Sonic maximizer..................

[Tyler22]

Hi,
I bought a sonic maximizer a while back to clear up my bass sounds on the recording.....well that works great but i just heard that you can use them to clear up or enhance your mix after it done???is this true???if so what does it do?? and how would i hook that up?? out my computer in the maximizer and back to my computer?????thanks for the help

[Ronan]

Originally Posted by Tyler22

Hi,
I bought a sonic maximizer a while back to clear up my bass sounds on the recording.....well that works great but i just heard that you can use them to clear up or enhance your mix after it done???is this true???if so what does it do?? and how would i hook that up?? out my computer in the maximizer and back to my computer?????thanks for the help

Do not do it!!! Well its your recording you can do anything you want, but I strongly discourage it. The sonic maximizer is basically a box that adds distortion to your signal that can make it sound a little exciting at first. It really will mess things up and you will most likely regret using it later.

[Massive Master]

The Sonic Maximizer was created to give an analog recording the same type of harsh scratchiness in the highs that the digital world has been trying to avoid.

While it does *occasionally* fit into a situation here or there, for the most part, yeah... It's like audio-crack. It's a pretty nifty "sheen" that isn't really there, then you get hooked on it until you can't do without it and ruin your life - I mean, mixes with it.

[Ronan]

Originally Posted by Massive Master

The Sonic Maximizer was created to give an analog recording the same type of harsh scratchiness in the highs that the digital world has been trying to avoid.

Perfectly put. I love that.

[Farview]

Please, everybody stop using these things! If you have a crappy sounding bass or a crappy sounding bass amp, get a better bass and bass amp. Don't try to cover up the crappyness with some other cheezy piece of crap. I can't telly you how many guys come into the studio with a $150 guitar and a $200 amp and $600 woth of gizmos designed to put a band-aid on a crap sound. It's stupid! If your sound suck, fix the sound. Don't just run it through another piece of junk.
AAAARRRRGGGG!!!! I hate these things!

[Blue Bear Sound]

I love you guys!

[Cloneboy Studio]

Proper compression and EQ will fix that bassline. The Maximizer will... funk things out pretty bad. I'm not as against exciters as a lot of people but they have to be used SPARINGLY and on the right things. Sometimes they are okay on high hats or cymbals, sometimes on overheads--when used like 5-10% wet and mostly dry.

Honestly, a good multiband compression setting beats the pants out of an exciter unless the source is really dull and nasty, like someone recorded their overheads with SM57's or something.