KVR Audio

DonHepe · Post by **DonHepe** » Tue May 05, 2015 6:08 pm

Hi,

has anybody compared these three? They have their technical differences, not to mention huge price differences 30$/179€/299$+hardware, but still are inspired by same piece of hardware. I like the idea of opto+vca+transformer coloration for a bus compressor. Too bad there is no way to demo any of these

...though SDC is really cheap and if any good

So, are those other really that much better and if so, how?

http://sknote.it/SDC.htm

http://www.acustica-audio.com/index.php ... Itemid=189

http://www.uaudio.com/store/mastering/s ... essor.html

ckam03 · Post by **ckam03** » Tue May 05, 2015 8:07 pm

SHMC sounded pretty good from the demos I heard but SDC is actually surprisingly good. The developer posted a demo over on gearslutz. So I would say its worth it easily.

meloco_go · Post by **meloco_go** » Tue May 05, 2015 8:34 pm

Funny thing is that there's no real way to demo any of them (you can demo UAD but only if you have hardware)...

gmitch · Post by **gmitch** » Tue May 05, 2015 9:01 pm

ckam03 wrote:SHMC sounded pretty good from the demos I heard but SDC is actually surprisingly good. The developer posted a demo over on gearslutz. So I would say its worth it easily.

Agreed... coupled with HO mojo preset for Nebula, "for that sound"... Awesome!!!

mauritius89 · Post by **mauritius89** » Tue May 05, 2015 9:31 pm

gmitch wrote:
ckam03 wrote:SHMC sounded pretty good from the demos I heard but SDC is actually surprisingly good. The developer posted a demo over on gearslutz. So I would say its worth it easily.
Agreed... coupled with HO mojo preset for Nebula, "for that sound"... Awesome!!!

Twrogstudio · Post by **Twrogstudio** » Tue May 05, 2015 10:42 pm

SDC is not surprisingly good, it's just flat out great! The price is irrelevant. Quinto (as a builder of hardware as well as plugins) just knows his shit!

Ultrasonic · Post by **Ultrasonic** » Tue May 05, 2015 11:11 pm

meloco_go wrote:Funny thing is that there's no real way to demo any of them (you can demo UAD but only if you have hardware)...

Ha ha nice....so true. Not a good tactic for devs IMO.

Tp3 · Post by **Tp3** » Thu May 07, 2015 1:07 pm

Well, you can't demo the HW, either ...

meloco_go · Post by **meloco_go** » Thu May 07, 2015 6:33 pm

Tp3 wrote:Well, you can't demo the HW, either ...

Some dealers give units for demo.

thewizrad · Post by **thewizrad** » Sun May 10, 2015 8:03 pm

I don't know the other two plugins, but I give Quinto's SDC a big thumbs up. He is a really interesting developer, and I like to support his work.

DonHepe · Post by **DonHepe** » Sat May 16, 2015 5:02 pm

I also bought SKNote SDC about a week ago and this thing is scary good, highly recommend

Ultrasonic · Post by **Ultrasonic** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:22 pm

Quinto how long does it take for the order to go thru? Ive just bought it and keep getting a 404error on my link. Not seeing any way in the shop to download. It asks which version i want 32, 64, or osx and then nothingness.....

EDIT; forget it, it showed up. Thanks.

Ultrasonic · Post by **Ultrasonic** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 7:00 am

This software has been pretty buggy for me. Waiting for a new release to comment further.

Ultrasonic · Post by **Ultrasonic** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 9:40 am

Also, its a little hard to tell on the site, if and when there has been any update to the software. I know Quinto was supposed to update SDC very recently, but really, theres no way of knowing if he did...Im sure im missing something.

Breeze · Post by **Breeze** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 1:55 pm

I think a few bugs crept into the second release; the first release seemed more stable and behaved more predictably. He's also adding a wet-dry mix knob if I'm not mistaken.

I suppose that right there is likely to remain the main difference between hardware and software. A software build can train-wreck a processor.

Sknote SDC vs. Acustica Aquamarine vs. UAD SHMC ?