I had this FerricTDS VST .DLL sleeping in my plugins folder for a few months now. I did think it was good for whole mixes and never thought it could have any employment in industrial music.Ferric Vst
Noiz-Lab LE is a collection of five free mastering plugins developed by homestudiomastering.com. Basically, you can get them for free as well as a detailed e-book guide on how to master a song, and the included plugins are; Monomizer (adjusts the processed audio’s stereo width) Equalizer. FerricTDS – Tape Dynamics Simulator is a free exciter and enhancer VST plugin developed by Variety Of Sound. Compatible OS(s): Windows. FerricTDS – Tape Dynamics Simulator was the Winner of the KVR Developer Challenge 2009.
Inspired by the smooth dynamic shaping capabilities of some high-end reel-to-reel tape recorders, this plug-in simulates three of the most distinctive and much appreciated sonic effects generated by these devices:
DYNAMICS
- gently shaping the overall dynamic response
SATURATION
- adding extra harmonic-related content
LIMITING
- controlling peak performance
But a few days ago I accidently watched a presentation video on YouTube and realized it was sounding incredibly good on snare drums:
So I spent the last weekend testing it on them and I was right: the correct sampled snare (mostly from '80 drum machines) processed with the right reverb and fed into this plug-in will produce the classic industrial snare, also the loudest ones from modern EBM.
Ferric Saturation Vst
I am going to test the plug-in on whole mix anyway, as it is said to work very well on enhancing loudness.