MDynamicEq and MAutoDynamicEq released with riddiculous introductory prices! - LAST CHANCE!

[chokehold]

Hi,

how long will it take to implement the Mac AU x64 versions?
I'd love to get the Dynamic EQ (only read about it here today), at introductory price of course , but I would hate to spend money right now on something that I won't be able to use to its full extent, because a promised feature is implemented in not under a year or so.
(In other words: is it a matter of days/weeks/months/years?)

Can the "smaller" Dynamic EQ (not Auto) show the Note names in the display as the "bigger" Auto Dynamic EQ does? Or is it limited to the "bass"/"low mid" etc. regions?

BTW, in opposite to the info on your website, there ARE bit bridges that let you use x64 plugins inside x86 hosts, like the one that Reaper comes with.

Thanks!


PS: I'm sorry if any of my questions were already answered previously in this thread, but I just can't be bothered to read through 14 pages just to see if I might be able to extract some info on these two questions.

[MeldaProduction]

Hi,

how long will it take to implement the Mac AU x64 versions?
I'd love to get the Dynamic EQ (only read about it here today), at introductory price of course , but I would hate to spend money right now on something that I won't be able to use to its full extent, because a promised feature is implemented in not under a year or so.
(In other words: is it a matter of days/weeks/months/years?)

Well, I hope that within a week there should be a beta and one another week and it should be release officially. Though I cannot guarantee that of course, but it looks promising.

Can the "smaller" Dynamic EQ (not Auto) show the Note names in the display as the "bigger" Auto Dynamic EQ does? Or is it limited to the "bass"/"low mid" etc. regions?

I don't really understand this. The displays are the same for both eqs.

BTW, in opposite to the info on your website, there ARE bit bridges that let you use x64 plugins inside x86 hosts, like the one that Reaper comes with.

Yes there are, but they just don't work properly, are unusable with low latencies etc. Bridges are a totally last resort.

[chokehold]

Thanks for the fast reply.

Well, I hope that within a week there should be a beta and one another week and it should be release officially.

A couple of weeks is fine, I can live with that.

Bridges are a totally last resort.

Exactly. That's why I was asking about a native x64 AU version.

I don't really understand this. The displays are the same for both eqs.

If you look at the screenshots of the two plugins (MDynamicEQ vs. MAutoDynamicEQ), there are "rainbow colored" ribbons at the top of the analyzer display. MDynamicEQ shows labels like "Low", "Mid", etc., but MAutoDynamicEQ has Note names as labels, i.e. "C1", "C2", etc.
I was just wondering if the "small" version also has the Note names display.

[MeldaProduction]

If you look at the screenshots of the two plugins (MDynamicEQ vs. MAutoDynamicEQ), there are "rainbow colored" ribbons at the top of the analyzer display. MDynamicEQ shows labels like "Low", "Mid", etc., but MAutoDynamicEQ has Note names as labels, i.e. "C1", "C2", etc.
I was just wondering if the "small" version also has the Note names display.

Aaaha, sure it has, it's available under the "areas" button. You can even define your own areas. Anyway I suggest checking this video:

[Amon1973]

Played a lot with MDynamicEQ during the last week... it works magic. You can shape the sound and contemporarily tame frequency-specific peaks naturally but with a high degree of precision. Loved it on distorted guitars groups and drum busses particularly. Incredibly happy with this one

[MeldaProduction]

Played a lot with MDynamicEQ during the last week... it works magic. You can shape the sound and contemporarily tame frequency-specific peaks naturally but with a high degree of precision. Loved it on distorted guitars groups and drum busses particularly. Incredibly happy with this one

[chokehold]

I just watched the video.
Frankly - I'm astonished. Off to buy it right this minute.

The only thing that has always bothered me with Melda GUIs is the horizontal slider layout - and these giant sliders.
It is much more intuitive to "stack" the Freq/Gain/Q/Dyn controls for one EQ band above and beneath each other, rather than aside one another, so that the controls for EQ band #1 are the first stack of controls on the left, the controls for EQ band #2 are the second stack from the left, and so on.

But still, in this case it's only a minor nuisance. I have no worries that "this plugin" ( ) will greatly improve my workflow!

[MeldaProduction]

Thank you

About the layout - well, it's about getting used to it and the size of it - if it would be done the way you say it, the panel would be much higher, which is rarely a good thing. Anyway you will probably end up using the popup menu most of the time anyway, at least I do .

[chokehold]

Just gave it a spin on a project that's nothing but a simple recorded dialog.
5 bands with some fancy settings, and one instance of MDynamicEQ will easily munch up 6% CPU. Not exactly a lightweight...
(x86 AU version in Reaper x64 on OSX Lion)

Still, a nice addition to my set.

[MeldaProduction]

Just gave it a spin on a project that's nothing but a simple recorded dialog.
5 bands with some fancy settings, and one instance of MDynamicEQ will easily munch up 6% CPU. Not exactly a lightweight...
(x86 AU version in Reaper x64 on OSX Lion)

Still, a nice addition to my set.

You have to understand that each band can act like a very complicated compressor, so you have 5 compressors, and some of the steeper filters also take more than normal filters, simply because they are more complicated .
Anyway from what I have compared it to competition like Hofa or Voxengo, it takes less CPU despite all of the additions. Did you measure overall system CPU or processing CPU in the host?

[MeldaProduction]

Wait, you have been using it via a bridge? Aaaha, that explains it... bridges... well... ...
I also recommend using VST, AU is heavily overcomplicated and I believe it's performance is worse.

[musicbynumbers]

Just gave it a spin on a project that's nothing but a simple recorded dialog.
5 bands with some fancy settings, and one instance of MDynamicEQ will easily munch up 6% CPU. Not exactly a lightweight...
(x86 AU version in Reaper x64 on OSX Lion)

Still, a nice addition to my set.

I found that it only takes up a lot of CPU when the GUI is showing once you have closed the plugin interface it should take up far less (well it does in reaper anyway)

[MeldaProduction]

I found that it only takes up a lot of CPU when the GUI is showing once you have closed the plugin interface it should take up far less (well it does in reaper anyway)

Yes, basically when analyzer or sonogram is enabled, or some band is dynamic (nonzero dynamic gain), the needs to be redrawn all the time.
But he's running it in a bridge, that must take more CPU.

[chokehold]

But he's running it in a bridge, that must take more CPU.

Hence my hunger for a native OSX x64 version.
Still, 6% for a single dynamic EQ is quite a lot on a modern machine.

I also recommend using VST, AU is heavily overcomplicated and I believe it's performance is worse.

Yes, basically when analyzer or sonogram is enabled, or some band is dynamic (nonzero dynamic gain), the needs to be redrawn all the time.

it only takes up a lot of CPU when the GUI is showing

I'll try again with these hints in mind, and inform you of my observations.

[chokehold]

OK, I found the "thing" - Upsampling was turned up to 4x.
I wonder who could've done that... ^^

But still, even at 1x Upsampling the default CPU load when opening the x86 AU version inside the bridge is roughly 0.40% to 0.45%.

Turned on Analyzer = 0.55% (+0.10%)

Added band #3 with heavy dynamic EQ (peak) = 0.75% (+0.20%)
Added band #2 with heavy dynamic EQ (peak) = 0.95% (+0.20%)
Added band #1 with heavy dynamic EQ (low shelf) = 1.35% (+0.40%)
Added band #4 with heavy dynamic EQ (peak) = 1.55% (+0.20%)
Added band #5 with heavy dynamic EQ (high shelf) = 2.15% (+0.60%)

Which is still more than other complex plugins take. :/
Hope the native x64 version comes around soon.

Anyway, continue the good work!