Legendary Audio I.C.E. (In Case of Emergency) is a plug-in that:
The I.C.E plug-in incorporates innovative techniques of Veteran Audio engineer Billy Stull of Legendary Audio (creator of the Masterpiece Analog Mastering System in collaboration with the renowned designer Rupert Neve). The plug-in has been designed by the programming team at Sonic Studio -famous for soundBlade and other hi-end digital products.
I.C.E is a different way of processing audio in the Digital Age. Although primarily designed and used to solve audio problems, it can be used to "sculpt" audio as well.
Distortion, especially of the digital type, is a huge problem in audio today. It is very easy to get a "warm" microphone, a "warm" preamp, plug-in, mixing console, and other software. "Warm" translates to generally "good" distortion (like cholesterol, there is good and bad distortion), but by the time the audio gets to the mixing or mastering stage, it is too warm (too much distortion) and it needs some I.C.E. (I.C.E is cool). I.C.E can counter the distortion and clean it up by reducing or eliminating the distortion after it has already been recorded and processed. This is just one of the important uses of I.C.E. It can be used to attack the aforementioned list of common audio problems.
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Reviewed By yairisan [all]
November 7th, 2022
Version reviewed: Win 11 on Mac
Attractively simple interface with very intuitive control (via just a few buttons) allows for very easy zeroing in on problem frequencies/frequency ranges. Play your audio (the plugin works in realtime), press the 'Monitor' button on the ICE plugin, and sweep through until you hit the problem area (in my case it was very harsh distortion baked into the soundtrack). Pulling down the control to set the degree of attenuation of the problem was all done in realtime. Very simple, and reduced horrible distortion around 75% in a section of audio. Pretty impressive. Didn't even need to read the manual, but probably will at some point as it probably has some useful tips, etc. Great plugin. Does what it says on the time, quickly, easily, and repeatably.
Used as a VST plugin in Davinci Studio 18.
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