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WISEPAT
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Does someone know where I can find a decent compressor plug-in (directx)?
Thanks
Thanks
Aaron Cheney
Favorite Chord: C 6/9
I've said it before, I'll say it again...
Ultrafunk Sonitis!!
I love that compressor, and it's only $50 bucks. THe WAVES is good too, but you can only buy it as part of a bundle for $300.
Go to:
http://www.ultrafunk.com
THey make many other great plug-in's too.
Aaron
http://www.aaroncheney.com
Ultrafunk Sonitis!!
I love that compressor, and it's only $50 bucks. THe WAVES is good too, but you can only buy it as part of a bundle for $300.
Go to:
http://www.ultrafunk.com
THey make many other great plug-in's too.
Aaron
http://www.aaroncheney.com
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gnarled
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Yeah, I've been using the ultrafunk reverb and para eq for a while now and I dig 'em. They are really easy to use and have a pretty slick interface. I haven't tried the compressor yet (been using sound forge), but I'm going to download the demo soon. Anybody used the demo? Whats the limitation - time or functionality?
No more newbie status for me!
No more newbie status for me!
crosstudio
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ultrafunk... it has a built in peak limiter
i'm digging my ultrafunk package. the compressor and eq have very nice UIs, and the built in peak limiter on the compressor is just what i was looking for. i've been using it for about 3 weeks now. after trying the demo, i got the whole suite.
i'm digging my ultrafunk package. the compressor and eq have very nice UIs, and the built in peak limiter on the compressor is just what i was looking for. i've been using it for about 3 weeks now. after trying the demo, i got the whole suite.
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Carter Simcoe
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the limitation of the ultrafunk demo is that it periodically bypasses the effect for a second
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Floyd
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How does Ultrafunk's compressor compare with the compressor available in Cakewalk's Audio FX1? Is it a no comparison situation? I'm just wondering why I haven't seen it mentioned in this thread.
Aaron Cheney
Favorite Chord: C 6/9
Here's what I can offer
CW FX1 is crap compared to Ultrafunk, and costs 2x as much. The metering is ridiculously inadequate, and the UI is not nearly as intuitive.
Aaron
http://www.aaroncheney.com
CW FX1 is crap compared to Ultrafunk, and costs 2x as much. The metering is ridiculously inadequate, and the UI is not nearly as intuitive.
Aaron
http://www.aaroncheney.com
crosstudio
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ultrafunk vx. cake fx1
cake and ultrafunk are about even purely in terms of their compression ability.
having said that, for those of us that don't have magic ears, it's hard to know how much compression you need without seeing visually. with cakewalk, this meant going into the audio view and watching the wave. with ultrafunk there are input, gain reduction, and output meters, so you can see what's going on.
ultrafunk also has a peak limiter. for those of us who mix in digital this is very important. if you have a couple of peaks that are so fast that they don't add any perceived audio to your track, yet they will cause the normalized mix to be less loud, having this peak limiter can help alleviate the problem. by beefing the gain up to the point where these stray peaks are clipped on an individual track, you can raise the level of your mixes.
you can't do that with fx1, even if you add the limiter behind the compressor, because fx1's limiter is not look ahead, so it lets some of the peaks get through.
cake and ultrafunk are about even purely in terms of their compression ability.
having said that, for those of us that don't have magic ears, it's hard to know how much compression you need without seeing visually. with cakewalk, this meant going into the audio view and watching the wave. with ultrafunk there are input, gain reduction, and output meters, so you can see what's going on.
ultrafunk also has a peak limiter. for those of us who mix in digital this is very important. if you have a couple of peaks that are so fast that they don't add any perceived audio to your track, yet they will cause the normalized mix to be less loud, having this peak limiter can help alleviate the problem. by beefing the gain up to the point where these stray peaks are clipped on an individual track, you can raise the level of your mixes.
you can't do that with fx1, even if you add the limiter behind the compressor, because fx1's limiter is not look ahead, so it lets some of the peaks get through.