Hydratone PC?

[egbert]

StudioTan,

Gotta ask - does the name indicate you are a Zappa fan?

Yes. But it seemed to fit because of my extended time in studio. I wonder if you can get a tan from Halogens if you stay under them long enough!

There were reports that some emit significant levels of UV light and if you use them as a desk or bedside lamp with an exposed globe there are cancer concerns. Many that I see now have a transparent material shielding the globe which is supposed to screen out UV. It seems as though it is now getting hard to find UV emiting halogen lamps - if this report I found online is to be believed:
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Halogen lamps and UV

I want to comment on previous discussion about halogen down-lights and their high UV content (see page 109, November 2004 issue). I needed some UV to harden some plastic. I went to the major hardware retailer and could only find covered dichroic lamps in stock.

Single 12V 50W halogen lamps were labelled as zero UV. I purchased a 240V 150W halogen lamp but when tested, zero UV was present. Amazed at this, I eventually found an old uncovered dichroic lamp mounted in the ceiling and it proved to have significant UV output. The manufacturers must have changed the glass type to eliminate the UV. The moral of this story is that things change.

Looks like the term Studio Tan is here to stay.

[Kingston]

I think the real question is what's better, studio tan or monitor tan?

and will it make my mixes sound better? and is it the best thing since sliced bread? does it support latency compensation?

[StudioTan]

Wow. Thanks for that. I actually need to watch out for that stuff more.

[StudioTan]

StudioTan,

I never get used to it either. once the fanboys have decided about something, they have done it for your convenience as well. There's no need for us to think or listen anymore.

Yes, and don't you love it when the decisions never actually "stick" for very long?

It's always nice to come in here for a good laugh though!

[defjamm]

hydratone is so fuckin amazing, still can't believe it.
people who don't hear a difference compared to other software-eqs have their ears up their ass

[bmanic]

hydratone is so fuckin amazing, still can't believe it.
people who don't hear a difference compared to other software-eqs have their ears up their ass

[defjamm]

It doesn't matter much to me anyways, as I can get just about anything I want out of most of the native eqs out there (with a little extra work)

you can say things like that with every new synth/outboard/program/car.
but which software-eq is in the same league as hydratone when you boost? no workarounds dude, answer this question. because most other eqs simply aren't.

[JeffSanders]

I had to buy the Valvetone/Hydratone bundle. While the Pultec still can't be beat for vocals, Hydratone offers a secret mojo that nothing else can. It's the Bee's effing Balls!!

[bitcrusher]

I don't like to bash things but I think its crap.

I regret running 2 installers and 16 megs of download to try a demo of what seems like a prototype product.

The Q does seemingly nothing except visual. the knobs don't even animate in a centered rotation. Parameters don't automate smoothly... plugin window redraw is messed in many hosts (try moving it offscreen and back).

I don't think pluggo is the best place for creating a product to sell for many reasons, its a serious development shortcut and the consumer loses (memory, resources, and investing in a product that a company has control over its destiny).

for me, if I want coloration I'll still go with mild multiband distortion. If I want EQ, I'll use one of those digital EQ's you all seem to hate so much

[jones-y]

You must be on Windows...

[bitcrusher]

You must be spending too much time in C++...

Why yes.. (im Windows/OSX/Receptor)

[StudioTan]

It doesn't matter much to me anyways, as I can get just about anything I want out of most of the native eqs out there (with a little extra work)

you can say things like that with every new synth/outboard/program/car.
but which software-eq is in the same league as hydratone when you boost? no workarounds dude, answer this question. because most other eqs simply aren't.

It's called experience and dedication to get the tools at your disposal to do what you want them to do. For example, I can manipulate an eq (like Voxengo's CurveEq) in such a way to sound as good as boosting any frequency using Hydratone. Yes, it will take a little longer. If the phase/transients, etc. need to be manipulated, I can use other tools and tricks to get the desired results. It may not sound the same, but it will
sound just as good. I have no doubt about this. The "relative convenience" of such a plugin becomes more of just a tool.

[Jaeson Merrill]

ADC is not supported on Mac or PC at the mo'.
So the Mac & PC versions sound the same i.e. Excellent.

Kingston said,
"What use is a mixdown EQ with latency that isn't automatically compensated for, no matter how good it sounds like? That's right, f**k all."

You can manually compensate for Latency, you know.

yes, but thats annoying and it sucks to have to,

[Alan]

To me it sounds slightly better than the old T.L.A.EQ-1 Plugin and very similar.I still like the Pultec Emu's(UAD and BF)a little better.It does sound more hardware-like than most native soft EQ's Iv'e heard so I'll probably get it,but I can't seem to be as overjoyed as others here.I kind of expected more based on the raves going on here.I still haven't heard the URS plugins though,anyone heard both for a comparison?

[electro]

I'm interested in A/B comparisons with the modelled hardware. Does anyone have really good A/D D/A like Mytek to post some .wav file examples?