"I Heart NY" NY Compression - does it low and high shelf boost ?
- KVRist
- 481 posts since 30 May, 2018
I'm looking at the I Heart NY Baby Audio plugin.
Sad I missed the free giveaway earlier in the year, but thats life.
Anyway, I do employ NY Compression which involves routing to another track and compressing the signal there. But, NY Compression does have a low shelf boost and a high shelf boost in the technique.
Does "I Heart NY" seem to have this low shelf and high shelf boost incorporated ?
Sad I missed the free giveaway earlier in the year, but thats life.
Anyway, I do employ NY Compression which involves routing to another track and compressing the signal there. But, NY Compression does have a low shelf boost and a high shelf boost in the technique.
Does "I Heart NY" seem to have this low shelf and high shelf boost incorporated ?
Reaper (win), i7-7700k, 16GB
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- KVRian
- 1067 posts since 17 Nov, 2010 from UK
Pretty sure it doesn't, which, I agree, is kinda weird.
I got this free in the give-away, but honestly, I've never used it. No automatic gain compensation means I'm continually having to adjust the output to offset the increase in compression and it can get very loud if you don't. I'm probably doing something wrong but there's only four controls so it should be pretty easy to set up!
I got this free in the give-away, but honestly, I've never used it. No automatic gain compensation means I'm continually having to adjust the output to offset the increase in compression and it can get very loud if you don't. I'm probably doing something wrong but there's only four controls so it should be pretty easy to set up!
A bit fried in the higher freqs
- KVRist
- 310 posts since 18 Apr, 2019
Pretty sure you're wrong! Please check before making faulty assumptions...
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- KVRist
- 310 posts since 18 Apr, 2019
So, yeah, it does have the smiley curve.MasterTuner wrote: Mon Nov 23, 2020 2:37 pm I'm looking at the I Heart NY Baby Audio plugin.
Sad I missed the free giveaway earlier in the year, but thats life.
Anyway, I do employ NY Compression which involves routing to another track and compressing the signal there. But, NY Compression does have a low shelf boost and a high shelf boost in the technique.
Does "I Heart NY" seem to have this low shelf and high shelf boost incorporated ?
If you have neutron elements you can do the same trick easily in just one plugin.
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- KVRian
- 1067 posts since 17 Nov, 2010 from UK
You're right - from the dev's mouth on gearslutz:
"there's some gentle low and high shelf eq'ing built into the algorithm as well!"
Yes dad. However, my other comments, based on my experience, still stand, in that it gets loud very quickly as soon as you start moving the "parallel" slider
A bit fried in the higher freqs
- KVRAF
- 7026 posts since 16 Aug, 2017 from UK
It was a great freebie.
The GUI the epitome of wasted space. I'm not grumbling, I got it for free. I just think a smaller interface and more intuitive labels would benefit plug-in usage.

The GUI the epitome of wasted space. I'm not grumbling, I got it for free. I just think a smaller interface and more intuitive labels would benefit plug-in usage.

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- KVRAF
- 4720 posts since 26 Nov, 2015 from Way Downunder
I was unaware shelves were part of "NY" compression - I always just thought it was a fancy way to say "parallel". Learn something every day 
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- KVRist
- 174 posts since 22 Feb, 2013
Yes, it would be nice if it included AGC, but after emailing them it turns out that was one of their selling points for Parallel Aggressor...
"...Thanks for writing and really great to hear you've been enjoying IHNY!
Funny you should ask this question as that's one piece of feedback we've gotten quite a lot and actually implemented when we created IHNY's "big brother" Parallel Aggressor: *link to parallel aggressor*..."
Kind of a shame, but, whatever works I guess
"...Thanks for writing and really great to hear you've been enjoying IHNY!
Funny you should ask this question as that's one piece of feedback we've gotten quite a lot and actually implemented when we created IHNY's "big brother" Parallel Aggressor: *link to parallel aggressor*..."
Kind of a shame, but, whatever works I guess
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- KVRAF
- 1637 posts since 28 Jul, 2006
Typical use of NY compression is on a buss, blended in with the original signal. Shelves and agc aren't necessary there.
The obsession people have with having a single plugin do everything, and using inserts all the time is kinda weird to me personally. I'd much rather have an infinitely adjustable separate shelving eq of my choice in a separate plugin than try to fit a eq into the interface of the compressor I'm using.
The obsession people have with having a single plugin do everything, and using inserts all the time is kinda weird to me personally. I'd much rather have an infinitely adjustable separate shelving eq of my choice in a separate plugin than try to fit a eq into the interface of the compressor I'm using.
