Soothe, Gullfoss, Sculptor | Which to Use and Why
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In this video, we take a look at three powerful Spectral Shapers and how they each different in use-case and benefit to your projects. The tools we're looking at: Gulfoss by Sound Theory, Sculptor by iZotope and finally, Soothe2 by Oeksound.
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - Defining Spectral Shaping
2:00 - Exploring Gulfoss
11:35 - Exploring Sculptor
18:06 - Exploring Soothe
25:35 - Recap Of The Use Cases
26:51 - Outro
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I've never see Gullfoss explained with such clarity
It's like the explanation itself had Gullfoss on it
Really an excellent and informative look at these spectral shaping devices. Thank you very much for being so clear and articulate in explaining the capabilities of these plug-ins.
Wonderful that you're addressing this subject and thank you!!
Really useful tutorial, many thanks. I’ve been bombarded with adverts for Soothe2 and I need to understand more fully what it can actually do for me. This was a huge help. Loving Gullfoss.
I’ve got all 3 of them and your overview gives me a better understanding of them. So it’s very good for me. Thanks so much. 👍🏻👏🏻🙏🏻
This was highly informative and simplified. I was really wondering what sets these tools apart, and this video clarified it for me. I see that none of them are a one-stop solution and that each one is very handy in it's own way. This is exactly what I needed to determine which tools to get and in what order.
Now I’m super inspired to use Gulfoss. I’ve had it for a year and rarely use it because of how subtle it is but now I know exactly when and why I should use it. Thanks a ton!
You‘re such a wonderful, thoughtful and calm presenter. The way you do it ensures me, that you‘re knowing what you are talking about. And even better: You never leave that „Hey, that‘s what I think about, everything is subjective and we‘re not talking about truths“-stage. Exactly this is what the world needs way more, ME thinks. Thank you for all this, sir.
Hey Jeff, fantastic dissection of these three rather complex plug-ins! I’ve been a Gullfoss user for years and love the tool. I’ve been curious about the others and how they compare so this was perfect information. Thanks again.
Thanks 🙏 Really we’ll presented and the most succinct overview of these tools I have seen.
When he said "for the script supervisors" I felt that, and dropped him the thumbs up.
Excellent video! I've been watching different videos about Gullfoss in particular. This is the best one. Subscribed!
Welcome aboard!
Bravo! Thanks so much for this, Geoff.
They’re all great for different things. These tools save me a ton of time and get better mixes
Love this video. I use all 3 of these on pretty much every mix is some way.
Thank you for these examples, it helps a lot.
Great video, especially the Gullfoss part...thank you
This was really useful. I have beem trying to figure out the differences. Thank you!
definitely a helpful vidoe for me and was much need clarity on what some of these plugins did since I ntoiced them being used before but wasn't sure what they were for thank you. and i really wanted something to tame the harher frequencies in some of my songs so I'lll definetely be giving sooth 2 a try thanks aagin 💚
Great explanations on all three. Thanks!
Love your work. This was very helpful. I have Gullfoss and Neutron elements v1 with it's AI "assistant" which does pretty much the same thing as far as I can tell. I wouldn't want to go back to being wtihout gullfoss. Although i don't use it on EVERY mix, I feel like I got to have it there. I think I use on on maybe 80-90% of my mixes. I use the blue on on mix busses, the brown one on individual channels and the white one on master. That's not a rule, but it seems to be a quick go-to that I like.
I feel like MSpectralDynamics is missing from this conversation. It's the grand daddy of all these tools and the name says it all. It's far and away the most sophisticated of them all which is probably why it's not as popular. They tried to remedy it by having these simplified devices in the front end but the real power is on the EDIT page. It allows side-chain processing which selectively ducks only the frequencies from the side chain that are peaking. It's nuts. You don't use vanilla side-chain compression once you have this. Unfortunately, I don't have the full version as I don't have unlimited funds, but I plan on upgrading. I have their lite version with just the simplified devices - but it allows me that spectral side-chain compression so I'm happy for now. If I get more mixing gigs, then I can justify the cost.
Thank you so so much for demystifying these 3 plugins. Gulfoss is a winner for me, just need it for mastering.
My pleasure
Soothe 2 really gets vocals smoothed out. Sounds great.
Very helpful and well-presented, thanks.
An amazing vidéo , clear , simple , thanks man !
Nice job !!
Glad you liked it!
Hey! first time watching a vid of yours (and i watch a lot of similar content) and i really enjoyed! very helpful and clear explanation. Subscribed!
Thanks for you comment!
Your explanation was so good on gullfoss the best I have seen can you sometime do a walk through tutorial on a Chanel strip like SSL or Shepps, as you would slowly detail them so good making it clear to follow and work with. thankyou
And yeah, an amazing video.. Keep up the good work💪
hey man, youre great. thanks for your tutorials
Great explanation, that it's like 100 compressors across the EQ spectrum. Very cool.
What an awesome video! Thank you!
Absolutely killer video. Thanks, buddy!
Thanks Caroline
The best explanation on TH-cam. Keep on this way. What about TDR Nova GE plugin. Would be nice if you make video about that and explain what it's capable of.
Great contrast & compare... Thanks!
You're a wonderful teacher. Thanks
Appreciate that man. Thank you.
Best Gullfos tut🤩
Great explanation of all of them, just what I needed, I'm an idiot, I've had sculptor for ages and never used it, thank you!!!
Ur not an idiot. Glad I was helpful!
I really like gulfoss on my master and often on groups. You've sold me on Soothe, it was really effective on your demo. I can imagine it working well on my dodgy cello recordings
Would be sooo good for cello!
Great video! Thank you!
Cool reveal video. Thanks.
I have watched a few of your videos now and still can't believe how few likes you get. Anyway, you have a new subscriber.
Cheers dude. There’s an affiliate link and Patreon in the description if you’re feeling extra supportive :). Cheers.
Thanks for the video, is there any plans for releasing video about Ozone 10 Stabilizer vs Sculptor / Soothe / Gullfoss ?
Excellent Info - Cheers! 👍👍👍
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this.
TEOTE on the master sounds amazing!
thanks bro..very helpfull
Very helpful!
Hey thx for this!!! I have these three plug-ins and you've made it clear as to how they function. Also, what program you are using to make. this screen capture/camera capture videos please?
this is a great explanation
Thanks man
Gulfoss is awesome for working on the master, enhancing individual tracks and balancing low end. I didn't like Soothe at first. Enhances the master a bit but not individual tracks when used on them directly, at least from my experience. Because of it's potential as a a side chain, however, Soothe 2 is the most must-have plugin I've ever used. It's basically Trackspacer 2 times 20000. Parts just wrap around each other and everything becomes clear and audible.
Really helpful video for visualizing the best use cases between fairly similar products, especially individual track vs. 2 Bus/Mastering. I have all three of these products but can't remember the last time I used Izotope Sculptor. Your video opened up a practical use case and I'm going to knock the virtual dust off this plugin. Occasionally I'm mixing an instrument, identify a problem, have a rough idea how to fix it, but end up creating new problems. Usually it's either too much subtractive EQ or unnatural freq boost curves. I've typically chalked it up to ear fatigue preventing me from recognizing new problems in the moment, but even with fresh ears I can't always solve the puzzle. The issue is morphing an instrument into something that deviates too far away from how it should naturally sound. So, could a product attempting to mirror a well recorded natural sound of a specific instrument keep me inside the guard rails? I don't know but it's well worth investigating.
I have one hopefully constructive piece of feedback. When you are switching between Bypass and Active, it would be easier for a viewer to recognize the impact if you don't speak and lower the track volume between the off/on change. I found the timing gap and volume adjustment between the off/on toggle made it difficult for my brain to track the difference.
Thats not helpful at all. I'm glad he said the a b comparison. I couldn't tell when he was changing it
Keep going 💪🏻 Thank You 😊
Thank you too
Soothe2 I mainly use for spectral ducking now-a-days via sidechaining
I learned a lot from this video
Great Video. I'm enjoying soothe2. I like the Izotope stuff; I never understood what Sculptor was doing. I appreciate your walk-through. That Lewitt mic sounds great on your vocals. What one do you have? What preamp do you use?
Hey there it’s this one: th-cam.com/video/5artxvSD-o0/w-d-xo.html pre amp is my Apollo 8.
Thank you!!!
Great tutorial
Thank you!
Joy Division shirt - a great Manchester band!
FUCK - this exactly what i needed rn, i already have gullfoss but was seeing andrew huangs take on the soothe plugin and was wondering what the difference is - thanks man
I use gullfoss but never look at meter so thanks for pointing that out 😀
Side chain soothe never thought of that interesting and just adjust the send but set soothe to a medium setting like reverb delay
I found your channel today and subscribed, it is great! I am about to purchase Soothe2, I have a question. Where do you put it in your signal chain? I plan on using it mostly for vocals, at least to get started. I am a Pro Tools user.
Unveil, from Zynaptiq, is awesome too
thanks dude
When I first got Gullfoss, I was very conservative with it, and, hence, I could not heart any big or important changes. When I finally stopped worrying about adding/subtracting too much, and just got goofy with Gulfoss, I started to hear what it was doing. Gulfoss can really add some magic to the sound of a mix.
Caveat: Dunno about the other plugins, but Gulfoss uses alot of CPU power.
I have just subscribed as your explain so good what do you think of the new Focusrite Fast ? new kid on the block?
I'll have a look into their stuff, haven't yet.
the reason i listen to you was because i toohave focal be 6 and ns 10m speakers, and now i notice you also have sennheiser 600s which i also use....also im from manchester and you are wearing a joy division t shirt..🖖
They do have track spacer vat especially designed to duck frequencies such as a bass chord vocals etc so is different than these plugins I do appreciate the review and your eventide shirt 👔
Hi I followed your review and got the left meter now at almost zero dB from 200 down to recovery 18 and tame 7 ,bias16 bottom meter almost sweet spot it sounds much better but if I go to bypass it's loud its busy is that correct?
great and clear instructor and good examples. I have Gullfoss and can't live without it anymore ;) I was checking out Soothe 2 having heard so much about it but up till now I'm not impressed it by it. It could be my hearing failing me but even in the example given here the vocals treated *with* Soothe sound harsher, more brittle to me than when it's bypassed. It's like certain lower and midrange frequency that I experience as the pleasant part of the guy's voice are suppressed , ending up with a noticeably tighter sounding but also less pleasant sounding voice. The term harshness is maybe more subjective than I thought. Must be a matter of preference. I 'm using the demo version and I haven't found the same wow feeling I got right away from using Gullfoss. I understand that the two plugins are actually different categories and actually shouldnt be compared in they way they treat the audio spectrum but it seems Soothe 2 takes more precise tweaking to get a good result. While Gullfoss adds magic (which has its own dangers and pittfalls) , Soothe for me seems to take it away along with some harsher frequency's. Does anyone else experience this? I tried a program called DSEQ and there I did find it useful right away. I wonder why Soothe 2 is such a go-to program for a lot of producers, maybe I have to give it some more time and use cases. Great video nonetheless!
nice!
Worth adding DSEQ to this list also its a kind of secret weapon that allows more precision than Soothe
I'm looking into gullfoss atm. Will try the demo today but i was wondering. If you don't boost anything and only attenuate, would it not be kind of the same as soothe2?
Very nice and informative video! Thank you! 🤗 I have a question: is Sculptor pretty much the same as Ozone Stabilizer (or Clarity)? Do they behave somehow similar or are they using completely different algorithms under the hood?
Pro-MB is my FABorite
subscribed ❤︎
…..”thank you”
Could your unsynced meters issue be due to all the delay compensation from the plugins you're loading? I don't know how Logic handles it but I know that FL's UI lags pretty hard once you get a ton of plugin delay compensation going. I never understood why they don't delay the UI to match the delayed audio
Not sure. There's literally 3 tracks in this session (I think) and the only tools enabled are the ones you see on screen. Dumbfounded. I don't really mind the lag for personal projects but when video capture gets involved it's such a nuisance to put out laggy content ;( .
@@ManchesterMusic When you go to the Logic app icon and right click it and select Info, there's an option to Open in Low Resolution. This has fixed a few issues with me. In my case it was that third-party plug-ins slowed down the graphics and even slowed down Logic's response in general. But the give away, and this doesn't look to be the case with your system, was the beat counter would start moving in a jagged way. Give it a shot.
thankyou.thankyou.thankyou.thankyou.thankyou.
"when will it be enough" That's what I found myself asking after about 10 plays of that part lol. Good explanations though
TbProAudio DSEQ is definitely underrated.
I have Ozone 9 and Neutron 4 but due to their appetites, cpu-wise, I don't use them as much as I would like. Is Gullfoss a bit more easy on the hogging?
Interesting video though
Cheers
Alex
hahaa unfortunately nah
cool video, by the way what is your mic ?
In this video it’s a Lewitt 540s
Which is best for dialogue?
"Obviate" Thanks for the new word!
Are you the narrator from the "What’s New in iZotope RX 9" video?
Asking for a friend?
I work for Soundwide, yes.
do you put sculptor on the snare bus or on the master bus? is that right that sculptor actually doesn't work with the rest of the mix, only with the snare? so the context sound of the whole song will change the "perfected" snare after it was processed by sculptor, right?
Would you rather suggest using the soothe2 sidechain for unmasking or Neutron 4 unmask? I’ve heard many times nothing comes close to soothe‘s accuracy so i’m curious
Honestly, download a trial of both and use the one that gets you the best results. Chances are you’re probably interested in owning and using Soothe a lot so it’s a good idea to go with your gut.
What is this song tho?????? It's so good
Hi, have you encountered Smart EQ 4 by sonible?
Not yet!
@@ManchesterMusic hope you can check it out as well. I think It's pretty similar to the izotope you showed us
i would like to see a comparison between Soothe, DSEQ3 and Voxengo TEOTE
there is a dseq3?! 2 is in use all the time
@@markrude yes
YES.. please do a comparison between Soothe, DSEQ3 and Voxengo TEOTE !
I feel like split eq deserves to be in this comparison as well. Judging by his shirt he's probably already done some comparisons of it tho
Your voice has the consistency of freshly churned Irish butter from happy free range cows
what about smooth operator vs soothe 2? and soothe 2 vs spiff?
I tried both and prefer soothe2. I can never get smooth operator to do exactly what i want it to do. It never sounds right to me. But with soothe2 it's a breeze.
Do you have any video without musical background?
Soothe is used for mixing or mastering?
Can be used for both
What mic are you using?
Lewitt LCT 540S. I did a video on it here: th-cam.com/video/5artxvSD-o0/w-d-xo.html
How about an update with adding Equalizer by Wavesfactory?
There’s an idea!
I notice somes artifacts on Soothe2 but maybe is only me or maybe settings parameters in deep.
is that an aj1 mic?
Hello Mr manchester.... Question... Why would one need to Bias the gulfoss towards recovery or taming, when one could simply go to the Recovery and taming options and make moves from there in and of themselves? I'm sure I'm missing something.... I see this as a redundancy, can you please tell me where I'm mistaken? Or if any of the experienced Gulfoss users can help me out to understand that better, Im grateful to all.
p.s. beautiful song by the way, Kudos to the creator
And this "Boost" Function is kinda looking to my eyes and sounding to my ears like a nice version of a tilt EQ? Wonder if I got that right....
Hey Jeff, great advice and video thanks, however, the background music is quite distracting although very well mixed with your dialogue I have to say......