a saturation plugin can act as the glue that brings your tracks together whether
you use saturation on a single track a bus or your entire mix if you want to
add some saturation to your music production workflow
it's always great to have some different saturation plug-in options available to
you i'm zane welcome to simple green tech
and today i'm looking at 11 of the best saturation plugins available in 2020.
now i've included links to all of the saturation plugins mentioned
in this video along with time codes for all of them so be sure to
check down in the description for those and you can easily hop over
and grab any of these plugins for yourself now first up on the list
is saturation knob from softube this one is fairly straightforward you
have the saturation knob and then a switch to select the
saturation type keep high will keep the highs relatively
intact but saturate more of the lower end
keep low keeps the low end intact while saturating the highs
and neutral will saturate at all you can get softube saturation knob on windows
and mac
next up is tube saturator vintage from wave arts
tube saturator vintage uses circuit simulation technology to capture the
nuances of an analog circuit it features a
Baxandall style 3-band eq that goes into two 12ax7 triode preamp stages
allowing you to get similar distortion and characteristics that you get from
saturating a real tube preamp you can get wave arts tube saturator
vintage on mac and windows
the next saturation plugin on the list is britchannel from
analog obsession this is a neve 1073 preamp style plugin
you get the preamp section that controls the input level
crank this up and use the output fader to lower the volume if needed
and this will create some classic saturation plus you get the eq section
that can really help to dial in the warmth
you can get brit channel from analog obsession on windows
and mac
up next is tape cassette 2 from Caelum audio
this is a saturation plugin that adds the character noise
and warmth of a cassette tape you can adjust it to give just a little of the
cassette character or a lot and the wow and flutter
settings can really adjust the quality of the cassette and tape player you can
use this on your entire mix or on individual tracks if you have their
original tape cassette plugin this update gives you a more authentic
tape sound you can get it on windows and mac
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now next up on the list is x-tube from xenium audio
this plugin simulates a tube amplifier saturation effect
it simulates a 12ax7 tube and in addition to the drive settings you also
get a 3-band equalizer you can use x-tube in mono stereo quadro
and 5.1 audio modes plus it comes with 12 presets to get you started
x-tube is available on windows only
this next saturation plugin is from fuse audio labs
this is w2395c this is a classic baxandall style eq that also has drive
controls that allow you to get some nice vintage
warmth or saturation the controls are pretty straightforward
and they allow you to really contour your sound easily
you can get this plugin on mac and
windows
next up is tube amp from voxengo this plugin aims to simulate the sound of a
single tube mic preamp it can go from mild warmth to
wild fuzz distortion it also has a low pass filter that's
supposed to emulate the sound of a lower quality tube
plus there's an optional output saturation stage that can really
overdrive the output signal you can get the voxengo tube amp
plugin on mac and windows
up next is sn03 tape recorder from sender spike this is a tape sound
emulation plugin it's not based on tape speed or type
instead it takes the key components of analog tape recorders and allows you to
create a custom tape machine you can get sender spikes
sn03 tape recorder on windows only at the moment
the next saturation plugin on the list is headcrusher free
from audio assault this is an analog saturation plugin that can deliver some
big distortions and subtle saturated warmth the controls
are very well laid out making this plugin
pretty easy to use you can get headcrusher free on mac
and windows
next up is shattered glass audio sg1566 this one brings the authentic tone of a
single channel vintage all tube mic preamplifier you can use it
to add subtle warmth or vintage tube overdrive you also get a simple two-band
eq that you can put before or after the preamp section it can also
be used in stereo or mono mode you can get sga1566 on either windows
or mac
dude up next is ivgi from klanghelm
ivgi can deliver very soft and subtle saturation that can be great on the
master bus it's also just as capable of delivering
dense and dirty distortion effects on single tracks too you can get
Klanghelm's ivgi saturation plugin on windows
and mac
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