Noise Engineering just released two new dynamics plugins, Polydactyl and Librae. $49 each (and if you buy two you get 50% off a third plugin of your choice).
Both of them have 4 dynamics processor stages. In Polydactyl these are arranged as a multiband processor, while in Librae they are set up as Pre, Mid, Side, and Post.
I've been beta testing these, particularly Librae. (TBH multiband dynamics aren't really my thing that much.) Librae was the only compressor I used when mastering my last couple of albums, and I'm going to keep using it for that. Its paradigm is a bit different (with "Room" and "Floor" for compression and expansion) but once I got the hang of it I found the real-time visualizations super helpful.
I especially like being able to add some drive to the sides while keeping the width under control -- I still have Sideminder ZL in my mastering chain but it's not working as hard these days.
Noise Engineering dynamics plugins Librae & Polydactyl
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- KVRAF
- 8078 posts since 9 Jan, 2003 from Saint Louis MO
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- KVRist
- 446 posts since 29 Apr, 2019
Librae is a winner, just picked it up. Extremely well laid out, thought out, and powerful. Has some unique tricks up it's sleeve.
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- Banned
- 173 posts since 20 Apr, 2021
Wish they make some loyalty discount. Got all their plugins and some gear. Ask for some complete the bundle price before but got zero reply. Also found out a GUI color bug using the plugins inside vvb rack “host” but the only reply I got was: stop using them inside Vcv
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independentfactory independentfactory https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=119206
- KVRist
- 124 posts since 6 Sep, 2006
No demo, no returns policy. Strange choices. Luckily, not expensive either.
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- KVRAF
- 4776 posts since 25 Mar, 2016 from Seattle
$49 each for the comps.independentfactory wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 11:03 pm No demo, no returns policy. Strange choices. Luckily, not expensive either.
I’d want to demo them for that price, my days of taking a punt on a plug-in are over, due to wasting too much money, lol
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- Banned
- 173 posts since 20 Apr, 2021
Hate them. So unresponsive dev. Got two requests. The reply was: help yourself. I have all their vs except for this two, but for my experience I prefer to give money to more helpful and friendly dev.