Oeksound Soothe 3 (Available Now)

[cryophonik]

I'll have to check out the demo, but $55 for the upgrade is a great price if the improvements are substantial. Personally, I found that I usually preferred and used Waves Silk (vocals) and Curves EQ (mastering and everything else) over Soothe 2 whenever I compared them. It actually had me considering selling my Soothe license, but I guess I'll see how the Soothe 3 demo sounds before I make any decisions.

[sl1200mk2]

Unless there's been a big change in quality I'm going to wager Ohlhorst Digital Finesse is still the better plugin.

Soothe certainly won the marketing + consumer reach for this type of plugin but Soothe2 was not suitable for mastering.

I have both, and they are not the same thing, at least for me. I disagree on the mastering part, that's almost all I used Soothe2 for. For targeted processing and not pushing it more than a few dB, I got great results with it. It's been all over my client projects since its release.

I think Finesse is great too, and there are times when I definitely prefer it over Soothe. To me, these tools are just like limiters. As hard as they try not to have any sound signature at all, they still have one. It's just track-dependent, and I usually prefer one over the other in that given instance.

I get it, though. These aren't inexpensive tools, and they're not for everyone, given the alternatives. I've tried some of the others, but for me, I always went back to Soothe until Finesse came along. Now it's a circumstantial choice and preference as to which is right at the time. Soothe3 was a very easy decision to upgrade; each version has paid for itself many times over.

[jinotsuh]

I would say don't sit on the fence here, at the very least grab the demo, (I'm assuming there is one, I just bought it as soon as it dropped) if you spend some quality time with the demo, and maybe even God forbid RTFM, I highly doubt you will not hit the 'Buy It Now' button. For those wondering if it is better, sounds better than S2, the answer is yes on both accounts IMO of course, but I am not alone there, and it's not just slightly better.

Do yourself a favor and have a read of the thread over at Gearspace for some other opinions.
https://gearspace.com/board/new-product ... othe3.html

[J Veronica]

Definitely going to upgrade when I get paid next week. £45 isn't bad at all for a premium tool.

[perox]

I would say don't sit on the fence here, at the very least grab the demo, (I'm assuming there is one, I just bought it as soon as it dropped) if you spend some quality time with the demo, and maybe even God forbid RTFM, I highly doubt you will not hit the 'Buy It Now' button. For those wondering if it is better, sounds better than S2, the answer is yes on both accounts IMO of course, but I am not alone there, and it's not just slightly better.

Do yourself a favor and have a read of the thread over at Gearspace for some other opinions.
https://gearspace.com/board/new-product ... othe3.html

Are you some oeksound salesman?

[PieBerger]

I would say don't sit on the fence here, at the very least grab the demo, (I'm assuming there is one, I just bought it as soon as it dropped) if you spend some quality time with the demo, and maybe even God forbid RTFM, I highly doubt you will not hit the 'Buy It Now' button. For those wondering if it is better, sounds better than S2, the answer is yes on both accounts IMO of course, but I am not alone there, and it's not just slightly better.

Do yourself a favor and have a read of the thread over at Gearspace for some other opinions.
https://gearspace.com/board/new-product ... othe3.html

Are you some oeksound salesman?

It's very offbrand for KVR I know, but some people are actually enthusiastic about the products/tools they use and want to share that good energy with others

[Vortifex]

200 squid is out of my comfort zone for something like this but clearly their target market isn't Scrooges like me.

[legendCNCD]

Unless there's been a big change in quality I'm going to wager Ohlhorst Digital Finesse is still the better plugin.

Soothe certainly won the marketing + consumer reach for this type of plugin but Soothe2 was not suitable for mastering.

I have both, and they are not the same thing, at least for me. I disagree on the mastering part, that's almost all I used Soothe2 for. For targeted processing and not pushing it more than a few dB, I got great results with it. It's been all over my client projects since its release.

Came to say this. Targeted processing under 3dB. And Finesse is really amazing, but its tuned differently and I would not use it where soothe shines & vice versa (usually)

[plexuss]

Detail parameter combines Soothe2’s sharpness and selectivity under one control for more streamlined use.

But but... I like using the sharpness and selectivity controls... ?? I will try the demo I guess but I have found having sharpness and selectivity separate to be very useful. I will be surprised if they are as useful being consolidated into one control. Could be make or break for me on the upgrade. It seems like a weird decision to me, consolidation over functionality. why? This is a product for people that want and need to tweek.

[billinder33]

Detail parameter combines Soothe2’s sharpness and selectivity under one control for more streamlined use.

But but... I like using the sharpness and selectivity controls... ?? I will try the demo I guess but I have found having sharpness and selectivity separate to be very useful. I will be surprised if they are as useful being consolidated into one control. Could be make or break for me on the upgrade. It seems like a weird decision to me, consolidation over functionality. why? This is a product for people that want and need to tweek.

Same. I mostly use this to tame synths and other annoying track-level audio using a sharp setting but varying the selectivity, depending on the incoming signal.

Probably won't get to demo this for a while and so interested to hear your feedback on this.

[plexuss]

Probably won't get to demo this for a while and so interested to hear your feedback on this.

I've tried Soothe2 and 3 with a vintage string synth (virtual). I used it because it has lots of complex harmonics. V2 and V3 sound different with this source. I wasnt able to discern a difference in percieved quality. There seemed to be a difference in frequency respeonse - like there is an EQ on the output even when the visible EQ is off. The audible difference is not affected by the corrected dynamic processing. It's a static filtering. V2 is brighter. I also couldnt hear any discenable artifacts so I wasn't able to compare with that source.

Between the 2-knob vs 1-know processing control: the 1-knob approach is easier and makes more sonic sense than the 2-know. however the 2-knob approach in V2 allows for the abilityt to tailor the processing to the source. But, the 1-knob approach of V3 is easier to use and pretty musical across it's range. So with Soothe3 you give up control for ease of use, which is at least done well. If it were me I'd give the use the option to exppose 2,3 or even 4 controls behind the 1-knob for those that need to dail in the sound more tightly.

Worth the upgrade...? Unsure. I'll have to try it on more souces.

Also the quality controls are gone, the oversampling and real-time vs rendered settings. gone in V3 as far as i can see. and some of the other controls as well. I like having this kind of control as in V2 so I am unsure if V3 for me is going to be an improvement. I think I need to focus on the sound quality to determine if its worth it. I will try it on different sources and mix and mastering.

[careyletendre]

$259 in 2026 seems like a piss take in my opinion.

In my opinion, this plugin (or company) is not oriented to single users/hobbists, but to professionals who do not care to spend any money.
For example, if you bought v1 full price and updated every single time: 200 + 50 + 50 = 300 € for a single processor.
We simple users tend to think that all plugins are oriented to us, and that is not true. I wish I could have it too, don't get me wrong.
Just my humble opinion my friend.

This.

There are lots of alternatives available at lower price points to the budget conscious hobbyist e.g. Baby Audio Smooth Operator, TBProAudio DSEQ3, Three-body SpecCraft. Oeksound knows its audience isn't tight-fisted KVRers

Whatever ahppened to Har-Bal?




Carey

[careyletendre]

There are lots of alternatives available at lower price points to the budget conscious hobbyist e.g. Baby Audio Smooth Operator, TBProAudio DSEQ3, Three-body SpecCraft. Oeksound knows its audience isn't tight-fisted KVRers

Whatever hapened to Har-Bal?



Carey

[hellisdigital]

Anyone else underwhelmed?

Between this mediocre update and Bloom, feels like oeksound has been going downhill.

[plexuss]

Anyone else underwhelmed?

Between this mediocre update and Bloom, feels like oeksound has been going downhill.

I am underwelmed by the update but I dont think oeksound is going downhill however perhaps I have a different defintion of "down hill".