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harlon
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Anyone tried this DirectX plug-in? A friend of mine has it, and I was very impressed by the results. I've seen the hardware available for some time, but I wasn't aware of the plug-in version. Anyhow - I was thinking of getting it, and just wondered if anyone else had any experience with it. Thanks. - Harlon
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JayP
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I have this plug-in. I use it a lot on accoustic guitars recorded direct , that have piezo or pickups. Some things aren't improved (to my ears anyway) so it just depends...:)
If you have heard it for yourself, then let your ears be your guide!;)
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VoodooRadio
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Hey Harlon,
Yea man! I got the BBE Sonic Max plug-in also... I don't use it as much as I did when I first bought it ($99 at Guitar Center). I mostly use it now on "wet" tracks. That is... as I've mentioned before here. I will take an acoustic guitar track, "unique" copy it, "same" copy that track and put reverb on it. I place a reverb track on "each side" of the dry original. I mostly use the BBE now, for E.Q.ing the "wet" tracks. It does sound nice, but depending on the sound your using it on, can sound "grainy" in the higher freq's! A little dab'l do ya! ;)
FWIW; I've been playing around lately with delaying the "wet" tracks (@ 33ms and 51ms) to get the reverb to "fold back" at different times. It's kinda cool, not something you would do on everything!
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rjt
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I have it and use it occasionally. It enhances some things and not others. I record a lot of solo piano and use it on maybe 1 piano track in 10. For $99 or so it is a good plug in. Others have argued that you can do the same thing with EQs and delays, but that is beyond my skill so overall, I think it is worth having.
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harlon
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I haven't heard the plug-in used with individual tracks yet. What we did try was a mixdown (unedited) of one of my full projects. We used the Sonic Maximizer on the full mixdown, and comparing the original master I had already made and the new one - the project mastered with S.M. was much better. Now, that being said I'll admit I'm not very good at mastering in the first place, so that really may not mean that much. But that's what I'm looking for, is a way to do as good of a master as possible as easy as possible - at least until I get a little more experience at the whole art of mastering. BTW - Voodoo - I like the idea you mentioned about using it on acoustic guitars. That's a trick I'll definitely play around with when I get this thing. Ever try it with vocals? - Harlon
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VoodooRadio
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Hey again Harlon,
Yea, I've tried it on vocals and keyboard genereated brass. It worked pretty cool on the brass piece. Like I mentioned... the BBE is really nice, on certain material it seems to cop a graininess in the higher register (usually a result of using.. tooo much!).
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JACKVILLE
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Hi everyone ! talking about the BBE sonic maximizer. i have the sonic maximizer 462 for my home theater and it sounds great , so i bought the plugin for my audio software ,and to be honest with you i expected more. have you guys tried the PSP VINTAGE WARMER plugin?
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post78
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| Quote: | | FWIW; I've been playing around lately with delaying the "wet" tracks (@ 33ms and 51ms) to get the reverb to "fold back" at different times. It's kinda cool, not something you would do on everything! |
I almost always delay reverb, sometimes as much as 100 ms (though that's pretty rare). When I use reverb I usually go for a realistic sound. The sound of a delayed reverb seems much more natural and realistic to me. It's just less intrusive on the dry signal. Of course, yams mate most violently. 
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VoodooRadio
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| Quote: | | ...Of course, yams mate most violently... |
Of course they do!! ;)
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RDMSstudio
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| Posted - Tue Jan 21, 2003 7:44 pm |
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For the money I'd rather have Izotope Ozone.... just my opinion... BBE can be a little limited in its results
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VoodooRadio
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The cost is not the same. The BBE is only $99. For a more even comparison to Ozone... consider T-Racks, which is equal in quality. And if you've got some cash to piss-off... buy a Waves bundle that'll kick em all in the head!!
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