Two new Plugin Alliance products announced: SPL Iron & SPL HawkEye
- KVRAF
- 13224 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from Kingston, Jamaica
I will most likely use my SPL Iron one but not my SPL Hawkeye one,
I assume it is the former you want?
Does it work in other people's accounts? I wonder.
rsp
I assume it is the former you want?
Does it work in other people's accounts? I wonder.
rsp
sound sculptist
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- KVRian
- 1390 posts since 16 Jan, 2018 from Portland, OR USA
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- KVRian
- 1390 posts since 16 Jan, 2018 from Portland, OR USA
I'm with you here. I'm still demoing it. Spent already about 12 hours playing around with it with different uses. My assessment so far is that it is, in fact, a compressor The only way I'm getting it is under $50 and possibly will end up selling it later on. But then, my ears are just plain ears I guess. I'm kind of laughing at the price without any discount... $329. Even at $50 I would seriously think about saving that and buying cytomic glue a little later. Anyway, just me I guess. Note: it's not bad at all, it sounds good and it does the job... the job that my other 39 compressor plugins do.
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- KVRAF
- 1672 posts since 3 Aug, 2017 from San Diego, CA
The metering plugin looks nice, but I already have DMG TrackMeter.
- KVRAF
- 1672 posts since 3 Aug, 2017 from San Diego, CA
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- KVRAF
- 8494 posts since 5 Aug, 2009
So another mastering Comp. Is it comparable to flue plugins like the waves ssl one?
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- KVRAF
- 2231 posts since 23 May, 2005 from West Country, UK
Full prices ? Plot. Lost. Totally.
With the NFR debacle still going on (is it actually going to get fixed? Hmmm....) I am beginning to wonder what Dirk is smoking out there since he moved.
With the NFR debacle still going on (is it actually going to get fixed? Hmmm....) I am beginning to wonder what Dirk is smoking out there since he moved.
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- KVRist
- 340 posts since 21 Feb, 2017
Some folks over at gs have been saying that the Iron doesn't color quite enough. Some have also raised concern how it handles hot signal unfavorably.
- KVRAF
- 5678 posts since 25 Dec, 2004
I don't see what the $329 hoo-haa is about SPL Iron.
I was almost convinced that an amazing mastering compressor would be mine for sure, considering i can get it for $74... but I demoed for a little while and really can't get into it. It might be extremely versatile, but for a mastering engineer maybe. For me, it's a waste of time. Presswerk wipes with it.
I was almost convinced that an amazing mastering compressor would be mine for sure, considering i can get it for $74... but I demoed for a little while and really can't get into it. It might be extremely versatile, but for a mastering engineer maybe. For me, it's a waste of time. Presswerk wipes with it.
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- KVRist
- 322 posts since 8 Dec, 2013
every new plugin gets at GS the "it's the best thing ever"
and "now I use it on all my mixes" treatment by a large number
of folks who apparently (a) have way too much money to spend
on new toys (b) are extremely bored with their lives (c) never
bother to test thoroughly and objectively the said new toys
(but can express absolute opinions with conviction), and
(d) can never seem to find 3-4 mastering compressors or eqs or
reverbs to stick with and focus on actually getting some work (or simply
music) done.
For compressors last month's craze was acustica's El Rey. This month is the spl iron.
The hilarious pattern includes after no more than a couple of months, that
every "best thing ever" that is "used in every mix" is revealed to:
destroy/smear/soften transients, add a few db here and there
(typically in the low end for compressors), have wrong timing, metering
or control markings, craps out when overdriven, have numerous bugs, etc. etc.
This endless cycle is kind of fun but also sad.
- KVRAF
- 5678 posts since 25 Dec, 2004
It's great that software is improving to such a point though.
For someone like me who's been following 'computer music' for almost 30 years, it's very exciting!
yes,
i possibly need to get a life
OR
maybe i could sign up at Gear Putz !!??
For someone like me who's been following 'computer music' for almost 30 years, it's very exciting!
yes,
i possibly need to get a life
OR
maybe i could sign up at Gear Putz !!??
sketches... http://soundcloud.com/onesnzeros
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
- KVRAF
- 5948 posts since 8 Jul, 2009
FYI In checking out IRON and ChopShop with Plugin Doctor, IRON does emulate harmonic distortion but ChopShop does not. IRON appears to be a very gentle compressor regardless of how you drive it.
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- KVRAF
- 5678 posts since 25 Dec, 2004
yeah i was hoping i could use it as a 'buss compressor', but it appears it really is a mastering compressor... it did sound good though, don't get me wrong, it's more that i'd have to sit there for 10-15 minutes to get the most out of it.
sketches... http://soundcloud.com/onesnzeros
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta
some artists i support... https://bandcamp.com/spectraselecta