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sinkmusic · Post by **sinkmusic** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:14 am

Hello

I thought i would let you know about a couple of free VST sonic enhancers released here : http://elements.byethost3.com/plugins.html
Basically, there are inspired by hardware processors like BBE & others(2 bands exciters), and were released on the Reaper forum as JS plugins.
Bodan from Element plugin compiled then as native plugin for Windows and Mac, available as 32 & 64bit, with vumeters and oversampling.
I made a very simple GUI for the red one.

They're free, so you can grab them and use them if you like

Enjoy !

All the plugins on this page are full 64 bit path input to output with double internal precision. They are written in C++, conform to VST 2.4 standard and should be compatible with all major VST hosts on market.

enroe · Post by **enroe** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:34 am

Thank you. Nice enhancer, simple GUI, I appreciate it!

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 11:56 am

Woa the Sonic Enhancer is very nice ! I like it much better than the BBE Sonic Maximizer. Really adds a wonderful crisp sheen. Thanks so much for these plugins !

RunBeerRun · Post by **RunBeerRun** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 2:29 pm

I still have the Jesusonic one, it was really good. There are so many exciters that sound like crap bandpass filters?

Steplton · Post by **Steplton** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:29 pm

Thank you very much!!!
They are different, but both are beautiful!

sinkmusic · Post by **sinkmusic** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 3:53 pm

Hi
Thank you for the praise : yes, indeed, i find them to sound good too

But i don't deserve much praise for them, it is some kind of team work : the code was made by skilled Reaperites (the amazing LiteOn being one of them, Rossignol being the other one), the porting was done by Bodan from Elements VST, and i just made the red GUI (in fact, it was a draft for a JS plugin which we updated).
I'm glad these plugins can be used in any a native fashion in any system now

filkertom · Post by **filkertom** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:07 pm

Many thanks!

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:11 pm

Thanks Sink

Johnny! · Post by **Johnny!** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:05 pm

*nvm*

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 6:51 pm

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sinkmusic · Post by **sinkmusic** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 7:11 pm

TheoM wrote:hmm can't see any mac version of any kind in any of the links.

It might not be a plugin but a standalone app ?
I don't know, i don't have a Mac and i am not the developer

Still, you can get 32 & 64bit vst for windows, in both vst2.4 and vst3

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:40 pm

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audiovet · Post by **audiovet** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:03 pm

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cyphersuit · Post by **cyphersuit** » Sun Feb 03, 2013 10:07 pm

Then again what doesn't

bbaggins · Post by **bbaggins** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:02 am

Not being sure what a "sonic maximizer" really is, I did some testing with these plugins.

At first I thought they might be harmonic exciters, but they aren't - no audible harmonics are being added. I observed no phase changes, no M/S processing, no delay-based widening, no dynamic processing. They appear to just be two-band filters, giving a boost around 200Hz on the low side and a larger boost at 8KHz on the high side. I was able to duplicate the effect pretty closely using a parametric equalizer. The only difference between the two plugs seems to be slightly different EQ curves.

But maybe I'm missing something. Sinkmusic, I know you're not the programmer, but perhaps you have some insight into just what these effects actually do?

FREE Sonic maximizer