SDDR Saturation Plugin released by Klanghelm - €22 Intro Price

http://klanghelm.com/SDRR.html
 
€22 Intro Price.
 
Just bought it have been looking forward to this one.

Interesting - will you let us know what you think of this once you've tried it for a while?
Cheers
Nigel
 
 

Sounds good - its just that I already have A LOT of saturation plug ins / knobs and was wondering just how different this could be - I think I will try the little brother if there is a demo of this
Cheers
Nigel
 

For the price and as I tend to like all things Klanghelm I have bought in and been doing some testing. It is one very smooth and nice sounding plugin and so far I have been using it in Desk Mode and in mastering mode. It sounds very nice and is capable of some variations in how masters can sound.
 
The compressor works well when used subtly, the EQ's are handy for final tweaking. Tweaking transient quality, drive, number of stages and crosstalk is also rather interesting and adds quite a lot adjustment to the sound.
 
In some of the other modes it reminds me of an old Tascam 70's 8 channel mixer I have and sometimes run stems through in a mixdown. It has got a real retro 70's sound and the EQ circuits are passive using actual inductors and capacitors to form the filters followed by some classic 70's gain. This thing has got real color and can add a real sound to any stem. It has nice EQ on the channels too. I have to patch it of course if I want to use it and more often than not I tend to try and get the sound with a plugin instead. Many have failed but this sounds like it can do that job very easily and not only that but offer much more variation in what it is actually doing and sounding like.
 
It can sound quite sweet and reminds me of Harrison Mixbus type of sound. Might be able to replace parts of that now for me within Studio One like on buses etc.. Although Mixbus offers a lot in terms of EQ especially. It does sound nice. This plugin can show up inside Mixbus of course.
 
I will need time to explore the other options but it looks and feels very useful. All the controls within the GUI operate slowly and smoothly which is a delight. The IN/OUT meter mode is also very clever and useful for getting the perfect level match in and out of this plugin. I can see this becoming part of my mastering chain now.
 
Klanghelm plugins are all rather excellent in quality of operation and sound usually. I have found many uses even for that free compressor. I think their flagship compressor might be worth a look into as well. Their VU meters are excellent and still are the closest ballistics wise to the real VU's. I have got 3 or 4 VU plugins now and the Klanghelm meters still dance and feel the best.
 
Update: The VU meters on the front panel of this plugin (one meter only) are very similar to their VU plugins so the meters are very useful even for just measuring levels. It is good the calibration level can be changed to suit whatever ref level you are working at.
 
Have been in tube mode and there are some nice sounds to be had there too. Can be pushed hard. Some of the presets are pretty wild and over the top. I am tending to err on the side of less at first and easing in to pushing it harder. It seems to work at both subtle use and being driven.  It will be great for just adding some drive and character to a narly guitar stem etc
 
It is a little CPU intensive so you might want to render tracks or stems that are using it. It is very low latency though (registers 0.1 ms on my system)

Eddie
Could I ask why this is so good? I have a load of saturation plug ins and thought I would probably give this a miss but............
Cheers
Nigel

Jeff has described SDRR very well.  It's a very deep and versatile tool ... I haven't come close to exploring everything it can do, but everything I've tried has exceeded my high expectations.  It's a console emulator, it's a fuzzbox, it's a tube saturator, it's a signal crusher.  It does so much so well.  And, the GUI is fantastic!
 
Many lesser plugins have sold for a lot more money.  This is another home run, make that a grand slam, for Klanghelm (whose DC8C compressor is also very impressive).
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 

Another darkside review, but should not dampen inspiration to try the plug and purchase if it fits. The dev deserves our support by his distribition ethic. I use the registered compressor and it is fine.
 
SDRR, at least the freeware trial didn't give anything new or useful. Distortion, overdrive was too granular, synthetic.  Maybe missed subtle tweaking by way better audio minds than mine, but will pass this one for now. Elegant GUI.
 
John

Hey Eddie,
 
Good feedback. The dev is on hi ground with a moral distribution ethic. Only downside is that there is no demo of the full version to go with. You got to make an assessment off the free limited version.
 
Important to hear that the retail plug seems to deliver over and above the freebie.
 
John

You don't have to run a whole mix through it. It can be used very effectively on just a stem like some narly guitars that might need a little more roughing up.Or just a track of course.
 
Or in the case of a piece of music I have just done with some virtual synths and some hardware synths. One of the virtual parts was a Korg Wavestation and the patch was perfect but it was just a little icy sounding or tiny bit cold and digital sounding in parts. So I just ran the SDRR just over the Wavestation synth and nothing else and just put it into tube mode and found  a setting which gave just that synth a nice depth and warmth that was not there previously. It just sat nicely in with the other things. Instead of it standing out too clearly it sat alongside everything else without touching its level even.
 
Where it does work in whole mixes is in Desk Mode and you select something like a Master Glue Buss 80's style. The Drive control determines how hard things are going to be working. You have control over the transients, softer or faster and also the low end and top end can be tweaked so no highs are lost. Like I said, a lot of control for a saturation type plugin. Allows you many options.

Hi everyone!  Just a shout to let you know that we adore this plugin.  So much we gave it the best value award for 2014.  We recently published our review (and interview with founder/creator)  for your reading pleasure.
 
OK I now see I am not allowed to post links yet, no worries....I am sure those interested can find it ;-)

Indeed a good review, I must say I think this was one of my most used and fun plugins for me last year.
The colouring and shaping qualities are great and it really is a no brainer at the price.

Here's the audiofanzine link: http://en.audiofanzine.com/plugin-distortion-overdrive/klanghelm/sdrr/editorial/reviews/karma-saturation.html

I am experiencing some kind of cognitive dissonance...almost everybody loves this plugin, but when I listened to the audio demos on the Klanghelm site it only invoked a gag reflex. I had the same reaction to the little freebie version, too.
 
Maybe somebody can post an audio example of the wonderful things SDDR can do. You might also want to offer it to Klanghelm for their website, as the examples posted there sure aren't gonna sell it.

I would agree that the demos are not great and do not do the plugin justice as they just cover the main characteristics of each of the main settings. The thing that demo’s will struggle to show will be the wide range of shaping you can do within in each module and the ability to find more subtle settings which so far for me only Saturn has managed when I demoed it. A video walk through would be better (Zo Kind of stuff) to show the spectrum of options and transitions for each but that is not my skill set so will leave that for someone else.
 
This is very comparable to Decapitator, not all the same features but in the same ballpark.
 
I have tried several demos over the last couple of years of Saturation/Distortion and for me this represented great value!
If you already have either Decapitator or Saturn then you are probably covered for most things but as I did not have either of those this has given me most of what I was looking (plus some extras) without the great outlay. When funds permit I will look at getting Saturn as it has the region capability and some added extras. If you don’t have anything like this in the toolbox though then this is  a great option.

I have all Tony's stuff.  Price/value is without peer. I also had trouble getting an email to download the stuff. Its seems my provider blocks him. All I had to do was send an email and all is well. He is a really nice guy.