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midi_transmission · Post by **midi_transmission** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:10 am

Is there something like oeksound soothe but without ilok? Unfortunately soothe is only offered with ilok, so I'm looking for an alternative.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:13 am

Soundtheory Gullfoss is the closest in my opinion, but it's Mac only (win version has been announced but not yet released)

Actually when i tried both I preferred gullfoss sonically. But iLok was also the reason. I hate iLok so much.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:13 am

Melda MSpectralDynamics
sonible frei:raum (different but similar take on soothe)

Taking into account soothe works in real-time (it's not a static process) those are the only two I know that work in real-time as well.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:22 am

I tried sonible SmartEQ2 (iirc similar to frei:raum) before i bought gullfoss but I don't think it's close to soothe.

As far as i tested soothe sounds like "more tweakable" gullfoss.

Lesha · Post by **Lesha** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 12:26 am

I am happy that I can still use an older version of soothe which is not iLok protected.

Fleer · Post by **Fleer** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:05 am

Gullfoss. Definitely. So good.

yauluhim · Post by **yauluhim** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:05 am

SKnote sound brigade can do a somewhat similar job to what sooth does. No ilok and a lot cheaper.

yellowmix · Post by **yellowmix** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:17 am

Eventide Equivocate seems to do similar things.

https://www.eventideaudio.com/products/ ... equivocate

yellowmix · Post by **yellowmix** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:18 am

proaudiodsp DSM, seems to as well.

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 9:36 am

yellowmix wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:17 am Eventide Equivocate seems to do similar things.

https://www.eventideaudio.com/products/ ... equivocate

But it also uses iLok protection.

yauluhim wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:05 am SKnote sound brigade can do a somewhat similar job to what sooth does. No ilok and a lot cheaper.

This.

onerob · Post by **onerob** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 3:34 pm

Toneboosters Sibilance, included in their Bus Tools package has been mentioned before as offering something similar.

https://www.toneboosters.com/tb_bustools_v3.html

midi_transmission · Post by **midi_transmission** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:48 pm

Thanks but A lot of recommendation here also use Ilok or are mac only. :/

So far I checked only Melda MSpectralDynamics. It's really a cool plugin! I can't believe that it's from 2013 or so! Unfortunately the latency is pretty high with about 180ms. Does Soothe also have such a high latency?

Also I don't understand how it detects resonances compared to Soothe. So far I see that I can only control a threashold. But no real resonance detection or so. Do I miss something?

telecharge · Post by **telecharge** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 5:18 pm

Maybe Trackspacer? https://www.wavesfactory.com/trackspacer

Reefius · Post by **Reefius** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 6:30 pm

midi_transmission wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:48 pm Thanks but A lot of recommendation here also use Ilok or are mac only. :/

You really should check out SKnote Sound Brigade:
https://www.sknoteaudio.com/wp/index.ph ... a-mission/

Costs only $30 and it's absolutely worth it.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 6:47 pm

midi_transmission wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 4:48 pm Thanks but A lot of recommendation here also use Ilok or are mac only. :/

So far I checked only Melda MSpectralDynamics. It's really a cool plugin! I can't believe that it's from 2013 or so! Unfortunately the latency is pretty high with about 180ms. Does Soothe also have such a high latency?

Also I don't understand how it detects resonances compared to Soothe. So far I see that I can only control a threashold. But no real resonance detection or so. Do I miss something?

It's a pretty amazing plugin. It doesn't detect resonances specifcally. Think of it as a multi-band compressor with tons of bands. Each band is very narrow. if there is a resonance around a specific frequency and the theshold is adjusted accordingly, it will compress the band the resonance is in an effectively reduce the level of it.

I think soothe is similar but purpose built for resonance control making it easier to use.

Here's a video I made from a live stream where I compare soothe and MSpectralDynamics. It's a long video, but detailed:

oeksound soothe alternative without ilok?