Software Tremelos/Vibratos

One thing that I like most about this plugin is the warmth it exudes. Its quite realistic and extremely easy to use. I am very impressed overall. I don't think it would be possible to have any dislikes. It too simple and good sounding for that. As for the price, I am currently saving up to get Diamond Pedals Tremolo pedal as I love there gear. I only paid $79 for this one as opposed to over $200 for the Diamond. If you want real high quality sound, you must go analog and you will be paying out the teeth for it. If you are satisfied with digital audio, or you simply need one for computer based sounds, then this is a great deal. I used to own a boss tremolo pedal and I think this thing is just as good if not better. I would definitely buy this again. It sounds awesome with all of my computer synths. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE In Logic 8 or 9 I havent had a single problem with it, no crashed or glitches. I give this a 8 out of 10 with out a doubt. It sounds great very warm very accurate it syncs right up with my daw. I have had this for about a year and used it on a mac and a pc computer and used it with several different softwares. OVERALL OPINION Overall, This is a great simple easy to use plugin. There has been no compatibility issues so far. As for a manual, if you have ever used a guitar pedal, you should be fine. The only thing that wouldn't be on an actual pedal is the DAW sync option. Yes, the general configuration and setup is extremely simple. Twist the knobs and flick the switches until you find the sound you want. Yes, all the typical functions are easily accessible as they are right in your face.

The Oli Larkin LFO chopper is a free vst plugin that will work for your window’s computers. I ran this will FL studio 8xxl about a year ago. I have no complaints with this, it worked fine and takes up no cpu. The Vst itself is pretty plain though, no bells and whistles just straight forwared. No need for a manual and if you did need one I don’t think you could get one, this is a free software vst that you download anywhere on line and you wont find a manual for it. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE The Oli Larkin LFO chopper is similar to tremolo plug ins and works with a bunch of different LFO wav forms. There are only a few sliders on this vst and they are minimum and maximum amplitude, delay, smoothing. that’s about it, like I said its extremely straight forward and easy to use. But the Oli Larking LFO chopper isn’t the only vst like this on the free market. So if you need something similar to this, although this is a great freeware vst, I suggest checking with kvr audio and seeing what other plug ins they have available that are close to this one, or google it on the web because this is not something that is up high on the plug in vst chain. OVERALL OPINION Overall this is a great vst though and the best part is that its free, and we all love free. But with free you get what you get. So be prepared for a plain vst, not to say it doesn’t work good because it does, it actually works great its just not pretty to look at. I have not used it in any other software besides FL Studio so I can’t say wether or not it works with other popular programs. But as long as you are running windows you should be ok. But give it a shot , its free and if you don’t like it you can try some other vst’s that can do the same thing.

The Nomad Factory is a free plug in that comes with the bundle. The Bundle comes with Free Sweeper as well. A lot of top artist that have won Grammy’s over the years have used these plug ins and they stand by them just search it and you will see. You cant beat the sweeper tremolo and phaser of Nomad Factory, they are extremely easy to use and get running. You will have no issues down the line with them either even when running them on different computers and with different digital audio workstations. Because most people are like myself and use a few different softwares and don’t stick with just one. Plus we take our plug in’s to all of our different softwares as well. The Tremolo Factory Free plug in will work with any of your popular digital audio workstations that are on the market today. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE I ran the Nomad Factory Free Tremolo on my quad core pc with digidesign pro tools mbox 2 and it works great, never had a single issue with it and do not at all regret my decision. Plus the Nomad Factory Free Tremolo doesn’t take up much cpu. That is what makes it so great is that it’s a great plug in that can run on any digital audio workstation but we all know what its like to run a lot of plug ins at the same time it can make things choppy and mess up your work flow even if you are using ASIO drivers. But the Nomad Factory Free Tremolo doesn’t hog up your cpu, it barely uses any!. OVERALL OPINION Overall this is a great plug in that any musician needs to have, The Nomad Factory bundle is great and you can get it almost anywhere on the net , its very popular. You cant go wrong with this, try it out.

The list of features is short but sweet. Vintage vibe/rotary speaker simulator Speed and Intensity controls ¼: inputs and outputs True hard-wire bypass 9V battery AC adaptor included (North America only) Metal housing (With a cheesy graphic! Think "Shaft") Stomp-switch UTILIZATION The Soul Vibe is incredibly easy to use. It sets up just as any effects pedal would - no fancy controller pedals or anything of that nature. Basically, all that's needed is to plug in your guitar, plug it into the amp, step on the switch, turn the knobs, and then play some Jimi Hendrix or Robin Trower. :) I didn't get a manual with mine since I bought it used, and I didn't need one at all. This pedal has incredibly simple features, so there's not much to say here. SOUND QUALITY The sound of this unit is definitely good for the price level. It sounds like a reasonable facsimile of Robin Trower-era Univibe tones, from the Bridge of Sighs album era. Expectedly, it's not as lush or detailed as an original Univibe or any of the myriad boutique vibe pedal, but it'll do the job with warbling abandon without emptying your wallet. OVERALL OPINION All I can say is that this is a great pedal for vibe tones on a budget. It's a simple, no-frills vibe pedal. If you are on a cover band gig and need to play some "Bridge of Sighs" or "Machine Gun" in your set, and are strapped for cash, this pedal will do nicely. For what I don't like about the pedal, the graphic is a bit cheesy, but it's also kind of fun at the same time. People looking at my pedalboard always commented on this pedal first, so maybe the cheesy graphic isn't a bad thing. The pedal takes up about as much space as an MXR Phase 100, so anyone extremely conscious about spatial requirements on a pedalboard setup should consider that. Overall, a very good pedal.

BBE's Stomp Ware Tremor is a tremolo plug-in that is found in BBE's Stomp Ware collection virtual stomp box plug-ins. There are eight plug-ins in total in the bundle, and to get any of them you'll have to buy the full bundle. This bundle is compatible across the board, but I'm running it as an RTAS plug-in in Pro Tools. Installing the full bundle was easy as you just follow the step by step instructions as you would for any software. The interface of all the plug-ins in the bundle are simple, so Tremor is no exception. It's got the look of a real stomp box pedal, with parameters for speed and depth, and a button for setting it as either a mono or stereo effect, as well as for turning the effect on or off. That's basically all there is to the plug-in, so even if you haven't used tremolo often, you should be able to figure out how to use this one relatively quick. I haven't seen a manual for this plug-in, nor do I anticipate ever needing one. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE I'm running the BBE Stomp Ware Tremor and the full BBE Stomp Ware bundle on my home system, which consists of Pro Tools LE 8 and a Digi 002R audio interface. I run everything on a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM, and I usually don't have issues running plug-ins within this configuration. I've really only messed around with this plug-in, so I haven't ever had a need to run more than one at a time. Even so, it won't take up much of your processing power so most users should be able to run a good number of them before experiencing performance issues. OVERALL OPINION I'm really not a fan of the way the BBE Stomp Ware Tremor plug-in sounds. To me it's just not that realistic and doesn't offer enough control to try to get it to where you want it to be. It will certainly give you a quick and easy tremolo sound, but it's not a sound that I'd ever print with it or even one that I see myself using much in the future. There are some other cool plug-ins in the BBE Stomp Ware bundle, and it's cheap enough that it's worth checking out, but not for this plug-in in particular...

Slim Slow Slider's Simple Tremolo is a free plug-in that is indeed exactly what the name states, and it comes in a VST format plug-in. I don't know if it comes in other formats or not, as I've only used it as a VST plug-in in Cubase SX. I honestly don't remember the process of installing this plug-in beyond that I downloaded it and installed it rather quickly and without any problems. The configuration of the plug-in is very simple as well, with parameters just for depth, panner, rate, and waveform. Right off the bat I could tell that this was an easy plug-in to use, and I think that most other users will find this as well, so I don't believe that anyone needs to go looking for a manual. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE I'm no longer running the Slim Slow Slider Simple Tremolo plug-in ever since I switched from Cubase SX to Pro Tools a number of years ago, but when I did it was on a Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv8000 lap top that had 2 GB of RAM and a 3.0 Ghz processor. I don't remember ever using more than one instance of this plug-in at a time within this configuration, so I can't say that I really have a good grasp on how well this plug-in will operate. However, the case with most free plug-ins is that they don't take up much processing power, and the best part about it is that you can easily try it for yourself. OVERALL OPINION I can't say that the Slim Slow Slider Simple Tremolo is my favorite plug-in, even though it is a free one. I haven't used the plug-in in a few years since I no longer have a compatible system, but even when I was running it I didn't find myself using it very often. It has an okay sound, but I found that I had other tremolo plug-ins in my arsenal where I didn't need to use this one much. Maybe other uses will find this plug-in to be more useful, but for me it lacked depth and an overall realistic tone quality. The beauty of free plug-ins is that you'll be able to try it for yourself to see if it will work for you...

I can't speak in detail too much about installing the Soundtoys Tremolator plug-in as the system that I have used it on already had it installed on it, so I wasn't involved in the installation process. However, I can say that while I have used this plug-in that I haven't had any problems related to installation or otherwise. The interface of the software isn't hard to follow as it is laid out in a user friendly fashion. The plug-in has parameters for depth, groove, accent, shape, rhythm, tap tempo, rate, and for input and output levels. After playing around with the plug-in for a few minutes I found that I was able to understand everything about the plug-in pretty easily, although I'm always finding out new combinations of how to set these parameters in order to get different sounds. I don't think that a manual is necessary but I can't say for sure because I've never seen the manual and can't say if it would be helpful or not. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE I have used the Soundtoys Tremolator plug-in on an Apple G5 computer that runs with a Pro Tools HD system and I can't say that I've ever had a problem running this plug-in. This isn't a plug-in that I have ever had the need to run more than two of at a time though, so I can't say how well it would run beyond this but I would imagine that most people wouldn't be running too many of them in a single session anyway. How well you can run this plug-in largely depends on the system that you are using, but if you are able to run the plug-ins you have now well enough, I don't think that this one will give you any trouble. OVERALL OPINION Overall, Soundtoys Tremolator is a very solid plug-in. It has a great overall sound and provides a lot parameters so you can really get all sorts of different tremolo type tones. The price is reasonable as well, so if you are looking for a nice tremolo plug-in to add to your suite, this is absolutely worthy of a trial. There aren't too many other tremolo plug-ins out there that I would rather use over Soundtoys Tremolator.