To combat this, I find myself using a variety of saturation/distortion plugins when mixing vocals. Most low-budget digital rigs leave vocals sounding cold, thin and lifeless. One of the downsides of virtually anyone being able to afford a DAW and recording interface is that the sound quality of such affordable setups is undeniably lacking. You can hear the subtle changes reacting to the track, following the dynamics of the instrument. Decapitator is more than just an emulation of the analog sound. It’s a single, self-contained plug-in that comes preloaded with 14 full-featured Soundtoys effects that you can use within the Rack including EchoBoy and PrimalTap for delay, Decapitator. Effect Rack is a creative multi-effects system that allows you to create custom effect chains. It functions as a VST Plugin, an Audio Units Plugin and an AAX Plugin. Decapitator by Soundtoys is a Virtual Effect Audio Plugin for macOS and Windows. To see what a big difference Decapitator can make, take a listen to this dry Trance type clip. Applying the Neve Style to the Clap Techno Clip with Dry Clap Techno Clip with Decapitator on the clap Decapitator VST on a Kick. This example is of a dry clap sound, and how the Decapitator can bring out the sound. Combine, create, rearrange, and save it all as a single preset.ġ.
Inspired by the Altec 1566a pre-amp.Įffect Rack - Complex effects chains using the full palette of Soundtoys effects. Little Radiator - A little tube heat and tons of vibe. Little MicroShift - Three essential vocal widening effects. Tremolator - Analog guitar tremolo effects and beyond with beat-synced rhythmic chopping.ĭevil-Loc - Two knobs, one big drum sound. Radiator - Vintage vibe, drive, and the magic tone of the 1567a tube mixer. PhaseMistress - Rich phase sweeps, deep analog vibe, and tempo-locked modulation. PanMan - Rhythmic auto-panning with cool classic features, new tricks, and analog color.ĭevil-Loc Deluxe - A crushing, pounding, aggressive compressor for massive drums. MicroShift - The classic studio trick for super wide vocals – with a powerful new twist.Ĭrystallizer - Pitch Shifting granular reverse echo. Little AlterBoy - Pitch and formant shifting and hard-tuned robot effects for transforming vocals.įilterFreak - Fat analog sweeps, pounding filter rhythms, big hardware sound – with a dual version for double the analog attitude. PrimalTap - Modeled retro dual delay with “freeze” for lo-fi pitch warped loops and delays.ĭecapitator - Subtle to extreme hardware-modelled saturation. Little PrimalTap is this week's Pay What You Wish plug-in.ĮchoBoy - Decades of echo devices in a single plug-in. Little PrimalTap - Our little retro delay lets you echo, loop, warp, distort and mangle.