Sonnox Oxford Inflator and Limiter Review & Giveaway - Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2018
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Today we’re going to be trying out two wonderful new products (at least new for me): the Sonnox Inflator and the Sonnox Limiter.
If you’ve seen any of our reviews/demo’s in the past, you know how we do these things. I open up the plugin for the first time, put it on, and try it out. This way, you get my real reaction to using this plugin. My first experience will be your first experience!
We’ve had a chance to try out some Sonnox plugins in the past, and we love them! I’ve heard really good things about the Sonnox Oxford Limiters! Whenever I would talk lovingly about L2’s people would say “oh yeah the L2 is great, but you’ve got to try the Oxford out!” - Which makes me even more excited to try these out!
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"I'm no expert" don't worry, there's plenty on the internet 😂😂.
Haha yes, indeed!
Warren is brilliant and is living the dream. I love his enthusiasm and passion. Great guy
Thanks ever so much!! You are very kind my friend!
The inflator is meant to be used differently. According to the manual a good starting point is effect=100 and curve in the middle. The input slider controls the amount. Curve down is punch, Curve up is fat. But, yes, I know, warren would say: Use your ears. Don’t listen to the guys that say „you should“ and „you shouldn’t“. :-)
I‘m much more careful with the inflator than i used to be. Like other harmonic distortion tools i tended to do too much. Ideally listen again with fresh ears the next day.
Hi Johnny, yes, agreed! I just mess with it until it sounds good!
Exactly! I agree 100% Bsonsyrup!
I used the MV2 for the first time on bass the other day and have to thank you for the tip... it sounds amazing!
I have been using Sonnox since Sony Acid and now UAD version is on another level...best uses to pump up the volume and make it warm before it hits the compressor
I been using these on my mixes for years, ALSO love there dynamics plugin and really love there transmod for punching up a kick or snare. I always use the dynamics and inflator on drum buss, and the limiter has a home on my master buss. only thing I would add is that I only use the inflator on things that i really want to stand out in a track. dont put it on everything, just the featured elements on the song.
Love the Inflator, used to have it at the studio. I miss it. These days I like IVGI on all individual drum tracks, maybe a little extra Saturation Knob on Kick and snare, and definitely Bark of Dog v2 on the kick. Depending on the genre I'll use MJUC or Rough Rider on the drum bus in parallel. Oh yes, my go to comp on individual tracks is DC1A v3.
Warren and crew...thanks for the video. I have both of those plugins but don't use it at all....will definitely revisit them again. Thanks
Thanks ever so much Janusz! I really appreciate your comment!
I love the Inflator. Its part compression, part saturation and part EQ. It helps anything cut through a mix without turning it up.
That's fantastic!! Thanks for sharing!
marvellous and awesome!
Hey Warren, you're really excited about Sonnox. Completely good, as these inbox miracles actually work very effectively. Your tip is golden! Thanx
Awesome! Great plugins and I love your enthousiasm, as always. It's contagious (which is a very good thing)
Thanks ever so much Martin!! You Rock my friend!!
After seeing this, i think i could really use this plugin not to mention to save me time on my Drums Bus chaining. Thanks for the video
Thanks ever so much Neutronic Beats! So glad to be able to help!
„Mom can we get Jimi Hendrix!“
„No, we have Jimi Hendrix at home“
the Jimi Hendrix at home:
Also, I have used the Inflator on acoustic string instruments to great effect, bringing out their harmonic richness and body.
Hi J.P. Winter Sichelschmidt thanks ever so much for sharing your insight! I really appreciate it
Great video!! 2 of my all time favorite plugins
Thanks ever so much! Yes, I was really impressed!
I have the Sonnox Limiter v2 for UAD. It's a really great plugin. The Enhance slider is like a one slider Inflator. Put that on a Drum Buss and wow!
I love the sonnox plugin!😍 I work with the inflator and oxford limiter maybe 12year long!🤘👌
Great Plugins... love them for years...!!
Hi Warren, thanks for this review, wow they sound awesome.
Thanks Darren!! I really appreciate your kind words my friend!
Great video warren! Great plug ins too!
Thanks ever so much Harmony!!
Thanks for the drum samples Warren.
You're very welcome my friend!!
Sounds amazing! Really enjoying it!
Thanks Javier!!
That kick has a wave of power with it. Nice
Thanks ever so much Larry!
I like to turn the threshold all the way down when setting attack and release so I can go for the most clean and musical sound I can without adding to much compression saturation .
The first time i realized that plug-ins could be AMAZINg was at a studio here in Hollywood, the mixer put on the INFLATOR...Blew my mind...and sooo musical....
That's amazing to hear Patrik!!
For me, when working with the lowcost rig at home, it's a kick + snare bus with a TLs tube saturator and a LoudMax, and then a sound shaping reverb that makes it a bit 80ies, like the Aries 0.4alfa which sounds really weird. Every mic that leads to here is gated.
Hihat may be completely extra. Then, there is an ambience bus with overheads and room mics, but before that, the room mics get a saturating compressor, and the overheads get some kind of deesser. In the studio, we made a drum submix (very little kick and as little of cymbals as possible, using deesser) just to run it through an SPL with attack in the minus and sustain in the plus. We print the result to a new drum effect track, that we EQ and mix in.
Another miraculous tool is a virtual-wired rack with a 4-band crossover and 4 Flux Bittersweets. Beware some phase issues, you can't parallel that. But it is meant to give you quite some color, and by nature it sounds "parallel" enough already. An example for split points would be 124, 472, 3334Hz. The trick is in the steepness, to get good color and phase response. In this case, I use 84, 84, and 36dB/Oct. Really strong separation for the transient controls. Often I would just push up the treble and the low mid transients. The Flux plugs are set to "fast" mode, time constants for the high bands are 42ms, for the low bands 64ms. That's kind of a sweet spot to start from. The crossover has charming personality, the phase notches depend on split frequency and steepness in quite unpredictable ways, especially their intensity.
there's a lot to learn from such experimenting, and later on makes it easier to understand the complex commercial plugins.
These look marvellous 👍🏼
Sounds very nice but I'd be a bit more conservative with the settings, sounds pretty obviously clipped through my mixing headphones
Hey Warren, thanks for this video on plug-ins! Question: In any future studio tours, can you please ask guests to showcase their favorite/go-to in the box plug-ins? As you know very well, a choice plug-in is on the same playing field now a days as out board gear. Curious how the pros working hybrid have either replaced certain pieces of hardware and/or what they use as a hardware setting in combination with a plug-in. Thanks again!
Hi Warren, great video - drums sound like thunder!.... Question. you mention briefly a 'trick' combining dbx 160 and 1176, would be great to know more around this?
Hi Kris, thanks ever so much my friend! Yes, that's my favourite combination of compressors! Sounds fantastic! I've talked about it in other videos and I'm sure I will do more!
Nice, thank you for this video and giveaway :)
Thanks ever so much!!
Btw, Warren. Are you maybe going to try out the new Waves Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain?
Peter Brandt that’s sounds like amazing idea!!
Is there a good reason why the whole sound is mono?
The best limiter in the world!
the inflator is awsome.
its not new, unless there is a new version which i dont know of.
i used it a lot on the master channel.
its a way to easily gain the RMS and stay at the sames peak level.
BUT it can be bad sometines because it can add unwanted mess sometimes.
but still awsome
BTW.
the sonnox Reverb is great u should really check that out
Hi Amir! Yes, agreed! I will definitely check out the Sonnox Reverb Plug In. By the way I know it's not new, hence 'New for me' comment! I had never used them before, so glad I did! I was very impressed!
Warren I have an Ilok already for my slate plugins, does this use one too? I only have usbs and my hard drives in the other.
Is the Native Sonnox or the UAD is Better?
these are classic plugins. remember when i first found the sonnox stuff and the mcDSP stuff. hidden secrets amongst the experienced
Thanks ever so much Phillip!!
the OG soundgoodizer
with sonnox limit for vocals on monitors ......maybe to achieve a clearer result were i dont feel compression coming in and out slowly i could do with the knee down all the way since it will act so fast its unperciveable ? like ninja
Great video! Is that chair a Herman Miller Aeron?
Thanks ever so much! Yes, I now have a Herman Miller!
Sometimes, simplicity is king. I really like what the Inflator does to the drums. In essence, a few sliders and a band split button do some magic. That also goes for the limiter. Nice!
Hi Jürgen Schuler I agree 100%! I love the simplicity of it!!
Frickin' awesome!
Thanks ever so much King Belsey!
what's best for electro, put oxford inflator, limitor on many tracks, buss or live it breeze and put only comp, limitor on master .. best vibes :)
Isn’t the curve in the inflator the same as the curve in the limiter? What’s the difference?
Try 'Warm' in Oxford Dynamics. You will like it on master! )
Hi Jenya Melnikoff Thanks ever so much for the tip!! I appreciate it
is the inflator basically a tube/mosfet saturator? (not sure which one)
Hmm, it can act like a saturator if cranked, but I do not think so... I never found an explanation for this plugin. Saturation kinda compresses the sound, but Inflator seems to bring body while not messing with dynamics, weird haha
Hi Warren this maybe an impossible question but how does the Sonnox Inflator compare with Waves M2. Is it a case of different tools for different jobs?
My best answer is to have both! I'm definitely adding this to my main Plug In list!!
Thank you Warren. I think Waves M2 is fantastic but after watching your video I'm very much considering Sonnox Inflator now @@Producelikeapro
Robbie Michaels fantastic! Glad to be able to help my friend!!
INFLATOR IS ON SALE NOW!
Just got it for 30 bucks 🙏🏼
@@TheChiversBeatCompany Me too :D
@@Jinglex How are you planing to use it? Me on the stereo out of my mixes. I've seen Disclosure using it a lot on their recent stream vid. Check it out
@@TheChiversBeatCompany 30 USD?
It's still on sale for around 45$
Question should this plugin go first or last in your plugin chain for best results???
Well, you should use this before the limiter :) just crank it and then do a gainstage( to bring the level back because it will increase the DB's)
@@yuulian4776 thank you 🙏🏽
Hmmm when I use the plugin, my output volume still increases, leaving me less headroom. Hopefully I am doing something wrong, because the reason I bought this was for the perceived loudness
Well, you can always use a trim plugin (or something that controls the gain afterwards, not the fader!) and bring the level back to the initial stage. Then compare the A/B when they are at the same level( talking about DB) and you will see that the perceived loudness has indeed increased!
@@yuulian4776 Thanks :D
Salut
CAn you dome a favor please... can you align the tv screen on the top right... it s kind of bending to the right... lol
thanks for the video
I will give it a try
haha I think the same thing every video. Glad I'm not alone. If I was there I wouldnt notice it....weird huh?
It nicely offsets those Platinum or Gold records though.
very cool
Thanks ever so much Lyle!!
honestly this sounds no different than duplicating the audio, it increases the volume!
I've been waiting for the limiter to go on sale... its not happening
Those sonnox plugins like 12 years old by now.
stansteez I know! They are new to me and I love them! Haha
@@Producelikeapro Can't go wrong with solid classics
stansteez exactly my friend!! Thanks for your great support!
seems timeless stuff.
Exactly Neovxr!! A great plug in is a great plug in!
Amazing but distressingly expensive plugins😆
What that Inflator did for the kick RIGHT OFF THE BAT was near miraculous. It actually changed the drummer’s leg.
I’ve recently completed my collection of all of Sonnox. Now I have to learn something brand new, something I’ve never done before. Sell unwanted plugins.
Everytime you say " I'm not an expert" .... I think ,if not you , who is the expert....!!!!🤣
Hi Adarsh Shrivastav Thanks ever so much! You are very kind!
Sounds great! Hope to win the plugin
Thanks ever so much M-Mixing!
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haha Danny! Make sure you enter to win these marvellous plugins!
I think the limiter has a built in Inflator. The inflator must be 10 years old now. Crazy
I know! Thanks Neil! Yes, very impressive!
The English Elvis
im Don pedro from cameroon i have been watch your tutorials for sometime now and it has been of super great help pls can you mentor me as in can i send u my projucts so you can listen and help me with some advice plsssss
I don't understand this video.... These are very old plugins, and here we are watching Warren try them out for the first time. What are we supposed to learn from this?? I would rather tune in, and get his perspective on something that he's used and abused for awhile.... and knows inside & out. I've been using these 2 plugins for years, and there's so many aspects of them that were missing due to his unfamiliarity with them. I like & respect Warren, but watching anyone use a product for the first time just baffles me. I want to learn from someone who really knows the product. That said... Sonnox Limiter has lived on my 2-bus for about 5 years now, with just about 8-14% enhancement.... sometimes more if the mix is sparse, and needs more density. I also use it on submix buses... It's great on the vocal bus at 40-50% enhance. It's like a parallel compressor. I hardly ever make the reduction meter light up. I like the Limiter's enhancer feature more than Inflator.
Hi Miro, thanks for your comment! Thanks for sharing your experience of using these plug ins for 5 years! That is invaluable experience! I personally have never used these plug ins before, I loved them! This is a review for people, like myself, who've never used them. As you already know the plug in very well, having used it for 5 years on your 2 Bus I would suggest some of our other videos! There is so many amazing products out there that not everyone (me included of course!) has tried them all!
He said "new plugins" lol been around over a decade.
Haha I would strongly suggest listening again! 'At least New for me'.
Wow, that's quite a bit of distortion. Especially the drums and bass got a bit butchered. Sounds louder all right, Ouch!
Well, if you find the right balance, it will sound really nice. Helps with perceived loudness
Love the sound, dislike the look^^