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Pi and Phi

3D Image Enhancement Plugin by MIA Laboratories
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Pi and Phi MkIII

Pi and Phi has an average user rating of 5.00 from 1 review

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Pi and Phi

Reviewed By Uncovered Pitch [all]
June 6th, 2018
Version reviewed: 1.0 on Mac

Have been testing this for the last few days and it really does what it says on the tin-whatever you put through it simply sounds better! I have many exciters and "vintage" EQs and none of them could open up a mix-or single track/group-as well as Pi & Phi. It feels like you can reach inside the sound and the controls are very forgiving too so it's hard to make it sound bad.

Obviously if you add a lot of mid-and-top enhancement then the low end is going to sound less deep in a loudness-matched setup. Apparently this is going to be addressed in a future update, but until then it works great to use their equally-new Musiqual Red, Blue and Green EQs to add low-end weight and make the sound even more expensive. To me these don't behave like regular EQs, but more like analogue colour or tone boxes with added sound-shaping capabilities.

There is no manual and very little other info but when you put Pi & Phi(and the other 3) into a sweetening chain and then take them off(with loudness matching of course), it feels like you've just gone back to making demos instead of records. The plug-ins "envelop" the sound with an open, satisfying, 3D, big-studio quality that is hard to "un-hear". Thumbs up.

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rickdrumss
rickdrumss
12 June 2018 at 2:34am

i'm totally agree with you. this plugin is a true gem. i'm mixing just ITB and the results have been amazing!. Congratulations MIA laboratories.

pecass
pecass
16 August 2018 at 2:32pm

This is Alfa and Omega of how to bring back body to digital recording 110000111001110 and I'm sure one of the kind in plugin market today.

pecass
pecass
10 December 2018 at 12:36pm

MK 2 Is online so:

Such a great & free update - You did it again

SL and SH is needed for modern production and it just give balls and sparks to the music.

New Frequency Harmonizer 2/3 octave is born again.

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