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  95.             style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #202020; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none">introduction</SPAN></A> </TD>
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  140.             style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; COLOR: #202020; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; TEXT-DECORATION: none">normalizer</SPAN></A> </TD>
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  213.           <TD vAlign=bottom align=right width=600 colSpan=3>free audio 
  214.             plugins<IMG height=1 
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  230.             <B>THD</B><BR><B>analog-style saturator</B><BR><BR><I>This was my 
  231.             first attempt in writing a plugin. It has become quite known on the 
  232.             net and with many thousands of copies around, the time should be 
  233.             right for v1.0.<BR>However, I will <B>no longer continue</B> the 
  234.             development of this plugin.<BR><BR>But as THD has gained a lot of 
  235.             popularity, I will keep it available here in its current 
  236.             state.</I><BR><BR>This is no typical high-gain distortion device, 
  237.             nor a 'decimator' or bit crusher.<BR>I was searching for something 
  238.             that sounded a bit like my old tube bass preamp that I like using 
  239.             for fattening up vocals or drum tracks.<BR>Because good outboard 
  240.             gear is expensive and sonically equivalent software simulators are 
  241.             rare (and expensive as well), I started to lurk behind the curtain, 
  242.             thinking of creating something to fit my personal needs.<BR>I simply 
  243.             could not find suitable simulators out there.<BR><BR>Well, what is 
  244.             going on inside analog gear, especially when it comes to the fact, 
  245.             that tube equipment always sounds different as solid-state 
  246.             devices?<BR>Many people say 'oh, it's soft saturation that leads to 
  247.             more harmonics'. It took me quite a long time to realize that this 
  248.             is just some part of the story.<BR>Apart from generating the 'right' 
  249.             kind and amount of harmonics, analog circuits are actually doing a 
  250.             lot of dynamic action. Considering a vacuum tube, this behaviour 
  251.             partly depends on the tube itself and also on the electrical parts 
  252.             surrounding it.<BR><BR>Now, THD is an approach to a very few of such 
  253.             aspects. The plugin is intended for a mixer's insert path to act as 
  254.             a preamp stage. It smoothes out the transients, gives more overall 
  255.             gain and warms a bit.<BR><BR>You might also want it to simulate a 
  256.             tape machine driven to the limit to achieve that typical warmth 
  257.             & fatness associated with analog recordings. THD uses similar 
  258.             methods to alter the frequency response of 'hot' tapes as analog 
  259.             recorders do.<BR><BR>As always, trust your ears. It may sound good 
  260.             for some applications, but unsuitable for others.<BR><BR>
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  270.                 <TD vAlign=top align=left>Feel free to download this plugin. 
  271.                   The zipped file (size: 97kB) includes the manual (as TXT 
  272.                   file).<BR><BR>Latest version: v0.92<BR><BR><BR><A 
  273.                   href="http://www.digitalfishphones.com/binaries/THD.zip"><IMG 
  274.                   height=18 
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  276.                   width=85 border=0 valign="bottom"></A><BR><BR>Known bugs:<BR>
  277.                   <UL type=square>
  278.                     <LI>plugin may refuse to work at multiple instances<BR>
  279.                     <LI>proper operation only with 44k sampling rate<BR>
  280.                     <LI>does not work with Cakewalk Sonar & DirectiXer<BR>
  281.                     <LI>on some systems the 'punch' section might introduce 
  282.                     slight high-frequency 
  283.             noise</LI></UL></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><B>Installation:</B> 
  284.             Unzip the archive, copy the .dll file into your '\vstplugins' folder 
  285.             and (re)start the host program. It should find THD as a new insert 
  286.             plugin.<BR><BR><I>If the download link does not work properly, you 
  287.             should try using 'save as...' in you browser context menu.<BR>In 
  288.             case of problems, please send an email to <A 
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