I compared 8 TOP Saturator Plugins and these are the results! #saturator #mixing

Kush stuff sounds great, I use the Omega N and TWK in every mix, both are inexpensive and very easy to use. PSP Saturator and Kelvin sound fantastic too. I have Saturn 2 and HG-2MS black box and use them too for different flavours of saturation. My Go-to saturator in Pro Tools is Phoenix 2 by Dave Hill (Crane Song) it only comes in AAX sadly, and I haven't heard a saturation plugin that sounds like this before. It's very simple to use and allows different colours of saturation to be dialed in easily. Another one I love is the UAD Distressor, yes it's a compressor, but wow, this thing when pushed a little, sounds so good .... Lots of choices out there.

Thank you ! But I'm far from delighted ( Plus the mix has a rather flat space (

you should think of using some autotune on vocals

Abby road not the best imo saturn over rated - kelvin sounds amazing never heard of it

Hey Dom, I am a cinematic hybrid orchestral & trailer composer and I already have blackbox. Do I still need soundtoys decapitator? It's on sale now on Jrrshop! Can you please give me your opinion quickly before the sale ends?

I normally use my saturation on trailer hits, braams and on anything that I need it to stand out in the mix.

Could you do a video on your Saturn 2 Mastering technique? It sounded Amazing!!!

will there ever be a build in oversampling option in cubase like in reaper..? as we all know saturators can generate lots of aliasing..

great video.. you forgot one of the best and its free!!: GSatPlus

Please post your saturn preset Dom! Great recap on all these plugs!!!

Black Box HG2 is the best saturation I have ever used.....by a mile

Admire your work man! Thumbs up!
How do you record such a good quality in your videos?

From the camera, to audio, to screencapture and editing? This would be so much useful.
Thanks man, keep inspiring!

Dom you're amazing!

what is your opinion on mosfet saturators like vertigo vsm3?

LOve 2 see settings you have for saturn 2

Would love to see Waves BB Tubes included in this comparison

the omega is bananas!!!! love the 4 of them. wonder if they can have a mix knob.
Psp Saturator also: Try P42 Climax MOD is amazing (quite expensive) and has mid side choices and of course the Thermionic Culture from UAD

Kelvin sounds like PA SA2URATE....BUT Looptrotter gives you more frequency options of the Saturation itself for the Mix or Master

Man I cant believe your dont have SA2URATE by Plugin Allinace and Acustica Audio Tape....or Tim P J37 in this line up.........

Looptrotter SA2RATE 2 by Plugin Allinace
Taupe by Acustica Audio
Nebula
AX102
Tim P J37 and Tape
And Alex B Nebula Pre Satuartion Suite.....
these hands down blow all other plugins away.......LOL

These sound like plastic...compared to those....no offense...still a good review bro.....
And the Hadware Looptrotter SA2RATE...blows Drawmer, Black Box, and Fusion away....LOL......

So many new ones out there now ... LG1, BB Tubes, etc. The saturation market is saturated!

Start to to finish

How to mix in cubase 12 please bro

Hi brother make tutorial how to mix in classes 12 from scratch to finish

That saturn preset sounds amazing! Do you mind sharing the settings or the preset?

Thanks for the video, I would say for the sub base black box is my choice and for overall master bus I think each one works pretty good but again Black box was great, also liked a lot waves abbey road for master bus

Thanks for the video! Great plugins, i'm using only half of them and wanna try the other half now)

I think you miss a really nice saturator in Cubase (magnetoII). I used it for my every vocal tracks just choose bring vocal to front preset the vocal becomes really nice in the mix❤

love the HG BB and Abbey Road one a lot.
the Abbey Road's default setup is nice for many instruments, I don't even tweak it.
good for vox, bass, guitars and keyboards.

BlackBox is on everything I record. It sounds incredible on a Drum Bus. It's truly a plug-in you can put on every track, on every Bus and every Master. I even use it as a software preamp for my Voice Over business. I retired a handwired Tube Preamp after I found BlackBox. It really is that good!

Help mix bass sound tight, sticky, not bloated.

Hey Dom any Dark plugin? To color the backround really dark behind the instruments.. like Dark Side if the Moon

YOu forgot Vertigo sound VSM4 , it's near perfect emulation of their mastering unit VSM2
Its funny to see Fabfilter Saturn 2 in this list , I will get flamed for this but their non linear-dist algoritms sound pretty cheap

For me the black Box is the best saturator.Thanks for this video.

good good as always Dom never stops learning something new every day that I see you
From your point of view, which one would you give to Arturia's Pigments 3?
I would like to give it a slight analog color that needs it a little

Again, Dom delivers an outstanding exploration of a key music issue, combining his experience with tonal qualities with tools inside of cubase, and supported as always with his energy and enthusiasm. Thank you Dom!

Am I using a diff version of decapitator to everyone else? Really not a fan. Far to heavy handed and muddy. Diff between that and the black box is night and day.

I actually mix into a console emulation, Frontdaw, and then used the Vertigo VSM3 to saturate the mids of the middle and the highs of the sides. Sounds great.

Please do a Unisum video. I still don't understand all the options ( I own it), maybe you can explain it to my feeble mind :)

I know, it's only about Plug Ins, and i have a lot of Saturation Plugs. But the most one i use is my Hardware. I use my Looptrotter Sa2trate 2 Hardware. To me, it's a beast.

Acustica Audio....
Taupe
Plugin Alliance
Karacter
Analog Black Box
Anteres
Warm Vox
Black Rooster
Magnatite
And Softtube Tape...
Pretty much blows everything else away....

My vote goes to Black Box HG2 MS. I love this plugin and add it to all my track now.

Nice video Dom. I love and use the BlackBox and Saturn a lot. Also use the SSL X-Saturator and the old UAD ATR-102 tape machine on buses for saturation colour.

Hello Dom, Im your biggest fan, I have watched all your videos and love the way you explain things and more importantly you share you knowledge! Thank you on behalf of all producers. I use Cubase 12 pro. And I watched your video on how to connect keyboard to a PC in cubase. In the video cubase showed your exact keyboard picture when you were on the midi cintrol view. I have a Roland Fantom-8, I use presonus 1824c as my audio interface. I run both midi out to my Audio interface. How come my mindo control does not show my keyboard on the screen like it did in your video, in the video you said watch as I plud in the connection and cubase instally knows then boom your keyboard is now showing inside the daw with keys and all. Mine just says connected and shows 4 big ass black circles [ i guess these can be assigned to control expressions from keyboard or w/e, but How come mine doesnt show a keyboard in the midi control tab at the bottom where you can click on console in Cuabse. Please for the love of god can you help me figure out why I get a box with 4 circles which look like a black dial.
I want to see my keyboard like yours showed. What am I doing wrong. I will pay you for your time through your channel if you are able to respond. I'm spent and have spent hours trying to figure this out. Already put flash drive in the FA-8 to update it to connect with PC. In cubase 12 pro it says under " studio tab, midi device it shows connected.

P42 Climax is on nearly every track and great on master, it's easy to use all the features a bit pricy but well worth it.

Softube harmonics and spectre, also oxygen for that sparkle…

Cubase Stock Saturators, all the way....

J37 waves abbey road tape emulation , I use this in my mastering chain a lot . Highly recommended . Fabfilter Saturn is my go to .

Dom Sigalas, The Cubase's Expert ! Hi Dom,

I use several of these. Fab Filter is my multipurpose saturator, Decapitator is for parallel drum processing, Abbey Road is great for vocals, Black Box goes on the mix bus, and the Omega is magical on rock guitars.

How about ik multimedia saturator x