KVR Audio

Harry_HH · Post by **Harry_HH** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:36 pm

PSPaudioware and Avedis Audio have launched the PSP E27, a multistage equalizer plug-in modeled after the analog equalizer E27 produced by Avedis Audio Electronics.

I've read some descriptions, but this (original) is totally new to me. Can someone tell more experienced based about the use, specific strenghts and differencies to other "coloring" equalizers?

We really have plenty to choose of in these days.

soulone82 · Post by **soulone82** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:50 pm

Harry_HH · Post by **Harry_HH** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 6:55 pm

Yeah, I saw this, too. But I'm interesting especially in hearing comparative user experiences.

soulone82 · Post by **soulone82** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 7:04 pm

Haven´t tested it on my main system, but so far it sounds very nice. Nice feature set too.

But it eats my CPU like Wiggum eats donuts...

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:34 pm

On my i7 2.8Ghz this uses 10%!!
looks scary in the Bitwig DSP graph.
I thought it was the latency but only adds 2.2ms

Sounds nice and 'round' though

loungepanda · Post by **loungepanda** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 12:29 pm

Ah yes, I do love videos telling me what a drive knob does as opposed to hearing the plugin in action.

soulone82 · Post by **soulone82** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:23 pm

That´s what demo versions are for, no? Demoing PSP plugins is a straightforward and hassle-free process...

Re E27: What a clever feature to be able to offset one channel and have the knobs move relative to each other after linking the channels. Great for emulating the subtle channel differences of hardware gear.

Harry_HH · Post by **Harry_HH** » Thu Jan 21, 2016 1:47 pm

soulone82 wrote:That´s what demo versions are for, no? Demoing PSP plugins is a straightforward and hassle-free process...

Re E27: What a clever feature to be able to offset one channel and have the knobs move relative to each other after linking the channels. Great for emulating the subtle channel differences of hardware gear.

Nice animation. I'm just thinking, how often in practice you really need to adjust independently each channel, maybe more so M/S. (I have a couple of Eq's, Pro-Q and H-Eq with this option, I rarely touch the L/R separately - maybe I should.)

PSP does elegant job, the latests L'otary and Plate verb belong to my favorites, besides the Oldtimer. Wish they had resources to give a major update to the VW and Mastercomp, which I all have but seldom use nowdays.

Trying the demo is most important - however, comparative user experience is equally valuable.

producerspot · Post by **producerspot** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 10:25 am

Indeed, it is a good plugin, I tested and I even wrote a review about this plugin here: PSP E27 Review

Pprimo · Post by **Pprimo** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 2:37 pm

bought it, this is a sick plug in. Sounds so good. PSP raised the bar on this one. CPU is high but it will get sorted.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Tue Jan 26, 2016 3:45 pm

Harry_HH wrote: I'm just thinking, how often in practice you really need to adjust independently each channel, maybe more so M/S. (I have a couple of Eq's, Pro-Q and H-Eq with this option, I rarely touch the L/R separately - maybe I should.)

I use separate L/R EQing a lot more often than mid/side. Guess it depends what you are mixing though. In traditional recorded music it's used quite often for balancing frequency content in stereo recordings, like drum overheads, piano recordings, choir recordings etc. Often I use it to make the recorded track sound more natural in it's balance if the recording was slightly skewed.

You can also use L/R EQing to pan elements around instead of using a pan knob. This is really effective technique to create a "hole" in the middle for important elements while still keeping the illusion of the surrounding sounds not being panned all that much. Small touches can go a really long way.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 8:00 pm

Next version improves CPU drastically

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:38 pm

VariKusBrainZ wrote:Next version improves CPU drastically

By chance, are you a tester? We know PSP said they'll reduce CPU and improve stability in a future release, but no word as to when that will be. It would be good to know if that's already in beta and it's working.

VariKusBrainZ · Post by **VariKusBrainZ** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:53 pm

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote:
VariKusBrainZ wrote:Next version improves CPU drastically
By chance, are you a tester? We know PSP said they'll reduce CPU and improve stability in a future release, but no word as to when that will be. It would be good to know if that's already in beta and it's working.

I had a problem I reported which actually turned out to be a setting in Bitwig causing te audio engine to crash.
They sent me a beta to test and the CPU usage is alot lower

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:02 pm

Sounds very promising. Thanks for the update!

E27, New high-end Eq vst - once again