psycho-acoustic processors

[minusone]

Hello everyone...
quick question... and i just wanted to get some opinions.

Do you feel psycho-acoustic processors are worth while in the mixing and "mastering" phase of production?

I am on the fence. Part of me says that a recording shouldn't need this because you should be capturing the essence of the music, and a psycho-acoustic processor is creating "false" images...

but then the other half of me says that psycho-acoustic processors are damn useful in helping a weak mix (which I am all too often prone).

thanks for any feedback!

 

[John Sayers]

I find that psycho-acoustic processors are usualy designed by psycho-acoustic professors and do shit all except fuck everything up

cheers
John

 

[dr.colossus]

are they really that bad john? i was thinking of getting one, they are the same as aural exciters right?

 

[cominginsecond]

I have a sonic maximizer, the enhancer on my Nady Cl5000 compressor, and the "stereoizer" effect on my Focusrite Penta, and while I have found limited use for them on individual tracks, I've never gotten good results running an entire mix through them.

 

[John Sayers]

Yeah - whenI mix I spend hours getting the instrument placement, the stereo spread, the image distance and closeness together and you really can't replace all that work with a simple unit such as a psycho-acoustic type device. It's like a few samples telling you that it's real drums eh??

cheers
John