Is it REALLY THAT DIFFICULT? || U-HE Presswerk
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- Опубліковано 30 лип 2024
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INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:27 - The Website
01:21 - User Interface
03:02 - Testing
05:38 - Yet another auto-gain rant
07:57 - More testing
10:21 - Conclusion
11:14 - Disclosure
11:34 - Support me! - Навчання та стиль
Here's my theory: Plugin makers who don't make demo versions of their plugins are scared of you.
Of me!?!? 😅
@@Whiteseastudio Of course, they have no Auto-Gain function ;)
@@GadesChannel Or no 'bypass' button!! ... As he said once "maybe it's SO good you don't want to bypass!" haha
@@xsessivmc Lets face it plugins suck thats why the guy in the video has a bloody reel to reel
@@theprogrammerrolandmc3039 that’s the most stupid comment you made ever
U-he is one of the best plug in companies around.... easy installation... fair prices ... high quality great sounding products💯👌
I discovered U-HE quite late as well in the game. Even if you believe that you already have all types of synth/FX plugins (and we all have 'enough') - don't let that stop you trying their demos. It's all a matter of taste. But you might be surprised how musical their VSTs of instruments you already own may sound.
U-he makes quite high quality plugins, I'm always impressed by their products.
The Repro 5 is one of the best sounding Analog Mod Softsynths I know. I was in the studio last year and we recorded in a session with the pre-recorded demo files and the engineer was just setting up the session for drum recording and out of nothing asked: "Jesus, which synth is this? Sounds amazing"
The blind test never lies
And no activation. Just serial protection. This trust in users encourages me to consider their plugins and indeed I own quite a few already.
It's funny how this plugin FEELS like using a featureless, three-knob compressor because of how quick I can dial things in yet, it has a features beyond my go-to Fab-Filter compressors. It's a really good time using this for dramatic, over-compressed sounds as well.
Wow, the first time in a LOOONG time I've seen you this excited about a plugin. I"m gonna have to try it, you are usually spot on with your analysis. Thanks for insight, always appreciated.
uhe is soo goood if you are into synths try them :)
Plus their copy protection very unobtrusive. I've bought a number of plugins where I actually use the cracked versions just because the official version is bogged down with such heavy copy protection.
This Compressor is one of my absolute favourites. Especially the presets with 'simple' skins are often a great starting point for more precise adjustments.
For me as a long-time Linux user, it is also outstanding that all UHE plug-ins are also available as native Linux versions.
what soundcards do you use recomend for working with linux?? thanks
@@georgepalilismusic I have an Focusrite Scarlett 20i18 and this works perfect with Linux.
glad you dig this one, this has been one of my go to compressors for everything because it does so much and the different views really help to focus it on getting something quick to start with. the saturation sections is kind of secret sauce for along with the dual phase reverse thing really can add a unique twist on the sound.
u-He/Urs Heckmann have been making the best soft synths out there in a very crowded field. Hans Zimmer, Daniel Miller, Martin Gore, Ty Unwin , Billy Currie, Midge Ure, Richard Barbieri etc. etc. are all huge u-He users/fans.
If I was forced to use/have only ONE soft synth, it would be u-He's Zebra.....the most versatile and beautiful sounding to me.
Amen
Damn right.
I always said the same, til I got phaseplant
@@hazmatproduction4562 I have all U-He plugin and Phase Plant (and many others). Phase Plant is the only other synth that I really like to tweak. But U-He sounds more as my hardware synths, old and new. They are musical instruments, not plugins. Repro, Zebra, Diva are always in my music. And effects are so nice and easy. U-He is... what only U-He is. But I like Phase Plant too, a lot.
Urs knows what he's doing. Like REALLY knows what he's doing.
I love how they added phase rotator. Great for voice over artists.
The details in this plugin impresses me. Especially for the price.
Best software compressor for me, been using it for years and I always come back to it… I am surprised you only now discovered it, U-he makes some of the best plugins
It got updated with new skins, and M1 coding....new beast
I won this in a competition years ago, but yeah, its fast to use, it sounds great and everything. Thanks for bringing it up again, as I have completely forgotten about it!
one of my good buddies showed me this compressor a few years ago. It was a instabuy for me. So many uses it has and it sounds friggen fantastic! It shows up on allllll of my tracks in some form.
I Always Like you for your Honest and not Misleading reviews, and you don't sugarcoat.
Wow, I loved your rant about auto gain, and totally agree.
I also loooved this video because we can see @6:02 a very nice wide angle view of your studio, and it looks amazing!!
You should incorporate more of this angle of view in your next videos!
It was an experiment, I think I like it as well 😊
Presswerk is one of the best software compressors I've ever used. Sensational on bass, synths and voice.
Without a lengthy review, this has been my go to compressor for short transient pluck leads, basses and guitars. I found it so intuitive I never opened the manual or explored the presets. While financially I would have rather purchased this during the rare occurrences U-he actually has a sale; this was the only full-price one I got my money's worth. Same for their Zebra, Diva and Hive2 synths. -- I'm curious to know how their Satin plugin compares to the other tape saturation plugins, and how worth it the rest of the effects are.
I come for the reviews, I stay for the deadpan analysis of the wood and screws.
The new "adptr audio sculpt" plugin is really interesting.
Oh yea i saw this the other day, thanks for the reminder. Looks pretty cool!
I was almost just as excited as Wytse when I heard the auto gain comp do its thing.
Made my day
Love yours vids man. keep them coming
Thanks for checking it out. Seems to me like the first Compressor in a long time that could make real sense to buy. Becourse it is not like the 99% other compressors on the market. It has nice intelligent features. But in the end - its just and still a compressor lol. U-He does such a great job with its plugins incl. synths. Hive2 is great, Diva also.. what to say i did never find a bad thing from U-he and i believe i never will. So i think that compressor realy can be a great choice for mixing as well for Mastering. But to be true, since i did realize my mixing failures in the past - i do not very often take Compressor in my mix. I work more with true envelopes to get them right. I do not realy often have to do "recordings" or work with unprocessed material that needs some of that "magic". Only sometimes when i want to color my digital stuff with a spezific compression behavior i choose some La2a clone or stuff like that. So - i dont need it. But thats a plugin that could be one of those tool to get and from that day on miss like hell when it is gone. And thats a great Sign for a Plugin.
Urs makes awesome plugins (and the synths are pretty nuts too!)
Diva and Zebra are basically must-haves if you make electronic music.
Autogain is so important, not just for workflow, but to combat ear fatigue. It makes it so easy to know how a plugin is changing your sound.
I have made my own autogain versions of sone plugins in FL Studio patcher before because i wanted that feature so much.
Hey man, really enjoying your videos! Could you explain how "autogain" is possible in a dynamic plugin? on the vsts that i create autogain is only possible if you have a linear or exponential response, but on dynamic plugins you usually end up with different levels at the end so using the same gain reduction for all tracks does not work.
It would need a dynamic gain reduction (which is only possible in a period of time) but this is far more in depth than just connecting two inversed knobs right?
Let me know if you have an idea what the best setup for a plugin would be.
can anyone tell us the correct name of the test track since it s not darude track...?
which other known compressor plugins have this function of auto makeup? do the plugin alliance shadow hills have this?
This was the first plugin I bought many years ago and I been using it all the time since.
BTW: Love your videos :)
Wytse, did you notice that the Auto Gain of the Pro-C 2 doesn't work well?
The parallel compression option is cool as is the of course gain matching. U-He really makes great stuff!
What is your input on that Levitt? Is that new remote one that recently was released?
Have you checked out the Tukan plugins made by a Reaper user and available for free? Some good stuff there.
Great plugin, i'm using it a few years now. Highly recommended !
Hilarious video! Love it! Gonna try this myself after watching.
Btw the phase rotator probably refers to the phase scrambler built into Optimods and the like to balance polar waveforms from voices. Very exited about that one. PS-22 can do that, too.
Oooh, and did you dial back the highs on your 1040? much appreciated.
There are so many plugins now that are free and some are quite good. I ran across U-he's Tyrell and Zebralette (both from U-he and free)and loved them. I kept hearing about their Diva synth time and time again so I looked at it 3 or 4 months ago and saw it had a demo. I downloaded the demo. I am a country/bluegrass/acoustic mostly guy and synths don't really fit my kind of music, but I had played secular music for the first 20 or so years of my career before doing the Old Time Gospel music I do now and had used them back then. Ok, back to Diva. A musician is always experimenting and I started wanting to create some "Orchestrated Synth" music. So I thought lets give this Diva thing a shot. I was stunned. Within two days I had paid to get rid of the static lol! First plug I ever paid for. I have loved it so much I even wrote my first "Orchestrated" piece with it alone except for the drums and used 21 instances of it. Did I say I love this thing? I then caved and bought Hive, the Repro package (I used a hardware pro one in my early days to play bass on and it sounded great. So does the plug!) and Zebra, all from U-he. These U-he people are incredible, so it doesn't surprise me at all that this thing is good as well.
I love this guy but in this case he really didn't give this incredible plugin the justice it deserves. He thinks the different views are just simplified GUIs but actually the controls work differently with each different view, to simulate different types of compressors so you can dial in a particular sound real quick, then change to the main view if you want to fine tune it. He's acting like he's never seen a plugin with auto gain make up before but this plugin has so many actual cool features that I've never seen before and that he quite possibly hasn't either, such as the fact that you can not only dial in a bit of dry mix, but you can also HPF the dry mix so you only bring back the tops from the uncompressed signal. That is cool. Another great feature is you can set the saturation to be pre or post compression. u-he put so much work into this and it's great that Snake Oil man gives it a mention but though I appreciate what he puts into these videos I think he really should have spent a little more time getting to know the plugin before filming this one
Hey, would you review Novatron? The compressor by Kush Audio. I've heard from a lot of people it's the second best behind Pro C (which doesn't add color like the Novatron).
Another great video :)
You’re a prime candidate for a midi controller for your plugins
Cubase 12 new midi remote mapping is awesome, I’m sure your DAW can do something similar.
I was wondering how stressful is this on your cpu. Uhe plugins are known to be heavy on the cpu
Your german accent sounds perrrfekt!
Haven't tried this one myself. But everything I've used by u-he has been bloody amazing.
I was just reading the specs for this on their website...not seeing an oversampling option, any insight? Thanks, great video :)
According to a MusicRadar online review, "in the data display window of the Presswerk plugin, there is a button for activating 4x oversampling. (I've got Presswerk myself but I'm away from my computer currently otherwise I'd personally vouch for this). Cheers
There is an HQ button at the top of the interface, it enables the oversampling
@@dougr5187 thank you!
@@armanddubois9862 excellent, thank you!
The name of the track was „Sandworm“ I believe. UHE Synth are super. Why not the compressor too?
Please, recommend me your favorite plugins with automake up.
presswerk is my go-to for a compressor with character, love the saturation sound
I guess many compressor plugins without auto make-up gain are just that way because good auto make-up gain is not that easy to do.
There are "standard" formulas available on the web, but the problem is that compression (i.e. gain reduction) is dynamic and make-up gain is static. If the make-up gain were calculated on the fly per sample from the gain reduction, it would effectively just be a reduction of the gain reduction per sample i.e. less compression. So it needs to be a static volume adjustment that's usually calculated from Threshold and Ratio, and depending on the implementation maybe a few other factors.
In the end, it's a bit of a guessing game, and therefore quite hit-or-miss from case to case.
Have you tried FirComp2 yet?
I've owned this for a few years.
Excellent plugin.
yes but why is it excellent? why? why? why?
This is the new version.
Gratitude from Kyiv!💙💛
❤️
Some DAWs have macro knobs now - eg u can set up one knob to control the threshold one direction & have the makeup knob move a direction. But its great you found demo plugins can be use for crackle or silence SFX now also LOL
That may be the most gorgeous plugin UI I've seen. I'd buy this just because it looks so damn good and seems really easy to use.
Since it's release it is the best Compression-Plugin I ever worked with. Simply outstanding....
Nothing like a good snake oil video to remind you to use a great plugin you already own. I’ll be taking a deep dive into this one.
You got a plugin at that price and didn't dive in? Yikes.
@tgoodjenkins Native Instruments had a huge bundle sale several years ago. Many people got it for the insane discounts on the synths and the effects were practically just a bonus.
@@elliespohr and u-he was 50% off still leaving it at 70£. Not sure what you're getting at. That's still expensive to spend on a plugin to never use.
Alternative title 'Dutch man goes insane while reviewing plugin' hahaha
Cool, this got me inspired! I also saved the link for the QR code as my new Thomann bookmark, so soon you might be able to afford a studio in your own villa, by the beach.. ;)
How did you manage to miss that crazy delay (lookahead) feature?!
Can you do a full feature review of this plug-in please?
What about using a Midi controller to do your autogain thing?
whats the song?
Uhe is dope. There's no better feeling than opening up a new plugin, turning a few very intuitive knobs and hearing immediate results that spark creativity.
The presets are just awesome already.
Arturia compressors can do what you want; when you touch input, output moves at the same time.
Where did you get those ”library lady in 2004” glasses? They’re really unusual to see nowadays lol 😅
Your accent was perfect! You got it! Alles Gute aus Los Angeles (via Österreich)
6:49 -- For 20 years, I've wished there was a way to have two separate mouse cursors that can be controlled with a mouse in my left and right hands. That way, I wouldn't need to assign any two given parameters to two knobs on a control surface. -- While using two mice wouldn't have the same feel as turning two knobs....its still more handy than one mouse, one parameter at a time, or having to constantly assign two parameters. -- I can't see it being practical for gaming or anything other than music, so its why we'll never have that feature. But it would be nice if the system preferences had a simple option for a secondary mouse with its own cursor.
Eindelijk ! :)
Plus the compressor sounds so good! Enough transparent and yet it "gives" something back
Magnifico! Muchas gracias
Could you explain the thing with the Auto-Gain again, but in more detail please?
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Oooo! A soft clip button too! I like this plug.
This is by absolutely no means a fix, but it's the simplest jerry rig I can think of. Using the software "MouseMux" you can connect two seperate mice and give them seperate cursors. I'm sure Mac has a similar software. It would allow you to turn two knobs at once on the software that don't have auto makeup, or auto makeup that just isn't that good.
Brilliant video, hope many (khm, all) plug-in makers are watching it as well!
Loved the rant about the makeup gain.
I love U-HE plugins, all their synths and FX plugins - their sound is just superb and like you see, featurerwise they are thougt out really good.
I feel you. I think part of the problem is there is an audio engineer trying to explain to the chief software programmer what they want.
Because Audio doesn't know software, some part of the explanation gets missed. And that is usually because a software company is hiring a consultant and might not have them back for the final.
Software engineers don't understand auto makeup.
it has a very natural sound, while being able to be gluey and punchy and get a rounded sound...this thing is the answer on Masterbus......
U-He never disappoint, all their plugins are excellent!
yes but why is it excellent why? why? why?
Very good video!! And Presswerk, it has that bread/butter potential that makes it worthwhile. Dial this in (via presets/knobs)... and things should go well. :)
waiting for your eval on the Mac studio M1 Max version vs Mac mini M1
Just Pre Mastered a Song that I'm gona master through my Analog Rack, with this Plugin....this is definately my Perm Mix Bus Comressor, with R Compressor on Effect Sends and Individual Buses....This is hands down best Drum, Vocal and Mix Bus Comp Hands Down......
Is that Rudestorm by Dasand ?
But how many compressors do we need? Compressors compress and most of them do it really well. I have free and paid compressors out the wazoo and they are all pretty damn good. I can't believe that we are somehow on an endless search to find better compression. Please tell me what all this nonsense is really for...
The way you say “press work” for the first minute and a half sounds like an Aflac commercial. 😂 🦆
I love my U-He products. Been using for a few years now.
I understand the rant about Autogain, and I totally agree about how much a good autogain can help, but isn't it about a bit more than just linking the input and output signal levels (as you demonstrated with that hardware interface). I'd always imagined that a good Autogain had to adjust to the gain reduction that would result from changes made to ALL the various settings (ratio, threshold, attack, release etc) the user made to the compressor?
The output gain does contain all the adjustments you made to the plugin. The one adjustment you don't want to hear though, is gain. Gain has no sound, so you don't need to hear it.
@@SamHocking thanks. That's great to know. What confused this newcomer though was that the 'two hands' example shown didn't appear to suggest anything more than that the plugin linked input and output knobs when in fact it's probably doing a lot more than just that through its autogain function.
it's more of a psychoacoustics thing if you include other variables.
Tokyo Dawn Labs plugins have unmatched algorithms.
I really like when you reacting to a plugin that has auto compensation feature, especially for the Analog Obsession Neve Channel drive knob 😂❤🔥
I use it on drums all the time. It has a lovely sound
Great video, thanks! I've been using this one for years, since it came out, and can attest that it is not snake oil. How can it be, if it isn't claiming to be anything?
Also, would you consider reviewing Kush plugins? I've been on a kick of debunking plugin magic using plugin doctor. I learned virtually all my EQs are replicable in pro-Q. But I became more convinced from my analysis of them that the Kush Omega bundles (saturators) are special, and each do something unique. Novatron is also very good. Would love to get your perspective on them though!
Why do you test it with a already Compressed, etc..Track? Doesn't make sense imho,..
In a full music production with many tracks you cant hear the nuances...
You dont need several compressors. ^^
I use it, and it is good... i love it... there is much MORE to it!... try another modes!! as a bus compression etc. Urs and CO - GOOD LUCK and wealth to you!!
Track name anyone?
how crazy would it be to have a second mouse/pointer for the other hand so you could do stuff like the analog compensation? rabbit hole, here i go.
I think that you know that automatic gain compensation in a non-linear plug-in is not as easy as what you described. Yes, a good compressor/limiter/distortion should have it as an option, but most of the times I disable it because it doesn't work as I want it to. The reason is that there is no universal method for calculating AGC for compressors, so what you get is pretty much the developers opinion on how to do it, which might not jibe with how you think it should be done. Having no AGC doesn't instantly make a dynamics plug-in worthless, but for many it is certainly a plus.
Btw; Presswerk is a divine piece of software! Worth every last penny.
Nice, more u-he reviews!
reaper has realearn, assign a couple of midi encoders to threshold/gain and output and you have the same hardware knob control you are referring to.
Or better yet, deploy CSI. Then when you click on the plug-in your control surface automatically changes to a mapping for that plug-in. Killer with devices with text displays.
@@c3r1c38 whoa!! CSI looks bad ass!!! thanks for sharing that!
This is plug-in is really old too btw. Crazy how plug-in makers still don’t add auto gain (however Saturn 2 needs a way to turn it off)
I knew Saturn 2 was auto gaining, tho gut I was losing my shit, trust your ears.
SSL Native has awesome auto-gain functionality in the plugins.
Exactly. I ended up getting all their plugins because they really know and always know what they are doing. You can't go wrong with SSL Native plugins :)
@@marziograva Yeah, I'm really impressed. That saturator is amazing. They're all amazing. I use a lot of UAD stuff but I honestly think SSL native sounds better and the autogaining is exactly what you would expect and hope for. Cheers!
@@gulagwarlord Yeah, I recently tried the Saturator on my drums bus (normally I use SoundToys' Decapitator for that purpose, but the SSL one was amazing too, in a different way. Cheers!
White Sea Rant, Top notch, I'm with you on this one!
Urs is an absolute lad. Dude does not miss.
It doesn't do oversampling, though, does it?
it does it's called HQ mode
@@ayokiff1073 Thank you. I don't get why I can't find this anywhere on the product page…
@@timoheinrich8763 I asked the same thing, strange it doesnt tell you on the website.