KVR Audio

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:37 am

wow good guess ttoz, it really is a $200 plugin for new FF customers.

i see the total bundle price hasn't changed though, which is very cool.

At least i get to test this now and put it directly against my others, for a bit of fun, and to see if indeed they have managed something extraordinary

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:22 am

Not cheap, but very impressed by the quality after trying the demo

I can't remember if I ever heard such a good de-esser.
Just listen how it does its job also on full mixes without affecting anything else.
Another good thing I experienced is that it treats unwanted transients before SSS in a good way if it is necessary (f.i.: dSSS -> s).

BTW, the singer in the demo video needs lessons urgently

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:41 am

Just tried it for 2 minutes on a siblant mix I had laying around and the results were astonishingly good. This is a definite buy.

Lenticular · Post by **Lenticular** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:36 am

As usual a cool plugin from FF but doesn't warrant the price. There's already many types of these of plugins available & 100 methods you can de-ess without using a specialty plugin.
Even with my discount I'm not that excited by this release.

audiosabre · Post by **audiosabre** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:36 am

This is really top-notch, I can't really hear it mess with the source material whatsoever. Did a quick comparison with some other stuff, and there isn't even a contest

Can't say I'm excited enough to purchase immediately, but if a project demands such processing, I'll definitely pick it up

xx JPRacer xx · Post by **xx JPRacer xx** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 11:42 am

Like I've said earlier I'm not interested by a de-esser since I don't make vocal track but I think this is much more than a typical de-esser, there's some really intelligent algorithm at work here.

metalifuxx · Post by **metalifuxx** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:48 pm

Hoping they do some sort of dedicated Chorus/Flanger/Phaser modulation type plugin next.

djshire · Post by **djshire** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:50 pm

Guys, I seem to have found a bug. I put a phrase spoken in Parseltongue through this and all I got was a picture of a white flag, anyone know the fix for this?

lightsfadelow · Post by **lightsfadelow** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:53 pm

I had to look up Parseltongue...

PeterL · Post by **PeterL** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 1:37 am

metalifuxx wrote:Hoping they do some sort of dedicated Chorus/Flanger/Phaser modulation type plugin next.

Hope not. Too many goodies of this kind are already out there.
Although I thought the same about de-essers

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:24 am

audiosabre wrote:This is really top-notch, I can't really hear it mess with the source material whatsoever. Did a quick comparison with some other stuff, and there isn't even a contest

Can't say I'm excited enough to purchase immediately, but if a project demands such processing, I'll definitely pick it up

which particular products did you test it against?

Mushy Mushy · Post by **Mushy Mushy** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 7:45 am

Woohoo, £74

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 8:00 am

ttoz wrote: which particular products did you test it against?

Don't know about him, but I spent a few hours last night mixing some vocals and I compared Pro-DS to Eiosis E2 and Sonnox Suppresser ( some guy on KVR sold it to me dirt cheap!

). Pro-DS was the most effective and did the least amount of collateral damage to non-target frequencies (actually, there was virtually no audible effect on other frequencies that I could detect). As always, FabFilter coupled a beautiful and functional GUI with Pro-DS that is laid out perfectly with excellent visual feedback. Sonnox was a close second, though, and I really like its interface and workflow - very easy for quickly IDing the offending frequencies. Eiosis is great, too, but I've always found it too fiddly and not enough visual feedback, which is the reason I bought the Sonnox from ttoz a few months ago.

With my loyalty discount and an additional refer-a-friend discount, Pro-DS was a no-brainer for me, but I'm not about to part with my Suppresser. Anybody wanna buy my Eiosis E2?

faun2500 · Post by **faun2500** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:23 am

Love the look of this but how much do they want????? I wont be buying that!

faun2500 · Post by **faun2500** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 9:24 am

audiosabre wrote:This is really top-notch, I can't really hear it mess with the source material whatsoever. Did a quick comparison with some other stuff, and there isn't even a contest

Can't say I'm excited enough to purchase immediately, but if a project demands such processing, I'll definitely pick it up

There are lots of other de-essers that have worked for many years! Try some of them as they might be cheaper/.

FabFilter Pro-DS intelligent de-esser