Comments on: Xfer Records OTT Plugin Review

By: Eki

Eki — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 06:31:56 +0000

I agree with those who use it as an effect. It is not really suitable for dynamics management, i think. It’s fashionable today to spoil the sound excitingly. That’s what OTT is for.

By: Nine

Nine — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 16:46:57 +0000

In reply to Roy. This would work even better if you stood a guy on a box in front of everyone, with maybe a stick in his hand, and wearing some kind of fancy jacket with tails on it. Then he could point the stick at people that aren't doing it right. That would be awesome.

By: Roy

Roy — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 23:08:15 +0000

In my day we didn’t have cheap tricks like OTT that so many cheaters use. The band gathered ‘round the ol’ microphone, and if somebody was too loud, they took a step back, or if they were too quiet they stepped forward and hollered more. If your bouzoukis or lutes weren’t cutting through the mix, you hit the strings harder, or you blew your flute harder. Simple. Kids these days and their plug-it-ins.

By: ASJ

ASJ — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:45:03 +0000

In reply to YaWha. OTT isn't an effect. It's a meme. It's used for a good laugh by people stuck making carbon copy 2010s-style complextro/dubstep copypasta

By: YaWha

YaWha — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 21:43:37 +0000

OTT isn’t compression. It’s an effect. A dirty but effective clipper.

By: Tianzii

Tianzii — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 14:40:32 +0000

I don’t really like OTT. I’m using XTT by Vinai. I’ve got it for free when I’ve purchased Fruity Loops Producer Edition last year. Great deal!

Btw guys: Spire is 50% off on Plugin Boutique.

By: Gwugluud Barcher

Gwugluud Barcher — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:40:13 +0000

In reply to Pisces.

As an amateur home studio owner who records 1 and 1/2- chord garage/trash rock songs for kicks and laughs, I’m sure I lack the common sense of “real” producers, lol. Compression makes whatever sound I’m applying it to sound very “happening” and interesting. Those are my “bad habits”, compression (especially VSTs which purport to imitate 50s/60s tube compressors) and clippers and subtle distorters which emphasize upper mids, such as free “Nasty” (forgot which dev), which help a lot on getting vocals to stand out.

By: TJ

TJ — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:22:46 +0000

In reply to MRG. Death metal. Mixing my band's EP I was getting so frustrated with the toms (live drums). Just for a laugh I put OTT on the tom buss, dialed the depth back to about 15%, and there it was! Perfect tom sound!

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:54:54 +0000

In reply to mangler.

just because one tool is easier than another or because one tool trivializes a concept (which OTT doesn’t even do), doesn’t mean the musician who uses it is cheating. tools were coded and published to be used as tools you can utilize in different ways to get your desired result

moreover, ott doesn’t even trivialize compression as a whole. it’s damn near impossible to get a natural or “normal” compression style from ott. if you want to mix well, even in edm, you need to know how to use a stock compressor well too

By: dgu

dgu — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:22:10 +0000

To me, ott sounds like garbage. I just hate it

By: CoopMusic247

CoopMusic247 — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 18:15:26 +0000

I think it really shines on pulling all the basses together in dubstep specifically. I’ll have 12 different variations cut together to make a single bass and I’ll want it to just be solid. This works really well for that.

By: Blue Harizon

Blue Harizon — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:38:29 +0000

Yes it does, I tested it and OTT have so much aliasing