Waves Aphex Aural Exciter
- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
I don't know anything about this product, but I use an exciter with fair frequency. Often it _is_ subtle.
What I use has a wide range of center frequency, and 0-50% means even number harmonics, above 50 odd. Then there is a drive level, & amount level.
Believe it or not, a low drive level and low amount is "subtle".
What I use has a wide range of center frequency, and 0-50% means even number harmonics, above 50 odd. Then there is a drive level, & amount level.
Believe it or not, a low drive level and low amount is "subtle".
- KVRian
- 1172 posts since 25 Jan, 2017
It definitely can be subtle, its "main knob" is a mix knob. Just use as little/much as needed.
It's one of my fav Waves plugins. One trick pony definitely, yet a really good one.
I could understand if we were talking full price, but saying it's not even worth the $24...
It's one of my fav Waves plugins. One trick pony definitely, yet a really good one.
I could understand if we were talking full price, but saying it's not even worth the $24...
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- KVRian
- 1181 posts since 27 May, 2008
RothAir
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- KVRian
- 1310 posts since 16 Nov, 2011
- KVRist
- 76 posts since 27 Jun, 2016 from Cleveland
I found the Aphex was making a sharp cut around 1300hz and boosting everything above. Sometimes this worked surprisingly well, other times it killed the presence in a track. In the end I just learned that cut/boost trick and occasionally use it on my EQing. Seems better to have control over if/where/how much to cut. I also couldn't hear a difference once I matched my EQ. I know there's some saturation going on but I guess you could use anything for that. For free, I think Klangkelm IVGI is a great option.
The Audiothing Type A and Roth Air are more interesting cause they are doing some tricky dynamic/multiband stuff too... same with SKnote DolA which is probably my most used exciter type thing.
The Audiothing Type A and Roth Air are more interesting cause they are doing some tricky dynamic/multiband stuff too... same with SKnote DolA which is probably my most used exciter type thing.
- KVRAF
- 8828 posts since 6 Jan, 2017 from Outer Space
Try it on material without any highs. Material when pushing the high band by +20 db would not sound different. An exciter is aimed at those sort of problems. Think a badly aligned cassette recorder cutting of above 5kHz. The exciter will add spectral content where its missing completely...
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- KVRAF
- 1858 posts since 26 Nov, 2018
I dunno. I always liked it and use it on some things. I didn't pay much for it.
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- KVRAF
- 6427 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Sweden
I tried it and just found I did not get it or it sounded harsch to me - no matter what I did.
At the time it was a lovely female vocals I tried it on.
Then I did Waves Helios EQ(HLS) and was exactly what was needed. You get really subtle harmonics to it, and can go wild on mids as well without ever sounding harsch.
If it was Kramer bundle with Tape Machine, Pie compressor and HLS - get it. Very useful stuff.
At the time it was a lovely female vocals I tried it on.
Then I did Waves Helios EQ(HLS) and was exactly what was needed. You get really subtle harmonics to it, and can go wild on mids as well without ever sounding harsch.
If it was Kramer bundle with Tape Machine, Pie compressor and HLS - get it. Very useful stuff.
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- KVRAF
- 2375 posts since 12 Nov, 2014
I actually found it does depend on the content you use with it.
This day and age many of us have plenty of tricks that we use along the way to help stop the track from becoming too dead and dull. Many of these techniques wouldn’t have been easily achievable back in the day of the Aural Exciter, maybe even impossible. Hell, the amount of processors we potentiall have available to use per channel is astronomical compared to those days.
Perhaps to really appreciate it we need to change what we do. Not for every mix, but it could be just another method at producing something slightly different sounding.
- KVRian
- 937 posts since 31 May, 2017
Has anyone compared this to the stock exciter in Logic?
I've been using Logic for a few years now and for some reason I had ignored the exciter until a few months ago. I find it very useful in certain situations.
I've been using Logic for a few years now and for some reason I had ignored the exciter until a few months ago. I find it very useful in certain situations.
- KVRian
- 896 posts since 8 Aug, 2011
Last time I used the exciter it was in Logic 9 back then I thought everything else sounded better than Logic's.
MXLinux21, 16 Gig RAM, Intel i7 Quad 3.9, Reaper 6.42, Behringer 204HD or Win7 Steinberg MR816x
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- KVRAF
- 2375 posts since 12 Nov, 2014
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
I ought to crack it out and give it another try.
- KVRAF
- 14981 posts since 13 Nov, 2012
Thats a good test AND how it sounds on mixes OUTSIDE the studio.reggie1979 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 26, 2019 3:58 am I dunno. I always liked it and use it on some things. I didn't pay much for it.