DRMS Matthew Lane-anyone?

[DCrown]

Anyone using it?
I am kind of sceptical whether you don't rather spoil than improve a mix by using DRMS?! Don't you have pan knobs in every daw. What genres is it good for also regarding the fact that music is mostly being listened to smartphone speakers nowadays?
Any experience?

[Dombaeb]

I also still can’t realize what the big deal about this plug-in. There is something on technology side, I suppose. Mono compatibility, a lot of useful controls in one frame, just guessing why it’s so useful for mixing engineers…

[clivestretch]

You need to hear it to believe it.

[plexuss]

I've had DrMS and use it on all productions. I use it to tweek the soundstage during mastering. Yes you can totally screw up audio with DrMS. The idea is to use it discriminantly to achieve whatever soundstage effect you are looking for.

[Caine123]

i recently stumbled upon this plugin and wanted to ask if this is really something special? i got several EQs with MID SIDE capability of course PRO-Q3 my most beloved one but i dunno about it being fully mono compatible?
Drms shall be fully mono compatible, but what else makes it special?

i can see it in my BUS/Master Bus to fit the Drums a bit more and or slightly alter the stereo spectrum without destroying my mono mix. otherwise i use mostly PAN knobs and stereo image + of course reverb etc.

[Erik_Lucas]

Sure, it's powerful. I hardly use it, though.

[Uncovered Pitch]

I mainly use it to feed a bit of the sides signal into the mid channel. For example, if you check your mix in mono and some guitars, synths or reverbs disappear and make the mix sound too dry. I don't know of any other plug-in that can do this.

Less frequently, I use it to give a bit of width to kicks, snares and basses. Both processes benefit from the in-built filters.

I agree with previous posters that a little goes a long way though!