This week’s free plugin is Cramit from Sixthsample, a multiband dynamics plugin which combines the infamous OTT effect from Ableton Live with distortion. If you want loud and crispy this will do it!
What Is Cramit?
A development of the OTT effect which adds harmonic distortion which can be placed before or after the multiband dynamics section. If you want to introduce some extreme compression effects this will definitely get you there…
What is the OTT Effect?
OTT started life as a preset for the Multiband Dynamics plug-in in Ableton Live. As the name suggests it is Over The Top, so if you want to access this sound outside of Ableton Live, you can using this plugin.
Like the original OTT Cramit uses a 3 band dynamics plug-in which combines standard downward processing with upwards processing meaning that the peaks are pulled down and just as importantly the low level sounds are boosted. Basically its a case of everything louder than everything else. It’s possible to use it subtly but we’d argue that that would be missing the point! Add some distortion and we’re definitely over the top!
How Do I Get Cramit?
Click the button above to go the the Sixthsample website and download the installers.
Cramit is available for windows and macOS as a VST, AU and AAX plugin, Apple Silicon compatible
Julian Rodgers is Editor of Production Expert. He has a background in live sound and has been a Pro Tools user since 2001. He lives by the sea in West Cornwall where he plays piano, bass and guitar equally badly and is an avid collector of microphones and opinions about all things audio.