bruh! you owe me like 350 pound worth of updates. hmmmm, pretty sure i thought i bought them outright. give me more than this sooth2 wanna be plugin by like 349 pounds. Idiots!
@Henrique_Dutra it was available for free on black Friday, you were able to sign up before and then re-enter your email when it became available to receive your licence. Sadly it's not possible to get it that way anymore.
@@Henrique_Dutra I believe there was an email recently sent out if you have a Waves account, I claimed it and didn't really think about it til I saw it in the store again. Not very recently, and I think it was before it hit the store so ya no longer an option atm
@@Henrique_Dutra Waves gives away a brand new plugin for free on Black Friday every year if you sign up to their newsletter. Then it goes on sale for a bit and then up to full price.
I got my free copy, and think maybe it's not the professional's first choice, but I was quite impressed on my mixes. Trust your ears, and my ear's dig it.
I know Waves has a negative view by the community. I can tell you Waves is used in Live venues more than all other plug in companies combined. Also multi million dollars studios still use them all the time.
I believe it's doing the same, or very similar, process as ProAudioDSP's DSM plugin, with somewhat less control. Basically multiband compression with many many bands, and a detected frequency curve, applying a lower compression threshold to louder frequencies and higher threshold to quieter ones, leading to a flattened out (i.e. balanced) frequency spectrum. For free (if you can get it in time) it's amazing, even with DSM also being on sale for pretty cheap right now.
No doubt you could achieve similar results with an EQ and a compressor. As I said in the video I’m not usually a fan of these one-knob type plugins but I was impressed by the sound and the workflow. Seems like it would be a useful tool in certain scenario but there’s obviously loads of different ways to do a similar thing.
Tried it for the 1st time last night on a post-master. Sounded great. Just a small amount made a very significant difference. I may add this to my post-mastering chain, which currently consists of a single plugin and now perhaps 2. Thanks for the video.
Greate review man love the simplicity, when you make like a bell shape - Cmd click could help creating shelfs.. new age 8:11 love the analog feel to it as well
Tried it for the 1st time last night on a post-master. Sounded great. I may add this to my post-mastering chain, which currently consists of a single plugin and now perhaps 2. Thanks for the video.
I too got this for free. Haven't gone on a deep dive yet, but I quite like it as well! I found that it works best on individual instruments or groups, also the instrument specific presets are a great starting point.
I think what it's doing is something similar to an EQ match, similar to what you can do in Spectralayers, although it'll be matching to a specific "shaped" curve. I tested it out earlier while I was mastering an album and it really does clear up resonances very well. I guess putting it on sub busses would be cool to help rebalance certain elements in a mix. I'll be getting some use out of it. Thanks for the vid!
useful - I think bit where you can play with the curve is interesting but doesn't defeat the intelligent feature if there's a need to find the correct frequency etc meanwhile I really liked the track, song BTW
correct me if i’m wrong but it’s essentially curves equalizer (soothe 2 clone) that compresses? Just use curves equalizer/soothe2 and your stock compressor, achieve the same effect with more versatility
no doubt you can achieve similar results in a range of different ways but my first impressions are that I enjoy the simplicity of the workflow with IDX
@@LauritsBrandt i heard it was pretty expensive computational wise but so is the alternative i mentioned, both ways should probably be bounced once you get the result your looking for so performance doesn’t become a hurdle
@@jimsangerI agree, but tbh it sounds actually better than bloom. Have to give this to Waves. Bloom really underwhelmed me. IDX seems to get a better balance somehow.
Before you put this on was this supposed to be a more or less finished mix? Doesn't have any treble at all, way too muffled. So it could only get better. The greatest effect that helps that mix is that the plugin introduces high end. A simple Master EQ high shelf would have done the trick too.
The track has all the original mix bus processing stripped and replaced by IDX for the purpose of seeing how well IDX can replace an entire mix bus chain. It’s audibly doing a lot of compression too so a high shelf EQ wouldn’t quite do the job on its own.
So basically a soundgoodizer. It may be useful, but I never trust plugins that are built like a black box, I want to know how it's doing whatever it does.
Yup, bought the plug in and used it on a master but wanted to see some other folks using it. One thing that's nice is that I feel like I can trust waves plug ins. I know they're going to yield professional results. However these "mystery" plug ins are a little tough to get used to but I'm getting there. It seems to me that this is like an intelligent multiband compressor. I like the idea of that and so far the results have been pretty good. I'm sure they'll get even better with time. Thank you for the review.
Nope. Opposite, in fact. The LIVE version has zero latency, but at the cost of more CPU use. Regular for me uses 2,9% CPU and 2687 samples of latency. And the live version uses 4,4% CPU with 0 sample latency.
Asked for it. Registered. Likely won't use. I try to limit the different brands of products I install. Looks like FL SoundGoodizer but with more controls. Now face it, many of us are not doing this for a living and thus have little to no knowledge of mastering. Why worry using such feature ? Go ahead.
well, indepentently of what it actually does or not, what happened to "let's make some art"? I get a vision of how I want something to sound in my head, and have spent years learning how to get it there. The satisfaction of that process is kind of the whole point, which "automatic nicerizer" plugins like this bypasses completely.
I don't think it's that deep. Plenty of art still being made and IDX is not suddenly replacing every aspect of processing a mix. It's just another tool and quite a useful one for me personally. Always good to find new ways of working and evolving.
You actually don't have to i have been using them for like 4 years now. They do not make the plugin malfunction you just dont get updates, which never change anything anyway.
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Thank you for checking in out! 😍
Stop subscriptions!!!
bruh! you owe me like 350 pound worth of updates.
hmmmm, pretty sure i thought i bought them outright.
give me more than this sooth2 wanna be plugin by like 349 pounds.
Idiots!
If you stopped charging for updates I would buy way more plugins. I refuse to ever pay for the updates.
@@ibanezlaneytrue but name a cheaper industry brand
I down loaded but it said it would be send to my email?
I stuck it on a mix, I was already happy with, it surprised me how much of an improvement it made. Definitely a winner if you get it for free!
How can we get it for free?
@Henrique_Dutra it was available for free on black Friday, you were able to sign up before and then re-enter your email when it became available to receive your licence. Sadly it's not possible to get it that way anymore.
@@Henrique_Dutra I believe there was an email recently sent out if you have a Waves account, I claimed it and didn't really think about it til I saw it in the store again. Not very recently, and I think it was before it hit the store so ya no longer an option atm
@@Henrique_Dutra Waves gives away a brand new plugin for free on Black Friday every year if you sign up to their newsletter.
Then it goes on sale for a bit and then up to full price.
I got my free copy, and think maybe it's not the professional's first choice, but I was quite impressed on my mixes. Trust your ears, and my ear's dig it.
100% agree
I know Waves has a negative view by the community. I can tell you Waves is used in Live venues more than all other plug in companies combined. Also multi million dollars studios still use them all the time.
7:01 the way it just clears up the entire track is unbelievable
I believe it's doing the same, or very similar, process as ProAudioDSP's DSM plugin, with somewhat less control. Basically multiband compression with many many bands, and a detected frequency curve, applying a lower compression threshold to louder frequencies and higher threshold to quieter ones, leading to a flattened out (i.e. balanced) frequency spectrum.
For free (if you can get it in time) it's amazing, even with DSM also being on sale for pretty cheap right now.
It's was pretty dope on individual tracks. Cleans up the dynamics really well on kicks and snares
This plugin seems to work remarkably well on snares in particular!
To be fair, you started with a very dark-sounding mix that could've been improved with a simple mixbus EQ.
Exactly
No doubt you could achieve similar results with an EQ and a compressor. As I said in the video I’m not usually a fan of these one-knob type plugins but I was impressed by the sound and the workflow. Seems like it would be a useful tool in certain scenario but there’s obviously loads of different ways to do a similar thing.
@@guy.britton Thanks for the reply. I've grabbed a free copy so looking forward to trying it!
Tried it for the 1st time last night on a post-master.
Sounded great. Just a small amount made a very significant difference. I may add this to my post-mastering chain, which currently consists of a single plugin and now perhaps 2.
Thanks for the video.
IDX and Gullfoss did magic to my mix. 🥰
Greate review man love the simplicity, when you make like a bell shape - Cmd click could help creating shelfs.. new age 8:11 love the analog feel to it as well
Tried it for the 1st time last night on a post-master.
Sounded great. I may add this to my post-mastering chain, which currently consists of a single plugin and now perhaps 2.
Thanks for the video.
I too got this for free. Haven't gone on a deep dive yet, but I quite like it as well! I found that it works best on individual instruments or groups, also the instrument specific presets are a great starting point.
I think what it's doing is something similar to an EQ match, similar to what you can do in Spectralayers, although it'll be matching to a specific "shaped" curve.
I tested it out earlier while I was mastering an album and it really does clear up resonances very well. I guess putting it on sub busses would be cool to help rebalance certain elements in a mix. I'll be getting some use out of it.
Thanks for the vid!
I put it on the master mix buss and really liked what it did. I'm happy with it. And free is even better!
Jeremy, what would you advise, at the beginning or at the end of the mixbus ?
Guy,
Thank you for this nice review. I already downloaded it.Take care.
Love your walkthrough of the plugin. I just uploaded a similar video displaying the plugin on my channel and Im surprised how well this thing performs
i just used it, love it
I think it is meant to be put on individual channels, not the entire mix as a one-size-fits-all plug-in.
My first expirience is good - a fast check was good. And easy to use. Update: a week of use shows good results - but no wonder
Would you recommend putting it on the master bus? Individual tracks or as like a glue for busses such as drums n melodys
Good question I would love to know myself
Try it on whatever you want!! no harm in trying!! only you know what works best for your music 🤘🎶
useful - I think bit where you can play with the curve is interesting but doesn't defeat the intelligent feature if there's a need to find the correct frequency etc meanwhile I really liked the track, song BTW
You can achieve the same affect by using the LA2A by getting -3db of compression and then turn up the gain.
I'm new to mixing and it's been quite a lonely journey. Are there stock plugins that can achieve this type of result?
I think idx is free
I like it. Can't complain for free.
correct me if i’m wrong but it’s essentially curves equalizer (soothe 2 clone) that compresses? Just use curves equalizer/soothe2 and your stock compressor, achieve the same effect with more versatility
Might be better for the CPU no?
no doubt you can achieve similar results in a range of different ways but my first impressions are that I enjoy the simplicity of the workflow with IDX
@@LauritsBrandt i heard it was pretty expensive computational wise but so is the alternative i mentioned, both ways should probably be bounced once you get the result your looking for so performance doesn’t become a hurdle
I was thinking its closer to their Bloom plugin, which is also compression based rather than eq
@@jimsangerI agree, but tbh it sounds actually better than bloom. Have to give this to Waves. Bloom really underwhelmed me. IDX seems to get a better balance somehow.
What if I put it on every single one of my tracks? If I chose to do that, should I eat you and compress first or EQ compress TQ and then add this?
Eat you 😂
I’m not sure I’d want to put it on every single track but you could try it and see. Don’t eat me if you do though.
thx for advice and cool Song btw 😁
Before you put this on was this supposed to be a more or less finished mix? Doesn't have any treble at all, way too muffled. So it could only get better. The greatest effect that helps that mix is that the plugin introduces high end. A simple Master EQ high shelf would have done the trick too.
The track has all the original mix bus processing stripped and replaced by IDX for the purpose of seeing how well IDX can replace an entire mix bus chain. It’s audibly doing a lot of compression too so a high shelf EQ wouldn’t quite do the job on its own.
So basically a soundgoodizer.
It may be useful, but I never trust plugins that are built like a black box, I want to know how it's doing whatever it does.
Soundgoodizer is just a multiband comp. This one is dynamic to the material. They are not at all the same.
@@Arcessitor Hard pass for me, even if it's free
IDX is much much more complicated
@@XiyuYang You're missing out hugely on this one!😄
@@XiyuYanglol
Is it better thsn bloom from oak sound?
Pls tell me before i buy it😂
I make techno music
Completely different. Get Bloom, now.
The raw track sounds like all the top frequencies were dropped.
So is this like OTT?
no
bro wtf that literally mixed the song in one knob.. i was like that mix needs a lot of work before trying it, but it did it itself, wtf!
Great and surprisingly so.
Thanks for this - I was wondering if I was using it wrong (apparently not). Another one of Waves' bloatware.
bro look alike with drake asf😁 anyways thx for the vid👍
Yup, bought the plug in and used it on a master but wanted to see some other folks using it. One thing that's nice is that I feel like I can trust waves plug ins. I know they're going to yield professional results. However these "mystery" plug ins are a little tough to get used to but I'm getting there. It seems to me that this is like an intelligent multiband compressor. I like the idea of that and so far the results have been pretty good. I'm sure they'll get even better with time. Thank you for the review.
I think Live is easier on the processor/latency.
Nope. Opposite, in fact.
The LIVE version has zero latency, but at the cost of more CPU use.
Regular for me uses 2,9% CPU and 2687 samples of latency.
And the live version uses 4,4% CPU with 0 sample latency.
@@modvind That sounds right, thanks :)
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Thanks for sharing........
Who thinks we’ll have to pay for an update plan? Free plugin with a hidden cost later
Updates are free for 1 year
I work with Wave plugins that I bought in 2015 and never updated after the free updates expired.
@@zmpfl5044Me too. Don't need updates. In my experience they're only ever changes to how the graphics look
Hi from Colombia
Asked for it.
Registered.
Likely won't use.
I try to limit the different brands of products I install.
Looks like FL SoundGoodizer but with more controls.
Now face it, many of us are not doing this for a living and thus have little to no knowledge of mastering.
Why worry using such feature ? Go ahead.
but source is muddy
Oh Yeah! 🙌
It literally just boosts treble and adds gain. Nothing special
i thought it's Drake doing plugin reviews
Where did they put it? Goodbye. Not a pro installation.
It's SORCERY!
well, indepentently of what it actually does or not, what happened to "let's make some art"? I get a vision of how I want something to sound in my head, and have spent years learning how to get it there. The satisfaction of that process is kind of the whole point, which "automatic nicerizer" plugins like this bypasses completely.
I don't think it's that deep. Plenty of art still being made and IDX is not suddenly replacing every aspect of processing a mix. It's just another tool and quite a useful one for me personally. Always good to find new ways of working and evolving.
First 🎉
Sadly, it's no longer free.
It's just a mid/side dynamic eq nothing special...
They will hit u with an update fee or subscription don’t waste your investment or time!!
You actually don't have to i have been using them for like 4 years now. They do not make the plugin malfunction you just dont get updates, which never change anything anyway.
@@servdvCan verify this folks. Don't get fooled by the "updates". I've only ever seen changes to how the graphics look.
You don't have to read everything off the site
Wondering that there are still people using Waves plugins. Maybe they love to pay for updates.
Every person i know doesn’t pay and get them all for free 😂
@ I even would not use them for free
I definitely stopped i actually thought the plugins I bought were mines until the subscription page popped up FOH Never AGAIN
@@th-redattackpoint me to were i can get them for free
@@axoplanet6081 why not plugins aren’t bad only the pricing is