if you want the default setting
is at center but you can move it wherever you want the mic itself is modeled after a tube mic
it's a very simple cabinet sim plugin that delivers on what it's supposed to do
next up is the kolin compressor this is based on vintage limiting amplifiers
it adds control over attack and release plus it also has side chain capabilities
but the bulk of the work in this plugin is done with the big knobs
it's a simple design that can bring some life into your digital audio tracks
the next free plugin from analog obsession is lcf this is another seemingly simple plugin but it
can really add some nice color to your tracks even if you don't change any of the filter settings
but basically this is a high pass and low pass filter which are sometimes overlooked as being
important but finding a great sounding high pass and low pass filter that you can trust
is a big deal or just add this one for the character
next up on the list is lala this is based on the classic
la2a design which is a tube compressor/ limiter it has a nice clean user
interface plus it adds a whole side chain section so it may not look the same as
other la2a style plugins because they had to make room for that side-chain section
now i find the controls are very sensitive so a little goes a long way and you can really squash
some tracks if you wanted to but you can also achieve more subtle gain reduction with the la2a
character
the next free vst is rare se this one is based on the classic pultec style eq
and this plugin does a great job at emulating it pultec style eqs can be very versatile so you can
try rare se all over your mix you can choose to link the left and right knobs together so
any changes you make to one will happen to the other side and this can be great if you want
both channels to get the same effect and this also offers mid-side processing capabilities too
next up is fet drive this is a saturation plugin use the drive to control the amount
of the saturation that you want and it can go from subtle to extreme the tone control allows you to
adjust the signal before it hits the saturation and then you also have your output and mix knobs
so you can dial it in however you want this is an excellent simple plug-in i really like
this on vocals and drums but it can be great on bass and pretty much anywhere
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