Kazrog True Iron virtual transformers

thanks! the video was impressive, so I just tried the demo. First impressions: I noticed right away things got louder, not way better sounding though. There's a switch that says "unity" that I assumed would be autogain matching to input loudness. yet I found the plugin to be 3-5 db louder while watching the meters. When I level matched, it was not nearly as impressive. It would be tough for me to leave this on a track, unless someone really wanted something specific. Great idea though, and maybe I'll keep trying it out for a while, see if my opinion changes. 

Wow, well that would be a bummer if it didn't give you the goods. I have not downloaded the demo yet, but will try it tomorrow. I just know the volume in the White Sea video didn't seem to jump too much to my ears. 3-5 db would be pretty noticeable. I wonder how you guys got such different results? That guy reviewing is almost always hard on the plugins he covers.

They apparently just updated it to have more options. Looks like the original just had two. 

You guys who work in the video buisness have such lofty standards 😁

Did anybody else notice that it says "SNAKE OIL" right on the video?

But let me get all Audio Zen Master here I don’t want or care to listen to the sound of transformers, I listen to the sound of a transformer as part of a circuit. So for me even if it nails it pretty useless for me.

No worries, no rant perceived! In the video he's testing this on a stereo track. Making sure I understand you...you think this plug is shifting the pitch of everything it hears and then has set volume adjustments to replicate a harmonic value? 

I wonder how close that is to what they did? Pitch shifting uses variable delay (Doppler effect). Not an expert at developing software, but that kind of tracking performance would be impressive, because when you see the knobs being cranked there is no real change in how smooth the audio is playing. I'd think with a pitch shift you'd hear a smearing as the delay adjusts. 

I hear nothing close to autotune myself, but what do I know? Maybe it was his demo song? Kazrog has some Soundcloud clips that seem more hard rock, but I think those are using an older version of the plugin. 

Not sure if I'll like the sound until I try it out, but I think the product is interesting because it's focusing on managing the input impedance. I believe UAD in their Unison plugins look at similar issues to the sound in their preamp software. 

I actually really like this plug in practical application......
Carry on..

Pensado likes this one too, at least he's used it some and mentioned it.

haha!  you're probably right.

Lately, though, I can relate.  I feel like there's 5 different plugins to do any same job with mildly different results.

Three years after this thread started...but since I've mixed analog this hasn't been the top priority type of plugin for me. But that's going to change soon so I'm looking at transformer plugs now and just demoed this. That unity switch is explained in the manual, I believe it's not doing what you might think. And yes the plug makes the signal louder (just as with HEAT in ProTools) which could be conceiving, but I don's agree this is snake oil, on the contrary I think it sounds really good. The way I see it transformers in the audio chain isn't an effect per se, so the effect isn't meant to be more than in the more subtle area, but put on all channels it helps to glue. Sorry, not meaning to lecture about things you guys already know. I resurrected this thread actually to ask for favorite plug-ins that emulate transformers. Checked out Acustica, really interesting, have to check out sometime, but no real transformer plug-in except for a free one knob thing. Gonna try the UBK transformers too, but I'd be grateful for more tips!

Honestly I still love it. I use it on the master bus to bring some energy and life into things.