UAD, Voice of God: any good alternatives ? (its not yet available as native) / solved i´d say / more feedback welcome
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 668 posts since 7 Jun, 2021
Hi there,
I´m very much intrigued by UADs "Voice Of God".
But: No native Version available.
Is there any "really comparable" equivalent out there that works based on same principle ?
or something else to look at ?
I´m very much intrigued by UADs "Voice Of God".
But: No native Version available.
Is there any "really comparable" equivalent out there that works based on same principle ?
or something else to look at ?
Last edited by Funky40 on Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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- KVRAF
- 11545 posts since 16 Aug, 2006
Bark of Dog will get you the exact same sound and is free. And it has more features.
https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/product/bark-of-dog/
I can't emphasize this enough: the UAD Voice of God is just a Hi-pass with some resonance. There's no saturation built in or anything like that. You can literally mimic this with most EQs - including the free ones in your DAW.
Don't believe me? Plugin Doctor that and compare. Save yourself the money.
https://www.bozdigitallabs.com/product/bark-of-dog/
I can't emphasize this enough: the UAD Voice of God is just a Hi-pass with some resonance. There's no saturation built in or anything like that. You can literally mimic this with most EQs - including the free ones in your DAW.
Don't believe me? Plugin Doctor that and compare. Save yourself the money.
- KVRAF
- 8997 posts since 1 Aug, 2003
I have been wondering for years what Boz meant when they said Bark of Dog was a joke name - finally I get it
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 668 posts since 7 Jun, 2021
Wow, thats very surprising to hear !Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2023 10:05 pm I can't emphasize this enough: the UAD Voice of God is just a Hi-pass with some resonance. There's no saturation built in or anything like that. You can literally mimic this with most EQs - including the free ones in your DAW.
i liked the UAD demo, haha
Thanks for the feedback and the tipp !
ok, i´ll demo the doctor and see if i´m clever enough to handle it
- KVRAF
- 2557 posts since 20 Apr, 2005
The UAD on is nice and easy to use, and especially if you have it on a bass and kick group, you can tweak quite complimentarily.
You can get a similar effect with filter/EQ, but won't be as quick.
Of course there are other ways to handle boosting bass and clashes between bass and kick, like side chain.
You can get a similar effect with filter/EQ, but won't be as quick.
Of course there are other ways to handle boosting bass and clashes between bass and kick, like side chain.
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- KVRAF
- 5475 posts since 25 Jan, 2007
I must confess Voice Of God was a pointless disappointment for me. Fundamentally it didn't do what it claimed, and nothing a filter / eq can't do.
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- KVRist
- 97 posts since 5 Jan, 2008 from Atlanta
I think it has been proven that VOG is basically just a high-pass filter with a resonant bump something most stock EQs can do.noiseboyuk wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:33 am I must confess Voice Of God was a pointless disappointment for me. Fundamentally it didn't do what it claimed, and nothing a filter / eq can't do.
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- KVRer
- 4 posts since 4 Jun, 2013
VOG sounds much more creamy and better than the BOZ effect. Try it on the TB-303. There is a lot more pressure! No alternative? Submarine from waves? Well, I get similar results with the cambridge EQ, but more precise.
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- KVRAF
- 4110 posts since 2 Jul, 2005
I actually was fiddling with the hardware version of VOG at a friend's mix room the other day. It sounds like exactly what it is, a clean resonant high pass filter. It has decent internal headroom for a cheap analog circuit, but it had no discernable character or other interesting qualities to me. I used it on a close mic snare, kick, and toms subgroup to add a bit of uniform bass that would trigger the compressor more consistently, and it did what one would expect. For an analog mix filter it's reasonably well tuned and simple to control, but I'd rather use the free Melda MBandpass for this kind of simple trick and really I'd rather have a full digital eq so that I could tackle any other frequency changes at the same time. I definitely would never pay hardware or UA software prices for this. I'd hope that the digital version, at least, uses like no resources to run.
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- KVRAF
- 5475 posts since 25 Jan, 2007
I agree with myself of yesteryear.noiseboyuk wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:33 am I must confess Voice Of God was a pointless disappointment for me. Fundamentally it didn't do what it claimed, and nothing a filter / eq can't do.
I declare Voice Of God to be among the most Emporer's New Clothes of effects.
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http://www.sound-on-screen.com
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Macbook Air M2 OSX 10.15
http://www.sound-on-screen.com
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Macbook Air M2 OSX 10.15
- KVRAF
- 10644 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
You could prolly get the same effect with a preset from Izotope Vocalsynth combined with Ambeo (or any Surround Panner)