ADT - Artificial Double Tracking: GREAT free plug-in!
Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 1:57 am
This has been a little "secret weapon" of mine for a while now. I'm lovin' it on vocals and guitar.
I'm not associated/affiliated with this website...I just love this FREE plugin.
This is from the vacuumsound website:
The ADT technique was developed at Abbey Road Studios by engineers recording the Beatles in the 1960s. To free John Lennon from having to sing everything twice for real double tracking they came up with an artificial replacement: they sent the original signal to another tape machine and re-recorded it. Due to the physical distance between record and playback heads the new signal was delayed. The length of the delay depends on the tape speed (the slower the tape is running the longer it takes for the signal to travel from the record to the playback head). However, due to the machine's (small amounts of) Wow and Flutter the delay time was not fixed but varied slightly, giving an additional chorus-like effect.
The ADT Plug-In takes a mono input signal and creates a stereo output. The original input signal will be output on one channel, the new ADT signal on the other. Blending the two is also possible. The Plug-In allows to control the delay time (10 - 50ms), Wow and Flutter (both with intensity in % and frequency). All values are based on the technical data of the tape machines that was originally used to create this effect. Take a look at a screenshot.
http://www.vacuumsound.de/plugins.html
Stuart
BTW, once you have successfully installed the plug-in, there is also an improved GUI available that looks like this:
Download http://asseca.com/wiki/uploads/MGUI/ADT_GUI.rar, extract into your VstPlugins folder, keeping the folder structure intact, read the readme.rtf on where you need to place the original ADT.dll file.
I'm not associated/affiliated with this website...I just love this FREE plugin.
This is from the vacuumsound website:
The ADT technique was developed at Abbey Road Studios by engineers recording the Beatles in the 1960s. To free John Lennon from having to sing everything twice for real double tracking they came up with an artificial replacement: they sent the original signal to another tape machine and re-recorded it. Due to the physical distance between record and playback heads the new signal was delayed. The length of the delay depends on the tape speed (the slower the tape is running the longer it takes for the signal to travel from the record to the playback head). However, due to the machine's (small amounts of) Wow and Flutter the delay time was not fixed but varied slightly, giving an additional chorus-like effect.
The ADT Plug-In takes a mono input signal and creates a stereo output. The original input signal will be output on one channel, the new ADT signal on the other. Blending the two is also possible. The Plug-In allows to control the delay time (10 - 50ms), Wow and Flutter (both with intensity in % and frequency). All values are based on the technical data of the tape machines that was originally used to create this effect. Take a look at a screenshot.
http://www.vacuumsound.de/plugins.html
Stuart
BTW, once you have successfully installed the plug-in, there is also an improved GUI available that looks like this:
Download http://asseca.com/wiki/uploads/MGUI/ADT_GUI.rar, extract into your VstPlugins folder, keeping the folder structure intact, read the readme.rtf on where you need to place the original ADT.dll file.
