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Tyler22
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i am gonna buy a sonic maximizer and all i wanna know if it is worth the money to get one????does ireally improve the sound alot??and do you run it direct input to your computer?thank u
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Cloneboy Studio
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Aural Exciters (of which the Sonic Maximizer is a member of) use sophisticated electronic or digital techniques to increase the apparent low and high end of a signal being passed through it. The concept started by Aphex back in the 1970's so it has been around for a little while.
Generally these devices are love/hate affairs with most AE's. Personally I think that they occasionally have their use in *moderation*. You will get a slightly more processed sounding signal when you use one--hence the importance of not going berserk with how wet you set this effect.
Aural exciters will NOT make a poorly recorded and mixed signal sound good--in fact, it will make it sound worse (it can make stuff sound "sour"). Generally it is more important to have a lot of other gear and knowledge before using one of these devices--and a good recording to use it on selectively, and in moderation.
This is not a miracle device that will suddenly make you sound pro. A good compressor and eq will sound better than it 99 times out of 100.
Generally these devices are love/hate affairs with most AE's. Personally I think that they occasionally have their use in *moderation*. You will get a slightly more processed sounding signal when you use one--hence the importance of not going berserk with how wet you set this effect.
Aural exciters will NOT make a poorly recorded and mixed signal sound good--in fact, it will make it sound worse (it can make stuff sound "sour"). Generally it is more important to have a lot of other gear and knowledge before using one of these devices--and a good recording to use it on selectively, and in moderation.
This is not a miracle device that will suddenly make you sound pro. A good compressor and eq will sound better than it 99 times out of 100.
Blue Bear Sound
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Get your tracking right using the right room/mic/front-end signal chain and you won't feel any need to use an exciter..........!
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ampd
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I have the plug-in version of Sonic Max. I dont use it on everything, but its great for doing a quick mix. Totally worth the money.
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AGCurry
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I use my BBE plugin mainly for bass tracks. It's good for that, and for the occasional track that needs to "sparkle" a little more. I NEVER use it on more than one or two tracks per song, and NEVER on the master.
Massive Master
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IF you're getting one, don't go with anything less than the Aphex 204. It's a tunable unit - You can tweak it to get a very Pultec-like shimmer in the highs. You're NOT going to get that with a BBE unit.
Although, yeah... I don't use either unless something very specific comes up.
Although, yeah... I don't use either unless something very specific comes up.
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ds21
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I know at least the older Aural Exciters, would take out some of the higher freq. and add distortion then mix it back in with the main sound, infact, I forget who it was but one person had to stop selling kit's that did this, because of copywrite, but he did have a article in a mag showing how to make one. I had a BBE back in the early-mid 90's, back then they said they split-up the signal at certain freq. and re-aligned them in the time domain, then put them back togather. Are they worth it, as an effect they can be, but they can easily get over used.