BassLane can be pretty much compared with Brainworx's M/S creations like bx_control - just with a tiny different approach though the "mono-ize below a certain frequency" capability is similar. Or also Nugen Audio's MonoFilter.
LoAir pretty much adds a "tuned" sinewave that is triggered by a gate to the signal. An old trick to fatten up kick drums and other percussive instruments.
Waves MaxxBass: freeware equivalent?
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- KVRAF
- 14658 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
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- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
It's like when someone jumped in and said to use refuse lowender.. same thing as lo air... they are designed to LITERALLY make things bigger and phatter..
maxxbass is not.
That said i think i will support Aleksey and re buy LF max punch as i demoing it at present and it is fairly close and can do a couple of things of it's own... since maxxbass is over $100 again now.
maxxbass is not.
That said i think i will support Aleksey and re buy LF max punch as i demoing it at present and it is fairly close and can do a couple of things of it's own... since maxxbass is over $100 again now.
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- KVRAF
- 14658 posts since 19 Oct, 2003 from Berlin, Germany
Still cheaper than it initially cost, or getting the actual hardware.
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- KVRAF
- 3261 posts since 27 Mar, 2010 from UK
I was led to believe (and not looked into it to be honest) that Lowender and LoAir are more for 5.1 and media usage. Is that a wrong interpretation on my behalf?ttoz wrote:It's like when someone jumped in and said to use refuse lowender.. same thing as lo air... they are designed to LITERALLY make things bigger and phatter..
maxxbass is not.
That said i think i will support Aleksey and re buy LF max punch as i demoing it at present and it is fairly close and can do a couple of things of it's own... since maxxbass is over $100 again now.
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- 22457 posts since 5 Sep, 2001
hey i just realised something for those with a uad..
http://www.uaudio.com/store/special-pro ... er-hz.html
sound *exactly* like a maxxbass copy to me.. look specifically what the feature set is, phantom bass for smaller speakers.. hmmmm
http://www.uaudio.com/store/special-pro ... er-hz.html
sound *exactly* like a maxxbass copy to me.. look specifically what the feature set is, phantom bass for smaller speakers.. hmmmm
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- KVRAF
- 4321 posts since 26 Jun, 2004
Waves wrote: Deploy the legal team!
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- Pick Me Pick me!
- 9684 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from a state of confusion
highkoo wrote:Waves wrote: Deploy the legal team!
'Deploy' lol
I can visualize a small 'commando' group of well dressed people jumping ..err politely stepping.. out of a Mercedes Benz Viano van in front of a courthouse somewhere..
..and create legalese carnage!
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- KVRAF
- 5524 posts since 5 May, 2007 from Mars Colony
Yes and no. I think they created 5.1 versions because film related surround mixing often involves a great deal of "rumble" for the .1 sub (as in explosions, crashes, detonations of various kinds).MFXxx wrote: I was led to believe (and not looked into it to be honest) that Lowender and LoAir are more for 5.1 and media usage. Is that a wrong interpretation on my behalf?
AFAIK you can't demo LoAir separately but it is in three bundles, including the surround bundle.
FYI, all the "TDM" bundles and individual FX include native versions too, so you can just DL the TDM version if you don't see a native version on the list.
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- KVRAF
- 5524 posts since 5 May, 2007 from Mars Colony
On that note:
I'm demoing LoAir right now with a big, evil grin on my face.
Mind you, I have it assigned to an insert on a totally hip hop oriented drum track, but boy it is doing something nice and low-down dirty in that context.
I'm starting to like these Waves guys, and I'm realizing (having never demoed their products before) why so many pro mixers have many go-to Waves plug-ins lined up.
They are sort of like Lexicon in the plug-in world---i.e. you KNOW you have heard these sounds on the radio many, many times before.
I'm demoing LoAir right now with a big, evil grin on my face.
Mind you, I have it assigned to an insert on a totally hip hop oriented drum track, but boy it is doing something nice and low-down dirty in that context.
I'm starting to like these Waves guys, and I'm realizing (having never demoed their products before) why so many pro mixers have many go-to Waves plug-ins lined up.
They are sort of like Lexicon in the plug-in world---i.e. you KNOW you have heard these sounds on the radio many, many times before.
"You don’t expect much beyond a gaping, misspelled void when you stare into the cold dark place that is Internet comments."
---Salon on internet trolls attacking Cleveland kidnapping victim Amanda Berry
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- KVRAF
- 9576 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
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so nobody with a uad tried my suggestion? there's tons of people with uad cards here yes?
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
Man, you have REALLY fallen for themA.M. Gold wrote:O
I'm starting to like these Waves guys
Glad you like them though........er a........you do realize they don't support reaper........right? 
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 14 Mar, 2005 from Espoo, Finland
I realize this thread is over a year old, but I was recently searching for the same thing. I stumbled upon Bass Landscapes, which generates fundamental bass harmonics above the lowest ones, so it's pretty much a MaxxBass equivalent (as long as you'll also do a 20Hz low cut).
It has separate knobs for low and mid-low harmonics. The "Boost" knob doesn't actually determine the amount of boost, but the center frequency of the band. There's also a toggle for a bass saturator / tube sim.
Seems to do the job pretty well, even though it doesn't allow you to "go up to eleven".
You can find it here on KVR:
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/bass-la ... syncersoft
Warning: the installer tries to sneak in some toolbar/utilityware. The "Decline" button in these looks greyed out, but it works.
It has separate knobs for low and mid-low harmonics. The "Boost" knob doesn't actually determine the amount of boost, but the center frequency of the band. There's also a toggle for a bass saturator / tube sim.
Seems to do the job pretty well, even though it doesn't allow you to "go up to eleven".
You can find it here on KVR:
http://www.kvraudio.com/product/bass-la ... syncersoft
Warning: the installer tries to sneak in some toolbar/utilityware. The "Decline" button in these looks greyed out, but it works.
