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Good point. I actually want to have a follow up video on the whole Sonible:Smart lineup soon.

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Generally not on the mix/master bus. Typically on the individual channels. Though if you only had a 2-track (vocal mix and instrumental), you can do some unmasking by ducking out some of the clashing frequencies on the instrumental track to make room for the vocals.

It’s generally a good practice to sidechain (using soothe or any other method) to create space in the mix so the drums can sound punchy. You can also use it when instruments are clashing with each other. Ducking down the secondary instruments (even on the transients only) will create space for the primary ones you want to pop in the mix.

@@InspiredWithAC so u mean I sidechain drum to instrument And I can sidechain my 808 to melody only in bass frequency

@@user-qh5uy8xi5m correct. If you want the kick to be punchy and it’s getting masked by a bass or 808, you’d sidechain the kick and duck out the bass to allow the transient to come through the mix. You can do it with a soothe, a compressor, or an EQ… same thing for instruments. If there’s masking happening, you can use soothe to unmask by side chaining the instrument you want to take priority in the mix to a secondary instrument that you want to duck down.

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Sonible on individual tracks with Izotope on master makes absolute sense. As far as my music, just TV and Film sync placements. Maybe I need to pursue some video game placements 👀. Thanks for watching.

I’ve been planning to for a minute but have been a little busy. Will definitely make one soon

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I think Sonible just needs to iron out some of the stability kinks. Their entire Smart suite has great potential. However, the constant bugs and instability means that many musicians (including me) will opt for other options, especially when working on critical mixes.

I personally don’t. Some do. The reason I don’t is because I like to separate my 808 and any other bass from my drum bus. If you stem out your track at the end and want to make artistic/eq changes after, you’ll be limited if your 808 is on the same track as your drums.

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Strictly for unmasking - yes. Though SmartEQ has been a bit buggy in FL Studio.

Hey - I was referring to seeing the frequency masking/overlap of other channels that have Smart:EQ, not the individual analyzer. Sonible gives you the group feature whereas Pro Q3 gives you a visual of the signal of other channels that have Pro Q3 and where masking is happening. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.

Good question. I didn’t actually check. I changed it to Hip-hop/Rap since I wanted to profile to be genre specific. Regarding using Sonible and iZotope, I think I use at least 1 iZotope module in all of my songs but not for their A.I capabilities. Sonible has been hit and miss on my end mostly due to their instability with FL Studio. I do use them in Cubase though.

Yeah, I use both as well. I still have much to learn about the Sonible groups feature and the unmasking capabilities. I did do a test on it a while back and I was rather suprised. The unmasking thing made a somewhat significant difference. I will have to take some time and learn more about the intricasies of that feature. Thanks again for the video!

@@mikemccormick1624 awesome! Thanks for watching by the way.

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Which version do you have? Sonible updated EQ4 to 1.0.2 in March. All you have to do is create the group and then click “add instance”. You should be able to see the list of every channel that has EQ4 on it… the problem with FL studio is when you save the project and reopen it. There’s a bug that doesn’t recognize the group once the project is closed. It still keeps the EQ filter settings but you can’t change the group anymore. As of 1.0.2, it’s still not fixed.

@@InspiredWithAC i have the same problem in Fl Studio, even with the newest version... also the gui does weird, jumpy changes on it's own without me clicking anything.. now the plugin is useless for me. this sucks :/

@@fdgggfh24 yeah. I found the update made it worse for me. Last thing Sonible said was that they’re working on a fix. I haven’t heard from them since. It’s a darn shame if they don’t address it. Not sure how they will compete with other plugin providers if a large user base (FL users) can’t use their product.

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Yes, but not on every track. Sometimes I sidechain with an EQ. Sometimes I don’t sidechain at all. It all depends if the track needs it or not. Sometimes panning and a little EQing does the trick. But if I’m trying to create space for my drums or something in my melody mix, then side-chaining with Soothe will often do the trick.

Are you using it inside of FL Studio? If so, I did a follow-up video here: ua-cam.com/video/TGmP4S-p--c/v-deo.html I’m comparing Sonible Smart:EQ with Pro Q 3 and touched on the instability issues I’ve been having with Smart:EQ 4, especially in FL.

Well said. It’s definitely something people don’t talk about enough. Regarding complexity, the more complex the template, the less flexibility in regards to new instruments and sound exploration. However, when you’re on a tight timeline and you need to have a song composed, templates are an absolute necessity. It’s even more important when you get into orchestral pieces. Different sound banks and patches have different track delays. A patch from a Spitfire strings library will have different attack time than one from Cinesamples. You don’t want to set the track delay (for those who don’t know - it’s the little clock icon in the mixer) for each library every time you start a project. Orchestral projects can easily take an hour or longer to simply get it up and running / routed.

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Anything in particular, if you don’t mind me asking? Was it high expectations for the “smart” features? I personally didn’t care much for those but I’ve been disappointed about the overall stability and constant bugs.

@@InspiredWithAC The GUI is kinda great to be honest but I did not fall for how it sounds. I don´t own many limiters but I like Ozones limiter way better to my ears. I have also listened to Pro-L2 limiter and that also sounds really great.

Haha.. unfortunately that’s just genetics, so I have no tutorial for that. The best alternative is probably a trip to Turkey 😅

Good to know. Are you using version 1.0.0? I’m having other UI instability issues since upgrading to 1.0.1. The analyzer doesn’t work 95% of the time, regardless which daw I use. I don’t know how big the Sonible dev team is, but hopefully they iron out these kinks soon.

@@InspiredWithAC Yes 1.0.0. Ow didnt even knew there's 1.0.1. I also noticed that it's important to already categorize the sounds. Or it will malfunction. My fl studio set up is already categorized too. Meaning: My mixer track is named. And then ofc the putting playlist: Track 1 - track mode - audio track. The only issue remains it doesn't show immediately. So i have to close and open. And then it works properly. It's very frustrating paying 300€ for the bundle and things don't work. The smartgate plug in has issues too. That one i dont use. Edit: I did get a reply(just some reply, not a solution) on instagram. So maybe making them aware there too is optionable. Another plug in that has some difficulties is Triaz. People are going after it. Bought mine weak ago. Great vst but when exporting the sound it has cracks, clips and distortion.

Oh man, that’s brutal. Regarding the upgrade, the plugin doesn’t tell you there’s a new version. Their website doesn’t even tell you. You have to go into your account on their site and re-download. Their zip file has the version number. Don’t upgrade to 1.0.1 though! It’s even more unstable, unfortunately.

@@InspiredWithAC Tnx for the heads up and info.

Well said. In regards to Sonible, I still have hope for smart:EQ. I haven’t used smart:comp on any project yet. I have used smart:limit. Not for the smart features, but because I find it pretty transparent. In addition to the group problem with Smart:EQ / FL studio, I found it’s hanging UI instability when I updated to 1.0.1. I reached out to Sonible and they said they’re hoping to have it fixed with the next patch release. Until then, it’s been useless for me.

@@InspiredWithAC I want smart EQ to be great, but using it as a regular every day EQ is a chore because of the small texts and menus. AI just hasn’t come along far enough for me to utilize it in my every day mixing. I hope they update it, but knowing how these companies do, GUI improvements will be availabl in Smart EQ5. I find it to be a waste of money as a piece of software.

@@InspiredWithACwhats wrong with FL and smart EQ?

@@jayholm3285 it has a bunch of instability issues. I made a follow up video about it here: ua-cam.com/video/TGmP4S-p--c/v-deo.html Basically the group settings don’t get saved and the 1.0.1 version has UI problems. Lots of people seem to be experiencing it - especially with FL.

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Thank you kindly. Great to hear that it’s been helpful. Thanks for watching.

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Thanks! Great shortcut tip for those watching ☝🏽

I tried Master Plan. I personally wasn’t a fan. It’s not a bad plugin by any means but I could get a better sound using other plugins. I’m also not the biggest fan of the all-in-one plugins with just a few knobs. But if the all-in-one works for you and you get a sound that you like, then there’s absolutely no need to go overboard on adding plugins and tweaking your mix and master. Thanks for watching!

Send channels should only output the wet signal (the signal with the processed FX). If you output the wet and dry (the unprocessed one that’s routed to the send and the master), then your dry signal will get louder since it’s getting doubled. The chapter at 2:20 in the video mentions removing the dry signal from the send channel. Sorry if it wasn’t clear. I guess I could have added additional context to that section.