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Soothe 2 vs Gullfoss vs DS-EQ
- Banned
- 11467 posts since 4 Jan, 2017 from Warsaw, Poland
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- KVRAF
- 4710 posts since 26 Nov, 2015 from Way Downunder
My findings too. I might even say I could live without TEOTE, but Soothe not so much. It has quickly become indispensable. From now on I'll only be automating individual EQ notches when I need to transparently duck a few wayward resonances... but for instruments that are highly resonant over a range of frequencies for large parts of songs, a few minutes fine-tuning Soothe and I can safely move on with the mix.
Soothe is expensive but I'm thinking the DAYS of my life I will get back in return is pretty valuable to my family and bandmates
- KVRAF
- 6244 posts since 25 May, 2002 from Bobo-dioulasso\BF__Geneva/CH
Question folk
How compares smooth operator from baby audio to these marvellous but expensive plugins ...the good and the bad ?
How compares smooth operator from baby audio to these marvellous but expensive plugins ...the good and the bad ?
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- KVRAF
- 1511 posts since 26 Jun, 2005
Have a search on YouTube "Smooth Operator vs Soothe". There are several videos about those two.
- KVRAF
- 6244 posts since 25 May, 2002 from Bobo-dioulasso\BF__Geneva/CH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWUbpueYUmM
thanks for the info, mate ! ...rather relevant on the topic
- KVRian
- 802 posts since 10 Sep, 2015 from You haven't unlocked this character yet
Everyone has great answers. I own Teote, Gullfoss, and Soothe 2. I also use Neutron Sculptor, MSpectralDynamics, and ProAudioDSP DSM V3. In summary, the way I use them is as follows:
Gullfoss - sheen on final mixes and to give me a second opinion where to boost/cut
Soothe 2 - targets harsh and distracting frequencies quickly
Teote - rebalances the spectrum with great flexibility (make the mix brighter/darker while maintaining balance)
Sculptor - like Gullfoss, but I use it on vocals
MSpectralDynamics - de-essing, flattening the spectrum, and miraculous for ducking frequencies...wow
ProAudioDSP DSM V3 - limiting and de-essing
Honestly, there is so much more to talk about regarding their functions but this is all the time I have. I hope this serves as some insight.
Gullfoss - sheen on final mixes and to give me a second opinion where to boost/cut
Soothe 2 - targets harsh and distracting frequencies quickly
Teote - rebalances the spectrum with great flexibility (make the mix brighter/darker while maintaining balance)
Sculptor - like Gullfoss, but I use it on vocals
MSpectralDynamics - de-essing, flattening the spectrum, and miraculous for ducking frequencies...wow
ProAudioDSP DSM V3 - limiting and de-essing
Honestly, there is so much more to talk about regarding their functions but this is all the time I have. I hope this serves as some insight.
...and the electron responded, "what wall?"
- KVRAF
- 6244 posts since 25 May, 2002 from Bobo-dioulasso\BF__Geneva/CH
undoubtely ...Mathematics wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:10 am Everyone has great answers. I own Teote, Gullfoss, and Soothe 2. I also use Neutron Sculptor, MSpectralDynamics, and ProAudioDSP DSM V3. In summary, the way I use them is as follows:
Gullfoss - sheen on final mixes and to give me a second opinion where to boost/cut
Soothe 2 - targets harsh and distracting frequencies quickly
Teote - rebalances the spectrum with great flexibility (make the mix brighter/darker while maintaining balance)
Sculptor - like Gullfoss, but I use it on vocals
MSpectralDynamics - de-essing, flattening the spectrum, and miraculous for ducking frequencies...wow
ProAudioDSP DSM V3 - limiting and de-essing
Honestly, there is so much more to talk about regarding their functions but this is all the time I have. I hope this serves as some insight.
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- KVRist
- 33 posts since 5 Sep, 2018
one important difference between soothe2 and dseq3 is that they use different types of filters. if you throw material at these plugins that is somewhat in between the categories percussive and melodic, like vibraphones, it becomes clear that ds-eq uses filters that introduce pre-ringing artefacts. so it will sometimes sound like the vibraphones fade in rather than having a clear transient, similiar to something that would happen when you timestretch them in melodyne in polyphonic mode, or when using a really surgical linear phase eq, 2nd of which is probably what is happening. soothe2 however, i have no idea how, just doesn't do that. they just kinda got around it for some reason. i have to stress that this is only a technical issue. if you don't care about pre-ringing artefacts and just like ds-eq's workflow / sound more in most cases then why would you buy soothe2, right? it's just that i feel really safe about soothe2 because i know whatever i will throw at it, it might not always make it better, but at least it will never add a washed out flavour to it, because if i wanted that i'd personally probably use a reverb instead or something
- KVRAF
- 6244 posts since 25 May, 2002 from Bobo-dioulasso\BF__Geneva/CH
It was indeed a very exciting little plugin...too bad that sknote did not upgrade it to apple silicon (yet ?)