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VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 5:53 pm

MCharacter

Would be hugely awesome if it reacted dynamically, similarly to a Dynamic EQ

mesaone · Post by **mesaone** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:09 pm

Sweet, you fixed the MStereoSpread thing for mono to stereo. I'll update tonight and test it out.

pumafred · Post by **pumafred** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:38 pm

How does MCharater compare in features with Waves Cobalt? Is it a similar concept, or different?

MeldaProduction · Post by **MeldaProduction** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:48 pm

pumafred wrote:How does MCharater compare in features with Waves Cobalt? Is it a similar concept, or different?

It's not really similar in any way imho. Cobalt is more like simple version of MMultiBandSaturator (https://www.meldaproduction.com/plugins ... dSaturator)

pumafred · Post by **pumafred** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:58 pm

Thanks. Am I right that, since I own several of your plugins, I can update to 9.14 and also choose to install MCharacter, but simply on a trial basis?

MeldaProduction · Post by **MeldaProduction** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 6:59 pm

ckam03 · Post by **ckam03** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:15 pm

All good now. Came home from class, and it worked magically. Very strange.

steve2KVR · Post by **steve2KVR** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:22 pm

...you need to go to class more often....

Svama · Post by **Svama** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:25 pm

Hi,

Melda products are great, but not intuitive and fast like other stuff and I think that's the problem against waves, uad and the other stuff.
It's to complicated. I really like ezmix from toontrack. It's not really flexible, but I get faster and in my opinion better results. It's not for physicist or mathematics. It's really intuitive by describing the tonal characteristic, which works great for me. Melda stands for a revolution in mixing in my opinion and easier mixing approach.

Maybe Vojtech can try to think more this way. Andrew Scheps said something like, mixing music is all about knowing math. But why not getting this easier? I think waves and toontrack goes the right way with ezmix and the signature series, but these could be more flexible. Music is something emotional and I don't like to think in a physical or mathematic way.
The easy mode was a great step, but maybe more is possible?!

Thanks for your great development and perfect support, but I'm still waiting for the real mixing revolution, which makes it easier and faster.

Thanks and greets

Marek

mesaone · Post by **mesaone** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:48 pm

Svama wrote:It's not really flexible, but I get faster and in my opinion better results. It's not for physicist or mathematics. It's really intuitive by describing the tonal characteristic, which works great for me.

But after a certain point, you will no longer need the software to hold your hand. Stuff like EZMix may allow people to get better results than they would get with blind experimentation, but after gaining some experience you develop a feel for your own workflow and how the tools work - which allows you to get better results from tools that don't hold your hand the whole time.

Svama · Post by **Svama** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:01 am

You're right, maybe I'm not thus far. Dorry for the Waves comparison again, but they did something similiar to the new mcharacter eith their cobalt saphire. Not that flexible , but easy to understand. That's something I'm missing.

vectorwarrior · Post by **vectorwarrior** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:09 am

Yeah, there are LOTS of tools out there that aiming for 'easy mode'. The reason I use melda stuff is exactly because I value the flexibility and advanced controls. I would really dislike a change of direction towards simplification. Audio production has become easier over the years because many companies have been simplifying things so anyone can jump in, and that's wonderful, but some of us need to be able to bend things beyond 'the normal'. Melda's tagline used to be 'the only limit is your imagination'... well, it's difficult to have no limits if you want simplified tools.

Svama · Post by **Svama** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:17 am

I agree with all that.
Melda stuff and the easy stuff seems to be different approaches and at the end everything rules is the final result. The listener never will ask is that melda, toontrack, waves .... you used to get that sound. Feelings are most important and if he likes it, you're right, no matter which plugin you used.

frizzbee · Post by **frizzbee** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:29 am

Svama wrote:The listener never will ask is that melda, toontrack, waves .... you used to get that sound. Feelings are most important and if he likes it, you're right, no matter which plugin you used.

+100000000

vectorwarrior wrote:Melda's tagline used to be 'the only limit is your imagination or technical resons or if it doesn't make sense to me'

fixed that

but i have to say that complexity doesn't has to cancel out user friendliness or usability. but meldaproduction has made clear statements several times: if you want something easy you're wrong with us. one has to respect that. and everyone who is using the plugins is aware of that.

even if you know what these simplifying plugins do, you might not get the same results with tons of other complex plugins

Svama · Post by **Svama** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 12:37 am

You nailed it.
But I never wanted to say something different. The problem today is not the mixing phase in my opinion. It's the recording one. Many people think you can fix it in the mix, but that's the wrong way. Do a good job at recording and you don't need that "magical healing" in the mixing process.

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All MeldaProduction effects and MPowerSynth have been updated to 9.14 and MCharacter released.