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 o. Experiment with the
Drive amount and/or adding OmniTube for
a unique timbral eect. Or switch to the
Crunch tube for a more dramatic eect.
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 eects 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.
•
Experiment and let your ears be your guide.