JB Smash Pro is a superhero

[khanyz]

Is there any news about Smash Pro? New beta or ETA?

Cheers,
Nigel

[SongMonkey]

Yes, interested parties abound.



Cheers.

[ughnonumus]

I tried to work in JB Smash Pro beta to see what it can do, right. Took me, well about instantly to understand it. Ran it on every track. Intense guitars, punchy bass, clear vocals with no hiss.

This and Ddmf Colour eq are the only plugs capable of such things. I hate eq's, they sound so poor-ish.

That's it. Great versatile fitter-in-the-mix type of thing.

+ 1

I was looking to see if a thread was up and about on this one. (This is the first one to come up in a smash Pro search. )

I also liked what the Beta offered...ran it on a bunch of SE synths to see what it would/could do for them. However, I have not gone the route and smattered it on everything...yet.

[RunBeerRun]

It's available now, 10 eurotropics. Awesome, I bought it.

[bduffy]

I was excited to try this, but personally, I found it hard to understand or get any good results from it. Sounded like spectral processing to me. Am I missing something?

Ah yes, I remember: the demo is a little too crippled to get the whole picture.

[dickiefunk]

Isn't Smash Pro very similar to Voxengo's Soniformer?

Soniformer

http://www.voxengo.com/product/soniformer/

[PeterL]

Isn't Smash Pro very similar to Voxengo's Soniformer?

Soniformer

http://www.voxengo.com/product/soniformer/

Yes very similar, but Soniformer has no Multiband Harmonic Excitement.
FR: A "Pan" function could also be useful in SmashPro, but you can't have all for 10 EUR, can you.

[rexxz]

It's available now, 10 eurotropics. Awesome, I bought it.

I also just bought it. 10 euros is nothing for a great tool like this.

[Zsolt]

Been waiting long for this one, bought it right away
Again, pretty much a steal for €10

[pronoise]

I like JB's plugins, I use Barricade Pro quite often so I bought the SmashPro as well.

[xuoham]

Got Smash Pro as a bundle when i bought Red Phatt Pro, seems very good but ...

... i can't get 4 or 6 or 8 bands, the parameter skips from 1 band to 10 bands.
When i read the manual it seems that it should be fine to set the desired number... is it a bug ? Anyone having this problem ? Missing something ?

Windows 7, Ableton Live 8.1.3

Thanks guys for any info

[RunBeerRun]

Yeah, 1 is the lowest, next setting is 10 bands. The only way around is boost 3-4 bands to the same height.

[John-E34]

I bought and loved JB's plugins, but the novelty has worn off, and I'm back to using the old favorites...

Would love to see some updates though.

[xuoham]

Ah i see, thanks RunBeerRun.
Well, it makes sense, after all it's not a traditional multiband comp, but i thought it would be easier to dial in starting with less bands than 10.

[xuoham]

So, how is Smash Pro for you guys after 2 or 3 months? Use it a lot ? Tracking only? On the bus too ? Mastering ?!

I like it a lot, especially on problematic material, wonderful to even out bad resonances, to bring clarity and punch.

Smash Pro definitely "is a hero", but i have a few minor critics.

A little bit of user feedback here :

I often wish i had more precision in choosing frequency in the low range (like, i want 70Hz and not 100Hz) and on the other hand hi frequencies seem to require less precision.
Ideally, it would be nice to have the frequencies spanned like an analyzer :
20.30.40.60.80.100.200.300.400.600.800.1k.2k.3k.4k.6k.8k.10k.20k.

Also, i wish that when changing the number of bands Smash Pro would behave in a more intelligent way, that is, keep the global shape of the spectrum instead of shifting all to the left.

Third and last point, i happened to process some audio with nothing above 1kHz and i could clearly hear some artifacts above 1kHz, sounding a bit like some soft redux effect. Of course, "warmth" was at zero. Maybe it is part of the non linear process ?

Regardless, it's a great tool, i love it as much as i love Red Phatt Pro and Barricade and Isone and ... (all)
... man, Jeroen, you really rule !!

Thank you, thank you ! \(°o°)/