BBE sonic maximizer

[xander]

Thanks for clarifying my skepticism about this! I

So is it the general opinion here that the BBE Sonic Maximizer is something that could (should?) be used sparingly on all tracks?

Here's a good question: does this effect translate well to MP3s??? Keep in mind that many MP3 players use *joint stereo* which merges your bass frequencies to mono in order to use more bits in the higher frequencies. Also, a lot of MP3 players lop off frequencies above 16khz.

Yes it does translate well to MP3. Go to www.VB-audio.com and get the free DXi host for Winamp, then load any demo of Ozone or BBE, etc., into it and listen to the diff they make on various MP3s and so on. I think you'd like it.

Wouldn't that add the process after the MP3 compression. I think he was asking if the process can stillbe heard after a processed signal has been MP3 comressed.

Yeah, I think that was what he was inferring. But it is interesting to hear the difference BBE (for example) can make to a previously recorded .ogg or .mp3 file. It csn often improve the overall sound quality/enjoyability (at least for my ears), though not always for some songs I guess.

Reading about BBE on their site, it is easy to see that, technically speaking, it should be able to enhance any sound file, regardless of the original encoding.

Likewse, there shouldn't be any reason why it couldn't enhance a wav file pre-conversion to mp3.

I think it's an interesting exercise to try both pre and post mp3 to listen to the diff.

[aldi]

use it on distorsion guitar tracks that have been recorded with microphones. it really brings back the punch.