I really like all of my Melda products and think they are high quality, modern and well-though plugins. Guess it's time for me to buy a bundle... too many license files
Well done, Vojtech.
MDynamicEq and MAutoDynamicEq released with riddiculous introductory prices! - LAST CHANCE!
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- KVRian
- 1056 posts since 2 Sep, 2010
Gotta give it a spin - I just have one dyn EQ and definitely love to have an alternative. A while back, when deciding to buy EQuality, I tested all my parametric EQs one next to the other... well, the Melda one (the FREE one!!) did surprise me and was the one I preferred together with EQuality (which I bought anyway). I believe this one will be at least at the same level.
I really like all of my Melda products and think they are high quality, modern and well-though plugins. Guess it's time for me to buy a bundle... too many license files
Well done, Vojtech.
I really like all of my Melda products and think they are high quality, modern and well-though plugins. Guess it's time for me to buy a bundle... too many license files
Well done, Vojtech.
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- KVRist
- 253 posts since 11 Jul, 2007 from Berlin
As Vojtech said: use upsampling and it's fine.
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- KVRian
- 659 posts since 25 Sep, 2010
Dan, thanks for that clear explanation of "cramping".
I don't think I'll worry about it, as I almost never use EQ to add shine at the top. Maybe I should, but I expend 90% of my energy fiddling in the 800Hz-8Khz range and the other 10% down in the 100-500Hz region. Maybe it's my advanced age and degraded hearing, but I just rarely sweat anything over 15KHz.
Pro-Q has been my go-to EQ for the past year and a half. Although I've purchased and am enjoying MDynEQ, it's unlikely to supplant Pro-Q as top dog. For one thing, it's not nearly as CPU-friendly. It's also very touchy when making adjustments, both on sliders and in the graphical editor. Pro-Q's UI has a natural feel that makes it easier to dial in quickly.
I don't think I'll worry about it, as I almost never use EQ to add shine at the top. Maybe I should, but I expend 90% of my energy fiddling in the 800Hz-8Khz range and the other 10% down in the 100-500Hz region. Maybe it's my advanced age and degraded hearing, but I just rarely sweat anything over 15KHz.
Pro-Q has been my go-to EQ for the past year and a half. Although I've purchased and am enjoying MDynEQ, it's unlikely to supplant Pro-Q as top dog. For one thing, it's not nearly as CPU-friendly. It's also very touchy when making adjustments, both on sliders and in the graphical editor. Pro-Q's UI has a natural feel that makes it easier to dial in quickly.
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- KVRAF
- 2309 posts since 27 Jan, 2011
Don't really understand it
Doubt I'll have time to figure it out
Have way too many plugins already
Therefore I just bought it
The more expensive one, so I won't be missing anything
(cue the descending harmonica scale -- waah, waah, waah, WAAH)
Doubt I'll have time to figure it out
Have way too many plugins already
Therefore I just bought it
The more expensive one, so I won't be missing anything
(cue the descending harmonica scale -- waah, waah, waah, WAAH)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tDj_Van ... uNbgY-4qFK
Circumcision's just another way of saying 'bye to the 'hood
Circumcision's just another way of saying 'bye to the 'hood
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- KVRAF
- 11381 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
Upsampling has some real drawbacks though. It degrades the audio fidelity a bit and costs a lot more CPU.miro pajic wrote:As Vojtech said: use upsampling and it's fine.
Cheers!
bManic
"Wisdom is wisdom, regardless of the idiot who said it." -an idiot
"They don't ban hate speech; they ban speech they hate." -an oracle
"They don't ban hate speech; they ban speech they hate." -an oracle
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- KVRist
- 253 posts since 11 Jul, 2007 from Berlin
draws back the audio fidelity? huh? haven't focused on that. will have a listen though..bmanic wrote:Upsampling has some real drawbacks though. It degrades the audio fidelity a bit and costs a lot more CPU.miro pajic wrote:As Vojtech said: use upsampling and it's fine.
Cheers!
bManic
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- KVRAF
- 11381 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
I've now used MdynamicEQ quite a bit today and I have to say that overall it is a great but very scary (almost too powerful!) plugin.
MeldaProductions keep mentioning user interface and usability as top priority, which is great, but there are still quite a lot of things that feel severely "unpolished" making the actual user experience a bit of a let down. So, here are my suggestions for usability improvements:
- oversampling value should be stored with preset (as it affects the overall sound)
- ability to right click the numbers in the list (just like in the graph view)
- the ability to create a default setup that loads with every new instance of the plugin! This is a must for such a complex plugin. It's quite tedious to always have to open the preset menu just to load my personal favourite as a starting point.
- input options (left/right, m/s etc) should definitely be on the main screen somewhere! Not deep in the settings menu!
- an invert option. This would invert all gain and dynamics settings of every band while keeping Q, frequency and all other values as they were. This is not a must but would be a nice little additional usability feature.
- the ability to select multiple EQ points and move them all as a group (move, change gain, Q and Dynamics, all at the same time. If they have different values they should change relative to their own values). Here Pro-Q and the Voxengo EQs have a clear advantage (though neither seems to work with relative value changes, which is a bummer).
Those are my suggestions for improving usability. Here are my feature suggestions:
- dual-mono input option. This is a must for mastering. Currently the left+right option seems to sum the tracks before the envelope follower. We need a 100% unlinked option, aka dual-mono. In a dynamic EQ like this, it works extremely well and is a great way to create a huge and beautiful stereo image.
- sidechain from another band (i know there is the bandpass thing in the advanced menu but it's not at all the same) (this could also be added as a modulation source for the MautodynEQ plugin). This would be an extremely useful and creative feature. This could be awesome for ducking certain frequencies when another band "triggers". The clap could duck the mids, thus accenting the clap without having to boost the area of the clap at all.
- look-a-head for each dynamic band! This would be extremely useful in serious mastering tasks. Especially when using fast attack and release times. Together with a corresponding 'hold' time (to make sure release doesn't happen too early) it could work extremely well. It's also a great way of creating "stability" in hectic mixes. Slowish attack times could have a bit of look-a-head to start the ramp up a bit early. It's a clever little psychoacoustic way of making things sound more transparent.
Anyhow.. that's it. Great plugin!
Cheers!
bManic
MeldaProductions keep mentioning user interface and usability as top priority, which is great, but there are still quite a lot of things that feel severely "unpolished" making the actual user experience a bit of a let down. So, here are my suggestions for usability improvements:
- oversampling value should be stored with preset (as it affects the overall sound)
- ability to right click the numbers in the list (just like in the graph view)
- the ability to create a default setup that loads with every new instance of the plugin! This is a must for such a complex plugin. It's quite tedious to always have to open the preset menu just to load my personal favourite as a starting point.
- input options (left/right, m/s etc) should definitely be on the main screen somewhere! Not deep in the settings menu!
- an invert option. This would invert all gain and dynamics settings of every band while keeping Q, frequency and all other values as they were. This is not a must but would be a nice little additional usability feature.
- the ability to select multiple EQ points and move them all as a group (move, change gain, Q and Dynamics, all at the same time. If they have different values they should change relative to their own values). Here Pro-Q and the Voxengo EQs have a clear advantage (though neither seems to work with relative value changes, which is a bummer).
Those are my suggestions for improving usability. Here are my feature suggestions:
- dual-mono input option. This is a must for mastering. Currently the left+right option seems to sum the tracks before the envelope follower. We need a 100% unlinked option, aka dual-mono. In a dynamic EQ like this, it works extremely well and is a great way to create a huge and beautiful stereo image.
- sidechain from another band (i know there is the bandpass thing in the advanced menu but it's not at all the same) (this could also be added as a modulation source for the MautodynEQ plugin). This would be an extremely useful and creative feature. This could be awesome for ducking certain frequencies when another band "triggers". The clap could duck the mids, thus accenting the clap without having to boost the area of the clap at all.
- look-a-head for each dynamic band! This would be extremely useful in serious mastering tasks. Especially when using fast attack and release times. Together with a corresponding 'hold' time (to make sure release doesn't happen too early) it could work extremely well. It's also a great way of creating "stability" in hectic mixes. Slowish attack times could have a bit of look-a-head to start the ramp up a bit early. It's a clever little psychoacoustic way of making things sound more transparent.
Anyhow.. that's it. Great plugin!
Cheers!
bManic
"Wisdom is wisdom, regardless of the idiot who said it." -an idiot
"They don't ban hate speech; they ban speech they hate." -an oracle
"They don't ban hate speech; they ban speech they hate." -an oracle
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- KVRian
- 903 posts since 29 Jul, 2008
or work in 48khz, if downsampled with non-realtime converter 44.1 conversion process damage is much less than working in 44.1 (to my ears...).miro pajic wrote:As Vojtech said: use upsampling and it's fine.
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- KVRAF
- 2309 posts since 27 Jan, 2011
Re the auto-eq feature:
On the Melda site it says that "when you need to master your recording, you typically get some professional recording to compare it to. We have analyzed more than 80 well-known songs for you. So if you don't know or do not want to bother searching for some particular tune, just select an analysis of a song and let your recording sound like it! "
Um... I don't see any of these preanalysed 80 songs. Under the "Analyse source" menu , when I click "Load" I get a dialogue box which is empty except for the word "Root" and an invitation for me to type in a file path. Nothing happens when I click "Root". When I click "File" I get a standard directory browser. Don't know where to browse because I don't know where these 80 analyses are. They are not evident under C:\Program Files\MeldaProduction\MAutoDynamicEq 5. No guidance in the manual either.
Can anyone advise? I just sampled some sneezing and other visecral noises and need it to sound like Comfortably Numb
On the Melda site it says that "when you need to master your recording, you typically get some professional recording to compare it to. We have analyzed more than 80 well-known songs for you. So if you don't know or do not want to bother searching for some particular tune, just select an analysis of a song and let your recording sound like it! "
Um... I don't see any of these preanalysed 80 songs. Under the "Analyse source" menu , when I click "Load" I get a dialogue box which is empty except for the word "Root" and an invitation for me to type in a file path. Nothing happens when I click "Root". When I click "File" I get a standard directory browser. Don't know where to browse because I don't know where these 80 analyses are. They are not evident under C:\Program Files\MeldaProduction\MAutoDynamicEq 5. No guidance in the manual either.
Can anyone advise? I just sampled some sneezing and other visecral noises and need it to sound like Comfortably Numb
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tDj_Van ... uNbgY-4qFK
Circumcision's just another way of saying 'bye to the 'hood
Circumcision's just another way of saying 'bye to the 'hood
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- KVRian
- 1102 posts since 30 Oct, 2005
agree on this,dual mono will be very useful-and the same is true for MSpectralDynamics...bmanic wrote:Those are my suggestions for improving usability. Here are my feature suggestions:
- dual-mono input option. This is a must for mastering. Currently the left+right option seems to sum the tracks before the envelope follower. We need a 100% unlinked option, aka dual-mono. In a dynamic EQ like this, it works extremely well and is a great way to create a huge and beautiful stereo image.
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- KVRist
- 248 posts since 3 May, 2011
What do you mean there, bmanic? Is it touchy / twitching / too sensitive? Or do you mean something else entirely?bmanic wrote:I've now used MdynamicEQ quite a bit today and I have to say that overall it is a great but very scary (almost too powerful!) plugin.
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- KVRAF
- 2309 posts since 27 Jan, 2011
Seriously, am I missing something here?lingyai wrote:Re the auto-eq feature:
On the Melda site it says that "when you need to master your recording, you typically get some professional recording to compare it to. We have analyzed more than 80 well-known songs for you. So if you don't know or do not want to bother searching for some particular tune, just select an analysis of a song and let your recording sound like it! "
Um... I don't see any of these preanalysed 80 songs. Under the "Analyse source" menu , when I click "Load" I get a dialogue box which is empty except for the word "Root" and an invitation for me to type in a file path. Nothing happens when I click "Root". When I click "File" I get a standard directory browser. Don't know where to browse because I don't know where these 80 analyses are. They are not evident under C:\Program Files\MeldaProduction\MAutoDynamicEq 5. No guidance in the manual either.
Can anyone advise? I just sampled some sneezing and other visecral noises and need it to sound like Comfortably Numb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tDj_Van ... uNbgY-4qFK
Circumcision's just another way of saying 'bye to the 'hood
Circumcision's just another way of saying 'bye to the 'hood
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- KVRAF
- 11381 posts since 3 Feb, 2003 from Finland, Espoo
I mean that it is extremely easy to "overuse" the plugin and end up with results which impress you at first but later make you want to hide in a closet. It's a tool that you really, REALLY have to learn to use and handle. Imagine a bunch of kids with M16's running around. Yeah.. that's the kind of power and responsibility this requires.ryandfl wrote:What do you mean there, bmanic? Is it touchy / twitching / too sensitive? Or do you mean something else entirely?bmanic wrote:I've now used MdynamicEQ quite a bit today and I have to say that overall it is a great but very scary (almost too powerful!) plugin.
Cheers!
bManic
"Wisdom is wisdom, regardless of the idiot who said it." -an idiot
"They don't ban hate speech; they ban speech they hate." -an oracle
"They don't ban hate speech; they ban speech they hate." -an oracle
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- KVRian
- 527 posts since 7 Apr, 2010
It's on the video.lingyai wrote:Seriously, am I missing something here?lingyai wrote:Re the auto-eq feature:
On the Melda site it says that "when you need to master your recording, you typically get some professional recording to compare it to. We have analyzed more than 80 well-known songs for you. So if you don't know or do not want to bother searching for some particular tune, just select an analysis of a song and let your recording sound like it! "
Um... I don't see any of these preanalysed 80 songs. Under the "Analyse source" menu , when I click "Load" I get a dialogue box which is empty except for the word "Root" and an invitation for me to type in a file path. Nothing happens when I click "Root". When I click "File" I get a standard directory browser. Don't know where to browse because I don't know where these 80 analyses are. They are not evident under C:\Program Files\MeldaProduction\MAutoDynamicEq 5. No guidance in the manual either.
Can anyone advise? I just sampled some sneezing and other visecral noises and need it to sound like Comfortably Numb
I can't find this feature either.