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Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:39 pm

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:49 pm I just gave it a shot on a shrill sounding, close mic'd (mono) acoustic guitar I had done some years back. The pick attack always drove me nuts. Loaded up the "Shrill Acoustic" preset, it cuts the transients at around 5k, adjusted the frequencies and depth to taste, and I got a really good result. The recording is much warmer and less harsh, but it's not completely dark either. It's similar to de-essing but more effective in this case.

This particular guitar recording has been my go to for testing any kind of warming, de-harshing, de-resonanting type of plugins.

I do believe I'll be buying this. I can see this getting used on drums and guitars a lot here.

Do you have spiff? Sounds like a job for spiff. Wonder how it fares against it.

@vurt:
Guess so, but a good demo would probably be more inviting

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:43 pm

I do not have Spiff. But being that Spiff would cost twice as much right now and I was never a big fan of Soothe...I think I'll not bother with Spiff.

Plus, Eventide is literally 20 minutes from me. I get to feel like I'm supporting a local business when I buy from them.

dayjob · Post by **dayjob** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:46 pm

this thing is interesting. playing around w/the panning functions is wicked w/headphones on. sort of disorienting on some sources if one wants to do that. kind of amazing what can be done. i don't know how it works but sounds like spectral stuff when you drop the level of the either the transient or body to zero on the output when there's a complex eq in action. i like it. it can be great for sound design applications i think.

i demo'd it with a drum loop and a reverb on the loop.. then messing around doing weird things to the processed sound made for some weird dynamics.

the presets are informative. just going through the drum presets on a loop shows how it can do interesting things w/o any extreme settings or curves.

going to demo it some more before i decide but so far it's really interesting. i can see how people who record live instruments would find this great for solving all kinds of problems.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:50 pm

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:43 pm Plus, Eventide is literally 20 minutes from me. I get to feel like I'm supporting a local business when I buy from them.

you can always buy me some of their fx if you feel the need to support local business but dont have any desires for anything yourself

Orville71 · Post by **Orville71** » Tue Nov 09, 2021 11:04 pm

Ploki wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:39 pm
Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:49 pm I just gave it a shot on a shrill sounding, close mic'd (mono) acoustic guitar I had done some years back. The pick attack always drove me nuts. Loaded up the "Shrill Acoustic" preset, it cuts the transients at around 5k, adjusted the frequencies and depth to taste, and I got a really good result. The recording is much warmer and less harsh, but it's not completely dark either. It's similar to de-essing but more effective in this case.

This particular guitar recording has been my go to for testing any kind of warming, de-harshing, de-resonanting type of plugins.

I do believe I'll be buying this. I can see this getting used on drums and guitars a lot here.
Do you have spiff? Sounds like a job for spiff. Wonder how it fares against it.

@vurt:
Guess so, but a good demo would probably be more inviting

There's quite a few demos showcasing the different mix uses that you can find on Youtube. I would suggest trying out the free 30 day demo and seeing what it can bring to one of your mixes.

trackbout · Post by **trackbout** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:05 am

Snake Oil guy actually liked it enough to read the manual, I think that's a first.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:17 am

I was going to post something but then you had to post that snake oil kid. Now I'm upset and am going to go back to work on music instead.

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:20 am

That guy make money by being annoying, that impressive in itself. Which is good for him,
as much of the stuff he says is not super impressive imo.

trackbout · Post by **trackbout** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:24 am

Haha, I almost didn't share it because I know people have lots of feelings about him, but his reaction to this one is not his usual shtick so I thought it was interesting.

crackerjaxx · Post by **crackerjaxx** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:15 am

I think it is fundamentally the same process as Deconstruct in RX Advanced or sdt.demix~ in Max,.
it is a noise reduction-like process, so it can cause chirp tones if you overdo it.
( example,insert 2 times very low frequency lowpass filter for transient
to whitenoise.)

I think it's an interesting plugin, although it has some problems.

plexuss · Post by **plexuss** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 2:34 am

Demoed. Nice. But... for me... I have frei:raum which does something similar. I dont use frei:raum that often but when I need that kind of tool, I dont think Split EQ would be worth it vs already having frei:raum. Split EQ has a better design, with much more integration. I havent compared their sonic approach/sound yet. I like it, but not for the price currently. If I didnt have frei:raum I'd have bought it. It works, it's very effective and well designed. There could be some optimization in the parameter UX but it's ok.

masterhiggins · Post by **masterhiggins** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:28 am

dayjob wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:58 pm in case it wasn't mentioned elsewhere:

https://www.eventideaudio.com/forums/to ... lity-info/

All Eventide plug-ins are now compatible with:

macOS Monterey
AU, VST2, and VST3 natively support M1 and Intel processors
AAX natively supports Intel, and M1 under Rosetta 2
Windows 11
All Eventide plug-ins are 64-bit only. See each plug-in’s product page for further OS requirements.

How is it possible for them to already have native M1 support for their plugins? I thought it required Pace to release their native M1 support first.

Azbest · Post by **Azbest** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:38 am

This seems quite innovative, but I don't feel like I need it. Which is good.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:56 am

masterhiggins wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:28 am
dayjob wrote: Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:58 pm in case it wasn't mentioned elsewhere:

https://www.eventideaudio.com/forums/to ... lity-info/

All Eventide plug-ins are now compatible with:

macOS Monterey
AU, VST2, and VST3 natively support M1 and Intel processors
AAX natively supports Intel, and M1 under Rosetta 2
Windows 11
All Eventide plug-ins are 64-bit only. See each plug-in’s product page for further OS requirements.

How is it possible for them to already have native M1 support for their plugins? I thought it required Pace to release their native M1 support first.

They have partially. Pulsar is also already native

v1o · Post by **v1o** » Wed Nov 10, 2021 11:14 am

trackbout wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:24 am Haha, I almost didn't share it because I know people have lots of feelings about him, but his reaction to this one is not his usual shtick so I thought it was interesting.

The kid claims to be a professional mastering engineer. So despite being loud and annoying, he must have deep technical knowledge and experience.

Eventide Split EQ