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Post by Dan on Sept 12, 2024 10:31:00 GMT -6
See I hear more sheen from the UAD Vari Mu than the Pulsar The couple of times I was in mastering rooms with the Manley Vari Mu "sheen" was exactly the word I used for what it added to the mastering chain. For whatever that's worth it’s just used for slight distortion rather than compacting dynamics, which it can do with saturation and playing with its flexible constants but most of these guys seem to barely do that. Similar to most magic box mastering or mixing processors and they barely do anything and you get some cork sniffer response and half the time make it sound worse. Of course now many things come pre cooked to the mixer or the mixer cooks it or is ordered to cook it, rendering a cleanish but driven box like the Manley that doesn’t provide a ton of behind the scenes automatic control redundant |
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Post by drumsound on Sept 12, 2024 15:59:24 GMT -6
The couple of times I was in mastering rooms with the Manley Vari Mu "sheen" was exactly the word I used for what it added to the mastering chain. For whatever that's worth it’s just used for slight distortion rather than compacting dynamics, which it can do with saturation and playing with its flexible constants but most of these guys seem to barely do that. Similar to most magic box mastering or mixing processors and they barely do anything and you get some cork sniffer response and half the time make it sound worse. Of course now many things come pre cooked to the mixer or the mixer cooks it or is ordered to cook it, rendering a cleanish but driven box like the Manley that doesn’t provide a ton of behind the scenes automatic control redundant I brought in 30IPS 1/4" masters that had very little cooking, unless meaningful cooking.  |
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Post by viciousbliss on Sept 12, 2024 18:00:08 GMT -6
The UAD Massive is nowhere in the same league as the hardware I tried on Access Analog. Neither is Magenta. The PQ plugin is though. This Harris-Doyle Natalus DSCEQ from PA is even better than the PQ for an eq with extra mojo that is still pretty clean. Both of those are pretty far ahead of the Softube Curvebender and all these old eqs. I also favor them over the MH Sontec by a good margin. Whoever has done PA's more recent eqs is quite talented. For cleaner eqs, Slick GE and VSE-4 are what I have liked the best so far. That new Kiive eq and Michaelangelo from Tone Projects were quite good too. Right now I'm only using these hardware-modeled eqs across whole mixes after I've used hardware or hardware emulations if I'm trying to master all ITB and the TDR special filters for the highs and lows. Is the current SPL PQ plugin by Plugin Alliance a redone version? I remember trying the PQ plugin several years ago and I didn't care for it. Is the current version the same code? Or did they remodel it? Probably the same one. Isn't it only two years old? Have you seen the Audio Animals video comparing it to the hardware? Try pushing the input some too, it responds in a unique way. The Passeq is the eq PA made a long time ago but still sounds pretty good. The major low end sound it has can be a little tough to work with though. |
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Post by the other mark williams on Sept 12, 2024 23:12:06 GMT -6
Is the current SPL PQ plugin by Plugin Alliance a redone version? I remember trying the PQ plugin several years ago and I didn't care for it. Is the current version the same code? Or did they remodel it? Probably the same one. Isn't it only two years old? Have you seen the Audio Animals video comparing it to the hardware? Try pushing the input some too, it responds in a unique way. The Passeq is the eq PA made a long time ago but still sounds pretty good. The major low end sound it has can be a little tough to work with though. Ahh, the “Passeq,” that’s the one I was thinking of. |
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