I am very much looking forward to you dragging more waves plugins in such a thorough fashion

@RedMeansRecording

2 жыл бұрын

Also Dan, what does the slithery synth line in the beginning?

@DanWorrall

2 жыл бұрын

The opening part? Two sine waves driven by polyrhythmic arpeggiators (3 against 5), with distortion, plus FabFilter Timeless glitches and pitch glides.

@lorenzo_villa

2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see a review like this for the scheps omni (which is my favourite and main plugin)

@lastwarning1

2 жыл бұрын

"Dragging"? Okay Cassandra from homeroom

@everybodyhasoul5438

2 жыл бұрын

Same

this is precisely the type of video which will drive up the quality of products for engineers. even handed and as objective as possible. thanks dan

Dan is a maestro, i would like to see a plugin company hiring him just to make a channel strip Dan Worrall Edition with all he would find useful and necessary. Really, i would like to see that and then a video by himself explaining why this and that and how it works. Keep up the good work, man. Cheers! :)

Thank you for putting waves in their place with this one. It is much needed. When analog emulations we’re a novel thing 20 years ago and Waves and UAD were the only ones doing it, sure, recreating the hardware limitations in the plug-in made a little more sense. But now that the market is saturated with analog emulations, the bar is being raised by companies that are starting to really push the boundaries on combining the best of analog emulations and digital workstations. Companies you feature right here on the channel, like TDR, u-he, and fabfilter to name a few. So when waves had the opportunity to innovate again when they released an update to their SSL channel, but chose not to, I was disappointed, but not surprised. Hopefully having someone like you who isn’t afraid to tell the truth as an affiliate will help them wake up to the fact that times have changed and in order to make compelling, usable modern tools for the DAW means taking hardware emulations beyond the hardware. While it’s not perfect either, look at the amount of extra thought that went into the design of the BX_SSL4000 series.

@zwicker5585

2 жыл бұрын

Brainworx did a great job with there analog emulations. Headroom, input and output, and mix parameters on every plug in is just exactly what we need in every plug in these days

@russellszabadosaka5-pindin849

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, another fan of the Brainworx SSL right here.

@jonytube

2 жыл бұрын

TDR, U-he and fabfilter are great examples of such companies, couldn't put it better myself.

@cmd_f5

2 жыл бұрын

TDR and FabFilter, two of my favorite companies doing this kinda thing. They give us analog options without being afraid to fully harness digital capabilities.

@zwsh89

2 жыл бұрын

Pulsar, Tone Empire, Acustica, Arturia, kazrog, and Audified also come to mind, but the list is ever growing these days

I do mind if the value showed is not exactly the amount of gain I am adding or subtracting, and it has nothing to do with mixing with your ears. It happens often that I have a chain of plugins, and if I want to subtract one db on one and adding it on another, while at the end of the chain I've got a multiband compressor, I end up hitting the compressor harder without noticing it, just because you are 8 hours in the mix and you don't double check simple math, you trust that 1 - 1 = 0.

@D-One

2 жыл бұрын

Same. Also, for the less experienced it's important correlate values to what your hear, if a change labeled 2db would be different on every plugin then we would never learn how much of a difference 2db really sounds like.

Love your videos Dan, you're the most interesting, articulated and even funny audio geek youtuber out there!

Incredible, Dan. I appreciate your honesty even with a deal with Waves in place.

A very thorough and insightful review. Thank you, Dan. With so many plugin developers and choices available, an informed decision is sometimes hard to acquire.

New video from you brings a smile to my face, regardless. Also, loved your recommended channel! 💯

You’re channel is stellar man. Much love ❤️

Always love the content Dan!

Thanks for this video. Needed to hear that calming voice today!

Excellent review!, this is the kind of reviews for plugins I want to see!, Thanks!

Really love this analytical approach to plugin reviews!

Very much enjoying your tunes and great advice.

Dan, do you have any actual Mixing videos on the interwebs? I for one would Love to see your full process, especially after watching this video which I think is the most comprehensive Channels --> Busses --> 2-Bus setup you've shown on this channel. (I happily admit that I've watched ALL of your videos here numerous times.) I, like all the rest of your fan club, really appreciate the quality and thoughtfulness of these KZread episodes (Pretty much everything else goes on pause as soon as I get the alert), and your focus not on "Tips & Tricks" but rather techniques, fundamentals, and philosophies. However I think MUCH value would come from watching you take a song from Importing raw Multitracks --> Exporting Stems and a Final Mix. (Maybe a short series of videos with as many parts as you see the stages of a start to finish mix. Say "Dan Worrall Mix Series: 1/5 - Mix Prep", "...2/5 - Static Mix Balance", etc.) Not that you don't give us Way more than we deserve already, but if such a series were to exist, I would likely watch it once a month for the rest of my life!

@classicrkr2480

2 жыл бұрын

He was the engineer that FabFilter hired to create their "Mixing and Mastering" playlist that is extremely helpfu: kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5532aushJO-aLA.html Of course some of them are directly geared towards FabFilter plugins, but there is still great info in there.

@arweailyen5120

2 жыл бұрын

His actual songs are pretty meh

Dan, you’re on my list of people to have a beer with someday. Your videos are thee best! Thank you sir!!

These days, I regard WAVES as marketing for 'wealthy enough enthusiasts' rather than professionals. Not that I am claiming to be even competent. But buying loads of plugins seems to be a phase we all go (I went) through and WAVES is there to fulfill that need. Now I aim to learn to use a few good plugins well. Maybe I will be inspired by Dan to buy more in future - Having said that, I got so much from this tutorial and remain an enthusiastic student. Thank you Dan

@privateer2584

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. I bought all of them back in the day (Mercury bundle). Now I mainly use the Fab Filter stuff and a few select others. The only Waves plugins I use frequently now are RVox and Maxx Bass.

Great work on the review - very informative - and very entertaining!

Dan, thank you for this very in-depth video. You are one of a handful of people that makes reviews that really makes sense. Waves, are you listening...? I really do hope you will review the Scheps Omni-channel as well. I expect you like the workflow much better of this all-in-one channel solution than any thing else you've put your hands on so far. Thanks again for your contribution, thumbs up!

Great video. I like having the options of all of these things, old school stuff where I'll use my ears, more surgical stuff, and sometimes the Scheps is great just to drop on a background element and mix the entire thing in one plugin.

Thanks Dan! I’d love to watch you go through the Scheps 🙏 (for the same reasons/differences you point out here).

Here's the thing (as I suspect you know),: lots of bedroom recorders who've never been anywhere near a real analogue desk have been convinced they "need" an SSL. So what they WANT is something that looks just like the real thing, and they don't know or care if it actually does a good job. I'd argue that there isn't anything at all that this does that the Scheps Omni Channel doesn't do much better (just to take another Waves plug in as an example). But then that doesn't press that satisfaction button that makes a hobbyist think "now I have an SSL"

I really appreciate the way you analyze in detail every time but, the most important thing is that the music has to be able to get to the listener and this is outstandingly present from the first record that ever came out. I still think about being able to do something that doesn't have to be elaborate on, if it is so thanks for your hard work and I can tell you something, I learned a lot from your content and I really appreciate everything you do for community. My point is that you can inspire people in creative ways. Bless you good human being. Greetings from Kosova. Besim Baftiu.

This could actually be a great opportunity to debunk some Waves myths like the ones that imply that practically every compressor they designed is an untouched RComp with a saturation stage added.

@AmagrasMUSIC

2 жыл бұрын

Whoever said that has no idea what’s talking about

@pedrochalkho7629

2 жыл бұрын

@@AmagrasMUSIC I don't believe it is that simple either! I respect the heck out of Waves for what they've brought us in the DSP realm. However... there ARE some famous myths worth looking into, I believe. I mean, going by the main plugin featured on this video alone, it is somewhat widely believed that EV2 is a stripped down CLA Mixhub.

@AmagrasMUSIC

2 жыл бұрын

@@pedrochalkho7629 if you knew the story of waves from the beginning you wouldn’t believe that; but also it’s all in the manuals, forumites don’t read those anymore?

@pedrochalkho7629

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, sure, the manuals! xD

@AmagrasMUSIC

2 жыл бұрын

@@pedrochalkho7629 yes, the manuals explain when they used an algorithm from old plugins

Really dig your synth patches this one is glorious, wish i knew what was going on in that intro patch. So pretty and animated

@DanWorrall

2 жыл бұрын

Two sine waves driven by polyrhythmic arpeggiators (3 against 5) with distortion plus glitches and glides from FabFilter Timeless 3.

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. About as good as reviews get with loads of useful information and just the right amount of opinions too.

fantastic and thorough as always-- I'd love to see a scheps omni channel review sometime-- love this channel!

love your guitar playing awesome. nice review of plugin

Really appreciate the review and the content! My only note where I differ is that I always try to gain stage my mix from the fader on a channel strip and not my DAW faders. It makes automation nicer and means I have the same resolution for automation on all channels. Plus I know that if 1 channel is -1.6db then it's because I accidentally knocked it

the best review of SSL EV2. Thanks! :)

You're the best mate!! Keep up the hard work

The one (big) gripe I have with Waves is how they separate mono and stereo versions for all their plugins. All other plugin producers have managed to make their products intelligent, but not Waves. It slows down my workflow and doubles the number of keyboard shortcuts I need for my plugins. And I can't tell you how often I've wasted time trying to figure out why a stereo track didn't sound right, only to find a mono Waves plugin to be the culprit, followed by the fun of duplicating the settings after installing the stereo one. I like Waves, but I hate their mono/stereo policy.

@BojanBojovic

2 жыл бұрын

It is your DAW actually, Reaper does not have stereo and mono tracks, it is the limitation that exists only in our brain as we're used to this old way of thinking.

@sm5574

2 жыл бұрын

@@BojanBojovic, no other company's plugins do this. It's Waves.

@rrrafiel

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but stereo plugins will use 2x the CPU of a mono plugin.

@Solanaar

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe Waves could install a mono/stereo-switch that also dynamically adjusts the cpu load. that's not too complicated

@sm5574

2 жыл бұрын

@@rrrafiel, they shouldn't have to if it isn't necessary. Use mono processing for a mono track, and switch to stereo for a stereo one.

The only channel strip I use, is the SSL9000 from PA, mainly for the same reason as you Dan, and when I do, I use the THD knob cranked to max, just to get some added harmonics...and often I use FF ProQ3 to further sculpt the sound if needed. I'm not ashamed I work 100% ITB, and take advantages of every "weird" quirk a software plugin can do, after all in computer world we most often we use the mouse ( can't really say anything about any DAW Control Surface as I haven't tried one yet ). Thanks for the video Dan, really informative. Cheers

One of the best reviews I have ever seen. Thank you very much. I‘d like to see more waves stuff. Most of all the Abbey Road Mastering Suite.

This turns out as a high quality, very detailed QA review. Now Waves knows how to make this a good channel strip. Hope, you get your fee for this QA, Dan. ;-) It is most important that you keep being honest and fair, and it's great to see you do!

@Rhythmattica

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thought,.. Waves coders and R&D will be getting some invaluable information to employ or remove features with just a NFR .. Brilliant! Question is.... Since this really is the first full Waves review, will they actually take on board what Dan has pointed out? If in a few months there are options as suggested, I bet it'll be another version and another cost. Say the "SSL almost EV Virtual 3"

Great video as usual. Always admire your work. That's a really nice Reaper theme, by the way. Would love to see an analysis of the Waves, Scheps Omni Channel sometime in the future.

@PJBonoVox

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was keen on that theme too. Any idea what it is?

The mix sounded really good!

dan + waves, been waiting this for so long :D

Elegant as always

Excellent video! Thanks a bunch!

Thanks for linking the Reaper Theme

Question with the mic and line gain. Are they the same algorithm, I know some neve plugins model the line and mic because they are different, I thought some SSLs are the same. Have you done a video on your mix bus, I love top down mixing and would be interested in your process, sounds great to my ears

I love the scheps omni channel. Literally use it on every mix. Especially for bus processing. Would love the see a full review 🙏

Channel Strip Plugins (2 of 5) My point here is that Softube as a company, in close coordination with Solid State Logic, deliberately took the Channel Strip Plugin idea much further than it had ever been. They did stick to "accurately emulating" the sound and workflow of the original console(s), but they added a ton of not-so-obvious advancements over the real thing. (I wand to go into depth, but this is way longer than intended already. So I'll try to just hit a couple of points. Thanks DAN!) 1) Mixing in the box with a mouse is 1-Click at a time. I have numerous gaming mice, track balls, track pads, pen displays, tablets etc, and they All have their place. Plus in Reaper you can train them to do Amazing tricks. But the Console 1 hardware is essentially a Midi Controller, dedicated to exactly One plugin. That has many implications but one is that you can grab multiple controls at once, like on Analog equipment. And because the hardware is so tightly connected to the software, you develop a Hand/Ear coordination, even with you monitor switched off, that is simply impossible with any mouse or other "Pointing Device". 2) That point and this one have more to do with the Hardware than the Channel Strip plugin concept, but because that hardware is communicating directly with each of the plugins, from the control surface you can fly through all of the channels in your session. If you had a 96-channel session say on a real million-dollar SSL XL9096J, you would roll your chair way over to the left 48 channels, then way over to the right 48 channel strips, standing up and down to reach all the controls, in and out of the sweet spot, so you return to the center and realize you have to go back to readjust, all day. With this system, there's 20 channel buttons that bank up and down, right at your finger tips on a controller the same size as your QWERTY keyboard. So with 5 clicks of a button, one hundred SSL 9000 channel strips Come to You, within seconds, without you moving one inch out of your perfectly triangulated monitoring system. And again, you never have to touch the mouse or look up at the screen! 3) However, about that screen.... While the knobs on the controller are laid out to match an SSL Channel Strip, spread out and turned on its side (a concept I love, but also one of my pet peeves), and the idea is that your hands already know where to go, plus the controller is full of LED meters and indicators that give you lots of visual feedback for what your hands and ears are telling you, they Also included on On-Screen Display system, that with the click of a button (and maybe not even that) super-imposes a display over whatever is already on your screen and gives you additional Bonus information, audio x-ray vision into your signal that was Never possible on any analog console of the golden years. So the system gives you the sound and the hand/ear mixing workflow of their emulated originals, but with far more of the control and visual feedback of the 21st century mixing experience than was imaginable at the time those studio classics were at their prime. 4) Console 1 is old now, relatively speaking. And it's not the only game in town anymore. Plus it itself has expanded and evolved over the years to include features and functions some of which weren't imagined at the time it was created. That 1 original Analog Console emulation has since expanded to eight, with two SSLs, an API, a NEVE, and others that were never actually Consoles in the real world, but were amazing rack pieces now reimagined into fairly complete console channel strips with the cooperation and endorsement of those companies: Emperical Labs, Chandler Limited, Summit Audio, and Weiss. But that points to another thing that exists within the Console 1 ecosystem... (again this is Not a commercial!) 5) Over the years Console 1 has expanded what you can do with it and it's channel strips. From the beginning you could swap out not only the full console emulations, but the three individual component sections in the chain: you could load the Strip, the Shape, the EQ, or the Comp independently. They've since allowed you to load the Drive section and the Filters separately as well. So you can think of your channel strip as 6 different pieces of gear in a signal chain (like they did with the afore mentioned companies above). And those component sections can come from mixing-n-matching those now 8 Channel Strips, which you can break into 6 parts each giving you 48 pieces of gear (well plugins), but those 6 links in your chain can also come from the hundreds of other plugins Softube themselves as well as Dozens of plugins from their collaboration with Universal Audio. (Plus there's "Apollo Central" mode....but I digress) 6) So again, kinda controller related and not necessarily Channel Strip specific, but putting those buttons knobs and faders from the original hardware, into code, and then Back at your finger-tips rather than mouse clicks, really does change the experience. If you've used any plugins from Softube or Universal Audio with your mouse, and you were happy with the sound and user interface while clicking-n-dragging, putting both hands on two knobs of an LA2A or 1176 finally FEELS right. Your eyes and ears may have been having all the fun, but now your hands get to play as well. I also have to say that, the point of the Console 1 hardware was that the Threshold knob is always the Threshold knob, no matter what emulation you are running. The 4 EQ band gain knobs are always in the exact same place, you don't have to think about it or look for it. And Softube did an amazing job mapping the hundreds of Plugins with thousands of individual Parameters to the 26 FIXED knobs on the hardware controller a when you're using a UAD plugin or UAD Console, it feels like Universal Audio made the hardware. Almost all of it feels intuitive, and the amount of time you do spend looking for something is nothing compared to with the mouse and a plugin window. However this is also its limitation... (Continued 3 of 5......)

*More incredible insights from the "Rainman" of audio!* 😎👍

Brilliant review..

Finally a proper review for the plugin ... and the developers could easily create the modern version, with switch of a button. So u can choose the original setup channel strip or modernised with all your suggestions

Dan Worrall's channel is where I go when I want to go to my happy place. 🙂

I'm curious if you ever worked with Universal Audio plugins and what thought you might have had. I've tried searching for any videos on them, but didn't find any.

Nice analysis!

Best videos on youtube for audio nerds, thank you

This channel is a Gem!

When you asked the listeners to suggest other Waves plugins that you could review, the thing that immediately came to my mind was their Enigma, which seems to be included in several of their bundles.

A possible benefit of creating a channel strip with the same layout and limitations of the corresponding hardware is that the users can go back and forth between the two with no learning curve and work the way they're used to working. It's not as flexible as it could be, but it's perhaps faster for those who are used to working that way. This approach could also function as a good training tool for aspiring engineers to come to grips with the hardware before they get to sit down in front of it. Nonetheless, imposed limitations can limit the usefulness of a plugin; and I appreciate you illustrating these issues in your usual, detailed way. Well done!

Superb - as always. The difference in the bypassed (channel plugins) mix is certainly there, but it seems to me you could replicate this with with many other EQ's and compressors we've all bought over the years, including the native DAW plugs which are rather good on all DAW platforms methinks - could save a lot of CPU in the process. Something I wish I'd known years ago before being seduced by fancy looking GUI's and raving reviews in magazines !

I haven’t used this channel strip but I have a ton of waves plugins and I absolutely love the way they sound.

The SSL channels from Waves are OUTSTANDING!! I don’t rave often, but really, I’d mix whole shows or records with nothing else if I had to. I’ve been a Waves customer since virtually day one. I remember sending an email with a tech question and getting a phone call in my back yard on July 4 from the founder of the company, saying in a heavy accent “Hoppy Indeepandance Day, Peter”. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I realized what was going on. He spent nearly an hour with me and sent me a Gold bundle from the kindness of his heart which was at the time something really special. It represented at least $800 upgrade from the 6 or 7 plugs I had alreadly purchased. Customer forever.

@EdwinDekker71

Жыл бұрын

I like the brainworks ssl strips much better.

C-1 is my favourite compressor in the world. I think I've been using it maybe 20 years. Reviewing that would be so cool!

@kaori-3882

2 жыл бұрын

Also using it for 17 years, Unless I want ultra clean sound and than FirComp has won :)

Another fantastic video. Thank you. I'm getting weary of skeuomorphism in general, but especially in plugins. Why are we limiting ourselves to controlling our sound with cute little knobs that look like SSL knobs? The sound is what matters. Make an interface that is intuitive, easy to control with a mouse, and visually informative as well as appealing. FabFilter figured it out.

@AfferbeckBeats

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's part of why I love Goodhertz plugins

@MrJC1

2 жыл бұрын

well... if that is all you need, it can be good. but theres good no reason to limit yourself to anything anymore. haha.

@lyingpancake95

2 жыл бұрын

The designs that basically mimic hardware are somewhat lazy. So often, there has been little to no consideration for the UX of an interface's navigation or interpretation in a digital environment.

@milesbuckley1731

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree @Jim. I'm getting weary of anything that looks like a channel strip. Channel strips are shaped that way because of a space *limitation* - it was the only way to put multiple processors side-by-side on a mix console. It's a terrible way to arrange knobs and buttons unless you physically have to. In the computer era, we can design things any way we want - we should design them in a way that facilitates intelligibility and workflow, and stop cloning limitations.

@Ferrichrome

2 жыл бұрын

@@lyingpancake95 skeumorphism can be done well imo. Some plugins, like U-He plugins or TDR plugins look like real hardware but often deviate completely from what a real unit would look like and function, for the purpose of being a better to use plugin

One that me and a lot of people use for pop vocals a lot if RVox. It sounds great and is a "cheat code" but what is it doing under the hood vs a 76+LA2A vocal comp stack?

What can i say i havent already, dan! Your plugin tests are awesome. May be would you agree to test waves 1176, scheps 73 or la2a?

Was always wondering when you would do a proper waves analysis... Please continue this project, thank you!!! 🙏❤️

Waves gave Dan all access to evaluate their plugins and mentioned SSL EV2 as their top seller and they instantly regret it 🤣🤣🤣 as you were giving your honest critics, I've heard that they replicated the 1st SSL, added some features which i consider not a big deal and marketed it well so they can sell it, still not even close to bx_console SSL 4000E which has been there for years. Great video 🙏👍 thanks

Another great informative review. This kinda thing is why I have quit using Waves a long time ago. The name is more important than the quality/usability of their plugins it seems. Hopefully these critical deep dives will help them get back on track. I doubt it, but the info is good for us mere mortals nonetheless. Thanks Dan.

Thanks for this fine plugin review! Another Waves SSL "channel strip" is CLA MixHub (apart from the hub functionality). However it also sports a switchable 1176 compressor algorithm plus dedicated side chain filters & EQ, plus a built-in parallel compression mix knob. A review/comparison with the EV2 channel strip would be interesting. :)

A million times yes about having two volume knobs with one dedicated to headroom/saturation without any effect on the real level. So many “analog emulation” plugins are SO much harder to use because there’s no simple way to try different gain structures for different modeled preamp behavior!

Great review! Now that you're partnered with Waves I'd love to hear your take on their analog-style compressor plugins like the LA-2A, SSL Buss, and 1176

Dan, you make great points about the need to modernize "console emulation" workflow in a modern DAW. I use them, love them but have often found myself frustrated for having to(for example) choose where I will dedicate my HP/LP filter on SSL emulations.

woh great video as always thanks! I would be very curious to see what is behind the API collection ...

a+ explanation of this plugin.

There's been some complaints on CPU usage vs other channel strips, including Waves' original SSL E: do you concurr?

Hey Dan, can you take a look at the pitch shifter waves offer? I wonder what it offers in comparison to the ones already included in DAWs and ones like the Kilhearts Pitchshifter.

Can you review the cla mixhub (lite version nulls with full fat version) as it’s basically the same as the ev2 but with an insert imo! Thanks 😊

I'd love your take on Fuse Audio Labs' VCS-1, Dan, for a fully-featured channel strip that near enough does everything right. I've a couple gripes with it (same issue with dynamics side-chains, for example), but it's much more feature-rich than the usual strip. Thanks in advance, if you see this.

It could be interesting to see you look at Waves' "NX" plugins, and speak to their efficacy in a realistic scenario.

Great analysis of EV2! I hope you will do this for Scheps Omni Channel & AR TG Mastering Chain in the future!!

Amazing! Few questions: in rcomp/c4 there electro and opto options, what’s that? And what’s the secret behind cla76? Serban Ghenea and Jones Hanes uses it religiously on vocals. Hope you’ll break waves plugins down

@ethai1

2 жыл бұрын

The opto option mimics an LA2A release time style, in which the release time gets slower as you approach 0db gain reduction

hey mate, what do u think about the " Solid State Logic`s Own Channel Strip v2 plugin " ?

This reaffirms my opinion on why I don't use channel strip plugins. Cheers!

Could you do a video on exactly what RVOX is doing? I've tried to find a replacement for it for years and can't get anything to do what it does.

I would love to see this plugin against the previous SSL channel strips and/or the Schoeps Omni strip Thanks for the awesome video!

So, a Gate is primarily used for cutting out noise. Does it need to be on the SSL channel? Why not. It can be a great tone shaping tool.

Thanks, Dan! Please consider exploring the Waves NLS plugins. Cheers!

Your pre-emphasis EQ video blew my mind. Might be worth revisiting that concept with Waves Studio Rack. Studio Rack lets you save chains of multiple waves plugins. You can assign macros to any parameters and have them inversely proportional, so it would allow users of Daw's that don't have that sort of functionality natively to create emphasis/pre-emphasis templates for their waves plugins.

Thanks for this. I know it would be a bit redundant, but I'd love to see your take on the CLA Mixbus. It has been a huge game changer for me, in terms of overall sound of my mixes and workflow.

According to the manual for the mic trim it supposed to add harmonic distortion along with the input but in the video it was switched on meaning the analog mode that enables the harmonics and without it should be normal gain

How to put out the noise of waves mixcentric, voicecentric, tonecentric etc..?

Hey Dan! Waves C1 was the first plugin I ever saw and continues to amaze me to this day. I’d like you to try the Peak Ref mode in it. I struggle to tell what kind of compression it’s doing but really enjoy the sensation of tweaking a compressor that seems to be wired backwards in some way. I’d really like to know if you find something interesting about it.

Could you compare the Brainworxx SSL 4000 e strip to the wave one?

Logical Fallatio is a wonderful track. Loved it !

Awesome Dan. Pls do the CLA series from Waves

Dan, do you have any opinion on Airwindows CONSOLE8, It would be interesting to watch someone that has experience on a large format console, like yourself, put these plugins through their paces.

Personally I’ve tried most “SSL type” channel strips (and the Omni Channel and others) but the one I’ve finally settled on is the SSL “SSL type” channel strip which, in conjunction with their 360 app, I find quick, accurate and effective.

@Mansardian

2 жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. Same with me.

@TransistorLSD

2 жыл бұрын

But it's too clean :(((

@duncanmcneill7088

2 жыл бұрын

@@TransistorLSD - what I've found is that a good channel strip compressor is more sonically pleasing to me than channel strip saturation. Besides, the original hardware SSL channel didn't really "saturate" - it was intended to be pretty much linear right up to the point that it clipped (which is fine for limiting transients). The "saturation" came from tape and outboard gear. That's how I remember it anyway. YMMV.

@JM_2019

2 жыл бұрын

And it becomes a dream with the UC1 controller.

@entrancemusicofficial8550

2 жыл бұрын

Same here, SSL Native rocks!

Fantastic review. I wonder what you think of the Omnichannel, imho a very good channel strip

hi Dan ... what is the best Neve channel strip emulation out there?

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the GW MixCentric and GW VoiceCentric; I love the colour they add, but specifically hate the GW MixCentric's non-removable addition of dither noise

Very nice and honnest review :) As a master of compressors, do you plan a review of Dynamic Grading by Playfair Audio ? Released today and found it interesting/

Hi dan! About the pultec eqp1 low end trick... Thats something you mix into or set it at the final instances of mixing? I ll bet for the second choice, but l m not sure!

@DanWorrall

2 жыл бұрын

Mix bus EQ usually happens towards the end of a mix for me. Saturation and compression comes earlier.

I have the bucket and water and watched a few detailing videos on youtube, so just say when and where and I'll help get your car spotless Dan. Then I can always say, I actually know this man irl. I used to wash his car when he didn't have 1m subscribers yet. Some have bigger accomplishments than others, but maybe I should focus on cleaning my own car first...anyway finally subscribed after watching all your videos. The car washing request did it for me.