Tech-talk 6 - PSP Vintage Warmer 2 Plug-In
We were suggested getting hold of the Vintage Warmer 2 plug-in in a discussion and after checking a couple of tests on the net (for example this Video of Bonobo ) we decided to go for it. This is a very dangerous plug-in, as you tend to overuse it and kill all the transients, as it has this instant "wow" effect to it. You put it on any drum, a kick for example and right away you have the feeling it did something good to it. Using it a little or parallel it is genius! We are now also using it a lot on certain synth. Sometimes we edited a synth sound that is quite close to what we were looking for but sounds a bit cheap / plastic. Running it through the VW2 adds a bit of dirt to it that totally takes this away. Another good thing about it is, it is not only one plug but three, The Micro-Warmer, Vintage Warmer & Vintage Warmer 2. Basically the first two are stripped down versions of the last. With our studio pc we rather use the Vintage Warmer 2 on groups only, as it is a plug that uses quite a lot of resource from our PC. If we want to use different setting on various instrument the two smaller plugs do really good work for us too!
When we faced some question before buying, we contacted the support of PSP Audio. As they have plenty of plugs we thought it might take some time for them to answer, but actually they got back really quick, helpful and gentle. So we suggest to check it out yourself. We got a free Piano Verb with ours, one more reason to try.
