Looking For A Multi Band Compressor

[chagzuki]

I agree with 4damind and Johny Mumra.
But if you must use a multiband then use Voxengo's Soniformer.

[The Chase]

Buzzroom compressors!!!

[Jonny Mumra]

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Just kidding who cares LOL

[bobby yarrow]

Mmh, a multiband its not a must have for mastering, but it can help to preserve a transparent sound.

There's a real anti-MB thing among the ME's I know, these days. I think the best of them reject multiband, but do it the hard way, with parallel eqs and compressors. I don't master, but I've heard some pretty thin sounding masters come back from ME's who are dead set against MB.

There's no easier way to get the low-end really hitting than multiband. Tho, as I say, I hardly ever use it, being a mix guy.

[scuzzphut]

I really like this free one.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/950.html

[smart]

I really like this free one.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/950.html

It's a good one too - and IL have licensed it so there'll be a native version in the FL6

I also like the Buzzroom compressors quite a bit - definately check those out.

[Poni]

I agree with 4damind and Johny Mumra.
But if you must use a multiband then use Voxengo's Soniformer.

I tried Voxengo's Soniformer very cool.

[orangesuite]

Soniformer is very good for it. Hard to describe exactly what it will do but it is essentially a 32 band compressor which kind of takes it into the realms of EQ i suppose. None the less an excellent tool even for quick mastering for testing.

[Kingston]

Soniformer is the only multiband design that has zero crossover phase distortion. It's that much more transparent.

Doesn't hurt that it's got in orders of 2 or 3 more bands than the others.

I doubt there's anything better for fixing M/S stereo dynamics either.

[4damind]

Soniformer... mmh, thats more a dynamic equalizer, a thing like the sonalksis DQ1? I would not use it at all, only for special mastering stuff or where mixes are very bad and there is no chance to make the mix better.
Could be I'am wrong, but mastering should not make dramatic changes in the mix. sometimes a little more highs with a good EQ (tritones hydratone or the glissEQ) if the mix has not enough, because there are not enough sounds in the higher frequencyrange.

[orangesuite]

Well with Soniformer because you can have threshold, attack, ratio, release controls over each of the 32 bands then it is more like a dynamic EQ but it is worth noting that if this is too much then it can be slipped into 3 band mode as well.

[waveriderarts]

I really like this free one.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/950.html

Same with me, I use c3 multiband a lot. This has been quite a discovery for me, there are my mixes before, and after I started using c3.

[kylen]

Soniformer is the only multiband design that has zero crossover phase distortion. It's that much more transparent.

Kingston - did you mean to say "has NO zero crossover phase distortion"?
ED: Haha - now I know what you meant - you're saying Soniformer has NO crossover distortion...I'm so dense Kingston...

On another note I wouldn't call Soniformer a dynamic EQ, at least not in the Sonalksis sense of the term. The DQ1 is a pretty different beast both in sound and operation. Tuning the DQ1 is really different also. Soniformer is usually the only multiband I leave in a chain when I use one. It is very transparent for slowing down the inertia of certain little scraggly resonances that poke out of the mix - right before it hits the mastering limiter.

[wrench45us]

the origon of the Sonitus plugs now offered by Cakewalk, I believe, is from Ultrafunk, not Waves
CW bought it out. I believe they were already under at the time.

for a multiband compressor I use Voxengo Polysquasher -- 3 or 4 very useful presets with some tweaking
if I have my drums already sounding like I want I avoid using a multiband compressor on the master cause it wreaks havoc on the already compressed drums (they get brittle with no body) -- then I go back and work up each track individually. since I've been working with less drums I've been going back to the laziness of Polysquasher on the master out with GlissEq and Elephant

I prefer GlissEQ on the master out to Soniformer. Soniformer works better for me on individual tracks. seems backwards, but sounds better to me. GlissEQ does some wonders with transients which are nice to bring some sparkle through the master stage

[JonnySun 2.0]

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