Nice work on this video! The walkthrough was clear, concise and had practical, real-world examples of plugin usage. The fact that you understand how to use the plugin really makes a difference in illustrating how we might benefit from having the plugin in our toolset.
I discovered this plugin, yesterday, on Warren Huart's TH-cam channel, "Produce Like A Pro", and installed the trial. For two months, I tried to mix a heavily resonant solo virtual acoustic guitar. Each time I got close to a final mix, I would hit a dynamic-resonance brick wall and nothing could fix it. This plugin alone, Soothe2, solved the problem - finally, a plugin that simply works! The guitar's natural fundamental tones now balance with the masking resonances and I can finally "hear" the mix. I am writing this comment because, in this video, you clearly explain how to most effectively use this plugin. After two months of applying every plugin and/or mix technique imaginable, the song is finally approaching a radio-ready possibility. Thank you for this! And thank you, Oeksound.
I did the same, now tempted to download a trial version. Looks useful on other instruments and really hope it can sort my acoustic guitar string squeaks! Thanks very much to Manchester Music for a very nicely explained video.
Bought Soothe 2 yesterday and this has been super helpful in understand some of the nuances of the plugin. Thank you for doing this, very stoked to jump in and start using it more
Love it, great to get clarification on the inverted cut & boost set up of the plugin. I think this plugin is an incredible find for me, as one of my weaknesses is finding resonance and 'problem' frequencies.
Finally, a video that explains and demonstrates what this plugin does. Thanks for putting this together, still hurts to put 200 euros down but I'll give the demo a try and most likely buy it because it seems it can help me a lot. I joined you! I'll check more videos :)
Soothe 1 changed my whole life. I was killing myself trying to reduce resonance while keeping impact in my tracks. This was seemingly a one click fix. Crazy.
Another stunning informative video! I got a trial of soothe2 over the weekend, and have been really enjoying it. And your tip on using the spectrogram in insight is pure gold!!! I hear the resonances but struggle getting them notched down. Thanks again for all you do!
It seems like a dynamic EQ with multi-point frequency tracking. It is a plugin to have in the arsenal of secret weapons. Fabfilter devs wouldn't have much trouble doing this feature on their EQ, something like "sticky spots" that follow frequencies ...
Valuable review of an excellent plugin. Soothe2 very useful in remastering recordings from earlier decades which may sound harsh on modern accurate sound systems. I tend to use Sooth2 following a general rebalancing with Har-Bal, but find the Sooth2 step adds a lot. Also worth trying the M/S button when remastering old recordings.
Love the video, love the delivery. Thanks man. Yeah, I'm buying it as we speak! Tried the demo on classical guitar and it was incredibly... soothing. Ok, thanks again!
I have just bought it. Because of the hype. I have just tested it for some minutes. It really seems to be really great. I very softly threw it on the master bus of a mix. It allmost sounds like a smooth compressor. I could make it louder before my ears are hurting. Very promising.
Another point of view is this: In most everything but drums and percussion, the resonance tend to move a lot with the harmonics. If you can have gulfoss or DSEQ3 work intelligently, it may be possible for them to follow the resonant peaks around a bit, which was not possible with EQs. I think all the plugins, DSEQ3, Soothe, Smooth Operator, Gulfoss and Teote all have degrees of 'moving' resonance response if I'm not mistaken. But Gulfoss and Teote are also about balancing in other ways. All of them, Gulfoss & Soothe included (expensive as they are), are very nice (and each have a strength and also an improper use that can make things a lot worse instead of better)
Got the trial version.. This plugin works!! Now I have to buy it before the trial ends because I WILL NOT mix without it. Slap it in everything that is not as pleasing as you would like and watch the magic happen.. I put it on vocals then on the mix bus for a finished professional sound!
Thank you for a informative run through. Yea I would get this A FAST Foward thinking new application to address a old problem of resonate buildup on recorded instrument and vocals Very cool
Excellent walkthrough sir - detailed & informative - perfectly paced - really good & (more importantly) relevant audio examples - Good job 👍🏻 I love this plugin - a game changer to some extent and can be used for so many applications! The side chain thing is definitely worth checking out though - you can use it similarly to the Neutron ‘unmasking’ thing on kick and bass for example or on virtually any instruments in the mix that are frequency masking each other.! Subscribed & liked 👍🏻
Good work. This video was really helpful. Everything is clearly presented. Now I'm beating myself for not buying this when it was on sale.. This is where the future is in mixing.
Hello! Really nice vid about the plugin. I’m curious about the cello loop used In the video. Can I get it from somewhere? I’d like to use it if possible🤷🏼♂️
Used the original version of Soothe and updated to the 2nd one. The additions to the new version made a great plugin even better. Usually have several instances open across any mix. Definitely worth the money.
Perfect tutorial. Well I already bought it, because I thought it would find bad resonances and correct these automatically, but didn’t use it so far as I have to go through various helps like yours first. Moreover I would need your ears and knowledge about these things. When you said the differences are almost a world, I have to exchange my ears with better ones as I didn’t hear that world. I‘ll have to keep an trying ...
I bought it tonight before justifying my purchase by looking up vids like yours. When I found it was Ilok I kind of hinted at at a refund because I don't do Ilok anymore since seven years ago..I hate it. But apparently there can be an ilok online now. Bit confused so waiting to hear back
Just picked this up today to work on some problematic vocals...I was more than pleased to find that you have one of your amazing reviews to help understand all the nuances of this great plug in.
Just bought Soothe2, I've been waiting for it to go on sale! I even sent Oeksound an email for academic discount. Thanks for the amazing walkthrough... it's been pretty helpful! Can't wait to use it! :)
Great video! I just picked this up and now I don't need to do my own "quick look" video because you already did it so well! I might make one for other instruments, maybe, possibly ... great video though!
Downloaded the trial version about 2 weeks ago (20 days, no restriction, but will end soon...). Love at first sight, for me... Gosh! Will have to pay almost 300 $ (CAN) for that beast, (shit!) but, believe me, it's really next level stuff. Vocals, violins, altos and cellos, yes, acoustic guitars, well the list goes on.... It's a big time saver, an ear sweetener... It just... works! Thanks for that excellent review... ;-)
Good review - thanks! Looks like this might be very useful for dialog restoration, like for old radio shows? BTW, I'm a yank and I got the Rocket Launcher reference (love Cockburn's music). :)
very cool ! Sonible makes something similar, called proximity EQ, which works great as far as I'm concerned. Have you checked it out and how is soothe different/better?
Enjoyed your presentation. I'm still not certain, though, exactly what it's doing that's different from what a dynamic EQ would do (other than giving the option to listen to what the Soothe 2 plugin is removing).
good video. what it showed me is that even with Soothe 2 , we STILL have to do a lot of playing with the frequencies and forms of scrubbing anyway :-) Oh, and I have sworn of All iLock plugins from now on. Too much unnecessary hassle to install and reinstall.
I watched the video until the final, and really, everything is great, the sound, the image, the explanation... I watched until the final just because everything you were saying was interesting. And WOW, this plugin is a beast. Certainly I will buy it.
I completely dig the video and presentation. The plugin looks fine as *hell* but I just got the Slate Bundle... Gotta control the GAS. I should really finish some song and publish them so it's at least tax deductible :D. But really, my creative output doesn't justify my financial input at all (yet).
Can you please compare Soothe 2 with DSEQ? I already have DSEQ and the price is amazingly low compared to Soothe 2. If you can get your hands on DSEQ can you do a comparison please? 🤘
you don't need Soothe if you've got the Tbproaudio plugin, they both do the same thing. I'd say the DSEQ is even more versatile than Soothe but the Soothe interface looks easier to navigate
You mentioned a review at the beginning, but could really catch who wrote the article or wher to find it. Could you please point me in the right direction? Love to read it. Thanks!
I enjoy your mixing and mastering stuff as well as the new sample library stuff. I also saw your sweetwater izotope demo which I have. What would you recommend to learn the art and craft of mixing in the box? Don't care how old or new your recommendation could be.
@@jonathanparham If you want to stay in PT, check out Produce Like a Pro (just Google 'Mixing in the box' on his channel), and tons of stuff will come up.Recording Revolution is another channel that uses pretty much only PT. I'd also recommend Groove3 and Ask.Video courses, you can tag by DAW and learn from there. There's also Puremix.net which is also paid but have 90% of their tuts in PT. I find the paid stuff to be more 'worth it' because there's less white noise/advertising than what you get on YT.
Ive been looking for this type of plug-in my whole life lol! What an amazing tool, you can literally add this on every channel to reduce those whistly resonant peaks that i hate so much ^.^
@Germo .S yes yes yes x1000! The resonant peaks is what gives the sounds “color” if you will. You have to find a perfect balance. I like having them in the background instead of upfront.
Use Spiff on a lot of percussive type material, pianos, and even acoustic guitar sometimes. it's a great tool to have since you have so much flexibility over transient cuts and boost.
I just can't hear the differences, even with quality headphones. What's the best way to train your ears to be able to pick out these resonate frequencies? Also should professional samples like spitfire's orchestral libraries be surpressed, I think they go through a heavy mastering process so would it be redundant to try to take out frequencies that shouldn't be taken out in the first place?
I don’t mean to plug iZotope too much but they make an incredibly helpful ear training tool called Pro Audio Essentials (it’s desktop only): pae.izotope.com/ I don’t know Spitfires process but I’d like to hope the samples are unadulterated tonally when they reach the end user. I know for a fact that they, and other library companies, use noise reduction software on their samples.
I have the same problem; can’t really hear the difference. I think it is because as we age we lose the ability to hear high frequencies. Check out the various free frequency hearing tests here and elsewhere on the internet. You will be surprised.
Burning questions: Do I use this with an EQ or instead of an EQ? If I Pro Q3 the heck out of a vocal and it's just a hair off, does Soothe punch it over the goal line?
Hey dude, let’s put the fire out! I still use “static” EQs on individual channel stuff (mostly iZotopes Neutron 3) and typically save Soothe2 for bussed/groups as a catch all. However Soothe might soon replace static stuff, time will tell.
It's like that clever 700$ tempo syncing thing from project sam (symphobia 4?), or the speakerphone 2 imo. Great tools, but I can't justify tools that specific when its just a hobby thing. GAS is plenty as it is! :P
I don't get it. Isn't this just a glorified dynamic EQ? What's the difference? Also, for a plugin that's designed to make things simpler for us, it seems to have a lot of parameters. For example, the higher you drag the EQ point on the graph, the more that frequency is supressed but isn't that exactly the same thing that the depth knob does? Thanks
I think it's entirely different from the typical dynamic EQs. It can supress dozens and hundreds of extreamely narrow resonance points as the sound plays, and I can't find any similar, even close alternatives in the market. Do you know anything like this? I would love to know btw. Because I need this plugin but it's a bit expensive for me.
That and maybe some multiband compression happening? Personally I like how the Sculptor works in Izotope Neutron. I do want to try Soothe since it has a lot of good feedback and definitely looks interesting but the price would have to be very low for me to buy it.
@@backup7305 I think the Sculptor module in Izotope Neutron Advanced does something like this, plus Neutron also has a dynamic EQ and much more. Regular price is not cheap, but it is discounted often. You can get they whole mix suite for close to what Soothe 2 costs if you wait for the deals.
A touch different. Gullfoss can excite/enhance frequencies in addition to attenuating them. Soothe only suppresses. Also, I'd argue that Soothe gives you more control over which areas of the spectrum to attenuate more aggressively. Gullfoss is kind of a 'jesus take the wheel' approach..I'm not sure what it's doing or how it's doing it, I just have to use my ears and trust the processing.
@@ManchesterMusic thanks Geoff... although with Gullfoss you can bring in the start-end markers to just have it work on a part of the spectrum you specify.
@@Table-Top Ah yes, completely forgot about those bands. In that case, I'd say Soothe is more flexible because using the multiple nodes you can concentrate the suppression in more than one region across the spectra, where as with Gullfoss you're limited to one small, or large area. That being said, you're probably only dealing with one region of harshness at a time though, unless you've got a singer who's super sibilant and resonant and....blah blah blah..
Nice work on this video! The walkthrough was clear, concise and had practical, real-world examples of plugin usage. The fact that you understand how to use the plugin really makes a difference in illustrating how we might benefit from having the plugin in our toolset.
I discovered this plugin, yesterday, on Warren Huart's TH-cam channel, "Produce Like A Pro", and installed the trial. For two months, I tried to mix a heavily resonant solo virtual acoustic guitar. Each time I got close to a final mix, I would hit a dynamic-resonance brick wall and nothing could fix it. This plugin alone, Soothe2, solved the problem - finally, a plugin that simply works! The guitar's natural fundamental tones now balance with the masking resonances and I can finally "hear" the mix.
I am writing this comment because, in this video, you clearly explain how to most effectively use this plugin. After two months of applying every plugin and/or mix technique imaginable, the song is finally approaching a radio-ready possibility. Thank you for this! And thank you, Oeksound.
Thanks for the kind words Todd. Happy this plugin is working out for you!
I did the same, now tempted to download a trial version. Looks useful on other instruments and really hope it can sort my acoustic guitar string squeaks! Thanks very much to Manchester Music for a very nicely explained video.
Bought Soothe 2 yesterday and this has been super helpful in understand some of the nuances of the plugin. Thank you for doing this, very stoked to jump in and start using it more
Thanks dude. Enjoy!
bruh this review deserves to win an award
Love it, great to get clarification on the inverted cut & boost set up of the plugin. I think this plugin is an incredible find for me, as one of my weaknesses is finding resonance and 'problem' frequencies.
Finally, a video that explains and demonstrates what this plugin does. Thanks for putting this together, still hurts to put 200 euros down but I'll give the demo a try and most likely buy it because it seems it can help me a lot. I joined you! I'll check more videos :)
Thanks for the kind words dude. I always try to give some context for why these tools exist and what they can (or can't!) bring to your workflow.
Soothe 1 changed my whole life. I was killing myself trying to reduce resonance while keeping impact in my tracks. This was seemingly a one click fix. Crazy.
Another stunning informative video! I got a trial of soothe2 over the weekend, and have been really enjoying it. And your tip on using the spectrogram in insight is pure gold!!! I hear the resonances but struggle getting them notched down. Thanks again for all you do!
Man the a/b difference at the start was insane. I didn't expect this.
Just got it about a week ago. I really really like this thing. It does solve a lot of issues pretty well and fast! Worth the dough.
It seems like a dynamic EQ with multi-point frequency tracking. It is a plugin to have in the arsenal of secret weapons.
Fabfilter devs wouldn't have much trouble doing this feature on their EQ, something like "sticky spots" that follow frequencies ...
Just bought soothe 2. Love your delivery and style bro 😀👍👍👍👍
Don't give up on us, don't give up on la augh
17 minutes gone quickly, in-depth demonstration that kept me watching in one go. Thank you.
Awwww thanks dude
Loved the original and am loving the update ...usually the last plug-in my work see's (it loves CPU as well)...just a nip and a tuck.
"don't give up on luhhh..."
Inspired by this video i have decided not to give up on lerrh
I luhhh this comment.
I died so fucking hard at this. I seriously can't stop laughing. she sounds like such an idiot.
Here in the UK I'd say: "Sing it again luv, and try and pronounce your words properly." LOL.
I think the vocal possibly needs a re-vurh-er more than a de-esser :-). Great video and plugin though.
You're the izotope promo voice guy!
I always use the original soothe so much, have been intrigued by this new version
Thank you very much - This is 1st Video I watch about Soothe2 and its pretty enough for me... Everything well Explained!
Great video...using the spectrogram for checking harmonics, what a great idea!
Valuable review of an excellent plugin. Soothe2 very useful in remastering recordings from earlier decades which may sound harsh on modern accurate sound systems. I tend to use Sooth2 following a general rebalancing with Har-Bal, but find the Sooth2 step adds a lot. Also worth trying the M/S button when remastering old recordings.
Love the review, great job Geoff! I would buy this as its a great tool to have in your arsenal. If it speeds up your workflow I'm all for it!
you're the bob ross of music
Thank you so much for the video. It was really informative. Keep doing more.
Love the video, love the delivery. Thanks man. Yeah, I'm buying it as we speak! Tried the demo on classical guitar and it was incredibly... soothing. Ok, thanks again!
Thanks for reviewing this, really thinking of buying this
I have just bought it. Because of the hype. I have just tested it for some minutes. It really seems to be really great. I very softly threw it on the master bus of a mix. It allmost sounds like a smooth compressor. I could make it louder before my ears are hurting. Very promising.
Very good review. Thank you for going in depth and uploading this. I’ll be purchasing it now
Love all your sessions! I just got it and actually liking it a LOT
Another point of view is this: In most everything but drums and percussion, the resonance tend to move a lot with the harmonics. If you can have gulfoss or DSEQ3 work intelligently, it may be possible for them to follow the resonant peaks around a bit, which was not possible with EQs. I think all the plugins, DSEQ3, Soothe, Smooth Operator, Gulfoss and Teote all have degrees of 'moving' resonance response if I'm not mistaken. But Gulfoss and Teote are also about balancing in other ways. All of them, Gulfoss & Soothe included (expensive as they are), are very nice (and each have a strength and also an improper use that can make things a lot worse instead of better)
Honestly, really well done review! Definitely going to pick this one up. Seems like it would save lots of time :)
Just subscribed to your channel. After a fantastic video like this one, how can anyone NOT? Congrats and thanks for your reviews, man!
I can watch your stuff all day
Got the trial version.. This plugin works!! Now I have to buy it before the trial ends because I WILL NOT mix without it. Slap it in everything that is not as pleasing as you would like and watch the magic happen.. I put it on vocals then on the mix bus for a finished professional sound!
here from all the disclosure streams. great demo
Oh they used it?
Seems like on almost every recent track they've released
this is a really well done review for a really well done plugin. nice work
Cheers bud
Definitely going in my toolbox, thanks for the review and for the Insight tip 👍
Good video, awesome review, Nice tip with the spectrogram 👍🏽
Hey Jeff. Great vid. super informative. I like your style.
Thank you for a informative run through.
Yea I would get this
A FAST Foward thinking new application to address a old problem of resonate buildup on recorded instrument and vocals Very cool
Listening to this on cans (Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pro). Can't hear much of a difference. Do I need a new set of ears?
Excellent walkthrough sir - detailed & informative - perfectly paced - really good & (more importantly) relevant audio examples - Good job 👍🏻 I love this plugin - a game changer to some extent and can be used for so many applications! The side chain thing is definitely worth checking out though - you can use it similarly to the Neutron ‘unmasking’ thing on kick and bass for example or on virtually any instruments in the mix that are frequency masking each other.! Subscribed & liked 👍🏻
Good work. This video was really helpful. Everything is clearly presented. Now I'm beating myself for not buying this when it was on sale.. This is where the future is in mixing.
Hello! Really nice vid about the plugin. I’m curious about the cello loop used In the video. Can I get it from somewhere? I’d like to use it if possible🤷🏼♂️
your voice is very soothing
Really demonstrative video, thank you for taking the time - if I am to buy it, they'll owe the sale to you ;) Best.
M
I loved Soothe2 used it in ALL of my productions .. until I tried out DSEQ from TBProAudio which was released few days ago .. give it a try ..
Is DSEQ by TB Pro audio better than soothe2?
@@JaredSchumaier They’re both very effective tools. Sometimes I prefer the sound of one over another, it really depends on the source :)
@@tobiasjone appreciate the feedback!
Used the original version of Soothe and updated to the 2nd one. The additions to the new version made a great plugin even better. Usually have several instances open across any mix. Definitely worth the money.
What about the CPU hit? Is it 40% less
Perfect tutorial. Well I already bought it, because I thought it would find bad resonances and correct these automatically, but didn’t use it so far as I have to go through various helps like yours first. Moreover I would need your ears and knowledge about these things. When you said the differences are almost a world, I have to exchange my ears with better ones as I didn’t hear that world. I‘ll have to keep an trying ...
This was hella helpful. Thank you.
Join me, Join me....lol. I did. Like your presentation. Reminds me of in the mix channel.
I bought it tonight before justifying my purchase by looking up vids like yours. When I found it was Ilok I kind of hinted at at a refund because I don't do Ilok anymore since seven years ago..I hate it. But apparently there can be an ilok online now. Bit confused so waiting to hear back
Yeah you don’t need the dongle, just need to be connected to he internet + ilok account or something.
Love the intro from 0:00 - 0:10 ❤️
I think I’m gonna buy it. It’s on sale right now
I'm glad I'm not the only one looking up reviews 🤣
@@nomadxgrey yep checking in lmao
Welcome boys
Welcome!
Just picked this up today to work on some problematic vocals...I was more than pleased to find that you have one of your amazing reviews to help understand all the nuances of this great plug in.
Just bought Soothe2, I've been waiting for it to go on sale! I even sent Oeksound an email for academic discount. Thanks for the amazing walkthrough... it's been pretty helpful! Can't wait to use it! :)
Great video! I just picked this up and now I don't need to do my own "quick look" video because you already did it so well! I might make one for other instruments, maybe, possibly ... great video though!
Downloaded the trial version about 2 weeks ago (20 days, no restriction, but will end soon...). Love at first sight, for me... Gosh! Will have to pay almost 300 $ (CAN) for that beast, (shit!) but, believe me, it's really next level stuff. Vocals, violins, altos and cellos, yes, acoustic guitars, well the list goes on.... It's a big time saver, an ear sweetener... It just... works! Thanks for that excellent review... ;-)
Appreciate the kind words dude. It is expensive, but some things are get what you pay for, for sure!
Good review - thanks! Looks like this might be very useful for dialog restoration, like for old radio shows? BTW, I'm a yank and I got the Rocket Launcher reference (love Cockburn's music). :)
yeah Cockburn, really liked him back in the 80s. A little too far left for my taste nowadays.
Hello, very nice video, I would like to see what Soothe 2 can do on a master bus. I appreciate yoru time.
Great video review! Very informative
Thanks dude!
Splendid review 🚀
Great review, very helpful thanks mate.
Appreciate it dude. Thanks for stopping by.
very cool ! Sonible makes something similar, called proximity EQ, which works great as far as I'm concerned. Have you checked it out and how is soothe different/better?
I know of their EQ but I haven’t checked it out yet. Will add it to my list!
Enjoyed your presentation. I'm still not certain, though, exactly what it's doing that's different from what a dynamic EQ would do (other than giving the option to listen to what the Soothe 2 plugin is removing).
A dynamic Eq has fixed frequency points. Soothe 2 (and similar tools) have variable frequency points, as a function of the incoming source material.
Great video! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Best presentation in the game sir.
Really appreciate that dude.
And this is where Spectralayers Pro can fix these things in the most surgical way.
Great thank you! what do you think of this in comparison to smooth operator by baby audio?
you are a phenomenal teacher. subscribed
Appreciate the kind words. Cool music btw
@@ManchesterMusic oh thank you 🙃 more coming soon
good video. what it showed me is that even with Soothe 2 , we STILL have to do a lot of playing with the frequencies and forms of scrubbing anyway :-) Oh, and I have sworn of All iLock plugins from now on. Too much unnecessary hassle to install and reinstall.
great review! Thanks... From Brazil here!
I watched the video until the final, and really, everything is great, the sound, the image, the explanation... I watched until the final just because everything you were saying was interesting. And WOW, this plugin is a beast. Certainly I will buy it.
Thanks for the kind words man.
What cello did you used?
I completely dig the video and presentation. The plugin looks fine as *hell* but I just got the Slate Bundle... Gotta control the GAS. I should really finish some song and publish them so it's at least tax deductible :D. But really, my creative output doesn't justify my financial input at all (yet).
despite this plugin quality, that knob for monitoring, has made this plugin to the special processor
Can you please compare Soothe 2 with DSEQ? I already have DSEQ and the price is amazingly low compared to Soothe 2. If you can get your hands on DSEQ can you do a comparison please? 🤘
you don't need Soothe if you've got the Tbproaudio plugin, they both do the same thing. I'd say the DSEQ is even more versatile than Soothe but the Soothe interface looks easier to navigate
Hi Jeff, do you suppose I could do away with Trackspacer with this? I like the idea of the "selectivity" which I feel has been lacking...
I believe Trackspacer works best for side chain purposes only.
I would like a video about smartEq3, by Sonible also
You mentioned a review at the beginning, but could really catch who wrote the article or wher to find it. Could you please point me in the right direction? Love to read it. Thanks!
This? www.soundonsound.com/reviews/oeksound-soothe-2
I enjoy your mixing and mastering stuff as well as the new sample library stuff. I also saw your sweetwater izotope demo which I have. What would you recommend to learn the art and craft of mixing in the box? Don't care how old or new your recommendation could be.
Which DAW are you in? (This will help)
@@ManchesterMusic on PC using Pro Tools
@@jonathanparham If you want to stay in PT, check out Produce Like a Pro (just Google 'Mixing in the box' on his channel), and tons of stuff will come up.Recording Revolution is another channel that uses pretty much only PT. I'd also recommend Groove3 and Ask.Video courses, you can tag by DAW and learn from there. There's also Puremix.net which is also paid but have 90% of their tuts in PT. I find the paid stuff to be more 'worth it' because there's less white noise/advertising than what you get on YT.
i bought it but damn its expansive. So worth it thought!
Thank's again! Love your videos! And... yes, I love this Soothe plugin. I had the Soothe 1 and liked it. The Soothe 2 is of course even better!
Actually its kind of a... intelligent multiband compressor finding the "bad resonance" frequencies...? the result is amazing! verrry goood!!!
yeah, like a dynamic eq but really advanced
I love your videos :) Is this good at removing hard s's and other high frequency consonant sounds or do you think a de-esser would be better?
It’s a solid de-Essex substitute. Much higher CPU than a stock or traditional third party de-esser tho.
Ive been looking for this type of plug-in my whole life lol! What an amazing tool, you can literally add this on every channel to reduce those whistly resonant peaks that i hate so much ^.^
@Germo .S yes yes yes x1000! The resonant peaks is what gives the sounds “color” if you will. You have to find a perfect balance. I like having them in the background instead of upfront.
Anyone try out DSEQ by TB Pro audio? How does it compare to soothe2?
The cello's harsh resonance lies in the 1-2kHz region not the 200-700Hz region. That low region is the fundamental and lower harmonics of the cello...
Thank you, Smurf Piss
Thanks for this great review, and what do you think about Spiff?
Oooo, I've never heard of it. Will have to check it out..
Use Spiff on a lot of percussive type material, pianos, and even acoustic guitar sometimes. it's a great tool to have since you have so much flexibility over transient cuts and boost.
I just can't hear the differences, even with quality headphones. What's the best way to train your ears to be able to pick out these resonate frequencies? Also should professional samples like spitfire's orchestral libraries be surpressed, I think they go through a heavy mastering process so would it be redundant to try to take out frequencies that shouldn't be taken out in the first place?
I don’t mean to plug iZotope too much but they make an incredibly helpful ear training tool called Pro Audio Essentials (it’s desktop only):
pae.izotope.com/
I don’t know Spitfires process but I’d like to hope the samples are unadulterated tonally when they reach the end user. I know for a fact that they, and other library companies, use noise reduction software on their samples.
@@ManchesterMusic Don't worry about plugging too much this is amazing! It's going to help a ton thank you!
I have the same problem; can’t really hear the difference. I think it is because as we age we lose the ability to hear high frequencies. Check out the various free frequency hearing tests here and elsewhere on the internet. You will be surprised.
Just use an EQ. Instruments and voices are naturally resonant at certain frequencies. It's called, er, 'character.'
OG mixing engineers are either gonna love this or be super skeptical about how this requires less skill hahah
Burning questions: Do I use this with an EQ or instead of an EQ? If I Pro Q3 the heck out of a vocal and it's just a hair off, does Soothe punch it over the goal line?
Hey dude, let’s put the fire out! I still use “static” EQs on individual channel stuff (mostly iZotopes Neutron 3) and typically save Soothe2 for bussed/groups as a catch all. However Soothe might soon replace static stuff, time will tell.
@@ManchesterMusic Interesting. I'd love Brian Eno in a box to make all my EQ moves come out right somehow. I'm not sure this is it though.
Nice review...Thx!
04:00 shows the actual plugin
It's like that clever 700$ tempo syncing thing from project sam (symphobia 4?), or the speakerphone 2 imo. Great tools, but I can't justify tools that specific when its just a hobby thing. GAS is plenty as it is! :P
I don't get it. Isn't this just a glorified dynamic EQ? What's the difference? Also, for a plugin that's designed to make things simpler for us, it seems to have a lot of parameters. For example, the higher you drag the EQ point on the graph, the more that frequency is supressed but isn't that exactly the same thing that the depth knob does? Thanks
I think it's entirely different from the typical dynamic EQs. It can supress dozens and hundreds of extreamely narrow resonance points as the sound plays, and I can't find any similar, even close alternatives in the market.
Do you know anything like this? I would love to know btw. Because I need this plugin but it's a bit expensive for me.
I was thinking this too then got it myself and it’s an absolute game changer. I started depending on it, it’s wild.
That and maybe some multiband compression happening? Personally I like how the Sculptor works in Izotope Neutron. I do want to try Soothe since it has a lot of good feedback and definitely looks interesting but the price would have to be very low for me to buy it.
@@backup7305 I think the Sculptor module in Izotope Neutron Advanced does something like this, plus Neutron also has a dynamic EQ and much more. Regular price is not cheap, but it is discounted often. You can get they whole mix suite for close to what Soothe 2 costs if you wait for the deals.
thank you,, well done
demo for 1 minute and bought it after
Great vid
I have Gullfoss. Is this very different?
A touch different. Gullfoss can excite/enhance frequencies in addition to attenuating them. Soothe only suppresses. Also, I'd argue that Soothe gives you more control over which areas of the spectrum to attenuate more aggressively. Gullfoss is kind of a 'jesus take the wheel' approach..I'm not sure what it's doing or how it's doing it, I just have to use my ears and trust the processing.
@@ManchesterMusic thanks Geoff...
although with Gullfoss you can bring in the start-end markers to just have it work on a part of the spectrum you specify.
@@Table-Top Ah yes, completely forgot about those bands. In that case, I'd say Soothe is more flexible because using the multiple nodes you can concentrate the suppression in more than one region across the spectra, where as with Gullfoss you're limited to one small, or large area. That being said, you're probably only dealing with one region of harshness at a time though, unless you've got a singer who's super sibilant and resonant and....blah blah blah..
Hi guys thanks for that it was really helpful and if you got any things you want to send me pls do so like plug-ins or Thing