Fabfilter Pro-C 3

[sqigls]

it varies for me, but generally i find their GUIs are too fiddly and stubbornly 'progressive' to the point of unease of use. Pro-R is great, but doesn't have a ton of control. Timeless however is plain frustrating. They have a knack for making the simplest tasks take the longest time. No pun intended.
I haven't upgraded Pro-R, because for me it's $100 upgrade.
I bought 3 really good reverbs on sale instead.
I'm not going to support them again unless they start de-complicating their GUIs a bit, it's just too much. Amazing visuals, at the expense of basic programming workflow perhaps... i 'm not really inspired to use them generally, as my creative flow starts to feel like a boring science class. I don't think I get this way with any of my other plugins.

[UltraByte]

.. just use something else than and be happy ? no one worries if another forum user uses it or not.

[bnz]

Teaser just dropped on the Fabfilter Youtube channel. Thats a check for saturation and upward compression on my bingo list.

Other things I have picked up from it:
- Dolby Atmos support
- Auto Threshold with threshold lock
- Integration with with Pro-Q4 instances overview
- More sidechain filter control with bell curves for boosting frequencies
- note based host sync (not sure, is that for the release times?)
- modernized looks

[jtsterays]

Teaser just dropped on the Fabfilter Youtube channel. Thats a check for saturation and upward compression on my bingo list.

Other things I have picked up from it:
- Dolby Atmos support
- Auto Threshold with threshold lock
- Integration with with Pro-Q4 instances overview
- More sidechain filter control with bell curves for boosting frequencies
- note based host sync (not sure, is that for the release times?)
- modernized looks

updated the thread.

[jtsterays]

Actually really smart that they put the comp in the instance thing, once all the others plugins are in too, it's basically gonna be their version of the channel strip but instead of buying one channel strip plugin you have to buy all the effects.

[tumface]

I vastly prefer separate effects to channel strip plugins.

[jtsterays]

Yea but with this method you can still put another 3rd party between 2 FF plugins without using any weird wrapper like the Waves one while having the channel strip "window" for speed. Isnt this like the most innovative thing I see so far?

[Erik_Lucas]

I vastly prefer separate effects to channel strip plugins.

This

[bnz]

By the way, the released teaser usually means it will release tomorrow or Friday.

[Johnnyjohn]

By the way, the released teaser usually means it will release tomorrow or Friday.

Tomorrow it is!

[bmanic]

Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can disclose that I am indeed somewhat involved with the actual development itself (last time I was hired by FabFilter was with Pro-L2). So once you all have the demo running and want to ask any more specific questions I may be able to answer some of them.

Don't expect an unbiased review or opinion on Pro-C3 from me though, I'm way too deeply connected to the development process this time around. Having said that, those that know me, that doesn't stop me from being critical of even my own work.

[cryophonik]

I vastly prefer separate effects to channel strip plugins.

I like having both options and I often use channel strips and individual plugins in the same track.

[VitaminD]

The next step is to introduce some logic between ProQ instances to automatically address energy build ups between tracks/instances within a mix. Then logic to detect instrument type and placement in the mix and apply compression settings in ProC. Then an avatar named Bob the engineer. Bob frowns when you adjust his controls or suggest new ideas.

[oobesan]

(and also being able to combine expansion + compression like fuse compressor/ott would be cool)

I hate it when people conflate the term “expansion” with upwards compression.

[coroknight]

(and also being able to combine expansion + compression like fuse compressor/ott would be cool)

I hate it when people conflate the term “expansion” with upwards compression.

I derp'd, you're right. Compression pushes signals towards the threshold, expansion pushes them away. OTT combines both types of compression, not expansion.