Best mic tube-preamp 'texture' block/drive for vocals?

BillyZeppa

BillyZeppa

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Isn't there a nice tube pre-amp in the AFX, good for giving a clean vocal a little charter? Can't remember where or what it is named. I'm hoping to get something a little better than the 'Softube' plugin with my DAW, so i wil be using the AFX like a vocal 'warmer' plugin for this. I know people said they loved what the AFX tube 'preamp' does to their guitar tones, but is this preamp available seperately in the signal chain, like a drive pedal?
 
Anybody do this in their Axe?
I do some "dirty" vocals (very heavy metal style, screaming etc) and wouldn't mind using the Axe for adding a bit of fire to it :)
 
Or load up a null IR and use the preamp section of the Cab block.
 
parlopower said:
As mentioned before, the Tube Pre is the one for inside the Axe. If you want something for inside your DAW, which I think is much easier regarding workflow, there is an excellent free plugin, the Wavearts Tube Saturator. The sound is fantastic, it is a huge CPU hog, though:
http://wavearts.com/products/plugins/tube-saturator-vintage/
Since it's free, it does no harm to try it out. :)
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I use this in the box for my saturation needs http://www.pluginboutique.com/product/2-Effects/44-Saturation/367-TesslaPRO
 
Wolfenstein98k said:
Anybody do this in their Axe?
I do some "dirty" vocals (very heavy metal style, screaming etc) and wouldn't mind using the Axe for adding a bit of fire to it :)
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I've had good results from plugging an SM57 straight into the Axe. Gives me tons of cool options for adding different distortion textures to the vocals.
 
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