You should should make year end videos that compiles all the plugins that were snake oil and all the ones there weren't for each year. Starting with your first year you started your youtube.
I've owned this software since the first day it was available..actually, think before that. This version is the 3rd iteration (2 updates)...subtle but sonically even better than the original. Awesome you displayed some visual documentation, but as you said, the proof is in the hearing. BTW, use this as your 1st plug in , as it's designed to energize everything that comes after. Thus, subtle setting often work best. Your presentations are unfailingly informative..and entertaining. Good stuff, sir.
the real question is.... does this sound different than normal saturation plugins? how would it compare to saturn's tube saturation, to native instruments dirt or decapitator (considering it's being used on a high samplerate ofc)?
Nooo you gave away one of my “secret” weapons! Kidding haha, Kazrog deserves all the recognition they can have. Kclip is also amazing and thermionik too. But, if I had to ask to review another plugin, I’d say MJUC from Klanghelm for sure. Gem compressor, super cheap as well.
In my opinion this plugin sounds "best" when it's used on "everything" - take every analogue-modeled EQ and compressor and place it just before to fake a proper input transformer and it really makes a digital mix shine in a way that is very pleasing. If you have Mixbus 32 (obviously for the gorgeous summing and excellent EQs and compressors) and you place an instance before each EQ and each Compressor on all channels/Busses you'll end up with something you didn't know you could get digitally...the mix will come out about 1.5-2.2db louder so keep that in mind and compensate for it when you judge the two (and judge from a "digitally pristine"/uncolored DAW like Logic). This is one of the very few plugins I have used where I was just as impressed after matching levels as I was before. With all that said I must also confess that I didn't like the sound when just placed on every channel - it "hollows out" the sound when used like that and when used solo on the master buss I found it mostly forgettable.
BrettMerrill MusicProducer I like your way of thinking. Doing some serious comparisons between Logic and Mixbus and trying to get more analog with Mixbus, so willing to give that a try.
Good point. I am demoing the plug and am having a tough time hearing any difference when the level is matched properly. It is veeeery subtle to my ears. 1db or 2 level difference can really be deceiving. I thought it sounded great in the video above but after level matching myself not sure I am sold. Need to do more testing.
@@jfranciskay You can use it as a nice saturation tool for instruments like Bass or Drums and if you crank the crush its not subtle anymore but for my taste not really usefull on the mixbus. For the price its actually a very good saturation tool. If you looking for something thats also nice in the mixbus for some analog flavor then I would recommend you Satin from U-he if you do not already know it. Its a really good tape emulation.
Volume matching is too advanced skill for this guy. He "forgets" it in EVERY VIDEO, its pretty pathetic at this point. But even "professionals" dont know how to volume match. Its not enough to watch for peaks (or worse yet, compensate by the exact amount you see on a gain reduction meter...), if you measure the input LUFS and output LUFS (as true uniform loudness to the human ear) you'll realize that you need to compensate with much less than you'd think. I set up an SSL the other day for that standard 3db gain reduction and only had to use the makeup for 1db addition to match the real loudness. Now THAT is how you can compare input/output by ear and dont get fooled by extra volume changes
I also tried out that plugin and found out what makes it really "impressive": the unity mode is not perfect, if you have it on, it still boosts about 1-2db :(
Hi! White Sea Studio. I was pretty excited seeing your video. So I tried the plugin, and wow actually it brings something to my sound! BUT, by compensating the volume (about -2db) I hear nothing that I can not correct with an eq (ok, there should be some harmonics, but it's very light). I obviously do not talk about saturation, and other plugins do it very well too, but everything else, at equal volume, I don't hear any difference. So, I know, it's hard to go back on his own opinion, but this story really disturbs me, what is your opinion considering an equal volume with/without the True Iron?? Thanks.
100% agree. Love your vids White Sea! BUT- after watching this this morning, I got super excited to buy this plug. Bought it, and when I got to the studio I did a careful A/B making sure there wasn't just a "volume bump"...and sure enough...there is a 1.5-2 db gain with the plug instantiated. When i turn down to match gain for true a/b...there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the signal whatsoever. Bummer. In fairness, I'm not sure this is a "linear" thing...in other words...maybe if you crank up the strength, or any of the other parameters and then match volume, maybe then it does something, but overall, smells like Snake Oil that you missed White Sea! :)
@@lukeadams7878 It has a knob at the bottom to compensate for an loudness gain. In fact, every preset has a slightly different negative value at the bottom.
Kazrog LLC makes some quality plugins, you should check out KClip as well, that one is fairly nice. I'm pretty sure if you contact them they'll send you a license for the entire product bundle for you to check out, Shane is a nice dude haha.
Really appreciate the honesty in your reviews. Makes when you recommend a plugin more genuine. I have been a fan of Kazrog's stuff since his Recabinet impulses years ago. They are still my go-to ones. All of his plugins are top notch.
Closed my eyes, with monitors in a treated room with headphones and spent a good half an hour with this. Cannot hear any difference at all. Coudnt tell whether it was on or of
Hi, have you not fallen a prey to good old loudness trap? I found that with STRENGTH set to max you need to set OUT to -2.0 to maintain the same loudness level, and then the working of the plugin has very subtle effect on the sound. Its still useful, and nice for some sounds but it my opinion definately not a "WHOAAA" nice ;D
I use it a lot to distort 808 basses. The sound is great with this Plugin. There is so much snake oil out there it's refreshing to have something like this
Have you tried the Omega transformers from Kush Audio? I absolutely love how they sound, though there are three separate plugins vs. this with multiple choices all in one.
Cool man. I look forward to trying this with my Fishman pickups, which are spectacular but sometimes need some added body because they handle infinite amounts of gain too cleanly. Also, buy Fishman pickups. And buy this. Edit: Thanks for the review...
@White Sea Studio Hi there, I really enjoy your videos. Particularly these "Snake Oil" ones. I have a request, though... Is there any chance you could attenuate your mic by a couple of dB so I can turn up my monitors to hear the music + Dry/Wet effects without needing to turn it down every time you speak in to the mic? Probs sound like a doc but im sure you catch my drift!!!! Many thanks by the way!!!!
Yeah it's amazing what transformers can do for sound. I haven't tried this plug-in but have been working with real ones for a radio station's signal path. Of course mainly to solve technical issues that transformers will solve, like hum loops. But then they end up colouring the sound. And usually in a real cool way.
When is someone come up with a virtual White Sea Studio presenter? Just think if we sampled everything thing that you've ever said on your UA-cam channel and got some one very clever to write the correct coding, we could have a virtual presenter. Even with a Dutch voice algorithm! The question is. Would we replace you with the algorithm in vst format? No I don't think we would! Because there are no analog simulations that you can get that can beat the real thing. Oh and just as a footnote this plugin is ok (if not the real thing) But our vst presenter does not have your sarcasm and wit, so someone would have write the code for that as well! 😁😁😁
Ay you know way better than me, but I found quite a lot of sibilance in your voice in the video, maybe because of the new mic, don't know. But on my DT 770s I couldn't listen to your voice on full volume, but on previous videos I could do that with ease.
Downloaded the demo: i can not here any difference between this plug being on or off, other than on the most extreme settings. Not sure what you are hearing in your video... ;)
Why you don't compensate the volume before/after applying the plugin? I think this is primary reason why this plugin impressed you so quickly. I'm not saying the plugin doesn't work or does it poorly. It's just not a fair comparison.
I spent a few hours testing this and with volume compensation applied the difference was hardly noticeable to me. I ran some EQ curve comparisons and it did do something - the mids were dipped by about a db and the 200hz range was slightly moved but not in any way that was better or worse. I did a phase-inversion test and the treated track was indeed different - the transients had moved about a bit. I couldn't decide which version I liked best because they were both nice. Then I did a load of blind A-B tests to see which version I liked best and every time I opened my eyes I was on the original, untreated mix (except once, which was a reverb tail which seemed possibly a bit fuller?) I tried it both with the plugin on every track to get that 'build-up of slight changes' effect and I tried it on the master... same kind of results. I don't know... maybe someone with better ears than me knows why this is so great? To me it's just slightly different, but not better or worse.
I have those Malotkis and I'm quite certain there's no software that can do what these things do. Not super impressed by the A-B here. But I'll give this karzog a try.
I really like, that you reviewed a plugin from one of the smaller companies. I'l love to see more of that. TDR, Klanghelm, Kuassa, Audiothing to name a few in no particular order and I know there are many more. For me, totally subjective, Outer space by AudioThing was a great surprise. A kind of Space Echo.
I recall he did do AOM Invisible Limiter, which is well liked, but not a big time name. To be real, Acustica Audio is not a big time name for most creators.
@@alexbreyer6921 absolutely. Since Acustica managed to get Greg Wells for their El Rey on board, I cannot say, if they are still that small, but I really don't know. Klanghelm is one guy and personally I think, that the SDDR and MJUC are fantastic and very affordable. I'm not rooting for him, there are many great small companies. The main reason for me to say so was, that you easily find reviews for any Waves, Plugin-Alliance, IK, etc release. I like some, if not most of their stuff as well and for the sake of his channel he certainly can't ignore them, but again, smaller companies without a huge advertising budget, but some gems under the hood, should be covered as well.
I was lucky enough to get this plugin for free… didn’t even know what it was but everyone was raving about it! It’s now one of my favorites. Absolute sauce!
If you love this one, then try Airwindows “Thunder” plugin which is free. Load into pluginDoctor and if tweaked well you can have similar harmonics and you might like it too. I also use plugindoctor and my Nebula and acqua plugins do add harmonics if used correctly, even you didnt want to go there again.... Cheers and happy Mixing and Mastering.......
I wondered why I hadnt seen a virtual transformer plugin til now. Can't believe I hadnt heard of this! This plugin is awesome! Finally, I'm able to get that warm low-mid distortion/saturation on my subs without having to re-sample through breadboards populated with random transistors til I find one that sounds good. My way works... but this way is a hell of a lot easier! lol
Awesome video on the true iron. However, majority of us in the community here agree that you did not give Acustica's format of plugins a real chance. If anything it would have been better if you did a review of one of their more user friendly GUI plugs before bashing on their Veridian plugin without understanding how to use it(and not in ZL/CPU intensive mode). In any case kudos to the awesome video I really dig the colors too.
demodeiowa yea so true. Whenever i use Viridian2 the way you should i get loads of nice Harmonics in Plugin Doctor and each pre amp has its own nice coloring, and the frequency responses are all different when use eq with those pre amps. I guess somehow he doesnt like AA...... Cheers.
I'm sceptical of any digital warmth after seeing UAD's unison Neve pre-amps tested against actual Neve gear. The low end on the UAD was all over the place compared to the hardware. I mean UAD is supposed to be up there among the best and seeing it fail so hard was a real eye- and ear-opener.
Ups I did it again. I finally bought a new plugin. Thank you very much for revealing this little budget treasure. This tool is amazing and without your video I probably would never have stumbled over it. I'm not a master engineer, so would you recommend it on the master channel or more on single track channels?
@@Testiculatorz If you subscribe to the news letter and happen to buy things there occasionally you get massive discounts. I literally got SPL Iron for $24.
Input impedance adjustment is what makes the UAD hardware/software combo so amazing. I don't know how they can actually do that without hardware, though. The plugin can't actually change the impedance the way the UAD interfaces do. Right of the top, I'm thinking "buzz word"=snake oil. [Edit-Wow! Was I ever wrong about that one! It sounds great. Have you reached out to Tony who makes the Klanghelm plugins yet? They are really impressive. They'll blow you away like this one, but they also do compression and the saturation plugin has a lot more control. I think I definitely prefer the Klanghelm plugins to this one.]
This plugin sounds great. It’s also kind of proof of point how difficult it is to model old analog gear digitally and get a faithful reproduction. EVERY stage of those devices is effecting the final sound. From the transformers to the AD/DA converters etc etc. Synergistic mechanical minutia is adding up to the final sound. I have a Rupert Neve direct box, it’s not supposed to color the sound... but SOMETHING is happening with the harmonics that aren’t happening with a Radial DI (which are great, just different) haha. All this stuff is important and they’ve knocked this one out of the park IMO
what about getting someone to make a plugin that loads a plugin but without any of the images, they you can choose your own control... maybe even add a auto gaining to it... wouldn't that be a simple thing that would take not much time and be sold for like £1 and still be worth it to the designer??
@@nord_berth Well, I hate to disappoint you, but none of my favorite engineers in LA and Nashville feel the need to use a "Clipper", thus I'd have no place in an operation like Kazrog. I simply appreciate smaller companies that operate their business in a upfront, honest manner. Sorry that's a problem for you.
@@IMAWriterRobJ And so do I hope you avoid human interaction with this attitude. And professionally, no, I'm not a song-, but a screenwriter. Yet even if I weren't one, I'd still be able to understand - otherwise rather clichéd - written jokes. Apparently, even Yahoo does understand them: puu.sh/CQ2OX/f6e4f539ec.jpg And so do everyone else: puu.sh/CQ2VV/0a6303c598.jpg puu.sh/CQ2XJ/f7a21cab67.jpg
Awesome, love your review! Have six more mixes to do this week and it's going to be all over them. Stuck this on the mix bus, then the vocal channel and was very impressed with the warmth. Very glad I found your UA-cam channel 🙂
Totally agree. True Iron and Synth Warmer are great plugins. I really like how Kazrog operates in terms of price, copy protection and customer service with reliable plugins, bugs fixed very quickly and good free feature updates.
I like distortion on bass guitar and room mics but anything else I like it to stay pretty clean. Using this to knock off some transients is a form of compression though it can be subtle.
You should should make year end videos that compiles all the plugins that were snake oil and all the ones there weren't for each year. Starting with your first year you started your youtube.
I agree
I second this! It would be a lot of help!
that would be so helpful
As an addition, it would also be cool to know if any plugins you reviewed in that year became part of your workflow
I love the concept of Snake Oil 😂😂😂
I am glad you checked this out. I like the sound of it and will buy it. Thanks. You're the only one on youtube I absolutely trust.
This is definitely NOT Darude 'Sandstorm'. It's Dan Lebowitz 'Come and Get it'.
I've owned this software since the first day it was available..actually, think before that. This version is the 3rd iteration (2 updates)...subtle but sonically even better than the original. Awesome you displayed some visual documentation, but as you said, the proof is in the hearing. BTW, use this as your 1st plug in , as it's designed to energize everything that comes after. Thus, subtle setting often work best. Your presentations are unfailingly informative..and entertaining. Good stuff, sir.
Thanks for that great tip, Robert!
Check out his guitar sims they are some of the best un-rated amps on the market. Please they are amazing guys.
Wut, their amps are highly rated and even raved about on pretty much every guitar forum.
Im on Karzog’s website and they don’t have amp sims... Is it a different site?
@@castlehill6717 Thermionik was their guitar amp plugin. They discontinued it.
@@RealHomeRecording2 They are bringing it back, better than ever
@@TheGurner1 cool I am happy to hear that
the real question is.... does this sound different than normal saturation plugins? how would it compare to saturn's tube saturation, to native instruments dirt or decapitator (considering it's being used on a high samplerate ofc)?
Good question.
Kazrog has already picked up this video. It's in an email they've sent me (I already own True Iron) They should send you a free license!
They did!
Nooo you gave away one of my “secret” weapons! Kidding haha, Kazrog deserves all the recognition they can have. Kclip is also amazing and thermionik too. But, if I had to ask to review another plugin, I’d say MJUC from Klanghelm for sure. Gem compressor, super cheap as well.
“gewicht”, the first word i know that is the exact same for germans and netherlands.
In my opinion this plugin sounds "best" when it's used on "everything" - take every analogue-modeled EQ and compressor and place it just before to fake a proper input transformer and it really makes a digital mix shine in a way that is very pleasing. If you have Mixbus 32 (obviously for the gorgeous summing and excellent EQs and compressors) and you place an instance before each EQ and each Compressor on all channels/Busses you'll end up with something you didn't know you could get digitally...the mix will come out about 1.5-2.2db louder so keep that in mind and compensate for it when you judge the two (and judge from a "digitally pristine"/uncolored DAW like Logic). This is one of the very few plugins I have used where I was just as impressed after matching levels as I was before. With all that said I must also confess that I didn't like the sound when just placed on every channel - it "hollows out" the sound when used like that and when used solo on the master buss I found it mostly forgettable.
BrettMerrill MusicProducer I like your way of thinking. Doing some serious comparisons between Logic and Mixbus and trying to get more analog with Mixbus, so willing to give that a try.
This tools is great but dont be fooled by the loudness difference. Its much more subtle than in your review.
Good point. I am demoing the plug and am having a tough time hearing any difference when the level is matched properly. It is veeeery subtle to my ears. 1db or 2 level difference can really be deceiving. I thought it sounded great in the video above but after level matching myself not sure I am sold. Need to do more testing.
@@jfranciskay You can use it as a nice saturation tool for instruments like Bass or Drums and if you crank the crush its not subtle anymore but for my taste not really usefull on the mixbus. For the price its actually a very good saturation tool.
If you looking for something thats also nice in the mixbus for some analog flavor then I would recommend you Satin from U-he if you do not already know it. Its a really good tape emulation.
Volume matching is too advanced skill for this guy. He "forgets" it in EVERY VIDEO, its pretty pathetic at this point. But even "professionals" dont know how to volume match. Its not enough to watch for peaks (or worse yet, compensate by the exact amount you see on a gain reduction meter...), if you measure the input LUFS and output LUFS (as true uniform loudness to the human ear) you'll realize that you need to compensate with much less than you'd think. I set up an SSL the other day for that standard 3db gain reduction and only had to use the makeup for 1db addition to match the real loudness. Now THAT is how you can compare input/output by ear and dont get fooled by extra volume changes
breakline TBAudio Pro AB_LM is also a nice little helper for that
@@jfranciskay LOL- right there with ya.
I also tried out that plugin and found out what makes it really "impressive": the unity mode is not perfect, if you have it on, it still boosts about 1-2db :(
This imperfection seems a little "snake-oilish" if you ask me :D
Use a gain compensation plug in?
Ok people. He is fair. If he likes it he will say he does.
3:34 you know a plugin made it when this happens.. ^^ thanks for the snake oil take on it !
oh ... and it was so good to hear sandstorm again ;D
Ok am I missing something these songs aren’t really Sandstorm interpretations are they? I feel like there’s an inside joke
Hi! White Sea Studio. I was pretty excited seeing your video. So I tried the plugin, and wow actually it brings something to my sound! BUT, by compensating the volume (about -2db) I hear nothing that I can not correct with an eq (ok, there should be some harmonics, but it's very light). I obviously do not talk about saturation, and other plugins do it very well too, but everything else, at equal volume, I don't hear any difference. So, I know, it's hard to go back on his own opinion, but this story really disturbs me, what is your opinion considering an equal volume with/without the True Iron?? Thanks.
100% agree. Love your vids White Sea! BUT- after watching this this morning, I got super excited to buy this plug. Bought it, and when I got to the studio I did a careful A/B making sure there wasn't just a "volume bump"...and sure enough...there is a 1.5-2 db gain with the plug instantiated. When i turn down to match gain for true a/b...there is absolutely NO DIFFERENCE in the signal whatsoever. Bummer. In fairness, I'm not sure this is a "linear" thing...in other words...maybe if you crank up the strength, or any of the other parameters and then match volume, maybe then it does something, but overall, smells like Snake Oil that you missed White Sea! :)
@@lukeadams7878 It has a knob at the bottom to compensate for an loudness gain. In fact, every preset has a slightly different negative value at the bottom.
Between this and Soundtoys decapitator, I've got all my saturation needs covered :D
You should’ve done a comparison between the true iron and omega N and A transformers from Kush Audio great video anyhow thank you for the review!
Kazrog LLC makes some quality plugins, you should check out KClip as well, that one is fairly nice. I'm pretty sure if you contact them they'll send you a license for the entire product bundle for you to check out, Shane is a nice dude haha.
I admit it, I was influenced! Now I have True Iron and it is good!
Really appreciate the honesty in your reviews. Makes when you recommend a plugin more genuine. I have been a fan of Kazrog's stuff since his Recabinet impulses years ago. They are still my go-to ones. All of his plugins are top notch.
Closed my eyes, with monitors in a treated room with headphones and spent a good half an hour with this. Cannot hear any difference at all. Coudnt tell whether it was on or of
its subtle. but as you use it throughout your mix, across different sources, it stacks up with the interaction through the summing in the DAW.
Hi, have you not fallen a prey to good old loudness trap? I found that with STRENGTH set to max you need to set OUT to -2.0 to maintain the same loudness level, and then the working of the plugin has very subtle effect on the sound. Its still useful, and nice for some sounds but it my opinion definately not a "WHOAAA" nice ;D
That's an interesting and good sounding transformer emulation.
Thanks for pointing me to this plug-in. Well done, Wytse! *Thumbs up*
You have found a true diamond in the rough, thank you for this. A real analysis!
I use it a lot to distort 808 basses. The sound is great with this Plugin. There is so much snake oil out there it's refreshing to have something like this
Have you tried the Omega transformers from Kush Audio? I absolutely love how they sound, though there are three separate plugins vs. this with multiple choices all in one.
Cool man. I look forward to trying this with my Fishman pickups, which are spectacular but sometimes need some added body because they handle infinite amounts of gain too cleanly.
Also, buy Fishman pickups. And buy this.
Edit: Thanks for the review...
Secret weapon exposed to world.
I enjoy seeing you get hyped
1:13 "Snelle planga"
what does this mean?
@@threepe0 it references a dutch meme about cool-looking sunglasses 😎
@White Sea Studio Hi there, I really enjoy your videos. Particularly these "Snake Oil" ones.
I have a request, though...
Is there any chance you could attenuate your mic by a couple of dB so I can turn up my monitors to hear the music + Dry/Wet effects without needing to turn it down every time you speak in to the mic?
Probs sound like a doc but im sure you catch my drift!!!!
Many thanks by the way!!!!
I will! Thanks for the tip!
@@Whiteseastudio Safe
Got to love the way he say Iron lol great video man.
Yeah it's amazing what transformers can do for sound. I haven't tried this plug-in but have been working with real ones for a radio station's signal path. Of course mainly to solve technical issues that transformers will solve, like hum loops. But then they end up colouring the sound. And usually in a real cool way.
When is someone come up with a virtual White Sea Studio presenter? Just think if we sampled everything thing that you've ever said on your UA-cam channel and got some one very clever to write the correct coding, we could have a virtual presenter. Even with a Dutch voice algorithm! The question is. Would we replace you with the algorithm in vst format? No I don't think we would! Because there are no analog simulations that you can get that can beat the real thing. Oh and just as a footnote this plugin is ok (if not the real thing) But our vst presenter does not have your sarcasm and wit, so someone would have write the code for that as well! 😁😁😁
Wytse cannot be simulated or replaced. He's truly unique.
aeee... nothing changes? ... hate the track
you should read the manuals it takes like 5 minutes and then you can back up your opinions and make sense of them
Ay you know way better than me, but I found quite a lot of sibilance in your voice in the video, maybe because of the new mic, don't know. But on my DT 770s I couldn't listen to your voice on full volume, but on previous videos I could do that with ease.
Downloaded the demo: i can not here any difference between this plug being on or off, other than on the most extreme settings. Not sure what you are hearing in your video... ;)
Why you don't compensate the volume before/after applying the plugin? I think this is primary reason why this plugin impressed you so quickly. I'm not saying the plugin doesn't work or does it poorly. It's just not a fair comparison.
I spent a few hours testing this and with volume compensation applied the difference was hardly noticeable to me. I ran some EQ curve comparisons and it did do something - the mids were dipped by about a db and the 200hz range was slightly moved but not in any way that was better or worse. I did a phase-inversion test and the treated track was indeed different - the transients had moved about a bit. I couldn't decide which version I liked best because they were both nice. Then I did a load of blind A-B tests to see which version I liked best and every time I opened my eyes I was on the original, untreated mix (except once, which was a reverb tail which seemed possibly a bit fuller?) I tried it both with the plugin on every track to get that 'build-up of slight changes' effect and I tried it on the master... same kind of results. I don't know... maybe someone with better ears than me knows why this is so great? To me it's just slightly different, but not better or worse.
Hey man! Best review yet! Please do Acustica Audio Ceil :]
I love the concept of Snake Oil 😂😂😂, That S**t is Hilarious !!!
This plug could have the power to replace summing mixers ?
True Iron is a very nice plugin. Your comment about Acustica Audio was totally unnecessary and amateur.
i cannot hear any difference hahah
Considering this plugin had screws(and rust) it’s a miracle.👍
i died at snelle planga
I have those Malotkis and I'm quite certain there's no software that can do what these things do. Not super impressed by the A-B here. But I'll give this karzog a try.
I really like, that you reviewed a plugin from one of the smaller companies. I'l love to see more of that. TDR, Klanghelm, Kuassa, Audiothing to name a few in no particular order and I know there are many more.
For me, totally subjective, Outer space by AudioThing was a great surprise. A kind of Space Echo.
I recall he did do AOM Invisible Limiter, which is well liked, but not a big time name. To be real, Acustica Audio is not a big time name for most creators.
@@alexbreyer6921 absolutely. Since Acustica managed to get Greg Wells for their El Rey on board, I cannot say, if they are still that small, but I really don't know. Klanghelm is one guy and personally I think, that the SDDR and MJUC are fantastic and very affordable. I'm not rooting for him, there are many great small companies.
The main reason for me to say so was, that you easily find reviews for any Waves, Plugin-Alliance, IK, etc release. I like some, if not most of their stuff as well and for the sake of his channel he certainly can't ignore them, but again, smaller companies without a huge advertising budget, but some gems under the hood, should be covered as well.
I was lucky enough to get this plugin for free… didn’t even know what it was but everyone was raving about it! It’s now one of my favorites. Absolute sauce!
Nice one. Going to try it out. did you ever review the HG Blackbox by Plugin Alliance?
@4:53 *laughs* "Pussy"
I heard about this from Bobby Owsinski. He loves it. 👍
Thanks man! After buy it, I started to feel confident about my mixes! FINALLY!
If you love this one, then try Airwindows “Thunder” plugin which is free. Load into pluginDoctor and if tweaked well you can have similar harmonics and you might like it too. I also use plugindoctor and my Nebula and acqua plugins do add harmonics if used correctly, even you didnt want to go there again.... Cheers and happy Mixing and Mastering.......
finally starting to dig into Airwindows
I wondered why I hadnt seen a virtual transformer plugin til now. Can't believe I hadnt heard of this! This plugin is awesome! Finally, I'm able to get that warm low-mid distortion/saturation on my subs without having to re-sample through breadboards populated with random transistors til I find one that sounds good. My way works... but this way is a hell of a lot easier! lol
Awesome video on the true iron. However, majority of us in the community here agree that you did not give Acustica's format of plugins a real chance. If anything it would have been better if you did a review of one of their more user friendly GUI plugs before bashing on their Veridian plugin without understanding how to use it(and not in ZL/CPU intensive mode). In any case kudos to the awesome video I really dig the colors too.
demodeiowa yea so true. Whenever i use Viridian2 the way you should i get loads of nice Harmonics in Plugin Doctor and each pre amp has its own nice coloring, and the frequency responses are all different when use eq with those pre amps. I guess somehow he doesnt like AA...... Cheers.
patrickalphenaar yeah especially with the humored styled videos he makes. I like this channel either way. I just think he's missing out
@@demodeiowa Yea he does and lots of people know that..................
Frickin sweet. I've really been looking for something like this. Means a lot to hear it from you!
De planga is sneller dan ik op de koop knop kan drukken.
Precies
As a german, i can actually kind of understand your text. Don't know what planga means, though...
@@finn6612 Planga is slang for a (wooden)plank. You have these weird plank like glasses hence snelle planga
You should really check out Kush Audio OMEGA 458A - www.thehouseofkush.com/products/omega-458a
UAD 2 takes imput impedance in to account with their unison technology. Really good stuff.
But only with Unison-enabled UAD preamp plugins.
Yes. Please do the snake oil Top 10 video & a video on the top 10 no hype plugins for the year.
I know a really good mastering engineer, stopped using his analogue outboard completely since using this tool. This thing makes a difference.
I'm sceptical of any digital warmth after seeing UAD's unison Neve pre-amps tested against actual Neve gear. The low end on the UAD was all over the place compared to the hardware. I mean UAD is supposed to be up there among the best and seeing it fail so hard was a real eye- and ear-opener.
I still don't get how plugins can model the true random nature of tube gear.
volume difference when A B-ing foei
Can´t hear any difference, regardless how much you crush it! And my speakers are not bad.
This thing is not doing much, it's just the recording that's good
Just got a Sub from me!! 😎 been watching and learning your legit dude keep it up I also hope this works for logic too ! Lmao
Ups I did it again. I finally bought a new plugin. Thank you very much for revealing this little budget treasure. This tool is amazing and without your video I probably would never have stumbled over it. I'm not a master engineer, so would you recommend it on the master channel or more on single track channels?
Finally your good reaction. Congratulation :)
No SPL Iron? About time you tried Plugin Alliance stuff mate, particularly Elysia Phil's Cascade :D You can demo everything for 14 days.
Rip off alliance, meanwhile check out the Iron you want with a free mastering compressor over at SK note the SDK compressor for only $29.99.
@@Testiculatorz If you subscribe to the news letter and happen to buy things there occasionally you get massive discounts. I literally got SPL Iron for $24.
Also what better VSTs to try for snake oil if they do command a high price ;D
@morenazo952 Can't see why you would have any problems at all if you haven't previously trialled them. I don't see any other people with that issue.
@@leeadkins1360 ?? Wow, how, when? The best offer I got was 99..
Input impedance adjustment is what makes the UAD hardware/software combo so amazing. I don't know how they can actually do that without hardware, though. The plugin can't actually change the impedance the way the UAD interfaces do. Right of the top, I'm thinking "buzz word"=snake oil. [Edit-Wow! Was I ever wrong about that one! It sounds great. Have you reached out to Tony who makes the Klanghelm plugins yet? They are really impressive. They'll blow you away like this one, but they also do compression and the saturation plugin has a lot more control. I think I definitely prefer the Klanghelm plugins to this one.]
This plugin sounds great. It’s also kind of proof of point how difficult it is to model old analog gear digitally and get a faithful reproduction. EVERY stage of those devices is effecting the final sound. From the transformers to the AD/DA converters etc etc. Synergistic mechanical minutia is adding up to the final sound. I have a Rupert Neve direct box, it’s not supposed to color the sound... but SOMETHING is happening with the harmonics that aren’t happening with a Radial DI (which are great, just different) haha. All this stuff is important and they’ve knocked this one out of the park IMO
The new mic sounds great dude!
Thanks for the review. I stumbled on info for this plugin today and reviews sounded promising. After seeing your review I'm sold...going in!!
Thx for the review. I'll try this. I think you could enjoy kush audio Omega serie. Tcho! :)
somebody please tell me im not fucking dreaming, he actually likes a plugin?
Wondering if this is similar to iZotope 's Tape plugin...🤔
1:39 LOL..."not gonna do that"...Manual? We don't need no stinking manual!
I stumbled upon this channel and absolutely love it. Keep up what you are doing!! Just subscribed
It sounds like a great vibe plug in! Is this version of Sandstorm one of your past projects?
Is this a sponsored ad? I love this plugin but no snake oil at all?😂🎉
This is definitely one of the best plugins I own. You can put it on anything and it just gives character.
i love KClip from them as well.
Wow even through UA-cam it sounds great ! Going over to buy it right now .
Thanks for your videos Sir !
what about getting someone to make a plugin that loads a plugin but without any of the images, they you can choose your own control... maybe even add a auto gaining to it... wouldn't that be a simple thing that would take not much time and be sold for like £1 and still be worth it to the designer??
I use this quite a bit. Activating the Morph knob's enhancement feature (LED on) really brings out the character.
BTW, Kazrog runs a terrific operation. great prices, excellent CS. I do not work for them.
Hmm, this is exactly what some who works for them would say!
@@nord_berth Well, I hate to disappoint you, but none of my favorite engineers in LA and Nashville feel the need to use a "Clipper", thus I'd have no place in an operation like Kazrog. I simply appreciate smaller companies that operate their business in a upfront, honest manner. Sorry that's a problem for you.
@@IMAWriterRobJ Oh come on, don't be such an old grumpy man, I clearly was joking. Jeez, some people here...
@@nord_berth Clearly? I hope you're not a songwriter. Jeez, some people here.
@@IMAWriterRobJ And so do I hope you avoid human interaction with this attitude. And professionally, no, I'm not a song-, but a screenwriter. Yet even if I weren't one, I'd still be able to understand - otherwise rather clichéd - written jokes.
Apparently, even Yahoo does understand them: puu.sh/CQ2OX/f6e4f539ec.jpg
And so do everyone else:
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Yup! Pretty good plugin! Check out his Kclip! it is very good!!!
I like how they keep raising the price on it. That’s how you know it’s good.
Oh man! I was so sure you'd hate it ;-) I'm going to try it on my 2 Out!
I like their Recabinet IRs. Definitely will check this one out too. Sounds good!
Awesome, love your review! Have six more mixes to do this week and it's going to be all over them. Stuck this on the mix bus, then the vocal channel and was very impressed with the warmth. Very glad I found your UA-cam channel 🙂
Kazrog is one of the best out there. Check their synth warmer.
Totally agree. True Iron and Synth Warmer are great plugins. I really like how Kazrog operates in terms of price, copy protection and customer service with reliable plugins, bugs fixed very quickly and good free feature updates.
Review Hg-2 Black Box too!!!
I like distortion on bass guitar and room mics but anything else I like it to stay pretty clean. Using this to knock off some transients is a form of compression though it can be subtle.
That thing is actually pretty impressive, especially for the price!
You are sooooo funny, my friend!
What's snake oil?
A fraudulent product that is attempted to be disguised as something useful
@@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand thanks
that was great, so useful thanks
Whaaaat! soooo nice.... Aannnnnd bought it...