Aphex Aural Exciter

[DarthFaders]

I know it "excites the audio," hence the name, but how does it do this? Does it run the signal through a tube? EQ?

What does it sound good on? What does it sound like, period?

Thanks guys,
Darth

[MONTE]

http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/jan00/a...s/enhancer.htm

[DarthFaders]

Thank you, MONTE.

[Ethan Winer]

Monte,

Just to clarify, this text in that article is wrong:

" ... in an attempt to realign the relative timing of low-, mid- and high-frequency components in a complex sound."

That's just a load of BS intended to hide the fact that they are really adding distortion, and/or high-frequency EQ, and/or high-frequency compression.

--Ethan

[DarthFaders]

Anyone else?

[MONTE]

Ethan,

Dude your entitled to your opinion and you obviously don't like these devices. But that statement is not (as you say) BS. I don't want to get into tech wars here, but if you take a dual trace scope and compare input to output while running a sweep generator through a BBE device that is EXACTLY what it does (among other things). Besides, I just thought it might be good reading for someone like Darth who was interested in how the things work.

[Fangar]

Whatever you do, don't get your Aural and Anal mixed up. That would be messy.

Fangar

[DarthFaders]

[Ethan Winer]

Monte,

> you obviously don't like these devices. <

That's not really true. I don't use them, but I'm not an "exciter basher" like some, and they probably do have their place. I might even use one someday if I thought a track would benefit from that particular effect. But I object when a manufacturer uses techno-gobbledegook to pretend their product does something it doesn't, or vice versa.

> if you take a dual trace scope and compare input to output while running a sweep generator through a BBE device that is EXACTLY what it does (among other things). <

A lot of things can alter how the input and output look on a 'scope. But the notion that audio needs to be time-aligned to match the loudspeaker is ridiculous. How could one compensation work for my JBLs, and someone else's Mackies, and a consumer's Radio Shack speakers all at the same time? And shifting phase a few degrees is not audible anyway. Why doesn't BBE just tell the truth about what the Sonic Maximizer really does?

> Besides, I just thought it might be good reading for someone like Darth who was interested in how the things work. <

No problem there, and the rest of that article does seem useful.

--Ethan

[Griffinator]

Originally posted by Fangar
Whatever you do, don't get your Aural and Anal mixed up. That would be messy.

Fangar

You have problems with mixing up the Oral and Anal?

[Fangar]

Originally posted by Griffinator


You have problems with mixing up the Oral and Anal?

Only if they are not clearly labeled as such.


Fangar