PLUGINS THAT SOUND LIKE ANALOG!

[@mixbustv]

GET COMPLEXX: shorturl.at/kcdem GET LX480: shorturl.at/CokyE GET BUS PROCESSOR: shorturl.at/VH1Vj GET TLA100: shorturl.at/m6AXg GET 176: shorturl.at/WjjVs MIX BETTER: www.mixbustv.com/

[@KarmahBlack]

Whats the second song you play during plugin #10, The Sontec, the soft guitar one, who is it by? What’s it’s name?

[@micturner_9167]

Acoustica Indigo. Acoustica Ruby. Endorsed by DW Fern. Dope stuff. David you are a minister.

[@kiiveaudio]

Thank you for checking out Complexx! Exciting to be featured on your channel! 💚

[@jensen777]

Voosteq model N sounds amazing

[@DanielPestanaTranslations]

It’s amazing.

[@vigilantestylez]

Totally agree!

[@digitalmarketinghumans]

THIS! This one sounds VERY close to Neve like no other and I've tried Noise Ash and I have UAD and Plugin Alliance BX Neve console. VoostEQ Model N is insane!

[@vigilantestylez]

@@digitalmarketinghumans Same. I have Lindell 80 series, and this sounds better.

[@jerryk3280]

I agree!

[@mirkomarkovic3438]

Analog obsession eqs, absolute insanity. Api and trident especially!!

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Kush Blyss. That special analog EQ thing where you boost highs and it just sounds beautiful instead of harsh. 10/10 imo.

[@BlueCoore]

i have a question im learning, is the eq the one making it the boost smooth or is it the sound that has those nice highs already?

[@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY]

Don't forget Kush AUdio's version of the Q432, too. It's a banger, too.

[@jacksmith4460]

I have no direct Analog mixing experience, but I do have decades of working with Analog band gear, so I feel I have some understanding of the difference and how they relate to digital facsimiles, so here is my list through a gear head , analog loving guitarists/bassists eyes who has some digital mixing experience. In no special order *Audio Assault Headcrusher FREE Forget the paid one, the free one is better and is more analog sound IMO, and despite the paid version 1 and 2 having multiple modes, they cant do what the free one does, I use head crusher Free on drums Bus...EVERY time *Tone Empire Reelightpro Great analog Tape IR capture emulation *Brainwrx HG Black Box This is the best Tube saturator I have come across, especially for Guitars, and Vox *Klanghelm SDDR Every mode is useable, great on a master Bus *TRacks Tapemachines (all of them) I use one of these on every Master Bus, love how it rounds the top end and the controls can really let you dial in perfectly,,feels very analog to me, again all of them *Klevgrand FreeAMP I use this on bass always, I love the way it makes the bass sit in a mix, some how seems more about the support of the rest of the music and less a separated yet clearer after using this on bass, it seems to glue it to the rest of the music beautifully, I think its partly due to its bass response, that seems to fatten and tuck at the same time, am guessing it might be slightly "pultecing", just a guess though *Brain Wrx SSL and Focusrite Channel strips Love these strips, love each of their characters and the eq's and how the preamps respond, the SSL's are quite forgiving and the Focusrite is ultra clear *Purple Audio MC77 Love this 76 emulation, easily my favourite of the ones I have, love it on Snares *Klanghelm MJUC and MJUCjr I always have one of these running after my Mix bus comp, needle not even moving, purely used like a saturator, love these plugins *Analog Obsession BUSTER SE despite the inaccurate metering, the sound of this plugin is top class, every Mix bus I use this (or the TRack SSL style mix bus comp) and lastly a special mention *NAM profile player Open source AI trained capturing , that can surpass ToneX, Neural DSP and Kemper, and its free, and there are more hardware options launching every day . Thanks to this program I have access to thousands of captures for hundred's of amps and pedals, and to my feel and ears its the closest thing yet to the real deal I have tried. Another wonderful bonus, is I have managed to get a capture of my main amps (JCM800, 5150 block and a Jet City JCA50) and the cab I use (90's vs100 compact 4x12) I have an IR for so I can essentially use MY set up in my room and record with it , without having to ever use a Mic and turn up a high wattage Tube amp in my narrow UK terraced house. Honestly this thing is incredible

[@MadGearBand]

Hoping to start including NAM captures of preamps and tape machines in my upcoming mixes. Great fun!

[@RelabDevelopment]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@MeanTrainingMachine]

El-Rey and Mixwave here, love them!

[@ThisGuyDude]

El-Rey is indeed delicious, it's one of the pre-hyper legacy compressors that acustica actually got right. I have a HW BA6A clone and the El Rey sounds really good next to it. And Mixwave is consistently awesome. That CA70S bangs hard, and is pretty true to the HW.

[@MixedByDotRob]

D16 Repeater! Totally forgot about this one! Thanks for the reminder - what a great delay! 😀

[@traezaX1]

My favourite delay plugin 🥳✨✨✨

[@busyworksbeats]

Thank you! You always got the sauce 🍝

[@craigwilson2568]

176 underrated. I usually use it to tame some peaks before hitting the UAD Cl-1b when tracking vocals. Tried using the Greg wells 1176 trick but found the 176 to have less “bite” on the high end with the same settings.

[@TomTaylorMade]

really liking for clean piano as the super fast attack can get ahead of the transients, so they don’t get that smashed sound, then you can really reign in the dynamics with it still sounding fairly transparent yet warm. Winner

[@synthzizer3324]

I have a real compex I didn't know about that plugin, thanks.. last time used on a Real Jp8 it's is insane on growling synths. It truly makes your ears feel.

[@bakerlefdaoui6801]

You missed a serious hitter : UTA-D UnFairchild 670M mkII plugin. This thing is in the restricted S tier league of Michelangelo plugin.

[@nikdrown]

That’s interesting. I didn’t know they were doing plugins.

[@thindjazzy21]

Agreed

[@bakerlefdaoui6801]

@@nikdrown Give it a try. Very CPU heavy, but this thing is gold in digital era.

[@kbmadethatshit6364]

What do u use it for bro? Give me some gems

[@NativeDSP]

It's more a Kiive Audio/Mixland plugin fine tuned by Eric Valentine than a UTA plugin... It sounds very good!!!

[@1loveMusic2003]

Same thing happened to me with the Pulsar 1178. I was going to buy the Stam 1178 so I got the plugin and the Saturation was so good and the compression sounded identical so I was all good. Great for vocal groups and drum crush.

[@BebittVr]

The plugin that always puts a smile on my face, whatever the genre, that you feel/hear a difference and that sounds ''analog" is blyss by kush audio. always ends up on my 2bus. I legit wish this thing would be actual hardware cuz it pay 10k for it (exagerating of course but you know what i mean)

[@MrXikwriNeyrra]

just demoing thanks to you... gotta say... daaayyyuum!!! my poor wallet uad stays thin and cold compared to the zoom blyss gives to the image. It grows wide and high

[@jacksmith4460]

I forgot to add Acustica Audio "Coffee ThePun" pultec EQ. I use it on every bass, the best Pultec I have used. The depth is, to my ears, unparalleled

[@sub-jec-tiv]

It’s seriously good. & it’s free innit? I have Coffee as well, the regular Coffee

[@ardierr.2525]

And free (but the cpu usage...ouch)

[@ConstantLittleGhost]

Softube Chandler Germanium is the best character comp plugin I own - amazing on drums when pushed hard - and the Bus Processor is so versatile, so much more than just a bus compressor. It's essential for me. And nice to see D16 mentioned - they're dont get the coverage they should.

[@Rhuggins]

I think the Kiive does a decent job of emulating the silk circuit in the 542s/ MBT

[@contraspower6302]

I still like old slate Virtual channel console Channel and slate virtual tape machine. So these two are my favourites

[@Darksagan]

I bought the Curvebender years ago based on your recommendation and still love it. Acustica plugins are my favorite although my comp cant handle them. lol That Repeater is badass.

[@synthzizer3324]

Sorry to add another comment but what I take from these is they enhance what is all ready great material to subtle sparkling ✨️ which is what great analog gear does.

[@mando3022]

Thanks for the great vid! I just discovered Trident's EQ plugins - Tiltration is a weapon! It sounds so analog-ish to me. Especially when you crank up the "loud" knob - goosebumps! The 80B and the CB9066 are great too. Noiz One D-105 preamp and TBT Nylon are two more gems I discovered lately. I tried the Sontec but ended up liking Kush's q.632 better - it's more 3D sounding to me. The new HorNet Thrust is amazing too! Looking forward to the Best Of 2024 Video. 💪

[@basspartout]

ReLab LX480 sounds absolutely amazing on almost everything. They absolutely nailed it and it truly has a certain magic to it. Always puts a smile on my face, same with U-HE Satin. Want U-HE Diva for example to sound even more analogue? Put Satin on the channel and - if you're a Presonus Studio One user - activate the "Super Analogue" Preset of the british channel in the MixFX. Huge difference.

[@kaveiros75]

I was impressed by the Michalangelo... but then even more so by the simplicity and effectiveness of the MixWave CA-70S!

[@adelsweezy]

have to mention the Seven heaven reverbe best brecasti emulation

[@mixbustv]

I like it very much, but I prefer the impulses.

[@sabothawk]

Great vid as always -- thanks for sharing! Unisum in particular sounded impressive: it's especially great to see plugins from boutique companies that are not widely known, such as Tone Projects and Acoustica Audio -- I wasn't aware of either until you mentioned them! -- Happy Mixing! :)

[@h-dawg6462]

recently been experimenting with AA's Cola2..........and i'm in love! 😊the pre-amps alone make everything perfect for me. shout out to you David for doing what you do. 👍

[@nofood1]

Damn !!!!! I needed this, and just in time for Black Friday. Legend 🤩👍

[@mbpublishing9195]

I didn't know about the Comlexx, wow, sounds awesome. Thank you for the video D!

[@jmac2050]

T-Racks EQ-PG

[@TomTaylorMade]

their 1081 is beautiful too if not a little heavy on cpu

[@pdev-1459]

UAD ATR-102, Kush AR-1, True Iron, UAD API 560 (just try it on the mix, roll back the output a little to match the gain)

[@mikaanttila9251]

Most analog sounding plugin: Pulsar Module - P455 MDN Sidecar!

[@M.W.777]

Good call --- Love that Plug!

[@sub-jec-tiv]

They make good stuff, too bad they’re d!x 😂

[@sub-jec-tiv]

They make good sounding stuff, shame about their attitude

[@paulmisty8998]

I was hyped but it looks better than it sounds. Actually, it does not sound at all. Useless.

[@endonyxoneaudio8644]

​@@sub-jec-tivwhat happened that call then out ?

[@VinceJackson1]

Great Video!!! After putting Complexx on my drum bus I was so inspired by the punch & the weight 😀

[@rocktonmusikschule]

For me special vibes give me the Softube Germanium Compressor.....love it!

[@forphxsake2024]

Kazrog true iron . . . instant dimensionality, "thereness", if that could possibly be a word, lol . . .

[@LennonStephens]

I was looking for this one- agree

[@ndavies8]

Top notch content always! Appreciate you!

[@DrBrunoDzogovic]

I can add to the list: Nomad Factory software (compressors, EQs...), the TDR Molot and Kotelnikov compressors, The Waves Aphex Aural Exciter (replicates the Aphex saturation unit to an excellent detail)

[@Analoque444]

These plugins sound really good, as far as one can say that. Personally, I can hear the differences in the overall mix only when doing an A/B comparison with the real hardware. As a listener, I'm definitely interested in the sound, but the musical composition and the creative value behind it are more important to me. Thanks for the video and best regards.

[@andreievkalupniek5717]

I have 7 out of this 11. I think the same - I am going to check out the other 4. I love the Unissum, Sonteq and Michelangelo.

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much

[@billyhughes9776]

Thanks for doing this David. I'm still mostly ITB so these vids are very useful to me. Your original video on the Softube Bus Processor sold me and I've used it on many mixes with great results. Definitely gonna check out the Tone Projects stuff. You rock!

[@mixbustv]

Glad it was helpful!

[@newlifetrucking8]

Pulsar mu is my favorite varimu compressor, the color is very deep almost germ deep

[@PasqualeNuzzo_01]

Great list I'll add MHB Kazrog, TuPe (and Vulf compressor too) by GoodHerz, BBtube Waves.... plus some vintage but still good to use and analog sounding: Soundtoys Radiator, Uad Ampex, Tube Saturator Vintage by Wavesarts, and the grandpa (but still in shape and useful because low cpu but nice sound): PSP vintage Warmer.

[@trashunicorn2308]

Love it! Can't wait for the new awards videos, you should accept bets :D

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much David!!! Thanks for showing off the Sontec!!

[@Unc707]

That Michelangelo gave me that analog feeling on my monitors. Impressive! Thank you

[@MrXikwriNeyrra]

Get you Unisum and Kelvin. I'm testing then against all the other famous highly regarded ones... like Bx Black box... etc... For the most demanding mastering purposes I get the cleanest sound with TP stuff... I was thinking about Kush blyss but Unisum just kneed it in the nose in less than 15 seconds.

[@ArielNora]

Missing a few! Thank you David

[@GregorPQ]

Great list! Did you ever try the Kush stuff? I think, it sounds very analogue...

[@sub-jec-tiv]

Blyss is soo good

[@MrXikwriNeyrra]

I'm checking on Blyss cause many people mentioned it, it wowed me badly, then I put Unisum against it... Obviusly EQ off... I could match it with Unisum within 15 seconds and Unisum sounds clearer in the mid side at center freqs... Way more relaxed highend... I guess Unisum hast it all?

[@niklaskenez2334]

Besides Softube's plugins (not only because I'm Swedish), the Positive Grid's "Pro Series Compressor" and "Pro Series EQ", XLN Audio's "RC-20 Retro Color", Waves "Kramer PIE Compressor", Eventide SP2016 Reverb, and finally UAD's "Fairchild limiter", "Neve 88RS Channel Strip", and their "Culture Vulture" which reminds about a tube distortion I built during the 80s.

[@ollykramer3673]

Awesome video! Getting ready for Black Friday dealsss!

[@lilwombat]

Im a fan of the kiive audio, kush audio and the noise ash stuff

[@merkotan4679]

My absolute favorites in analog sounding plugins are Neve and API console emulations by Sonimus Audio and corresponding preamps/eqs (Burley 73 and A-eq respectively).

[@Vt-gm3pz]

i use my SSL Native Bus Compressor 2 very oftern but need to try Unisun too, thanks !

[@DistrictSoundLab]

I love how you can so clearly hear what the CA-70s is doing through the phone speakers. So sick haha 🔥🔥

[@mixbustv]

🙌

[@jerrellbattle8980]

Harrison Mix Bus is good. It has an analogue quality going on just by putting a mix together. I just get in and get out. It works best for me. Sometimes I import my stems in there. I hardly use any plug-ins besides or reverb. The “Daw” has a sound.

[@Mansardian]

Mixland VacAttack surprised me.

[@micturner_9167]

Acoustica Ash, Ruby, Indigo, Lemon. Druma Craaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy tone.

[@Guy_Joyner]

Pulsar P42 Climax, Softube Chandler Curvebender and UA Ampex ATR-102.

[@Somedei]

Great video David !

[@MrGerardBeatz]

thanks for your efforts, already seen some good things, like to watch your videos.

[@bennetjackson8928]

I know you don't like the company but the pulsar modular mdrn side car 450 is too good. Also kush audio Blyss is amazing.

[@sub-jec-tiv]

I agree on Kush. And I also don’t like Pulsar Modular, even tho their stuff sounds great.

[@bennetjackson8928]

@sub-jec-tiv yeah I don't like pulsar's UI but kush is so underrated

[@endonyxoneaudio8644]

Why are people calling them out ? What's the beef 😅

[@bennetjackson8928]

@@endonyxoneaudio8644 gonna be honest I don't know why. Bad business practices??

[@sub-jec-tiv]

@@endonyxoneaudio8644 I don’t have any personal beef. But beside the fact that their plugins are priced too high, I have seen them be pretty rude and cocky in public replies, just kinda general bad attitude. I’d rather pay House of Kush, whose stuff sounds amazing, he prices his plugins fairly, and also he’s a super chill person who publishes super helpful videos. I wouldn’t be surprised if others had had bad experiences with Pulsar Modular, they do seem aggressive/combative. But anyhow, I’ve never lost any sleep over it.

[@ianmcgranaghan9888]

Best Tone Beast compressors- Linson Grove AR1,Presto 41A by Kazrog, Arturia Sta-level,MHB Green by Kazrog, Xla3 by Plugin alliance,Pulsar Smasher.

[@wurlitsyzer9810]

Blue Foundation - Eyes On Fire thx for that :)

[@briansommers905]

I like ADC 1 from Kiive Audio, it has excellent color. Can you please review the Black Box HG Q?

[@Tryggvasson]

i'm so happy to see the love for analog sound growing back nowadays when we've got so many digital options. there was period from the beginning of the 2000s going to the the middle of the 2010s when i couldn't listen to mainstream radio mixes. the sound was so crappy, so flat, grainy and lifeless. sharp in transients, but not punchy, it was just weird. i missed a good, round, luscious, deep sound. funny thing about analog gear is that it makes everything sound more the way we would naturally hear instruments uncaptured by mics. if you can imagine such a thing.

[@digitalmarketinghumans]

Although not in this video but Kazrog True Iron and VoostEQ Model N (Neve console). Both sound insanely good!

[@AironExTv]

I like my 1176 UA collection, MJUC and stuff by Kiive in general. Viby stuff. And then there's Fabfilter if you can get in to Volcano and Saturn.

[@Mrfpsara]

Pulsar modular p44 and p42

[@c4n0]

yeah this list is fire, could you try a list of best digital sounding ones?, like the best of the chip world

[@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY]

Newly discovered: IZOTOPE OZONE 11 CLARITY Crank it up to 100% and tilt about 2~4 dBs to the right, THEN slap the new W.A Productions BeatQuake on it with the TONE function turned up 50-85% and you got an analog circuitry sounding mix.

[@weeschwee]

It would be interesting to do a video to explore what makes a plugin sound or feel like analog. Ive seen many reviews where the person says a plugin sounds like analog, but its hard to understand what that means. Is it the extra saturation? The lack of aliasing? Transients? Why do people say analog is more 3d? It would be cool to explore this topic in greater detail.

[@campar1043]

damnnn the kive limiter surprised me would u recommend them for trap drums?

[@mixbustv]

Yes absolutely

[@josevila6966]

Forgot to mention the Kush audio stuff. Specially the Silica and Novatron ❤️

[@mixbustv]

Colored doesn't necessarily mean analog

[@josevila6966]

Definitely

[@alban6101]

01:03 "...all about ..."💥👌🏆

[@synapticrush]

Have a couple: Knif Audio Soma and Black Box Analog Design HG-2MS (Plugin Alliance).

[@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY]

Soma x Natalus DSCEQ both in PA family play nicely with one another.

[@OfficialMusicsPandaMusic]

Hello bro. You are a good person, please tell me how to render a music video so that it is in av01 codec?

[@alexandrebak6773]

I love Pulsar Massive ;) thank you for all your work

[@jjones7837]

Repeater is awesome.

[@patrickalphenaar]

That Sontec sounded pretty nice! I love Michelangelo, unisum, True Iron, Tube Tech cl1b MKII, to me those feel like HW…….. But usually i use my own HW as somehow it sounds more “3d” and pleasant to my ears. Cheers.

[@makebelievestudio]

Thank you so much!!!

[@rrs731]

That's a great list! I gotta check mixwave for sure

[@ianmcgranaghan9888]

MHB GREEN!!!! It is awesome released a couple days ago.

[@maxterwel]

IK multimedia's Tape collection, blackbox and some slate modules are the closest ones i tried.

[@kelvynification]

Damn! Of the over 1950 plugins that I own - yeah I know - I only have a couple on this list🤯

[@sideast]

Softube Bus Processor is Magic

[@rundajulesproductions7735]

VCA comp isn’t my favorite but I’ll try the Bus Compressor, thanks! For your El Ray demo you turn up make up gain but still had auto gain engaged, I think.

[@carlosp.1846]

Nuro Audio XRack Pro, PA The Oven, Kazrog MHB Green, Kush Novatron, Mixland 3348 Tape

[@dinmentor]

Who is the first artist? Rap song

[@danta7320]

Emerald 2 is my Secret weapon best eq on Market and i test a lot of plug ins.

[@RockstarRecStudio]

That sontec 🤩🤩 thank you Dave great examples too

[@ozzy3ml]

If you have a metric halo interface you get it for free. One day I received an email saying my interface software was updated and now included a Sontech eq. They have added other emulations recently too. Nice bonus!

[@user-is9pl4np7v]

Icl, I’m about to cop afew of these. Didn’t know some of them existed lol

[@danielkisel5661]

Dude good list, pretty similar to mine! I think UAD atr-102 belong to this list as well for me. I also like the ShadowHills but specifically the Class A version (only VCA section, Opto off is one of the punchiest VCA comp plugins I know) on the master buss this plus Softube Harmonics the transformer setting almost nulled the analog SSL Bus+ on 4:1 ratio when flipped the phase it got even closer to the Bus+ than the Softube Bus Processor in that particular instance but I like both for different reasons... And for nice Colour and bit of loudness both Softube Clipper and Mike-E gives me that analog feeling when needed.

[@LeGaLdeadparliament]

David, could you, plz, credit the songs in this video? they are nice and interesting. :) ever so grateful!

[@JohnWuMastermind]

I believe Pulsar Modular P11 Abyss compressor should be in this video..!

[@mixbustv]

Unprofessional people at that company. Never.

[@JohnWuMastermind]

@mixbustv Found the plugin to be really good. Have no clue about the people there

[@katzone3181]

Their price has been lowering so much lately. I have almost all of their plugins and I can tell you, I have never seen any plugins like what they have. Their algorithm is pretty crazy.

[@JohnWuMastermind]

@@katzone3181 Hope they have some discounts periods

[@endonyxoneaudio8644]

​@@mixbustvwhat happened that you say that David ?

[@ThisGuyDude]

Mixwave CA70S. Bam. Low end dine. I also own the HW and there is remarkable fidelity betwwen the SW and HW.

[@KevinSimpson031]

What do you the of the new Blackbox HG-Q? I tried it the first time and it now lives on my template.

[@francescodonadelcampbell3906]

Finally someone who lives in USA that pronounces correctly Michelangelo 😉

[@rusj5273]

I got the Tokyo Dawn Filters that you said are great filters and you were not lying, Vocal tracks got 10x better after applying them. Anyways, have you tried the Acustica "Teal" Tube Saturator Plugin yet?

[@NVRLOSTT]

for plugin #7, how would you use it on a rap vocal? I usually just do a 1176 and a LA2A Combo, is the TLA-100A more of a LA2A or a 1176 style? Im getting confused since it has an attack and release on it

[@mixbustv]

It's similar to a 2A, you can use it in place of it. I mentioned my favorite settings for it in the video. It gonna go very well after a 76 on rap

[@NVRLOSTT]

@ bet thanks bro

[@niklassilen4313]

Unisum STILL BOSS!!

[@Corey_Monsewicz]

Does plugin alliance/brainworks suck or something? Every time I bring them up in the Q&As I get ignored

[@TheGarugc]

They make good plugins, but everytime I compare them to Acustica Audio, P. A. lose

[@larslarsen439]

amazing, can you make a video of limitiers that sounds like hardware also?

[@mixbustv]

Limiters were born digital (brickwall limiters). It's the other way around, the few analog limiters are playing catch up with plug-ins

[@larslarsen439]

@@mixbustv really, i tought also limiters started in the hardware world. Tanx