Yep, was also asking about Cubase 7. Bet it's got some new killer functions. Never got to test it myself - it would be crazy to go the extra mile and update that as well XD.
But it's one that's close to my heart. For one, Quadrafuzz is something special, I know it's old, but it gives a special timbre to the simple psychedelic bass (KBBB) sound. Makes it instantly solid and it sounds good. Even the good old VB-1 was used to oblivion for that, and that combo produces a classic sound you see on many many tracks.
Same thing could be said about Logic's ES1 and ES2, or even the ESM - which doesn't recycle the notes - resampled and used on a sampler instrument. That one also has some tasty bass tones you find nowhere else.
This can sound crazy, but for some uses it's the best sound you can get. It's like when people say the Nord Lead 1 sounds better then the later versions. It probably sounds worse, since it's got better converters now, but the old gives it some kind of digital grit that people have grown used to and lush after. And it's the same with this bundled plug-ins, specially Quadrafuzz. If we compare it to FabFilter's Saturn, for example, it's a ridiculously simple plug-in with much older algorithms - but it's just the right type of saturation for some sounds. I know that because I've processed it with it, and made sampler instruments with that one on the chain for that particular sound XD. Also love the sound of the good old Tonic filter, with its own overdrive sound that's also used to oblivion but sounds very good imo. And this and that...
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