Plugin Doctor - plugin analyzer

[jesse g]

Hey All,

When I load some plugins and give them the same settings, I notice  that they don't all give me the same outcome when I play back the specific section of music that was affected by the FX. I asked a friend that I know who has a commercial studio and he referred me to Plugin Doctor.   He showed me how it worked and I was amazed how two similar EQ plugins gave me different results with my EQ curves using Plugin Doctor.
 

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Watch the Tutorial.

 

Enjoy.

Edited September 12, 2021 by jesse g

[Larry Shelby]

Good find Jesse!

[Tom B]

There's also a demo version available on the DDMF site. The demo version periodically limits functionality for about 30 seconds.  

[kevin H]

Plugin doctor is the catalyst for every major argument I’ve seen on kvr and gearspace.  I’ve seen it end some friendships over aliasing so purchase at your own risk. Hahah

[telecode 101]

is this a good price? is this of use only if you are a developer?

[jackson white]

The visualization of some of the finer points of mixing can be interesting (i.e. curves, harmonics, aliasing, etc). Price is fair and can pay for itself by disarming hyperbolic marketing copy/pretty pixels for a plugin, especially for something like EQs.

(OT, @telecode 101 what are you using for a lap steel?)

 

[mibby]

Here's a FREEBIE that does the same thing. (and a couple of other GOOD ones too!) That said, Plugin Dr looks pretty nice!

Bertom EQ Curve Analyzer

 

[Guest]

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Edited October 24, 2024 by Guest

[kevin H]

8 minutes ago, mister_tea said:

I think PD been used to tear down soundtoys decapitator, used all over the place, because it was discovered it doesn't oversample so now has lost its magic.

And that right there is what I’m talking about….people that swore by a plug-in and could hear it add life all of a sudden don’t after using PD.  So did they ever hear it and just said they did or is their mind now playing tricks and they stop hearing it if indeed they did ? Hahah.  This plug-in will drive wedges between grandparents and grandsons/daughters, lead to divorces, destruction of property, etc heheh

[Bapu]

I watched the video and came to the conclusion that since it's likely that not all EQs are created equal I can honestly say that hoarders collectors of plugins like me are not wrong for owning so many different EQs, compressors and limiters. ? 

[telecode 101]

1 hour ago, jackson white said:

The visualization of some of the finer points of mixing can be interesting (i.e. curves, harmonics, aliasing, etc). Price is fair and can pay for itself by disarming hyperbolic marketing copy/pretty pixels for a plugin, especially for something like EQs.

(OT, @telecode 101 what are you using for a lap steel?)

 

I use a coupe of old nationals and a new gretch.

[bitflipper]

I use this tool on a regular basis, to better understand what a plugin is actually doing under the hood.

Here's my nerdy review of version 1.0 from back in 2018.

[Spice3d]

This is a terrific plugin. I'm trying to see if I can learn how to use an EQ that doesn't have a spectrum analyzer (eg SSL E console strip) and PluginDoctor has helped me this morning actually see what going on. Thanks jesse g!

[treesha]

Would this be useful for compression or just eq? 

[kevin H]

8 minutes ago, treesha said:

Would this be useful for compression or just eq? 

Check out Dave’s (bitflipper) review/examples he shared in his article a couple comments above. It’s very complete.

Here is another tutorial I referenced in the past that had good step by step guides fo each type of analysis.  

https://medium.com/@olehc/how-to-test-your-audio-plugins-using-plugindoctor-b24a923f451a

Both include examples of compressors.  
 

[dubdisciple]

Has anyone done a comparison to bertom? I have found that to be useful

[Walter Cruz]

Not really compared, but it seems that Bertom EQ Curve Analyzer it's just a curve analyser - this would be equivalent to Linear Analysis on PD, but PD does more things, like Hamonic Analysis and Compressor Analysis.

But Bertom seems really nice too, and runs inside the DAW fo what I see (PD s a distinct app)

[jesse g]

On 9/11/2021 at 2:45 PM, bitflipper said:

I use this tool on a regular basis, to better understand what a plugin is actually doing under the hood.

Here's my nerdy review of version 1.0 from back in 2018.

Nicely written review Bitflipper,  it covers all the bases.   I just wished you named some of those bad plugins you were testing.   LOL, especially the $249.00 one, If I own that one, I might be angry right now.    

Do you download the free trial of the plugin and test it first with Plugin Doctor to ensure you are getting your money's worth?

[jesse g]

On 9/11/2021 at 2:25 PM, Bapu said:

I watched the video and came to the conclusion that since it's likely that not all EQs are created equal I can honestly say that hoarders collectors of plugins like me are not wrong for owning so many different EQs, compressors and limiters. ? 

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[Joakim]

On 9/11/2021 at 8:45 PM, bitflipper said:

I use this tool on a regular basis, to better understand what a plugin is actually doing under the hood.

Here's my nerdy review of version 1.0 from back in 2018.

It is useful for most effects and it has a special compression mode.. You can see a compressor’s noise/hum, distortion etc and visualize attack and release settings.

Edited September 13, 2021 by Joakim