Sausage Fattener

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2014/10/25 01:26:02 (permalink)

Sausage Fattener

http://www.dadalife.com/sausage-fattener/
Has anyone played with this plugin?
Looking at the artist credits and the price, I figured it might be worth a shot. The first time I tried it, it just sounded like a volume boost (it increased the signal levels) but after playing with it a bit, it's kind of nice. It's a very simple plugin (2 knobs and a level control) and it seems to do a nice job of fattening things up once the levels are normalized. The Fatness control chunks up the sound and the Color control seems to control the brightness.
 
 

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    bitflipper
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    Re: Sausage Fattener 2014/10/25 13:51:52 (permalink)
    Yup, it's a combination limiter/clipper/harmonic exciter. Lots of people love it. I didn't. But then, squashed and distorted just isn't something I normally shoot for. If you love what Boost11 does, you'll probably like Sausage Fattener even more.


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    Re: Sausage Fattener 2014/10/25 14:44:10 (permalink)
    Yup...when he showed the "after" wave form all was made clear. No thanks.

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    Re: Sausage Fattener 2014/10/26 21:43:37 (permalink)
    I have the Sausage Fattener and it's great. Like most other things of this ilk, its effect can range to a very subtle amount of thickening to all out wave-sausaging. And also like most other things of this ilk, it's not something you'd want to slap across a master bus (unless it was a very tiny amount) and it's not something you'd want to slap across all of your instruments. I don't see a problem with reducing the dynamic range of one or two instruments in your mix, as long as it's contrasted with more dynamic instruments. It's a great on a drum bus to add a little meat, just crank it up to 10-15%. It's not going to sausage any waves at that level. 

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    Re: Sausage Fattener 2014/11/01 09:17:18 (permalink)
    sharke
    ...to all out wave-sausaging.



    I'm surprised Waves hasn't jumped on this money maker:
     
    "Introducing the all-new Waves Wave-Sausager! Used to simulate vintage, British sausage making of the 1960's, beloved by recording fartists around the world."
     
    Competitively but normally priced at $250, but was on sale last week for $49.
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    Re: Sausage Fattener 2014/11/01 11:29:52 (permalink)
     And endorsed by Dave Pensado in his new "Into the Sausage Factory" video series!


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    Re: Sausage Fattener 2014/11/01 11:47:17 (permalink)
    Surprisingly enough I've never heard Pensado endorse the Sausage Fattener, which is surprising given the number of plugins he endorses in general. I did once hear Eli Krantzberg (of Groove3) sing it's praises.

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    Re: Sausage Fattener 2014/11/02 18:42:40 (permalink)
    My doctor gives me free samples...
     
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    Re: Sausage Fattener 2014/11/02 18:59:27 (permalink)
    I tried that thing years ago - wasn't particularly impressed. It just didn't do anything I couldn't do anyway, and I don't necessarily go for super-squashed sound .

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