I'm currently trying to decide if i would get the izotope alloy or the mixing budle from fabfilter. I have read about features, downloaded and tries demos, seen youtube videos etc. Alloy seems to be the better one (it also has the nice presets you can learn from, and everything is multiband and very flexible), but i really like the fabfilter interface and the way it works. I do however have one feature i really would like to have which i dont see in either of these and thats cross-track spectrum analyzer just like you have in voxengy glisseq (cant imagine why alloy doesnt have this, or fabfilter). I dont really want to buy alloy or fabfilter bundle in addition to glisseq when there already is a nice eq in both alloy and fabfilter, but being able to see two or more tracks in real-time to see conflicting frequencies, for example for all the basses saves me a headache to say the least.
So, my question is, what would you choose?
Which ones would you get ?
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- KVRist
- 473 posts since 9 Jul, 2010 from Wellington, New Zealand
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- KVRAF
- 3540 posts since 1 Oct, 2006 from Um! Where is this?
Personally i'd go for Fabfilter, I like the interfaces and the workflow.
It's best to demo them and see what suits you best.
Have you checked out the PSP plug-ins? They are excellent as well
It's best to demo them and see what suits you best.
Have you checked out the PSP plug-ins? They are excellent as well
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- KVRian
- 1439 posts since 25 Nov, 2008 from Seattle, WA
The two products have a radically different price. Fabfilter effects are ergonomically unmatched and they are sonically great, but I'm not sure it justifies the premium. Here's what I would consider:
http://izotope.com/bundles/mix_master_bundle.asp
For $130 less than the FabFilter mixing bundle, you get Alloy and Ozone.
If this is going to be your main set of mixing plugs here's checklist comparison of things that are missing in the other product:
Fabfilter $579
- Timeless (delay--a great delay)
Alloy+Ozone Bundle $449
- Limiter (both track and mastering limiters)
- Multiband, parallel/serial dynamics (gating, compression, limiting)
- De-essing
- Matching EQ
- Transient control (including multiband)
That's all fact, so now I'll get into opinion:
- Timeless is neat but probably not that useful
- Ozone 5 is phenomenal (you could argue that so is Pro-L but the Fabfilter mixing bundle doesn't give you a limiter, so that makes it the iZotope bundle a no-brainer at $130 less)
- Saturn is probably better than iZotope's exciter, but there are lots of great saturation/tape/tube plugs that are super-cheap--look at Toneboosters and SKNote.
- If you don't already have a good de-esser and do vocals you need one.
- Transient control is really nice to have and you don't realize how nice it is until you've used it.
- Overall the iZotope bundle gives you much more and saves you cash.
http://izotope.com/bundles/mix_master_bundle.asp
For $130 less than the FabFilter mixing bundle, you get Alloy and Ozone.
If this is going to be your main set of mixing plugs here's checklist comparison of things that are missing in the other product:
Fabfilter $579
- Timeless (delay--a great delay)
Alloy+Ozone Bundle $449
- Limiter (both track and mastering limiters)
- Multiband, parallel/serial dynamics (gating, compression, limiting)
- De-essing
- Matching EQ
- Transient control (including multiband)
That's all fact, so now I'll get into opinion:
- Timeless is neat but probably not that useful
- Ozone 5 is phenomenal (you could argue that so is Pro-L but the Fabfilter mixing bundle doesn't give you a limiter, so that makes it the iZotope bundle a no-brainer at $130 less)
- Saturn is probably better than iZotope's exciter, but there are lots of great saturation/tape/tube plugs that are super-cheap--look at Toneboosters and SKNote.
- If you don't already have a good de-esser and do vocals you need one.
- Transient control is really nice to have and you don't realize how nice it is until you've used it.
- Overall the iZotope bundle gives you much more and saves you cash.
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- KVRian
- 1392 posts since 1 May, 2010
DMG audio bundle + Izotope Ozone and you are good to go. :p
Why? Cause i think they are around the same price with the fabfilter bundle. Personally i like equality and compassion.
Why? Cause i think they are around the same price with the fabfilter bundle. Personally i like equality and compassion.
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