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I like Locness V2 - it's like Devil-Loc only with more options. Good one! I have OptoRed but it hasn't really grown on me. I trialed Model 5000 but thought it was missing some features that seem to me should be standard these days: Wet/Dry Mix and Stereo/MidSide. It sounded decent to me, but I didn't buy it. And I was not impressed with the recent message I got back from Support for their current Neural Q FREEBIE regarding the ridiculous CPU usage: "Well, it's using Neural Network technology so you should expect some CPU usage. But we'll look at it." (paraphrased) It was a bit off-putting.

I wanted to like it because I love FrontDAW. But no filters... (?) That would have been such an easy thing to add. But I reach for FrontDAW before this one because of the HP filter. Still, the Preamp section is great if you don't have FrontDAW. I was super excited about the Balancer section too but the jury is still out on that one. I need to spend more time with it. It would also be nice to be able to rearrange the sections too, because I rather do some leveling before the Preamp. Dunno, still on the fence on this one...

I went through the samples in standalone and didn't check. But I added a couple of instances to a mix last night and they were coming in around 7-10% per instance, so not so bad for a VI I thought. If if gets too bad later on, I'll just render them.

Thanks! Looking forward to the videos. I was unaware of these! As I said, I've been doing this too. It's not just about loudness. The upside of clipping (and auto-gain) to level your tracks before processing is that your compressors/limiters don't have to work as hard with drastic level changes or the intermittent huge peak. You even have better sounding EQ's with a more consistent signal level driving into them. Then, at the end of your mix, you go in an automate the parts you want to highlight. ? BTY, you can totally clip the peaks transparently (where you can't even hear you're doing it) just to level things. Your compressors/limiters will thank you. @PavlovsCat - Hey Peter, these videos might be worth watching!

Loving this!

I basically have a similar setup. Just out of curiosity, what is your preferred clipper? Mine was JST Clip and is now Boz's Little Clipper for ease of use, moderate options and metering. (And yes, especially CPU!)

Dang! I already picked that up as the PB freebie in November.

Still loving my CB-1 $34 bargain from just over a year ago! Looks like the CB-1's are on sale for $59 now and worth it. (Sadly, it doesn't look like the "frank10" code works anymore. )

Why pay 49 EU for a clipper that will destroy your CPU?? Just pick up the Tone Empire one for free...

What's wrong with their installation manager? You run it, install stuff, then you're done. Pretty straightforward and makes installing multiple plugins super easy. ---- PS. I answered your post as soon as I read it. Reading this page, I see now you've already had a few replies..

Here's mine: Studio One Pro, Wnidows 10, AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Quad-Core Processor 3.30 GHz, 32.0 GB RAM (not that this matters)

Customer support has already got back to me and they are looking into the CPU issue. Anyone else having problems with their serial number?

I tried that. I also sent off an email to their customer support. All in all, this is HORRIBLE PR for what could have been really great...

No error message, but the license code they sent me didn't work. Also, on a Windows Studio One setup, I am getting 20-25% CPU hit with each instance. ?

One of my very favorite reverbs! It sounds fantastic!

Yeow!! That's REALLY surprising and too bad. Is there an oversampling setting buried in there somewhere?? Maybe we're their Beta testers for the month and they'll fix things as they turn up? ?

Looks pretty interesting! https://tone-empire.com/shop/neuralq/

Interesting idea... Kudos for their creativity! ?

Be sure and pick up their Tremolo too while you're there...

This all sounds really interesting, and if nothing else, very fun to play with and an excellent tool for collaborations. Lots of possibilities. Thanks for pointing this out! ? PS. To you, do you use Bandlab DAW. No because I am all-in on Studio One now. I've thought about installing it many times, but then it's always, "why do I need another DAW"? This just might push me over the edge... I'm looking forward to playing around with it. Good one Bandlab!

...and DO NOT forget TDR's Nova! An excellent a FREE dynamic EQ which of course can do de-esser duties.

The ToneBoosters legacy de-esser is excellent among other plugins in these "legacy" freebies. Bottom of this page.... https://www.toneboosters.com/support.html Waves Sibilance has been given away a fe times and is pretty good. Doesn't help now if you don't have it, but maybe it'll come around again? You can probably find more in Starship's freebies thread above too.

I must confess, I did a one-month trial sub at Slate to get the Kilohearts presets. And if I'm being totally honest, it was pretty juicy inside the Slate-verse. But I still managed to free myself before I had to pay anything, although I did pick up the Verbsuite Classics when it was on sale at Best Service. I don't recall ever seeing FG-Stress on sale tho.... ?

The compressor is NOT 32 bit only...

You're a SUBber but not a WUPper??