Oh my gosh! This is amazing. I have been recording in my home studio for over 8 years and I have always gotten a hollow, narrow, non-professional sound, no matter how hard I tried. I use good (mid-grade) pro-audio equipment, a quality mic, and decent sounding instruments, however I could never get that professional glaze. I am a female vocalist, and due to the natural timbre of my voice, combined with my soprano range, my vocals always seemed to sound hoow, with too much reverb and echo (and nor because I added that either). I bought the voxformer, harmoniEQ, varisaturator, and polysquasher, and downloaded some of the free applications as well. The difference is remarkable. I just bought these yesterday- I installed them and worked with them til about midnight last night, then set the CD to burn while I slept. This morning, I took a listen and WOW. It sounds like it was done in a professional studio. Most of that came from the voxformer and harmoniEQ. Now, I will clean up the little things and add the final gloss with the varisaturator and the polysquasher. All I can say is "thank you". After many dead end searches, I finally found the products that work.
A. Black
Varisaturator is such a great sounding plugin that can do so many things beyond saturation and adding harmonics.
When driven hard with a high FX level (hard mode), the dual band inflation can be used like OTT to bring forward the sound. Some simple rebalancing of the high and low bands will achieve that bright sound, but in a much smoother way.
It can also be used like an EQ. With the proper crossover frequency and input level, bringing up the FX level on the high band can achieve a lush sounding non-linear high boost that is much more rich, smooth and full than a simple high shelf boost. I've tried this technique with many other plugins, but the digital waveshaping in Varisaturator is simply the smoothest and richest one! The valve algorithm is also a nice option to warm up the highs.
The mid/side processing in Varisaturator is also very useful, especially on ambiences. It really brings out the best in airy stereo signals like nothing else.
The workflow is simple and straightforward to manage the high and low bands. You can link the controls on both bands with the right click, then individually tweak each band with the left click.
I am still finding many new uses for this plugin, and I don't think I could produce or mix without it!
Jonathan Lee
It is very hard to find something bad to say about your plugs. You have helped me make giant leaps in terms of mastering. As you know, I own most of your plugins and will continue to do so.
Patrick de Caumette
