User Manual

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Usage Tips
At its most basic level, WARM is designed to add
an extremely accurate model of a tube preamp’s
sound to warm your digital tracks. But we have
purposely designed WARM to have a range of
controls that allow you to push well beyond that
model. Here are a few other things to try:
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Pass your entire final mix through WARM.
Instantiate a stereo version of WARM (or more
if you are mixing for surround) on your mix bus.
Start with a little Velvet tube with OmniTube
off. Experiment with the Drive amount and/or
adding OmniTube for a unique timbral effect.
Or switch to the Crunch tube for a more
dramatic effect. The result will depend a lot on
the nature of your mix, but will rarely be less
than “interesting.”
•
Run your vocal through the Crunch tube with
OmniTube on and a high Drive level. Instant
industrial vocal.
•
Although we usually warn against input
clipping, for extreme effects try purposely
clipping the input (for digital distortion) and then
passing the distorted signal through the tube
model. This will usually sound pretty ugly, but
in some cases it might be just the ugly you’re
looking for.
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Experiment and let your ears be your guide.