Toneboosters 3.x!

[dasdeck]

i like the new buscompressor very much ration 1.6 , threshold to barely always working, almost 50% mix, invisible but louder ( thus better ) !...also i like the new mutiband option in barricade very much. the old one (which was just named saturation) did sound bad to me at every level (so id stood off all the time). now it sounds great and i can limit even further great tools for 'mastering'
i bet the busscompressor sounds great on clean vocals too (or anything that is supposed to sound clean).
also the improvements in barricate make it better for limiting dums/drum busses without loosing punch. (again, because i did not like what the multiband/auto saturation saturation option sounded like befor, wich was in theory a very usefull option to begin with)

cheers!

jm

[Guest231427]

A cut down version of Barricade (Barricade CM) is free on the cover of this month's Computer Music magazine #199 (UK only though, I think).

I'm looking forward to trying out as I have heard a lot of good things about it

[piel]

First of all i'd like to thank Jeroen for the update.
It is kinda funny that my most used plugins got retired, but such is life.
The EZCompressor is usable in its current state, still works fine.
I used Ferox as a "tape-compression" effekt on neuro basslines. I also own a license to Reelbus, is there a way to use RB the same way so i can kiss goodbye to Ferox?
The last one i wanted to mention is Module. Actually this plug is the reason why i started this post. I am also with those who would like to see it back in the pack, it is a really useful plugin and complementer to the Reverb. It sould get developed not to be left out.

[mabian]

I honestly think *any* of V2 plugins had its own reason to stay there... agree on Module, it could be further developed and become a swiss army knife for ToneBoosters pitch/pan/amplitude modulation duties.

- Mario

[Echoes in the Attic]

V3 reelbus seems to take a fair bit more cpu since V2. And what happen to thte quality mode that was introduced in one of the last versions? Am I missing it?

[3ee]

V3 reelbus seems to take a fair bit more cpu since V2. And what happen to thte quality mode that was introduced in one of the last versions? Am I missing it?

hmm... v3 takes a fair amount less CPU in FL Studio 11, Win7

The HQ switch might be gone due to new upgraded saturation algo?!

[HcDoom]

V3 reelbus seems to take a fair bit more cpu since V2. And what happen to thte quality mode that was introduced in one of the last versions? Am I missing it?

v3 ReelBus uses less CPU (>2%) compared to v2 over here.

[piel]

V3 reelbus seems to take a fair bit more cpu since V2. And what happen to thte quality mode that was introduced in one of the last versions? Am I missing it?

What CPU do you have? On my i7 3632qm in Orion usage is about the same, maybe a bit less.

[Wolffman]

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First off thanks Jeroen for the update to V3, some great improvments and the new gui's look gteat.

However i have a serious cpu problem as well.

It seems to be with the new UI's, just having them open and deactivated i get between 45 > 50 % cpu use on all V3 plugins except for Tb Equalizer & FlX, they seem fine just as all V2.9.1 plugs.

Any ideas what might be causing this ?

My pc is old, specs are Pentiun D 3.4 ghz with 2gb ram, win xp. Reaper V3.78

Any help much appreciated as i'll not be able to use the new V3 plugs if i can't get this sorted.

Check out this screen cap showing the problem.

https://app.box.com/s/589e2eqgven0xfw6s13i (https://app.box.com/s/589e2eqgven0xfw6s13i)

Opps. sorry it seems i don't have enough posts to have the link active, if you don't mind copy and paste should work fine.

Edit 2 Well it seems it won't play from Box so if you don't mind downloading to watch it would very much appreciated, its under 3mb, my apologies for the inconvienence.


Cheers
Wolffman

[Echoes in the Attic]

V3 reelbus seems to take a fair bit more cpu since V2. And what happen to thte quality mode that was introduced in one of the last versions? Am I missing it?

What CPU do you have? On my i7 3632qm in Orion usage is about the same, maybe a bit less.

I've got an i7 macbook pro 2.8

If I recall correctly, an instance showed 4% cpu at V2 normally, and 2% with HQ turned off. Now it seems to register 6%. This is in a blank Ableton Live set. So not exact at all but shows the relative change.

[piel]

Is this actual cpu usage or the meter in Live? I don't know much about Mac technikalities, but on my pc i often get high values if i use only one plugin but it remains the same using a few more.
6% percent usage isn't really too much is it? why are you so desperate?

[recursive one]

The multiband option in the new Barricade is great, gives noticeably cleaner sound at high GR than the old autosaturate. Overall, this new revision of Barricade seems to be much cleaner than the other limiter I have, PSP Xenon. I'm curious how Barricade V.3 stands up to the top tier limiters like Pro-L.

Did anybody seriously try the bus compressor? I compared the demo with TDR Feedback Compressor (my favourite master bus compressor ATM), they seem to behave in similar way, but I'm not skilled enough to judge a quality of such things as mastering compressor.

[Echoes in the Attic]

Is this actual cpu usage or the meter in Live? I don't know much about Mac technikalities, but on my pc i often get high values if i use only one plugin but it remains the same using a few more.
6% percent usage isn't really too much is it? why are you so desperate?

This is the live meter, which is why I said it isn't accurate (in absolute terms), but in relative terms it is.A plug-in takes more if it's the only plug-in because the cpu isn't going as fast as it will with more processor load, so you'd see less difference later. And with a multi-core cpu, like a quadcore, you'll see no change between putting an effect on one track and putting it on the next three since it get processed by other cores. Live's meter shows the max. But with one plug-in being added at a time, you can get an idea for the difference between it and another version or another plug.

No a huge deal, but any time a plug-in like this jumps 200% or 300% in cpu, it's not great, since it's the type of plug-in you throw on many tracks as part of a channel strip.

[piel]

Ok i hear you! My Live shows 2% total empty, 7-8% with just ReelBus throwed in on an empty track. I have the non old version tolerant version, so can't check the old one right now. OTOH if something goes from 3 to 6 percent and you say woooo cpu usage got doubled, while you are mathematically right it is a bit unjust if you know what i mean. If i have one us dollar and you say i double your money i'm so generous... well i won't get impressed. (sorry for the stupid pun).
I think RB has been changed at the engine level, so no more low quality, this is the new minimum it can work at and no benefits from "high quality" mode.

[Winstontaneous]

I plan to buy the Toneboosters All Pack soon.
I truly appreciate that Jeroen has made the demos usable without limitations (aside from preset recall).
V. 3 revisions are very useful, interfaces look cleaner and more logical.

I would also like to see development of Module (and Ferox) continued, I like having creative feedback/delay/distortion options.