Regarding Sonic Maximisers

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Are there any sonic maximisers (vst plugin) that do the trick ?

BBS Sonic maximizer isnt exactly my cup of tea tbh :P
 
The "Sonic Maximizer" is a trademark of Barcus Berry Electronics, Inc. (BBE)

There can be only one.
 
Harmonic exciters all will do about the same thing. If the BBE doesn't do it for you, you might be barking up the wrong tree.
 
There IS a sonic maximizer plug in (I think it's around $100) but why are you asking for a sonic max plug if BBE isn't your cup of tea? Also do you have any idea what the sonic maximizer actually does? It is not just a high end hyper like most enhancer units. It fix's all the tiny phasing problems that occur in an audio chain, then it seperates the highs mids and lows and time aligns them slightly so everything tightens up. One of the greatest tools ever invented, however it can be abused and end up making everything sound "processed" don't put either knob above 7 and you should be alright.
Hope this helps.
 
I'd say more like 1 or 2... 7 on the BBESM's is a very, very extreme setting.
 
Hollowdan said:
There IS a sonic maximizer plug in (I think it's around $100) but why are you asking for a sonic max plug if BBE isn't your cup of tea? Also do you have any idea what the sonic maximizer actually does? It is not just a high end hyper like most enhancer units. It fix's all the tiny phasing problems that occur in an audio chain, then it seperates the highs mids and lows and time aligns them slightly so everything tightens up. One of the greatest tools ever invented, however it can be abused and end up making everything sound "processed" don't put either knob above 7 and you should be alright.
Hope this helps.
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I really wish people would stop falling for this crap. This is pure unadulterated bullshit.

It couldn't possibly 'fix' phase problems. In order to do that, someone would have to have an ocilliscope (and know what the waveform was 'supposed' to look like)to be able to adjust it properly.

My monitors are phase compensated, how would I adjust anything in my control room that would translate to anyone elses non-compensated system?

As far as guitar rigs go, the frequency response and phase goofyness of guitar cabinets is part of what makes them sound the way they do. Why would you change that?

It's a sales pitch. The fact that people would think that a 4x12 cabinet would have the same type of phase issues as a home theater system and a pair of ear buds is pretty discouraging.

I could go on and on, but if you do a search, you will find more than you want to know on the subject.
 
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