KRAFTUR from the makers of Gullfoss. How did I MISS that?!

Helllooo, guys of the Internets! Soundtheory released their new Kraftur multiband saturiation and... I missed it, can you imagine that? Now's the time to fix this and review the plugin for you. Enjoy!
0:00 Intro
1:28 First look
2:44 Single band tweaks
5:02 Multiband tweaks
7:44 Dry vs wet results
9:07 Some stuff from the manual
10:27 Summing tha thingz up!

[@FoliaSound]

Helllooo! Tell me what you think about Kraftur and will you find any place for it in your arsenal :) Thanks!

[@Seekdnb]

I like Kraftur for clipping. It does something nice driven or when volume automatch is on.

[@DaveChips]

I checked it on launch months ago... but having Full ozone advanced and Fabfilter bundles,quite a few Meldas (id say MBDynamics is closest one to kraftur) ... it feels like redundant overlap regarding multiband dynamics processors. PS. nice ride... i dont know for what reason... but most of the sou nd guys i met drive Hyundais (me included) and Volvos or maybe im just stereotyping xD

[@FoliaSound]

@@DaveChips , seriously? :O Had no idea, I have to take a look into this matter!

[@julianhigginson5946]

@@FoliaSound in my opinion there are a fair few plugins these days that are aimed at producers with limited experience and confidence in making the right decision- they sort of chain modules together. I rarely find them useful myself including things like tape emulation - but there is plenty to learn from this type of gear. 👍

[@EtalonBeats]

The multiband function is great to defeat/lessen the intermodulation distortion. When you have a bass-heavy material, it tends to crap out the mid and higher freqs as well, making it sound farty, but if you saturate the frequency bands separately, then the bass saturation will have added upper harmonics, but those will be clearer, since you isolated the bass from the mid and higher frequencies, thus allowing you to push the saturation a bit further. Whereas in single mode, saturation will start effecting the whole signal in a bassheavy material, and the saturation will be uneven between the low mid and hi freqs. You can test this out, make 2 tone generators, one will be at the lows lets say 120hz and the other in the mids lets say at 500hz, put kraftur on that and open a spectrum analyzer and see what happens when you use the single or the multi mode. You should see that the harmonics generated by the distortion in the single mode are a mess, while in multi mode are way cleaner, since each band will have their own upper harmonics.

[@eren3390]

happy for you man! nice car!

[@FoliaSound]

Thx, Eren!

[@RayTheProducer]

Good review! This has replaced my final mastering limiter/clipper and become the de facto loudness tool. It is a pleasure to use and sounds very nice indeed. Some updates will make it perfect (metering for one) Deserves to do well.

[@jamesrutherford]

great show my friend

[@FoliaSound]

Thanks, James, can't wait for another of your tracks!

[@le-berry]

Who needs to know the plugin just knows...... I don't know 😂 You are so funny even when being serious (Hyundai never disappoints congrats !!)

[@FoliaSound]

Thanks! :D

[@caseyrogers935]

Great video! Thank you!

[@nexeration]

it's sad there aren't more options to shape the saturation/distortion harmonic sound. It sadly doesn't fit at all to my songs sadly.

[@FoliaSound]

Sorry to hear that :(

[@Alan.Musical.Freak.Show.]

Congrats on the new car! 🎉 You can test Melda Production MsaturatorMB that one is amazing! 😊

[@FoliaSound]

Thanks, Alan! Melda is generally crazy good :)

[@acecomet]

Great video. Good work ! Even though i Don’t like that plugins. I wouldn’t use that in a mix.

[@glennloopez]

I did buy it on a intro sale a couple of months ago. I tend to go to the single mode, and that sounds nice. I use it when I need to get some extra power on a bus, haven't really tested it on the master bus, but def will now. I don't know where these Soundtheory guys are from but I would guess Sweden from their plugin names. Kraft is a word used in the Scandinavian langueses about power and strength so it makes sense :)

[@FoliaSound]

Hey, Glenn! Both Gullfoss and Kraftur are taken from Icelandic :) Greetings!

[@saardean4481]

Its ok to miss a plugin here and there. It just means you have a life :-) I on the other hand don`t so i got it when it came out. Was costing 65 euros so i could not resist

[@FoliaSound]

Nice!

[@RandyRanson-d5x]

Maybe it should follow Gullfoss for a sensational sound? Just a suggestion.

[@LordQiuu]

Tasty little thing

[@julianhigginson5946]

I’ve tried both I think they are most effective on material that needs it. But no noticeable difference on my mixes.

[@shinobi-1entertainment123]

You have to try the clipper. That's half the fun! Cheers.

[@FoliaSound]

Thanks, cheers!

[@DerekPower]

Speaking of missing things, they did have an intro price for it 😁. But they have done sales in the past for Gullfoss, so 🤷‍♂️. =]

[@FoliaSound]

Yep, I learned it after releasing the vid xD The price of 99 USD is valid for the time of my release, so let's say I didn't make a serious mistakle ;) Cheers, Derek!

[@lofimat3856]

Hail the Illuminati bruuuh!!

[@PlayBackRate]

Fack Kraftur ... I wanna hear about that stunning Hyundai,😘

[@GEELASOUNDTV]

My Polish friend pronounces Warsaw like Varsah. Paul are you really Polish? lol!

[@FoliaSound]

I am 100% genuine Polish and I'm pronouncing "Warsaw" in regular English manner. In Polish it's "Warszawa" and it sounds quite different, here's the sample: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZLYkJujibBjars

[@GEELASOUNDTV]

@@FoliaSound Good . I was getting ready to report you to Donald Trump

[@FoliaSound]

@@GEELASOUNDTV O M G . Don't report me to any politicians!