My problem in mastering is more often too much saturation 
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Thanks for the insight, gentlemen. I sort of thought it was not for me, but I thought maybe there is something I am missing about using it.
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actually I love the whole lofi saturation thing. used sparingly of course.
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Beatles likely used it… probably most recording artists in the 60s/70s.
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Up in to the '90s easily, studios used tape for a long time. I would be surprised if none still did, I am sure there are some somewhere
(lol yep, Google verifies. Current fad is to do everything digitally, bounce to RTR tape, and record that in to the mixing console or an audio interface. I wish I were making that up. This is basically the sound engineer version of being an audiophile, IMO - if you want that a plugin will do just fine.)
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Beatles 100% did use tape as it was the only option then, and the fact that they often used to bounce down mid mix to create extra tracks means the sound of tape will be there for sure (even if they didn’t want it)…
if you were going to be accurate in emulating it, you would need to know the right tape machine(s) too, but for @JerryP or anyone just trying to record and replace a beatles bassline with an accurate tone to original, if you add a touch of any kind of analogish saturation it is likely to sound close enough as all the rest of the mix will have plenty of tape colour already
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The reason for all this discussion is this:
It’s only $29.99.
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It looks like a quality plugin but with bass gat especially the difference would be difficult to hear compared to any other analog saturation, if you were trying to do a full band cover then it might add up to something
its not super expensive I guess, if you like tweaking your recordings a little for tone you could see if it adds a quick analog polish you like
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If you had a studio and the equipment was sitting around, whatever.
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I might pick it up just for experimentation.
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Huge sale on MeldaProductions plugins at PluginBoutique right now.
Very high quality plugins, can recommend several.
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Neutron 4 Elements is free right now.
I strongly recommend this plugin. Neutron is my most-used plugin, one instance is on literally every track. If you don’t have a Pro-Q like EQ this is a must-have for that alone. This is the stripped down entry version and it’s still one of the best plugins out there.
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FabFilter is having a summer sale with 25% off:
Their compressor, limiter and EQ are among the best out there (or, as John would put it, “go big or go home!”)
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Pro-Q still 169 euro on its own?
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Hm, yes, it looks like it!?!
Maybe the rebate is just on bundles, but that doesn’t seem to be their usual philosophy…
EDIT: yep, only on bundles - cheapest one is still a cool 270 €… 
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d16’s plugins are on sale at PluginBoutique and all of these are absolutely outstanding. I own the first three.
All four are software emulations of Roland classics from the '80s.
- Drumazon clones the Roland TR-909 drum synthesizer, used by a lot of '90s techno and '80s techno, electroindustrial, EBM, and other music
- Nepheton clones the Roland TR-808 drum machine, used by a ton of house, rap and techno, probably the most used electronic drum sounds. Also used on the Cocteau Twins’ first album
- Phoscyon clones the Roland TB-303 bassline synthesizer (aka the sound of a lot of techno and acid house). One of the most famous sounds of all electronica.
- LuSH clones the Roland SH-101 analog synthesizer, a dead solid classic. Or more is based on it, as it does a lot more than the original.
All of these are best-in-class or more or less tied with the best.
Oh - I love d16’s limiter plugin, Frontier - it’s delightfully tone coloring and a bit weird. I need to use it more. I mention it because it’s always a free download here:
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Very cool - just what I needed this weekend!
Thanks!
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@howard recommend me a synth plugin please! Free/cheap is nice.
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For free check out Vital
Another good free choice is Surge
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I downloaded vital, I paged through the presets and there’s some cool stuff. I started slightly menu diving and got completely overwhelmed so I guess I need to visit youtube to find a tutorial
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