[linux-audio-user] LADSPA plugins - warm sound quality

[Patrick Shirkey]

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From: Steve Harris <S at ec...>
Re: experiences and reflections from the UK part II
2002-08-13 10:22

  On Tue, Aug 13, 2002 at 12:15:37 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
  > my brother commented that the swt plugins sounded very "digital" to
  > him. i bluffed by saying that i think it all comes down to the

  This is very true.

  Its partly a matter of taste - I like the hard digital filter sound, I
  think it makes a pleasant change from analogue filters warmth.

  In addition I'm a modular synthesist at heart, so if it annoyed me I would
  just bung a lowpass->valve sim->lowpass on the end (this is what most VST
  plugins will do).

  I think I tend to use, and think of LADSPA plugins at a lower level than
  most people. This became obvious at linuxtag.

  But, mostly, making plugins sound warm requires more work, and no-one has
  requested it (up til now).
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Steve, since you wrote this I have been doing a lot more work with the 
ladpsa plugins and I tend to agree that the default sounds of a lot of 
them are very hard.

Can you elaborate more on how and why you use "lowpass->valve 
sim->lowpass on the end" to create a more warm sound?

Thanks. BTW. I think it would be a very good addition for the LAU FAQ so 
I'll add this as it comes to light.

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