Clint Martin

Well after demoing both baby audio plugins, I think I can live without them. Both work as advertised and sound good. I just think I already have that ground covered.

Smooth Operator and Taip are both on my radar. I was hoping the Ezx signature would go on sale but I guess it’s too new.

Too much work to get an EQ I don't need. I gave up.

Smooth operator can run at 96k. As I said before however, I don’t personally own it so I can’t say if it’s good or not.

https://babyaud.io/smooth-operator-plugin# this link has more info, including a link to the manual.

Interesting topic. I have several plugins that should be able to do this. (Mspectraldynamics, Mautodynamiceq, TDR Nova, Toneboosters EQ4, to name a few.) I haven’t actually attempted to use this technique but I wonder if baby audio smooth operator would be the budget choice at $39.99?https://www.pluginboutique.com/products/7565-Smooth-Operator?currency=USD&force_country=US&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-pyqBhDmARIsAKd9XINFWkyrlaU7tvvcHiV3JDnMWSoj08OknAAhz_gM-U0-9SrBS98PmDgaAhiQEALw_wcB

I'm going to download it this weekend and attempt to give it a solid try. I have Cakewalk, Waveform 12.5 Pro and Harrison 32C, but I hear so much about Reaper.

@Bapu I'm curious about Reaper. I downloaded it a couple of times but never gave it a fair try. How well do you think it stacks up against the others. It would seem like a good time to jump in if one was inclined to.

It’s a beautiful thing.

Installed. No issues. Bring on Sonar!

I used to use that, then I switched computers and never bothered to reinstall it. I wonder if Audacity is capable of being used like that? I suppose the old Adobe is still available somewhere? I believe it was Adobe 3? Do other DAWs include a feature like this? Seems like an obvious thing to add if not.

Free is good!

The syncpressor is pretty cool too!

I can see we’re it might be a nice tool to have. I have his LU and VU meters which I’m sure would do the same thing, but for a $1.50 I’ll try it out!

Yeah, Meng has earned my support for sure!!!

Went ahead and picked these two up. Syncpressor, Normalizer.

As far as games of patience, I play chess daily. Can't wait for the new Sonar...instant buy for me! I'm hoping they restart development of the Pro-channel. I always thought the Pro-channel was unique and set Sonar apart in many ways. Update the tape sims and console emulations, I'm sure they have many plans.

I’m not going to do it but I would like to see the video someday. The sound the Beatles got on all of their albums was so far ahead of the time. I still think Abbey Road is the best sounding recording ever made and they made it with the 12345 and a j37! Incredible!

Maybe I should put noise reduction in the title?

Anyone else try this? I have a cheap bass which plays great and has a great tone but it also has a constant low buzz or hum. This plugin removed it with ease and left a very natural clean sounding bass! I’m impressed. I thought I may have to buy the Acon Digital restoration suite to fix it which is $99. Free is cheaper!

Probably mentioned before but Blue Lab audio has this excellent noise reduction plugin that cleaned up one of my tracks perfectly. https://plugins4free.com/plugin/3618/

Good time to pickup TDR Nova GE. I'm a sucker for Tape plugins!

If I prefer to play my own bass parts, what does EZbass do for me? Can I upload my part and convert it to midi, and replace it with a toontrack bass sample?

Not sure if this is a great deal or fairly common? Tape sims are a fascination of mine for some reason all though I hardly ever actually use them. https://www.sweetwater.com/c714--VP_Effects?highlight=UADStuderA800&mrkgadid=&mrkgcl=28&mrkgen=&mrkgbflag=&mrkgcat=&acctid=21700000001645388&dskeywordid=&lid=58700008496077437&dsproductgroupid=&product_id=UADStuderA800&prodctry=US&prodlang=en&channel=online&storeid=&device=m&network=x&matchtype=&adpos=largenumber&locationid=9026149&creative=&targetid=&campaignid=20412093983&awsearchcpc=&&&gclid=CjwKCAjwseSoBhBXEiwA9iZtxinbfbSzFFXixWpErM0foZkljJbNhouvnibRHktpp84Y92OqmlFXUxoCAMcQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Mixbus is an instant crash when pulling the corner. Waveform doesn't let you pull the corner so there isn't a problem.