I think that you might be missing the boat here. The BBE Sonic Maximizer is a fantastic tool. It should be inserted right before the signal hits the amps. The time alignment process works and works well. It's about clarity, the bass and treble "boost" is to be used as a slight tweek. Thanks for all your great videos though.
Drew this is also one of my regular FX, I love what it does for an acoustic guitar. I generally run acoustic through the A side and rhythm through the B side. I had not considered using it on the Main LR, but will have to experiment!
So, how can we duplicate the effect of the BBE with the channel EQ, saving an FX block? And, would be it pretty equivalent in terms of also the "glueing" kind effect?
Thank you for yet another awesome tutorial. Your videos are quite helpful. When using this inserted on the LR bus which settings most closely replicate the BBE unit. I checked the blog page but am still unclear as to the recommended settings.
So what’s the difference really between this effect and using the channel eq? I was kinda expecting some combination of EQ, compression and possibly saturation (all those come to my mind when I think of "making something sound big"). But since it seems to only do neutral sounding eq, what’s the deal? Can someone enlighten me?
Nice video, but your comment on the Taylor vs a. Martin could not be more wrong in my opinion. Martin's are muddy and full of mids. Taylors have a strong low end and sparkling highs. They sound much more complete and multidimensional than Martins.
This is a really good intro to the effect - I'm wondering when you would prefer to use this vs eq, especially on your master bus? It seems on the surface like a visual eq would give you the same effect with finer control.
Exactly, the EQ will allow you to get that fine tuned control that you want. Some people really love the BBE units, so I wanted to make sure to cover it in my effects series. I personally, would rather save the effects rack space for using something like the Leisure Compressor or the Combinator.
Is there any significant reason why you'd use this over just using a plain old EQ? If it's just a low/high shelf, it makes it sound a lot more interesting than it seems to be...
imo you should use equal gain before activate/deactivate so we can hear the real difference in sonority and not in intensity. i have to do it manually to try to hear best what this is doing.
Drew - Love your videos! However, just to let you know about Maximizers (And X32's Sound Maxer): The way they designed it is correct. High frequencies travel faster than lower frequencies. Therefore, the original design that the X32 emulated from BBE, aligns the frequency difference. It delays the top end so when sitting in the audience (or in the sweet spot of your mixing position), both speakers - woofer and horn/tweeter- reach you at the same time. This is a commonly misunderstood concept. When using some sort of PA Manager such as the DBX Driverack, frequency dependent delays are common with large FOH systems and far-field setups. Not so much with studio/near and mid-field systems.
I need to correct you on this one: High frequencies barely travel faster than low frequencies. (open access source: doi.org/10.1121/1.2947631) The source is rather technical, but the dispersion graph Fig. 1 shows: Yes, higher frequencies travel faster than lower frequencies. But at 50 % humidity this difference in speed of sound is only about 0.007 %. So a barely (really probably not) noticable delay of 20 µs on the low frequencies occurs at a distance of 100 m for 50 % humidity and at 25 m for 0 % humidity. In some fourms I found the delay in the Sound Maxer is on the order of .5 ms to 2.5 ms. Such delay times are highly unlikely to result from differences in speed of sound, because you would have to be kilometers away from the sound source to get such long delays. The change in sound however is pleasant, and I would suggest masking effects being the source of that.
I think that you might be missing the boat here. The BBE Sonic Maximizer is a fantastic tool. It should be inserted right before the signal hits the amps. The time alignment process works and works well. It's about clarity, the bass and treble "boost" is to be used as a slight tweek. Thanks for all your great videos though.
I use it all the time on the kick and it can be great on toms and snare too.
Thankyou for taking the time to do this video. SUPER HELPFUL!
I've got 2 of the original 19inch rack units they sound incredible .thanks for another great video drew
That is awesome Lorna! Thanks for watching!
Drew this is also one of my regular FX, I love what it does for an acoustic guitar. I generally run acoustic through the A side and rhythm through the B side. I had not considered using it on the Main LR, but will have to experiment!
"this acoustic sound very thin, typical of a Taylor guitar" truer words haven't been spoken lol
wow. now i am more pro through you. thanks
So, how can we duplicate the effect of the BBE with the channel EQ, saving an FX block? And, would be it pretty equivalent in terms of also the "glueing" kind effect?
Thank you for yet another awesome tutorial. Your videos are quite helpful. When using this inserted on the LR bus which settings most closely replicate the BBE unit. I checked the blog page but am still unclear as to the recommended settings.
So what’s the difference really between this effect and using the channel eq? I was kinda expecting some combination of EQ, compression and possibly saturation (all those come to my mind when I think of "making something sound big"). But since it seems to only do neutral sounding eq, what’s the deal? Can someone enlighten me?
Rick Biessman I was wondering the same...
Also thought it being saturation... I think I read it’s also Multiband compression
What about using it on a bus send for a live stream?
Nice video, but your comment on the Taylor vs a. Martin could not be more wrong in my opinion. Martin's are muddy and full of mids. Taylors have a strong low end and sparkling highs. They sound much more complete and multidimensional than Martins.
How is it different compared to simple EQ? Does it generate some harmonics, compress?
This is a really good intro to the effect - I'm wondering when you would prefer to use this vs eq, especially on your master bus? It seems on the surface like a visual eq would give you the same effect with finer control.
Exactly, the EQ will allow you to get that fine tuned control that you want. Some people really love the BBE units, so I wanted to make sure to cover it in my effects series. I personally, would rather save the effects rack space for using something like the Leisure Compressor or the Combinator.
Is there any significant reason why you'd use this over just using a plain old EQ? If it's just a low/high shelf, it makes it sound a lot more interesting than it seems to be...
Could you help me, how to apply some (not one) fx on x32 insert?
imo you should use equal gain before activate/deactivate so we can hear the real difference in sonority and not in intensity. i have to do it manually to try to hear best what this is doing.
Love your videos, Drew! And for hair care tips, please look to Ed Grimley, I must say!
Drew - Love your videos! However, just to let you know about Maximizers (And X32's Sound Maxer): The way they designed it is correct. High frequencies travel faster than lower frequencies. Therefore, the original design that the X32 emulated from BBE, aligns the frequency difference. It delays the top end so when sitting in the audience (or in the sweet spot of your mixing position), both speakers - woofer and horn/tweeter- reach you at the same time. This is a commonly misunderstood concept. When using some sort of PA Manager such as the DBX Driverack, frequency dependent delays are common with large FOH systems and far-field setups. Not so much with studio/near and mid-field systems.
I need to correct you on this one: High frequencies barely travel faster than low frequencies. (open access source: doi.org/10.1121/1.2947631)
The source is rather technical, but the dispersion graph Fig. 1 shows: Yes, higher frequencies travel faster than lower frequencies. But at 50 % humidity this difference in speed of sound is only about 0.007 %.
So a barely (really probably not) noticable delay of 20 µs on the low frequencies occurs at a distance of 100 m for 50 % humidity and at 25 m for 0 % humidity.
In some fourms I found the delay in the Sound Maxer is on the order of .5 ms to 2.5 ms. Such delay times are highly unlikely to result from differences in speed of sound, because you would have to be kilometers away from the sound source to get such long delays.
The change in sound however is pleasant, and I would suggest masking effects being the source of that.
nice.....
I will never understand why this is called Process.. why not simply call it HIGHContour (for normal people lol)
cuando estarán estos tutoriales traducidos al español por favor
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