U-he Satin users, great tips

[Lost to the Void]

Satin is still IMO the best tape emulation out there.
It takes some digging to really get just how good it is, but once you understand it all, it`s the best.

I imagine quite a few users don`t really fully use it`s features.

Here is a really great video by Dan Worrall, on using the Compander section of the plugin....- Which really does add some more loveliness to the overall sound.

youtu.be/ZRP5uI9mbzQ

[Mslwte]

Whats your thoughts on satin versus the softube tape emulation? I was looking into a tape vst a while ago and think I remember It was recommended that softube was the one to have.

[dubdub]

Cool video. I knew about doing the Dolby trick with it but I didn't know you could use two instances for en/decoding and use it as an actual compander. That's pretty neat!

Have you tried ChowTape? It's a freeware research project created by an DSP academic. It's a bit whacky for 2bus use but in STN mode it does some kinda magic fairy dust tape thing for sure... I think it's probably the very dynamic and nonlinear hystersis model?

https://chowdsp.com/products.html

[speen]

That's a cool video, but now I will have to buy Satin

Is it ever on sale?

[ozias_leduc]

That's a cool video, but now I will have to buy Satin

Is it ever on sale?

I think I've seen u-he stuff on sale once in the last... well, ever. And that was some cross promo thing with Native Instruments last year. So I wouldn't count on it going on sale any time soon

Looking forward to watching this video, I've only recently discovered Dan Worrall's videos. And I know I'm not using Satin to its full potential

[Lost to the Void]

Whats your thoughts on satin versus the softube tape emulation? I was looking into a tape vst a while ago and think I remember It was recommended that softube was the one to have.

I use the softube just as a saturator sometimes. I was really into it, but I found myself coming back to Satin again as you just have way more control over the sound, and the compression is better.

[gedda]

Good Share! You guys should at least snag the encoder > saturation/distortion > decoder trick if you guys are skeptical of watching the video.

[Bradley1602]

Thx will watch that!

[msl]

+1
Fucking love Satin been using it on my master since the day it was released. It just sounds good. Softube I bought on sale for silly money, not really my thing, but its great on hi-hats pushed for crunch. I have not really dived deep into Satin (other than mixing tape formats) as its presets just sound so damn good. However I adore the flanger, IMO its the best sounding flanger, silky smooth, again I just take a preset and tweak it to suit.