This is the first plug-in that I HAD to read the documentation to truly get the most value out of it. At first I was uncertain about what changes it was making until, while mixing on headphones, I thought some of the instruments and vocals were in the room! It gives a nice professional, “warm” sound that sounds better across more listening platforms. It sounded better on quality speakers and also on my phone. That sold me.
@@TheRealJoe1234567890 how did you go about getting that deal? Did you buy at plugin boutique or eventide? Where did you see the upgrade/crossgrade? Cheers.
I've had it for nearly a year and has become my go to mastering limiter. It's deep but once you understand it's feature set you'll never look back.....probably. It's in a league of its own. Many sales available throughout the the year make it a no brainer, although you'll need one to take advantage of its capability. Also, you failed to mention, Elevate is part of a suite! Those are also worthy of a review. Especially 'Saturate' which is IMO better than the new clipper 'Flatline' everyone is raving about. Try the demo, but don't be lazy. There is some serious MODERN power in this design.
IMO Elevate is way better than Invisible limiter. Way more features and it doesn't break up as easy. Also, Eventide is constantly having sales, even on H3000. Sometimes very good sales. H3000 is awesome. It's hard not to use on everything. lol. Seriously! It has THE sound. Well......close enough for a plugin you can put on all the tracks you want😜.
The direct competitor is the DMG Audio Limitless, and the aim is to outperform it. The 26 bands are also very CPU hungry, but it is also possible to work reasonably with 12 bands. According to my tests, the limiter is really excellent but not necessarily better than Limitless. I would currently see this order: 1. Limitless, 2. Elevate, 3. Pro-L2
Yes, you really get it! I just "upgraded" to DMG Limitless from Elevate last night. But I only recently got Elevate, and I still like it, as a runner up. I agree with your rating - although there are probably some other Limiters that are fit more the console emulation role that I would turn to for a particular feel. (To those who haven't tried Limitless, I must say that the experience I had with it was way beyond what I expected; and perfect for what I do. I tested I like to be inspired and hear things the way they will sound when mastered. With Limitless this seemed to happen. Its not ONLY a limiter, but actually accomplishes something as powerful as Gulfoss, without even stating that it is doing so. Adjusting its dynamic EQ aspect is so transparent and organic that I will probably use it for a good portion of my EQ'ing. I sometimes turned to console emulations when trying to add "sheen" for instance, but Limitless blew me away with its ability to adjust its color (using its 6 bands of curve). Because I was so impressed with the natural sounding sheen it added I next had to see what it could do for portions of bass - and I was equally impressed. Meanwhile, for those instruments in my mix that had nice compression (kicks, bass guitar) Limitless seemed to make these parts of the track more noticeable and even to stereo-ize them. I know that some producers will need to stick to keeping the sound much the same as intended by the artist - for me Limitless can do that if you watch the 20 minutes of their instruction videos, but the bang for the buck for me is its creative and enhancing potential, making things pop as you like on a mix bus without spending tedious minutes with EQ's on multiple tracks. You can of course save the preset, and load it onto individual tracks for producing stems.
Hi there! Thanks for a great review. I got this limiter a few months ago and I love it. I used Ozone before and I was very impressed by the quality of Elevate. It's so clear, natural sounding and crisp at the same time. Very easy to use I think.
Using it for about two years now. It's absolutely great if you know how to use it! Also the bundle includes more than just the limiter, but you get the saturation- , transient- and eq-moduls as single plugins as well.
I started my Xiaomi robot vacuum, and it said it wanted to master a track instead. So I carried it upstairs to the studio. Now, it's happy. Floor is still dirty though.
I do live capture, mixing and mastering. I've been using this plugin for mastering live tracks since it came out. Though it can be used for more agressive styles, I like it's subtle control of the overall levels without sounding squashed. It does a very convincing job of maintaining a dynamic feel while maintaining absolute level control.
I'm happy more people are paying attention to this one! I bought it on 2019 I think and I'm still trying to figure out some tuff to take the most advantage of it, BUT I just ran a piano for a song through it with this small roomy sound effect and it's amazing. Use more or less bands and really try the mel scale, it takes you to other places hahhaha stay safe!
Its great and super cheap in special dates, plus that elevate bundle comes with another 3 plugins which are the eq, the transient and the clipper part of the elevate but with more stuff, in case you just want to use the transient or the clipper tool. Great stuff indeed, specially in drums.
Happy New Year Wytse! The Elevate plug-in bundle was on sale over the holidays for $79. I had a $40 off coupon (I may have gotten it because I own other Eventide plug-ins) so I got the Elevate bundle for $39. This is one of those plug-ins that require reading the manual to get the most out of it.
i have their EQ plugin and use it regularly, they really have something going with their stuff I must say, very musical sounding filters on the Equivocate mastering equalizer plugin that i have from New Fangled Audio
$199 is for the Elevate bundle which is the limiter, EQ, transient shaper and spectral clipper. Granted, the other 3 are modules inside the limiter that they just seperated to use as standalone plugins, but it's still a great deal
@You Tube True, he only mentioned the full price in the video though and says its just for the limiter and I was just trying to clarify what all it comes with ^_^
This is my current favorite limiter. I use the EQ and transient shapers just a tiny bit in the low end or if there's some obvious place elsewhere in the frequency spectrum. But, then, usually the right thing to do there is to go back in the mix and fix the issue there. The other limiter that I absolutely love is the TC Electric MD4. It's amazing and you can get that "radio pop" sound very easily. TC Electric plugins are underrated, IMHO; the reverbs are also amazing. Definitely get this plugin during the sales, and also get the suite with the separate EQ, transient shaper, and the saturator (clipper).
Cool that you finally review some real plugins again! Too bad though that you didnt even get into this plugin , the way you should have! The Main interesting factor is the frequency bands that are modeled on a melodic frequency scale, that imitates the way your ear recognizes music. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_scale , also that you can change those bands manually and all the adaptive transient functionalities to it. Good to have you review its,a bit sad that you didnt really get or showed what its really about.
I don't think this was the purpose of this video. He points out that he should "get into this plugin" to provide a more in depth review. Your comment is, at best, about showing of your deep knowledge about the secrets of this plugin and its underlying concept.
@@jaegervand2112 no, he does so many 20 min reviews about all the shitty plugins of i.e. masteringthemix and doesnt spend any time or effort with this quality product, i was just a bit disappointed by that...
@@thorgudav1489 I get that but it kind of makes it even more valid to me. Most new plugins these days are over simplified and very easy to get into. This one requires serious dedication and the Snake Oil videos is, perhaps, not the best place for a deep dive.
Really wanna see a deep dive on this one! As it looks to be very useful for at home mastering, and at home mixing as well! How could this be used for fixing it in the mix? Can you make a video FIX IT IN THE MIX?
check out the options for MAKING YOUR OWN CUSTOM BANDS & bandwidths (i.e. 13-band, 7-band, 3-band, 21-band, whatever-you-wish) within the EQ parameters. Their MEL scale implementation is supposed to help us in our jobs. Also, it's actually FOUR plugins in one interface. HTH
Finally... I Suggested this ages ago./.. and its my goto....... When you know , it is unmatched... IMO (PS: The pedigree of a Eventide Coder... Plus the bundle includes seperate modules. Plus, keep an eye on deals... The first Mel scale plugin was EQviocate.. free for a limited time, then I upgraded to the bundle for $60... (Approx)..Though even at full price..... It smokes everything I've used....Just need to know how, when, how much or little to use use it..... my 2cents. .)
Moved from Ozone to this with no regrets. For anyone sitting on the fence due to price keep an eye out as they have have great sales. I picked it up for £50 !! As I owned their eq plug in which I got free.
Thanks buddy, I’m convinced, I already have the eq, it’s discontinued at the moment so I have the opportunity to upgrade to the bundle for £55 so it’s a no brainier
I think it would be cool if you could go through some presets of some of the plugins, especially the ones that are more complex and take more time to really learn. So you would also could possibly take a listen to some of the more dramatic effects when more parameters are tweaked.
It's cool I have this it reminds me of the IZotope Ozone 9 and or 10 then you get to which one should i use then you end up using other stuff lol, the plugin world gets saturated no pun intended , I would recommend this one and You don't need to pay $200 wait just wait for a sale ,it's near Christmas when I wrote this ,it's just a matter of days ,also Eventide sells this plugin and they have sales around all holidays and if you have other plugs from new fangled through eventide you'll see cross-grade prices that will also include sales prices on top.
Tried their awesome eq plugins and decided I don't have the proper room acoustics for this type of mastering. So I stick to my great AKG cans when I'm not able to do proper (non EDM) mastering
Not sure I'd use this on mixes but it could be cool live or for radio on the master to make different mastered music similar volume and similar eq especially with amatuear stuff.
I picked this up on their holiday sale - still fully wrapping my brain / ears around it, but it’s def a nice complement / different flavor to Ozone. Really enjoying it, and not just for mastering. The included EQ, clipper, and saturator are excellent elsewhere. Easy to overcook and wind up too crispy though. :-)
It’s not necessarily “better” but I’ve found myself incorporating it pretty much immediately for tunes where I want “louder” punchier masters - it has a different tone / saturation than Ozone to my ear, maybe slightly less “sheeny”? I like the built in EQ / multi band transient shaper for finessing during mastering stage, things that I’d probably normally dip back into the mix session to dial in. I’ve been A/B-ing vs Ozone every time and sometimes I’ll leave in Ozone’s dyn EQ before Elevate, but I’ve been leaning toward Elevate for the end of chain pretty consistently. Btw I waited for it to go on sale, and snagged the bundle for $70-ish at Plugin Discounts so the sales are great whenever they happen.
Love NFA products! This sounds super transparent (is that an oxymoron?), but I need to dive into the manual, as it's so powerful, easy to mess things up if you don't know what you're doing (like me, lol!). The presets are really useable, luckily!
Just this plugin is $79. $199 is for their whole bundle. EDIT: They offer discounts if you own any of their other plugins, I only had to pay $25 to upgrade to the whole bundle. Good deal.
I finally got the $19 + $39 deal- i had to register Saturate, install it with ilok account, and then I wrote to support and they sent me to the right page. $59 total.
I have been using this for a year. I know people are pretending that mastering beyond -13 lufs is a thing of the past due to the pending FCC legislation for imposed volume normalization but that bill has been sitting dormant for over 5 years, meanwhile indie, pop, alternative, edm, hip hop records of ALL genre’s are getting released every day at loudness’ well over the -13/ -14 lufs. I think this is an excellent ITB limiter and does all my heavy lifting in my mastering chain. I’ve seen New Fangled bundles on sale for much less than the sticker price. I also bought it during a special so be patient, keep an eye out and get this for less than $199 periodically.
This plugin can not really be understood by just moving the controls about more or less at random without reading the manual. In particular its necessary to understand the difference between the adaptive settings and the ordinary settings. I'm not a professional at mastering by any means but its the best sounding mastering plugin I have tried. It took me a little time to get the best from it and actually in that process it helped educate my ears. I would recommend it highly.
@@patchesinblue I was using it on my own music which is mainly retro electronic. The material is quite musically dense but doesn't feature drums much. The sounds I use a very varied so it can be a challenge to get it all to sit together. The normal approach to limiting and compression sounded too congested but elevate allowed me to get enough loudness with more clarity. UA-cam makes a mess of the audio but you can get a rough idea of the type of material here - ua-cam.com/video/6K4vHO87GXI/v-deo.html
Its not about ATM. It is what it will always be. Just like its meant to be...... Mwhahhahaha Its my go to.....Still does all the things we need.. after all, with all the auto gain implementation, overall.. this kills it.......
The entire bundle is $200, yes. But it includes several other individual plugins, including EQuivocate which does a superior job of EQ matching (for individual instruments or entire mixes, masters ,etc). It's worth it, folks.
much too complicated but schepps relies on it so...it might be for super-duper-pros only :D i now use the ozone maximizer in combination with flatline.
I must admit.. I prefer the combination of invisible limiter and fabfilter pro L... or for soft clipping frontier from d16 into pro L.... You'd be surprised at how good that really is. This plugin.. sounds compressed from the get go. Like its cool. But it sounds.. squashed in a not so pleasing way if I'm comparing to a commercial track. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just.. not.. as good as the other limiters. I mean.. I'd take soothe, into a touch of frontier, into pro L.
Yeah... I've been testing a bunch of limiters and initially I thought this and Voxengo Elephant sound very close. Then I realized the former was messing with the EQ in a noticable way. I actually prefer my old version of Elephant and get good results quickly. no fiddling with a bunch of different options (although that would be possible, especially with the latest version)
Just discovered you. There is a real need for exactly what you are doing! Love your style. : Review Slam Pro by Beatskillz. Very personable and likable CEO. I just downloaded it but am a bit afraid to install it because Malwarebytes flagged it. I was planning to use it on my drum crush bus on the choruses but maybe also lightly on the master bus for the guitar solo section. In other words, the plugin seems to me to be more like hot sauce than the entire frying pan. But good hot sauce can turn good into great... but not bad into good.
So i just bought this and find the metering is not working in ableton 9 or 10 (main ins and outs are showing but none of the other bits) anyone experience this issue.. pretty useless without gui levels showing :(
Actually this is a very clever tool, but is it only for EDM and heavy styles, Dubstep - or can it work well for for acoustic, gentler music? I'm tempted to buy it, as it's got to be useful for demos at the very least? I mean it won't just refuse because it doesn't like gentle music? Brain and all ;-) It's made by a good company, Eventide I believe - but will I ever understand it? I thing no is the safe answer, but It's going to stretch my brain trying
I wouldn't mind a cheap limiting plugin turning into a robotic vacuum, could save you lots of money! EDIT: Just saw the price, must be a good robotic vacuum to beat a regular one!
@@DaveBessell It's not better, it just has another tonality / color / saturation of the signal, and both - ozone and elevate have pros and cons in some ways, it's more like a complement than an advantage of one over the other.
@@madampaysz5528 I suppose I should have said it was better for me. There were some things that Elevate could do technically because of the multiband approach that I couldn't do with Ozone. Ozone isn't terrible but I got closer to what I wanted with Elevate.
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Great post about the difference between algorithms and brains:
www.newfangledaudio.com/post/mastering-with-a-brain
This is the first plug-in that I HAD to read the documentation to truly get the most value out of it. At first I was uncertain about what changes it was making until, while mixing on headphones, I thought some of the instruments and vocals were in the room! It gives a nice professional, “warm” sound that sounds better across more listening platforms. It sounded better on quality speakers and also on my phone. That sold me.
Bundle sale tip: Get the saturate for $19 then use the Upgrade/Crossgrade to Full bundle for an extra $39 until Jan 4th 2021!
What? so i cn get it for 19+39?
Same here
This worked for me! Thanks!
@@TheRealJoe1234567890 how did you go about getting that deal? Did you buy at plugin boutique or eventide? Where did you see the upgrade/crossgrade? Cheers.
@@jorykevinberger7047 Go to www.eventideaudio.com/products/third-party-plug-ins/mastering/elevate-bundle and click the upgrade/crossgrade button.
An important factor is the “adaptive”. But only for people who read
I've had it for nearly a year and has become my go to mastering limiter. It's deep but once you understand it's feature set you'll never look back.....probably. It's in a league of its own. Many sales available throughout the the year make it a no brainer, although you'll need one to take advantage of its capability.
Also, you failed to mention, Elevate is part of a suite! Those are also worthy of a review. Especially 'Saturate' which is IMO better than the new clipper 'Flatline' everyone is raving about. Try the demo, but don't be lazy. There is some serious MODERN power in this design.
have you compared it vs Invisible Limiter G2?
Are the h3000 factory ever on sale? I really want that but not paying that crazy price.
IMO Elevate is way better than Invisible limiter. Way more features and it doesn't break up as easy.
Also, Eventide is constantly having sales, even on H3000. Sometimes very good sales. H3000 is awesome. It's hard not to use on everything. lol. Seriously! It has THE sound. Well......close enough for a plugin you can put on all the tracks you want😜.
You are a little bit late to the NEWFANGLED AUDIO party!
The direct competitor is the DMG Audio Limitless, and the aim is to outperform it. The 26 bands are also very CPU hungry, but it is also possible to work reasonably with 12 bands. According to my tests, the limiter is really excellent but not necessarily better than Limitless. I would currently see this order: 1. Limitless, 2. Elevate, 3. Pro-L2
Yes, you really get it! I just "upgraded" to DMG Limitless from Elevate last night. But I only recently got Elevate, and I still like it, as a runner up. I agree with your rating - although there are probably some other Limiters that are fit more the console emulation role that I would turn to for a particular feel. (To those who haven't tried Limitless, I must say that the experience I had with it was way beyond what I expected; and perfect for what I do. I tested I like to be inspired and hear things the way they will sound when mastered. With Limitless this seemed to happen. Its not ONLY a limiter, but actually accomplishes something as powerful as Gulfoss, without even stating that it is doing so. Adjusting its dynamic EQ aspect is so transparent and organic that I will probably use it for a good portion of my EQ'ing. I sometimes turned to console emulations when trying to add "sheen" for instance, but Limitless blew me away with its ability to adjust its color (using its 6 bands of curve). Because I was so impressed with the natural sounding sheen it added I next had to see what it could do for portions of bass - and I was equally impressed. Meanwhile, for those instruments in my mix that had nice compression (kicks, bass guitar) Limitless seemed to make these parts of the track more noticeable and even to stereo-ize them. I know that some producers will need to stick to keeping the sound much the same as intended by the artist - for me Limitless can do that if you watch the 20 minutes of their instruction videos, but the bang for the buck for me is its creative and enhancing potential, making things pop as you like on a mix bus without spending tedious minutes with EQ's on multiple tracks. You can of course save the preset, and load it onto individual tracks for producing stems.
Hi there! Thanks for a great review. I got this limiter a few months ago and I love it. I used Ozone before and I was very impressed by the quality of Elevate. It's so clear, natural sounding and crisp at the same time. Very easy to use I think.
ive been using elevate for a little over a month. it makes my mixes sound really super finished and im extremely happy with it.
Using it for about two years now. It's absolutely great if you know how to use it!
Also the bundle includes more than just the limiter, but you get the saturation- , transient- and eq-moduls as single plugins as well.
I started my Xiaomi robot vacuum, and it said it wanted to master a track instead. So I carried it upstairs to the studio. Now, it's happy. Floor is still dirty though.
Just saw a recent UA-cam video with Andrew Scheps where he recommends it as one of his favorite mixing plugins - no Waves plugins mentioned
Bought it a couple of weeks ago. Really liking it. It sounds smooth. Using the MEL scale seems like a good choice
"Modeled after the human ear". But who's human ear? Personally I have 2 of them.
the middle ear
The frequency bands are set to critical bands by default. Might wanna check out that term if unfamiliar
Vincent van Gogh? :)
@@DekriteN09 You’re wrong... Its the back ear
I have this Limiter on my mix buss since a year ... very transparent sound. Definitely worth checking out!
I do live capture, mixing and mastering. I've been using this plugin for mastering live tracks since it came out. Though it can be used for more agressive styles, I like it's subtle control of the overall levels without sounding squashed. It does a very convincing job of maintaining a dynamic feel while maintaining absolute level control.
I’m a big fan of their EQ plug-in. Was curious about this one as well
I'm happy more people are paying attention to this one! I bought it on 2019 I think and I'm still trying to figure out some tuff to take the most advantage of it, BUT I just ran a piano for a song through it with this small roomy sound effect and it's amazing. Use more or less bands and really try the mel scale, it takes you to other places hahhaha stay safe!
Its great and super cheap in special dates, plus that elevate bundle comes with another 3 plugins which are the eq, the transient and the clipper part of the elevate but with more stuff, in case you just want to use the transient or the clipper tool. Great stuff indeed, specially in drums.
Happy New Year Wytse! The Elevate plug-in bundle was on sale over the holidays for $79. I had a $40 off coupon (I may have gotten it because I own other Eventide plug-ins) so I got the Elevate bundle for $39. This is one of those plug-ins that require reading the manual to get the most out of it.
i have their EQ plugin and use it regularly, they really have something going with their stuff I must say, very musical sounding filters on the Equivocate mastering equalizer plugin that i have from New Fangled Audio
$199 is for the Elevate bundle which is the limiter, EQ, transient shaper and spectral clipper. Granted, the other 3 are modules inside the limiter that they just seperated to use as standalone plugins, but it's still a great deal
@You Tube True, he only mentioned the full price in the video though and says its just for the limiter and I was just trying to clarify what all it comes with ^_^
I have used Elevate many years and its still great. It works relly good with SPL Iron.
This is my current favorite limiter. I use the EQ and transient shapers just a tiny bit in the low end or if there's some obvious place elsewhere in the frequency spectrum. But, then, usually the right thing to do there is to go back in the mix and fix the issue there. The other limiter that I absolutely love is the TC Electric MD4. It's amazing and you can get that "radio pop" sound very easily. TC Electric plugins are underrated, IMHO; the reverbs are also amazing. Definitely get this plugin during the sales, and also get the suite with the separate EQ, transient shaper, and the saturator (clipper).
How do you think this one limiter compares to Pro-L 2, for example?
i'd suggest a deeper dive. Their Generate plugin is spectacular, so I have high expectations for their other plugins.
After you spend some time in the sub-modules you’ll see how this limiter can really zone in on a professional sounding master.
My new favorite mastering plugin. Glad you liked it too man
I've got the full Newfangled Suite. Great plugins. I get lots of mileage out of them. EQ's/filters can be tuned. Pretty sweet :)
Cool that you finally review some real plugins again! Too bad though that you didnt even get into this plugin , the way you should have! The Main interesting factor is the frequency bands that are modeled on a melodic frequency scale, that imitates the way your ear recognizes music. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_scale , also that you can change those bands manually and all the adaptive transient functionalities to it. Good to have you review its,a bit sad that you didnt really get or showed what its really about.
ua-cam.com/video/9GHCiiDLHQ4/v-deo.html Mel Scales Explained
this guy soldout quicker than dat ps5
I don't think this was the purpose of this video. He points out that he should "get into this plugin" to provide a more in depth review. Your comment is, at best, about showing of your deep knowledge about the secrets of this plugin and its underlying concept.
@@jaegervand2112 no, he does so many 20 min reviews about all the shitty plugins of i.e. masteringthemix and doesnt spend any time or effort with this quality product, i was just a bit disappointed by that...
@@thorgudav1489 I get that but it kind of makes it even more valid to me. Most new plugins these days are over simplified and very easy to get into. This one requires serious dedication and the Snake Oil videos is, perhaps, not the best place for a deep dive.
Great Mastering Bundle! And it's currently on sale for $79! Nice review!
I suggested Elevate and EQuivocate, it just limits, and lets you shape the curve, but it does give you many bands and it is BASED ON THE human eardrum
Really wanna see a deep dive on this one! As it looks to be very useful for at home mastering, and at home mixing as well! How could this be used for fixing it in the mix? Can you make a video FIX IT IN THE MIX?
I like it and use it frequently. Still learning how versatile it can be.
This is my most used since it was released. Great product.
The hats and the tail on the snare came to the front of the mix when you were messing with the transient settings. That was neat.
check out the options for MAKING YOUR OWN CUSTOM BANDS & bandwidths (i.e. 13-band, 7-band, 3-band, 21-band, whatever-you-wish) within the EQ parameters. Their MEL scale implementation is supposed to help us in our jobs. Also, it's actually FOUR plugins in one interface. HTH
Finally... I Suggested this ages ago./.. and its my goto....... When you know , it is unmatched... IMO
(PS: The pedigree of a Eventide Coder... Plus the bundle includes seperate modules. Plus, keep an eye on deals... The first Mel scale plugin was EQviocate.. free for a limited time, then I upgraded to the bundle for $60... (Approx)..Though even at full price..... It smokes everything I've used....Just need to know how, when, how much or little to use use it..... my 2cents. .)
please make another vid on yr update/thoughts on this, would really like to understand the other elements of it
It's on sale as the airing of this episode. I just bought it! 😍
Moved from Ozone to this with no regrets. For anyone sitting on the fence due to price keep an eye out as they have have great sales. I picked it up for £50 !! As I owned their eq plug in which I got free.
Thanks buddy, I’m convinced, I already have the eq, it’s discontinued at the moment so I have the opportunity to upgrade to the bundle for £55 so it’s a no brainier
Elevate is my go to Mastering Plugin... Its so good.
I think it would be cool if you could go through some presets of some of the plugins, especially the ones that are more complex and take more time to really learn. So you would also could possibly take a listen to some of the more dramatic effects when more parameters are tweaked.
Please do an in-depth video for this plugin. I am really interested.
It's cool I have this it reminds me of the IZotope Ozone 9 and or 10 then you get to which one should i use then you end up using other stuff lol, the plugin world gets saturated no pun intended , I would recommend this one and You don't need to pay $200 wait just wait for a sale ,it's near Christmas when I wrote this ,it's just a matter of days ,also Eventide sells this plugin and they have sales around all holidays and if you have other plugs from new fangled through eventide you'll see cross-grade prices that will also include sales prices on top.
Tried their awesome eq plugins and decided I don't have the proper room acoustics for this type of mastering. So I stick to my great AKG cans when I'm not able to do proper (non EDM) mastering
love newfangled bundle esp EQ and SAturate Bless
Not sure I'd use this on mixes but it could be cool live or for radio on the master to make different mastered music similar volume and similar eq especially with amatuear stuff.
1:29 Yup can't wait to come back to this video after 10 years and comment that it aged like fine wine
Can we have a share? 🍻🥂
Lol
Very cool honest first time usage!
I'd love to see an in depth examination of this plug in!
I picked this up on their holiday sale - still fully wrapping my brain / ears around it, but it’s def a nice complement / different flavor to Ozone. Really enjoying it, and not just for mastering. The included EQ, clipper, and saturator are excellent elsewhere. Easy to overcook and wind up too crispy though. :-)
FYI it comes as a suite of discrete plugins, ie you can load up standalone EQ / transient processor on say, the drum bus
What are you using from this bundle thats better than the ozone plugins?
It’s not necessarily “better” but I’ve found myself incorporating it pretty much immediately for tunes where I want “louder” punchier masters - it has a different tone / saturation than Ozone to my ear, maybe slightly less “sheeny”? I like the built in EQ / multi band transient shaper for finessing during mastering stage, things that I’d probably normally dip back into the mix session to dial in. I’ve been A/B-ing vs Ozone every time and sometimes I’ll leave in Ozone’s dyn EQ before Elevate, but I’ve been leaning toward Elevate for the end of chain pretty consistently. Btw I waited for it to go on sale, and snagged the bundle for $70-ish at Plugin Discounts so the sales are great whenever they happen.
Love NFA products! This sounds super transparent (is that an oxymoron?), but I need to dive into the manual, as it's so powerful, easy to mess things up if you don't know what you're doing (like me, lol!). The presets are really useable, luckily!
Just this plugin is $79. $199 is for their whole bundle. EDIT: They offer discounts if you own any of their other plugins, I only had to pay $25 to upgrade to the whole bundle. Good deal.
Didn't work for me after buying $19 for Saturate- still $79 for Elevate Bundle
@@neilslade $79 is the sale price for the full bundle, you need to get the upgrade option instead
@@neilslade Go to www.eventideaudio.com/products/third-party-plug-ins/mastering/elevate-bundle and click the upgrade/crossgrade button.
I finally got the $19 + $39 deal- i had to register Saturate, install it with ilok account, and then I wrote to support and they sent me to the right page. $59 total.
7$9 the plugin is the bundle
I have been using this for a year. I know people are pretending that mastering beyond -13 lufs is a thing of the past due to the pending FCC legislation for imposed volume normalization but that bill has been sitting dormant for over 5 years, meanwhile indie, pop, alternative, edm, hip hop records of ALL genre’s are getting released every day at loudness’ well over the -13/ -14 lufs. I think this is an excellent ITB limiter and does all my heavy lifting in my mastering chain. I’ve seen New Fangled bundles on sale for much less than the sticker price. I also bought it during a special so be patient, keep an eye out and get this for less than $199 periodically.
sounds clean!
Dear Wytsek. how about looking into what is included in the bundle before concluding"its just a limiter"?
This plugin can not really be understood by just moving the controls about more or less at random without reading the manual. In particular its necessary to understand the difference between the adaptive settings and the ordinary settings. I'm not a professional at mastering by any means but its the best sounding mastering plugin I have tried. It took me a little time to get the best from it and actually in that process it helped educate my ears. I would recommend it highly.
What types of material did you use it on to get better at understanding and using it?
@@patchesinblue I was using it on my own music which is mainly retro electronic. The material is quite musically dense but doesn't feature drums much. The sounds I use a very varied so it can be a challenge to get it all to sit together. The normal approach to limiting and compression sounded too congested but elevate allowed me to get enough loudness with more clarity. UA-cam makes a mess of the audio but you can get a rough idea of the type of material here - ua-cam.com/video/6K4vHO87GXI/v-deo.html
@@DaveBessell Thank you - that’s a helpful example as reference, and a solid piece in and of itself. Thanks for sharing!
Would you say its better than ozone 9 as a complete package or as an individual plugins (for example limiter vs limiter etc.) ?
If I see new video on this channel whatever I do atm I stop and watch. Even though clients get frustrated. 😂
I bought the Elevate bubdle a few days ago!
79usd is a no brainer :)
my fav plugin at the moment!
Its not about ATM. It is what it will always be. Just like its meant to be...... Mwhahhahaha
Its my go to.....Still does all the things we need.. after all, with all the auto gain implementation, overall.. this kills it.......
When are you going to do the follow up/deep dive on Elevate that you mentioned?
The entire bundle is $200, yes. But it includes several other individual plugins, including EQuivocate which does a superior job of EQ matching (for individual instruments or entire mixes, masters ,etc). It's worth it, folks.
Wooh I got it during cyber monday, awesome tool
A breakdown would be awesome!
Just a random info. Elevate mastering bundle went on sale untill 4th of January for 79$ Its a very good price for such tools.
What your top 5 plugin
Aaaaahahahaha 😆
"wanting to become a robotic vacum cleaner"
Priceless 👍
much too complicated but schepps relies on it so...it might be for super-duper-pros only :D i now use the ozone maximizer in combination with flatline.
I must admit.. I prefer the combination of invisible limiter and fabfilter pro L... or for soft clipping frontier from d16 into pro L....
You'd be surprised at how good that really is. This plugin.. sounds compressed from the get go. Like its cool. But it sounds.. squashed in a not so pleasing way if I'm comparing to a commercial track. I'm not saying it's bad, it's just.. not.. as good as the other limiters.
I mean.. I'd take soothe, into a touch of frontier, into pro L.
Very interesting plugin!
Make some mixing technique videos .they are so helpful...❤❤
Punctuate is perhaps the most advanced transient processor that i ever watched in general, maybe the best?
Amazing plugin
Yeah... I've been testing a bunch of limiters and initially I thought this and Voxengo Elephant sound very close. Then I realized the former was messing with the EQ in a noticable way. I actually prefer my old version of Elephant and get good results quickly. no fiddling with a bunch of different options (although that would be possible, especially with the latest version)
Keurig. Ik ga het checken.
Just discovered you. There is a real need for exactly what you are doing! Love your style. : Review Slam Pro by Beatskillz. Very personable and likable CEO. I just downloaded it but am a bit afraid to install it because Malwarebytes flagged it. I was planning to use it on my drum crush bus on the choruses but maybe also lightly on the master bus for the guitar solo section. In other words, the plugin seems to me to be more like hot sauce than the entire frying pan. But good hot sauce can turn good into great... but not bad into good.
It’s a great plugin just missing stereo image to complete the mastering name.
and a LUFS meter
So i just bought this and find the metering is not working in ableton 9 or 10 (main ins and outs are showing but none of the other bits) anyone experience this issue.. pretty useless without gui levels showing :(
Any follow up on this plugin review?
So does it let you set the Attack and Release? or is that decided for you by the brain?
Woho! White Sea's Seal of approval!
Best sounding master? people need to jump on this right away and smoosh it... oh, it's actually quite good... it might be smooshing my music one day
for me, I see it as more of a pre-master plugin... unless I end up with just a computer and then it'll be part of the Master chain
You've completely missed out on the adaptive features. Loads of tweaking but the limiter is worth it for sure.
Best limiter I’ve heard🚀🚀🚀
Is the song on Spotify? 🙌🏻
I just checked it out and it's now $79.00 !!
79 dlr. in de aanbieding en zeer de moeite waard. Ik gebruik deze al 3jaar op alle Masters.
I'm honestly surprised that you're just reviewing this now.
Actually this is a very clever tool, but is it only for EDM and heavy styles, Dubstep - or can it work well for for acoustic, gentler music? I'm tempted to buy it, as it's got to be useful for demos at the very least? I mean it won't just refuse because it doesn't like gentle music? Brain and all ;-) It's made by a good company, Eventide I believe - but will I ever understand it? I thing no is the safe answer, but It's going to stretch my brain trying
I wouldn't mind a cheap limiting plugin turning into a robotic vacuum, could save you lots of money!
EDIT: Just saw the price, must be a good robotic vacuum to beat a regular one!
i like their saturator tho :) tnx man, btw im routing my youtube audio trhu my DAW. And I EQ it without thinking at the same time as you.haha :)
But did it make the best sounding master? You left us hanging there.
That AI joke was pretty funny :p "Don't assume my function"
How does it compare to the Ozone 9 Maximizer? I already have it, should I get the Elevate too if it does a better job?
Its much better than the Ozone Maximiser. Requires a bit more knowledge and a good set of ears to use it to its best potential though.
@@DaveBessell It's not better, it just has another tonality / color / saturation of the signal, and both - ozone and elevate have pros and cons in some ways, it's more like a complement than an advantage of one over the other.
@@madampaysz5528 I suppose I should have said it was better for me. There were some things that Elevate could do technically because of the multiband approach that I couldn't do with Ozone. Ozone isn't terrible but I got closer to what I wanted with Elevate.
how is the latency for live use
it's on sale through Jan 4th for $79.00; is it worth it?
Just got this package. Glad it's not snake oil!
It is not limiter plugin. It is fantastic!
Oh my.... Just earlier that day they had sent me a mail about their sale..... And I didn't want to spend more money on plugins this year......