Agree on usefulnessI actually find this plug-in very useful. When used in small subtle doses, in targeted spectral ranges across different elements within a mix, the dynamic saturation is amazing for filling in gaps for apparent energy in a mix. It's like a dynamic single band bell "harmonic" EQ boost.Not sure if this is useful. After all, if it's shifting the spectral balance towards an ideal target by adding saturation, if one likes the result wouldn't it be quite likely be a better solution to EQ and then add saturation to the entire signal? Perhaps the shifting saturation adds movement...but if one dials it up that movement can sound very weird... not sure it's desirable at any level.
It sounds like shit across an entire mix or on a 2bus. It also sounds like shit cranked up anywhere near even halfway. But, I'm very impressed with the quick, easy, and impactful results when used subtly across a mix on individual elements. Like, very very impressed. I'm going to test drive this alot more for the next 10 days, but my first impressions are that I'm going to end up purchasing this and using it quite often. Still need to test mix translations and other kinks across different systems etc.
Could you approximate what this does roughly with other plug-ins combined etc? Probably? But this thing is dead easy to use, nearing a "one knob" plug-in, and it's not expensive. Cons are latency, no GUI resize, and like I mentioned it sounds pretty awful cranked anywhere near even halfway up on alot of sound sources. It definitely sounds like poop on a master fader, I mean, just listen to their own demo video examples for proof of that haha.
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Disagree it can’t be good on the master. Particularly like the modes that saturate the most dynamic peaks and essence increase dynamic range via saturation. Not something I could do before which is always interesting.
Statistics: Posted by motomotomoto — Sat Sep 14, 2024 5:55 am