I applaud you and the developer for thinking about ARA and larger windows for dynamic processing. I really think that there are so many interesting things that can be done when we aren’t handcuffed to the time windows required to have low latency.
Very very very tempted to buy it instantly. I wish there would be some simplified UI, like a preset, when you just want to tackle a straight forward job. Thanks for the video.
The default settings put you a couple of clicks away from general loudness leveling. You can learn the source range, pick a target preset, you might not need to touch anything else.
@Dan Worrall Hey mate, you having problems with the knobs too? I noticed you are using the mouse scroll wheel to move them. It's a bug that I just reported but you can use a workaround. If you hold CTRL while tweaking the knobs, they will work smoothly like any other plugin.
I would pay good money for a comprehensive course from you on compression, from the absolute basics, through to more advanced concepts and uses. I can't be the only one.
When you gonna find out what you want find out now, you not going to pay even 1$. Compression is the simplest thing ever. It took me 5 years to understand it fully.
@@lk0707 I’m sure he (and many others) would pay to understand it faster. I’m of the opinion that music engineering is something that you have to practice to get and no amount of tutorials and lessons can replace that but I trust Dan could very well speed up the process
What an incredibly sophisticated design and product. I always I appreciate how your videos approach the technology *without* a bunch of silly hype like “now you can have the secret black magic sorcery of a mixing desk from 1978 to make your tracks a magical infused hit” As always, your education and insights are exceptional. Imagine if Joe Meek or Bill Putman could see what the world of digital production has become now.
I saw this plugin some time ago, and even though I didn’t quite understand it, if I’m not mistaken, the developer is a single person who was a bit disappointed by the lack of support for their creation. I’m glad that Dan made a tremendous video about this tool (even if it’s sponsored >.
I don't know anything about the dev, but if there's a lack of support, it may be because of the egregious processing consumption and languid CPU spikes.
I tried when it first was shown but OMG incomprehensible. That and I think it crashed in Reason (as many newbies do) - I assume that is sorted now so not a fail as such. The interface however, is just not easy to approach at all which makes it a total pass. A shame for the Dev tho as Dan has eloquently shown to the device be technically very capable. The Q tho is if most music/mix people really want this kind of technical control. :-)
It might look nice but I hate using it. As was mentioned it's difficult to hit the sweet spot with this compressor. I would go as far as to say it's the hardest compressor to use that I have used in over 2 decades of working in music production. I don't like it also because of how the developer implemented mouse wheel over knobs. Again the worst implementation of this common control out of any vst I have ever tried. Your basically forced to type in each desired setting as using the mouse wheel or mouse pointer is unecessaerlily difficult to adjust the knobs values. This makes using this compressor somewhat vomit inducing to me. It does sound nice and that's the only positive I can say about it. Everything else is unnecessarily difficult to use.
Congrats to APU for hiring Worrall to cover this compressor. It's quite a unique and nice sounding dynamics tool. I bought it when it came out. I am still wrapping my head around it. I am hoping get insights from Dan! Buy this. It's not just a regular compressor....
It's a bit sterile sounding but that's easily fixed with a saturation plugin. Your bass got very pleasant with the addition of the amp sim. So, maybe the sterility is a plus. Get control and then color it however you like with the next plugin in the chain.
As a hobbyist who doesn't have the privilege of getting professional feedback (i.e. from clients) on a regular basis, I think it's much more valuable to hear what certain plugins do well than what other plugins fail to do as they should for some reason. Having said that, I do see the value of pointing out flaws and oversights from a pro perspective. But chances are that such nitty gritty details might never become relevant to me - as much as I would like them to be. In any case, I will continue to watch Dan Worrall videos because I always feel like I'm getting something out of them.
Dan, love your videos and explanations. It would be awesome if you could do something on compression for classical / orchestral music or other music which has a very large dynamic range, but you want to reduce the dynamic range only a bit.
Was literally thinking while revisiting a session with a very dynamic singer "why isn't there an RMS style compressor that actually just controls dynamics." I think the holy grail is a "compressor" that analyses, essentially offline, the rms and has controlls for dynamic range and how fast to act.
Isn't it the same as the more expensive option of the plugin presented on the video? At least it uses the same algorithms and can analyze the whole file.
I'm trying to create a plugin chain that will pretty much auto mix a vocal (at least to a perfect starting point including deessing, compression, eq). All without listening at all to the vocal. I wonder if this plugin would be a good initial leveller
this is very interesting and besides the practical use it could be used creatively for some sonic madness... having that said, it hurts that it doesn't have auto gain compensation as it seems
@Dan Worrall - Dan forgive me i dont do much youtube n online fan club twitchy stuff the new generation are into nowadays so i have no clue even what the join button that im looking at watching this means lol ..... Is there a way to contact you or some members server i can pay for to ask a question or two once in a while etc ( your the only person thats talked sense since a million years ago when i boughyt the fabfilter bundles after all your lessons and reviews - you cant even google a question any more without five hundred clueless idiots being the top results as they have paid ££ to be there ) One question i really need help is For a DAB radio broadcast , as it contains a stream of music coming from lots of sources like vinyl , maybe a dodgy mp3 or fully mastered .wav of the purchase sites nowadays depending on what the Dj's play it always helps when ya run a recording of a broadcast thru wavelab pro and maybe give it just a touch of expansion , maybe a meta level norm that only does bits that need it , Maybe run it thru an Exciter like GEM DOPAMINE & use Pro-L2 and a million other things depending on what the audio is etc ----- Is there a way to do this to a Live Broadcast like we used to do on Fm broadcasts with the hardware exciters and other rack hardware . I know broadcast programmes like ice n shoutcast etc All say they do all this stuff and to a small extend i guess they do but this is not what i need - I need a fully fledged Chain to make it the highest quality nice sounding constant stream possible thats slightly enhancing the weak and slightly taming the overkill and sending out a nice excited LUFS lever professional broadcast - ive been watching years and have bought nearly every plugin youve used thats high end so no need to hold back ill buy anything nessasary that i havent already got ( Honestly ive searched this trying to get straight answer for a while now and a lot of my dj and live performers have too and its impossible to find a straight answer thats not full of bs or sill free Plugins thats sound lame ) Your mic chain video is still the ultimate thing ever because you do it with real info step by step tried and tested facts , its unbeatable . Just name your fee if you fancy explaining this for us and ill send all the money over to you instantly its ready to go ...... Or just tell me its not possible (Ive even got a 2nd Studio Pc that Could handle the workload if ts CPU intensive or anything like that so no worries there - both are the Highest end everything in them , super fast in every way ) Thanks Dan
Memberships mean you pay me monthly until you cancel. You can also do super thanks for a one off payment, or there's a ko-fi donate link in the video description. I answer any questions I can however, regardless of donations. Standard hardware for the purpose you describe is the Orban Optimod: www.orban.com/radio-audio-processors
There are a million different ways you could set this type of thing up in a DAW, depending what plugins you have available and how much latency you can tolerate.
@@DanWorrall Thanks for the reply Dan appreciate it so much - Ill join up now i was not sure weather it was a member join button and google takes the money like the ads they stuff into all my mixes and spoil them or if it went to you ..... say hello to your newest member lol
Very interesting as always! It would be interesting to see your review of Klughelm DC8C compressor. It has a lot of possibilities in an Expert mode which I found very useful.
I did not know about this product, I guess it will help me a lot for video making (people speaking loud and then quiet) and podcast for a more natural voice without normal compressors or volume riding. Will buy soon.
Very interesting compressor. Not sure if I want to tackle the learning curve just yet, but I'll have to get it at some point. Too interesting not to try it out. Great video, Dan. You're the best.
@@jsbach6407 For Bach? For sure! All you have to do is just use long attack and release times. Like 0.5 seconds to 1.5 seconds. That will keep the overall loudness about the same but will preserve all the local transients.
How will this compressor add loudness differently then any other compressor? Does it have something to do with LUFS level detectors, LRA and normalization within streaming services?
Compressors aren't really about adding loudness IMO. That's limiters. Compressors are for punch, groove, glue etc. There's an infinite number of ways a compressor can behave, and they all sound different. This one can also control loudness, but that's more for broadcast where your specs include a loudness range. You don't need to worry about that for music production, just make it sound good.
WOW...What a compressor...so simple to use and i am blown away with the GUI and the power this plugin can produce alone. A nice stacking with other setups, and super low whispers are made clear like a conversation in normal voice. I am not done trying this out, but i feel i will be buying this in a day or two. Have to put it to the test just a little bit more. Nice One.
Very informative video, looks interesting thx ! 02:26 Picture illustrations would have been nice to show the different compressor type :P 05:56 this diffuse line graph effects doesn't seems informative, but it is very distracting IMHO ^^
It may be sophisticated, but new terms will involve a learning curve and that be unfamiliar or forget later on. The range concept sounds nice for gain riding, thats where it would standout. As a traditional compressor setting I would just use a dozen other already compressors. So I think perhaps the dev can have two different versions of the plugin one with a simple UI for gain riding and other for more sophisticated phd compressor options.
I sort of ignored this plugin because my experience with the free metering plugin from the same dev was not good. The interface is confusing, unintuitive and hard to read. That makes it discouraging to learn for me. And seeing you demonstrate the plugin just reinforced by opinion. Sure, the plugin can be useful and be just the tool I'm looking for, but it's useless if I can't figure out how to at least use the basics from it.
I see this plugin great for video editing software like Davinci Resolve to really help level all the different interviews and even for mastering for different tv stations...
@@EpithetMusicTV I wouldn't suggest it if you want great audio... I do all my interview leveling with keyframes manually, what I am talking about is getting that last 10% in which compressor/expander would really help with details...
Good lord my poor eyes. A little more warning before switching out of dark mode would be appreciated. I don’t think even the CIA allows that kind of torture.
I knew i have to get my wallet ready when i saw my feed and saw a new Worrall video. However after having the video playing in the backround and hearing the description and now after installation looking at the GUI i am like „not again. Such a clustermindf….“. I think i am starting to like more and more simple tools that can do simple things. This looks like it does simple tasks in a very good way with the price of having to learn completely new ways for doing things. Not against it but the first view of the GUI in real life and in my environment was a bit of a turn off tbh
Hey Dan what are your thoughts on the PSP Flare compressor. Its has psycho-acoustic witchcraft to make your audio " naturally dynamic without the perceptible effects of compression" . It seems like the kind of plugin that might peak your interest
@@DanWorrall I know what you talking about so many clones of vintage stuff. Its cool that you bring attention to something new and different like this plugin. Its seems kind of perfect for me as someone that just what a leveler for audio post and not have to deal with plugins adding that "analogue sound"
I like the sandstorm visuals, but you can turn them off if it’s not your thing. As far as the functioning of this plugin, I’m so happy to see such innovation in a sea of clones and remakes (which have their place as well of course). There are a lot of interesting things to be found here.
Great review. Sometimes i have hard pixking up all the technicalities cause of your flow and your determined speech but. you could easily try out for a late rap career 😂
Very nice that they decided to make a tool that does things never possible before. Even though most of these options don't speak to me, there's probably an audio engineer somewhere yelling FINALLY.
Isn't this just the same as generating a loudness automation envelope from the loudness plugin in Reaper, and using that to automate gain? That's how I do fader riding for vocals, so it's nicely levelled before then using traditional compressors. I guess the nice thing here is that it's tweakable in real time, rather than having to go back and change settings and regenerate the envelope.
An absolutely brilliant video! I was thoroughly engaged through the entire thing and I learned a lot. Also, I have never berfore seen anything like this plugin. Thanks!
So in spite of how this is marketed, this seems to legitimately be the most powerful compressor on the market. I am very curious to try this on a vocal bus.
Nice video as always Mr Worrall. I would love to see your take on Tone Projects Unisum Mastering Compressor. I think it will tinkle your brain in some aspects 🫡
Thank you for the detailed walkthrough. I really like the explicit input/output range sliders. I found the wispy animations distracting. Do they have meaning driven by the processing, or just extra motion? Is there a way to disable them?
high effort Dan content is back in full swing!
Well.. he DID get paid to do this one. Pre-payment is useful for inspiring effort, lol.
I applaud you and the developer for thinking about ARA and larger windows for dynamic processing. I really think that there are so many interesting things that can be done when we aren’t handcuffed to the time windows required to have low latency.
Interesting compressor approach with some good options. Price is good too.
Very very very tempted to buy it instantly. I wish there would be some simplified UI, like a preset, when you just want to tackle a straight forward job. Thanks for the video.
The default settings put you a couple of clicks away from general loudness leveling. You can learn the source range, pick a target preset, you might not need to touch anything else.
@@DanWorrall Thanks Dan, for your fast reply. I bought it anyway. 30 bucks is a no-brainer and I will give it a try.
Hello Dan, thanks again for your insights and the informative content, would you perhaps consider doing a follow-up and going over the optimizer?
@Dan Worrall Hey mate, you having problems with the knobs too? I noticed you are using the mouse scroll wheel to move them. It's a bug that I just reported but you can use a workaround. If you hold CTRL while tweaking the knobs, they will work smoothly like any other plugin.
he is back
18:28 biggest thing I learned in this video:
“xfer” = transfer?
Transfer Records Serum? 🤨
how do you open an audio file in the stand alone?
I'm more confused about this plugin after watching the video, than I was before I watched it. lol
I'm pretty impressed with anybody making a compressor with the confidence to sponsor a DW video. 😂
I love tutorials that treat viewers as capable people and let you be intellectually engaged
Then what are you doing on TH-cam?
“That was a pretty wild difference” me: listening with screen off over bluetooth earbuds at the gym “wait what?”
check your ears
Wow really? I hear a huge change from my phone speaker from the next room
@@williamsmith1796same
I also usually go: "huuuuh? what difference?!" but in this case even I heard it 😛
I didn't think digital compressors could get more detailed and useful, but i was wrong. thanks for the video!
there is literally no limits except the processing power
@@JohnSmith-pn2vl right?!! And that’s ever expanding.
I would pay good money for a comprehensive course from you on compression, from the absolute basics, through to more advanced concepts and uses. I can't be the only one.
Check the Fabfilter Tutorials on compression plus the other Compresser videos of his Channel.
When you gonna find out what you want find out now, you not going to pay even 1$. Compression is the simplest thing ever. It took me 5 years to understand it fully.
@@lk0707 I’m sure he (and many others) would pay to understand it faster. I’m of the opinion that music engineering is something that you have to practice to get and no amount of tutorials and lessons can replace that but I trust Dan could very well speed up the process
I HIGHLY reccomend Compression Breakthroughs from Justin Coletti of Sonic Scoop. That course was a big deal for me.
i would also throw down some money for that
This is one of those Worrall's videos that are so extensively enriching it's hard to believe it's for free. Bravo!
Wow, for $30 it's a steal. Thank you!
im surprised the price for this plugin is not too bad, other companies could easily charge over $200 for this
What an incredibly sophisticated design and product. I always I appreciate how your videos approach the technology *without* a bunch of silly hype like “now you can have the secret black magic sorcery of a mixing desk from 1978 to make your tracks a magical infused hit” As always, your education and insights are exceptional. Imagine if Joe Meek or Bill Putman could see what the world of digital production has become now.
I saw this plugin some time ago, and even though I didn’t quite understand it, if I’m not mistaken, the developer is a single person who was a bit disappointed by the lack of support for their creation. I’m glad that Dan made a tremendous video about this tool (even if it’s sponsored >.
I don't know anything about the dev, but if there's a lack of support, it may be because of the egregious processing consumption and languid CPU spikes.
@@lucasturney4269 On a machine from 10 years ago?
The dev provides plenty of updates and that has included CPU fixes.
Nody knows how this vst works
I tried when it first was shown but OMG incomprehensible. That and I think it crashed in Reason (as many newbies do) - I assume that is sorted now so not a fail as such. The interface however, is just not easy to approach at all which makes it a total pass. A shame for the Dev tho as Dan has eloquently shown to the device be technically very capable. The Q tho is if most music/mix people really want this kind of technical control. :-)
Who said compression is not rocket science?
Love a good Worrall video on a Saturday morning!!
This is the compressor interface I've always dreamed of
It might look nice but I hate using it. As was mentioned it's difficult to hit the sweet spot with this compressor. I would go as far as to say it's the hardest compressor to use that I have used in over 2 decades of working in music production. I don't like it also because of how the developer implemented mouse wheel over knobs. Again the worst implementation of this common control out of any vst I have ever tried. Your basically forced to type in each desired setting as using the mouse wheel or mouse pointer is unecessaerlily difficult to adjust the knobs values. This makes using this compressor somewhat vomit inducing to me. It does sound nice and that's the only positive I can say about it. Everything else is unnecessarily difficult to use.
Congrats to APU for hiring Worrall to cover this compressor. It's quite a unique and nice sounding dynamics tool. I bought it when it came out. I am still wrapping my head around it. I am hoping get insights from Dan! Buy this. It's not just a regular compressor....
DJs are going to go crazy running their Mix through 5 instances of this plug in
What's OTT? 😂
Sausage fattener x 1000
bold of you to assume DJs know how normal compressors work...
@@ampersand64good point. Do decks even have compressors? Thought they just had filters
@@saxmanash Mixers have limiters but they're more of a fail safe for idiots than something for DJ's to actually use.
Dan could make a soggy Pb&J sandwich sitting in an oily and muddy puddle on the side of the road sound like the most interesting thing on the planet
He wouldn't be able to show his face though, because no one can see the face of god and live. 😂
It's a bit sterile sounding but that's easily fixed with a saturation plugin. Your bass got very pleasant with the addition of the amp sim. So, maybe the sterility is a plus. Get control and then color it however you like with the next plugin in the chain.
By about 12 minutes in I'd bought it. 👍
As a hobbyist who doesn't have the privilege of getting professional feedback (i.e. from clients) on a regular basis, I think it's much more valuable to hear what certain plugins do well than what other plugins fail to do as they should for some reason.
Having said that, I do see the value of pointing out flaws and oversights from a pro perspective. But chances are that such nitty gritty details might never become relevant to me - as much as I would like them to be.
In any case, I will continue to watch Dan Worrall videos because I always feel like I'm getting something out of them.
I love you Dan Worrall!!! Very humble. Thanks for the explanation about how to use it! So many truths on that Planet.
Dan, love your videos and explanations. It would be awesome if you could do something on compression for classical / orchestral music or other music which has a very large dynamic range, but you want to reduce the dynamic range only a bit.
9:38
25:15
Wouldn't this imply you'd use the floor setting for expansion, then?
At least if you only wanna lookahead the conventional attack
32:40 MY EYES! 😂
Excellent review. Very powerful tool.
Really really hate how this sounds on your voice. Really weird wavy pumping effect.
the default 'swirl' visualiser makes my head hurt. not sure why its not set to 'none' as default.
Was literally thinking while revisiting a session with a very dynamic singer "why isn't there an RMS style compressor that actually just controls dynamics." I think the holy grail is a "compressor" that analyses, essentially offline, the rms and has controlls for dynamic range and how fast to act.
As the video goes on this is very exciting! Gotta hit that demo
Try Har-Bal. Offline EQ and Dynamics that works in RMS and Peak or both in both EQ and dynamics. I use it in the mastering room sometimes.
Har bal is so underrated fr
Almost no one knows about it.
Isn't it the same as the more expensive option of the plugin presented on the video? At least it uses the same algorithms and can analyze the whole file.
I'm trying to create a plugin chain that will pretty much auto mix a vocal (at least to a perfect starting point including deessing, compression, eq). All without listening at all to the vocal. I wonder if this plugin would be a good initial leveller
I think this is the first time a sponsored video has convinced me to buy a product, what an amazing plugin!
Im more than happy to see You doing This video. I use the APU to give an extra help to get on those crazy loudness major labels require
this is very interesting and besides the practical use it could be used creatively for some sonic madness... having that said, it hurts that it doesn't have auto gain compensation as it seems
It's nice when developers actually listen to, and react to, a user's concerns and criticisms. If only politics worked like that...
@Dan Worrall - Dan forgive me i dont do much youtube n online fan club twitchy stuff the new generation are into nowadays so i have no clue even what the join button that im looking at watching this means lol ..... Is there a way to contact you or some members server i can pay for to ask a question or two once in a while etc ( your the only person thats talked sense since a million years ago when i boughyt the fabfilter bundles after all your lessons and reviews - you cant even google a question any more without five hundred clueless idiots being the top results as they have paid ££ to be there ) One question i really need help is For a DAB radio broadcast , as it contains a stream of music coming from lots of sources like vinyl , maybe a dodgy mp3 or fully mastered .wav of the purchase sites nowadays depending on what the Dj's play it always helps when ya run a recording of a broadcast thru wavelab pro and maybe give it just a touch of expansion , maybe a meta level norm that only does bits that need it , Maybe run it thru an Exciter like GEM DOPAMINE & use Pro-L2 and a million other things depending on what the audio is etc ----- Is there a way to do this to a Live Broadcast like we used to do on Fm broadcasts with the hardware exciters and other rack hardware . I know broadcast programmes like ice n shoutcast etc All say they do all this stuff and to a small extend i guess they do but this is not what i need - I need a fully fledged Chain to make it the highest quality nice sounding constant stream possible thats slightly enhancing the weak and slightly taming the overkill and sending out a nice excited LUFS lever professional broadcast - ive been watching years and have bought nearly every plugin youve used thats high end so no need to hold back ill buy anything nessasary that i havent already got ( Honestly ive searched this trying to get straight answer for a while now and a lot of my dj and live performers have too and its impossible to find a straight answer thats not full of bs or sill free Plugins thats sound lame ) Your mic chain video is still the ultimate thing ever because you do it with real info step by step tried and tested facts , its unbeatable . Just name your fee if you fancy explaining this for us and ill send all the money over to you instantly its ready to go ...... Or just tell me its not possible (Ive even got a 2nd Studio Pc that Could handle the workload if ts CPU intensive or anything like that so no worries there - both are the Highest end everything in them , super fast in every way ) Thanks Dan
Memberships mean you pay me monthly until you cancel. You can also do super thanks for a one off payment, or there's a ko-fi donate link in the video description. I answer any questions I can however, regardless of donations. Standard hardware for the purpose you describe is the Orban Optimod: www.orban.com/radio-audio-processors
There are a million different ways you could set this type of thing up in a DAW, depending what plugins you have available and how much latency you can tolerate.
@@DanWorrall Thanks for the reply Dan appreciate it so much - Ill join up now i was not sure weather it was a member join button and google takes the money like the ads they stuff into all my mixes and spoil them or if it went to you ..... say hello to your newest member lol
@@DanWorrall im in and weeeey theres Perks and other videos ... sweeeet - thx brother
I wonder what are your thoughts on Thimeo Stereo Tool for that application.
Potentially less expensive option.
What is the meaning of the „flag“ animation after the envelope? Some kind of psychoacoustic perception indicator or just something nice to look at?
Very interesting as always!
It would be interesting to see your review of Klughelm DC8C compressor.
It has a lot of possibilities in an Expert mode which I found very useful.
the most confusing GUI ive ever seen
I did not know about this product, I guess it will help me a lot for video making (people speaking loud and then quiet) and podcast for a more natural voice without normal compressors or volume riding. Will buy soon.
You did a great presentation and the price of the plugin is fare. They will sell alot of licences. Good move APU.
Great video, very informative.
Edit: Initial question was about the trippy visuals and if the can be turned off. Thank you for answering that it can.
You can in the visualization tab, the first row labled General has it there.
I think you also need to turn up the Shader params slider as well.
I feel a bit stupid when I watch this video. But I watched the whole thing anyway. I felt the same way when I watched "Tenet."
The ultimate compressor geek plugin! Can the snowstorm gui be turned off? I find it pretty but a bit distracting. Edit: it can, another cmnt said.
Reassuringly complicated. I was astonished by the product's price so bought it!
Very interesting compressor. Not sure if I want to tackle the learning curve just yet, but I'll have to get it at some point. Too interesting not to try it out. Great video, Dan. You're the best.
One thing not focused on in the video: This compressor is really good for gain-riding. Excellent for orchestra.
Would you mind sharing the mode and associated settings you'd use as a starting point for orchestral gain-riding?
@@jsbach6407 For Bach? For sure! All you have to do is just use long attack and release times. Like 0.5 seconds to 1.5 seconds. That will keep the overall loudness about the same but will preserve all the local transients.
How will this compressor add loudness differently then any other compressor? Does it have something to do with LUFS level detectors, LRA and normalization within streaming services?
Compressors aren't really about adding loudness IMO. That's limiters. Compressors are for punch, groove, glue etc. There's an infinite number of ways a compressor can behave, and they all sound different. This one can also control loudness, but that's more for broadcast where your specs include a loudness range. You don't need to worry about that for music production, just make it sound good.
Excellent video as ever from the boss. Love it 🎉
wasn't impressed with the 2:29 advert before the video!
WOW...What a compressor...so simple to use and i am blown away with the GUI and the power this plugin can produce alone. A nice stacking with other setups, and super low whispers are made clear like a conversation in normal voice. I am not done trying this out, but i feel i will be buying this in a day or two. Have to put it to the test just a little bit more. Nice One.
isn’t it like only 30 dollars?
great Dan I wish I could talk just like you. Awesome video!!!
Excellent video!! I do feel like the plugin is very cpu intensive.. Is this adjustable with the buffer setting??
I hope that blur tail can be deactivated I rly rly aint sensitive sually but that kinda is irritating af haha
Looks not smooth atall.
Yes. Lots of ways to customise the interface, which I didn't care enough about to explore.
Very informative video, looks interesting thx !
02:26 Picture illustrations would have been nice to show the different compressor type :P
05:56 this diffuse line graph effects doesn't seems informative, but it is very distracting IMHO ^^
It may be sophisticated, but new terms will involve a learning curve and that be unfamiliar or forget later on. The range concept sounds nice for gain riding, thats where it would standout. As a traditional compressor setting I would just use a dozen other already compressors. So I think perhaps the dev can have two different versions of the plugin one with a simple UI for gain riding and other for more sophisticated phd compressor options.
I sort of ignored this plugin because my experience with the free metering plugin from the same dev was not good. The interface is confusing, unintuitive and hard to read. That makes it discouraging to learn for me. And seeing you demonstrate the plugin just reinforced by opinion. Sure, the plugin can be useful and be just the tool I'm looking for, but it's useless if I can't figure out how to at least use the basics from it.
And now go make apu dynamics optimizer as well ;) another very interesting beast
I see this plugin great for video editing software like Davinci Resolve to really help level all the different interviews and even for mastering for different tv stations...
Davinci resolve already has the dialogue leveller built in
@@EpithetMusicTV I wouldn't suggest it if you want great audio... I do all my interview leveling with keyframes manually, what I am talking about is getting that last 10% in which compressor/expander would really help with details...
@@EpithetMusicTVThis definitely beats it by a long shot
@@TomislavRupic Television audio guy here. I've seen how the editors process audio, they absolutely do not care
Good lord my poor eyes. A little more warning before switching out of dark mode would be appreciated. I don’t think even the CIA allows that kind of torture.
I knew i have to get my wallet ready when i saw my feed and saw a new Worrall video.
However after having the video playing in the backround and hearing the description and now after installation looking at the GUI i am like
„not again. Such a clustermindf….“. I think i am starting to like more and more simple tools that can do simple things.
This looks like it does simple tasks in a very good way with the price of having to learn completely new ways for doing things.
Not against it but the first view of the GUI in real life and in my environment was a bit of a turn off tbh
Hey Dan what are your thoughts on the PSP Flare compressor. Its has psycho-acoustic witchcraft to make your audio " naturally dynamic without the perceptible effects of compression" . It seems like the kind of plugin that might peak your interest
I haven't tried it yet. Too many compressors, too little time...
@@DanWorrall I know what you talking about so many clones of vintage stuff. Its cool that you bring attention to something new and different like this plugin. Its seems kind of perfect for me as someone that just what a leveler for audio post and not have to deal with plugins adding that "analogue sound"
I was hoping changing to 144p was going to be more visually impressive. A very whispy interface.
I like the sandstorm visuals, but you can turn them off if it’s not your thing. As far as the functioning of this plugin, I’m so happy to see such innovation in a sea of clones and remakes (which have their place as well of course). There are a lot of interesting things to be found here.
Great review. Sometimes i have hard pixking up all the technicalities cause of your flow and your determined speech but. you could easily try out for a late rap career 😂
Very nice that they decided to make a tool that does things never possible before. Even though most of these options don't speak to me, there's probably an audio engineer somewhere yelling FINALLY.
an overcompliacated one
Isn't this just the same as generating a loudness automation envelope from the loudness plugin in Reaper, and using that to automate gain? That's how I do fader riding for vocals, so it's nicely levelled before then using traditional compressors. I guess the nice thing here is that it's tweakable in real time, rather than having to go back and change settings and regenerate the envelope.
Same idea, arguably better workflow. Plus (inexplicably) not everyone uses Reaper.
An absolutely brilliant video! I was thoroughly engaged through the entire thing and I learned a lot. Also, I have never berfore seen anything like this plugin.
Thanks!
wow what an interesting compressor, and at 30 bucks too? i expected this thing to be at least 100
Just purchased it.
So in spite of how this is marketed, this seems to legitimately be the most powerful compressor on the market. I am very curious to try this on a vocal bus.
No-one should have that kind of power.
Nice video as always Mr Worrall. I would love to see your take on Tone Projects Unisum Mastering Compressor. I think it will tinkle your brain in some aspects 🫡
What's the definition of white and magenta lines? What's the definition of left half scrolling window and right half scrolling window?
Best just Drop In when ya can, audio Course in history… THANK YOU AS ALWAYS
I was sold in the first 1,5 min. Slight weirdness in terms of artefacts but damn.
Waiting for features like this in Pro-C3! As well as auto threshold and left/right mode
I got this about a year ago and could not make head nor tail of it. The manual was terrible too. Going to watch this and give it another go.
does the cold smokey visual thing represent anything?
You Sound like the CoD King:
4NDYB
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Awesome video, hope you are okay Dan. Finally a compressor that fixes my lack of loudness detection.
Great video, I learned a lot! and that 30ms RMS sounds good! 30:16
who needs the Kwik-E Mart?
This sand flow animation is very annoying... 😒
I’m curious to upward compression on vocals
this will shut down a lot of computers whit their hungry soft
I grabbed this when it first came out and I also have the new stand alone optimizer.
32:38
My loudness control solution is a Pro-C2 in Mastering mode, usually a 25% knee and ratio about 8
Ok
would this work well as a vocal rider for singers? to put at the start of the chain before it hits other compressors
Yes, although it's not quite the same as the Waves 'vocal rider'.
Thank you for the detailed walkthrough. I really like the explicit input/output range sliders. I found the wispy animations distracting. Do they have meaning driven by the processing, or just extra motion? Is there a way to disable them?
Eye candy I think. Yes you can turn it off.
@@DanWorrall Excellent, off to buy a copy now. Thank you for the quick reply and making the time to share so much knowledge over the years!
To many options 🤦🏻
PLEASE ASK FOR THE AAX version :) !!!
There is an AAX version.