Welcome to the "God damn you filthy boy" thread.
Name a plugin you noticed had a lot of filth in it, a real dirty sumbitch.

I nominate this filthy boy. I have yet to find a filthiest plugin than PA SSL 4000 E. It is useful for sure, not saying i will ever stop using it but this is the only plugin when carving out filth and mud this boy just keeps adding another form of his own filth, lol.

 

Smartelectronix CrazyIvan. The randomization parameter.

 

Trash and Dumpster Fire come to mind. I had to wipe that filth off my screen and felt really dirty after using them.

 

Keep em coming.

 

https://soniccharge.com/permut8
and
https://freakshowindustries.com/

 

Ohm Force Ohmboyz.

 

mishby is one dirty sumbitch, by freakshow indus'

 

This sumbitch is new right? Interesting.

 

Nani plugin, if you know what i mean and i think you do

I have a similar thing going on with Amplitube 5. It just has some weird filthy thing around it even on clean settings, compared to other amp sims and real miked amps, and i'm talking about bad filth, not funky chunky stanky filth.

 

Decimort 2 & RX950 have a nice musical distortion and crunch that emulate different vibes (RX is a AKAI S950 emulation - love the drive and filter)
MackEQ & Mackify are classic Mackie mixer overdrive and overdrive + eq in case of MackEQ

 

Um, I don't really get the topic?
Can somebody explain what filth is on a more technical level, please?

 

chipcrusher: chipcrusher (plogue.com)


slap that dirty ass filthy

nah man, its a feeling, smash that nasty dirt and you will understand it

 

Stank.

 

I don't have any such feelings. I didn't know what "warm" and "airy" meant for the longest time.
"Warm" means prevalence of low-mids and absense of any harshness in the high-mids and highs. "Airy" means some smooth noise in highs.
Adding to that, "bright" means a slight prevalence of high-mids and highs. Does't necessarily excludes "warm" if the highs are smooth and low-mids are also prevalent.
"Depth" is pretty much a buzzword, but maybe some subliminal modulations, or a some soft nuances to the sound? I'm not sure. "Clarity" is simple, on the other hand - clearly audible high-mids. "Punch" is punch.
What is "filth"? Harsh highs and lots of harmonics all over the spectre? Harsh mids?

 

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Anyways, my favourite distortion plugins are:
Camel Audio CamelPhat 3 (what's a "fat" sound too, by the way?)
AudioDamage Kombinat 3, Grind (all it lacks is a customizable wavetable), FuzzPlus
iZotope Trash 2
Output Thermal
FabFilter Saturn 3 (don't forget about modulation!)
apulSoft apShaper
What I wanna try is Tantrum by Creative Intent. Seem to be another kind of beast entirely.

 

Sonalksis Digital Grimebox

 

Filth is the opposite of clean, now that can mean multiple things. Crunch, clipped drums, distorted sounds, lo-fi FX, maybe even noise/hums.

 

I don't see the following so i will add them:
Cyclotron.
2rule TwoRuleFilter.
Echobode and permut8.
GMH Audio Wave Destroyer.

 

BuushLaaden

 

gonna throw some hardware out there just cause

CooperFX Generation Loss..any version
Any 'Dirty Sanchez' guitar pedal

as far as dirty..fucking with your DAWs native time stretching 'the wrong way' is my fav technique and it's free.