I really like 1. How long you spent going through the various tools 2. The examples, explanations and comparisons. 3. Showing how hard it may be to make a choice, and the contextuality of the tools. To make it more complex, there's Voxengo TEOTE, and now Izotope has launched the new 256 band Clarity module as part of Ozone 11. It 's designed to optimize spectral power through spectral shaping; in addition to controlling the amount, the frequency spectrum effected, attack, and release, it adds what iZotope labels tilt, "coloring" the clarity towards pink, white or brown noise. Ozone 11 also has the Stabilizer module which does tonal balancing and resonance suppression. These two together seem to do similar things to the tools you tested. Both also incorporate transient/sustain, and have a delta button to only hear the difference. In addition Ozone 11 also allows application of the Clarity and Stabilizer effect on only the voice, or drums or bass stems without direct access to the mix.
Thank you! Haven't tried TEOTE, would love to. I do have the iZotope one, but haven't compared it yet. Overall I've found iZotope tools a bit edgier or sharper sounding, which in many cases is a bit too much. But contextual of course.
Recently tried IK Multimedia's Master Match with a generated Pink Noise wave file as the reference to add Pinks spectral balance and perceived loudness to my master track. It did sound a lot better. Gotta be MacGyver when there's not a lot of money.
Thank You Markus. I've been trying to sort out the marketing from these companies, from what they actually do best (I think there's a couple others - Baby Audio Smooth Operator, Deso, DSEQ). I would say Smart Eq is great for dynamic balance, Soothe2 for narrow band resonance. In what cases do you think each plugin shines most? Thanks!
Sonible EQ4 is probably the most diverse/multi-utility one here, with the unmasking tool as well as other general eq improvement tools. To me Wavesfactory EQ sort of 'juices up' your sound, which is how I like to use it for the most part. Soothe2 is best at dealing with problematic resonances. Gullfoss is like a final polisher that I would put on sounds to make them just that last 5-10% better. OEKsound Bloom is also now in the conversation, which is absolutely fantastic. It's like a more versatile and tuneable Gullfoss I'd say at this point. That's probably my go-to EQ right now. Thanks for watching! 💪🏻
Fun to watch the experimentation. Suprised you didn't grab the high end handle (white dot) on Smart:EQ to roll off the high end processing your didn't care for, similar to your roll of with Equalizer. (I think they all have that filter for limiting processing at low and high end, although I have tried them all)
Since these are the top dogs, that work better according to the different applications, BUY EM ALL! Get one every year. After 5 years…. No more EQ problems!😆
They are from Teletone Audio Tympo. I’m using one of the premade beatmaker loops. It’s a stellar sample library. If you like it, you can use the code MARKUS to get $10 off (I don’t get a commission from this, it’s just a code to offer to my viewers)
Congratulations. This video is longer than Citizen Kane. Casablanca. Touch of Evil, and many other of the greatest films ever made. Just saying. Very good analysis though, thank you .👍
You know Markus is having a problem deciding when he doesn’t bother even attempting to show his biceps in the thumbnail picture 😂😂😂
this is the true metric
On sale for $50 bucks, I'm on it, I love smart eq though, can I use both in tandem? I want to upgrade smart eq for $30 and pick this up as well.
You can use any of them together, I do all the time. They do different things. I highly recommend grabbing smart:EQ 4 👍🏻
I really like 1. How long you spent going through the various tools 2. The examples, explanations and comparisons. 3. Showing how hard it may be to make a choice, and the contextuality of the tools. To make it more complex, there's Voxengo TEOTE, and now Izotope has launched the new 256 band Clarity module as part of Ozone 11. It 's designed to optimize spectral power through spectral shaping; in addition to controlling the amount, the frequency spectrum effected, attack, and release, it adds what iZotope labels tilt, "coloring" the clarity towards pink, white or brown noise. Ozone 11 also has the Stabilizer module which does tonal balancing and resonance suppression. These two together seem to do similar things to the tools you tested. Both also incorporate transient/sustain, and have a delta button to only hear the difference. In addition Ozone 11 also allows application of the Clarity and Stabilizer effect on only the voice, or drums or bass stems without direct access to the mix.
Thank you! Haven't tried TEOTE, would love to. I do have the iZotope one, but haven't compared it yet. Overall I've found iZotope tools a bit edgier or sharper sounding, which in many cases is a bit too much. But contextual of course.
@MarkusJunnikkala Thank you! Looking forward to more comparisons!
Recently tried IK Multimedia's Master Match with a generated Pink Noise wave file as the reference to add Pinks spectral balance and perceived loudness to my master track. It did sound a lot better. Gotta be MacGyver when there's not a lot of money.
Thank You Markus. I've been trying to sort out the marketing from these companies, from what they actually do best (I think there's a couple others - Baby Audio Smooth Operator, Deso, DSEQ).
I would say Smart Eq is great for dynamic balance, Soothe2 for narrow band resonance. In what cases do you think each plugin shines most?
Thanks!
Sonible EQ4 is probably the most diverse/multi-utility one here, with the unmasking tool as well as other general eq improvement tools. To me Wavesfactory EQ sort of 'juices up' your sound, which is how I like to use it for the most part. Soothe2 is best at dealing with problematic resonances. Gullfoss is like a final polisher that I would put on sounds to make them just that last 5-10% better. OEKsound Bloom is also now in the conversation, which is absolutely fantastic. It's like a more versatile and tuneable Gullfoss I'd say at this point. That's probably my go-to EQ right now. Thanks for watching! 💪🏻
Thanks for sharing your experience 😉
Thanks for watching! 💪🏻
Fun to watch the experimentation. Suprised you didn't grab the high end handle (white dot) on Smart:EQ to roll off the high end processing your didn't care for, similar to your roll of with Equalizer. (I think they all have that filter for limiting processing at low and high end, although I have tried them all)
I have Gulfoss. Ive used just a few times. This plugin has been significantly improving my mixes since I got it.
Gullfoss is amazing!
Gullfoss does actually resize, but you need to set the window size in the settings dialog that shows up when you click the logo button.
Very good to know! Thanks 🙏🏻
Good job! What are the strings you used?
Thank you Clint! Those are Spitfire Audio Olafur Arnalds Chamber Evolutions
@@MarkusJunnikkala Thank you so much!
Wow, that is a great effort, well done, very normative, helps a lot, thank a big lot 🙂👌👍
Which Monitor or TV are you utilizing, sir?
LG 40WP95C
Should have enabled dynamics on the smart:EQ3 for a fairer comparison. In general, excellent comparison review. Well done dude!
Good point, thank you! I still have much to learn about all of these tools. Thanks for watching!
Since these are the top dogs, that work better according to the different applications, BUY EM ALL!
Get one every year.
After 5 years…. No more EQ problems!😆
Solid approach
Those drums! Who played and recorded those drums? You keep mentioning "Tempo"?
They are from Teletone Audio Tympo. I’m using one of the premade beatmaker loops. It’s a stellar sample library. If you like it, you can use the code MARKUS to get $10 off (I don’t get a commission from this, it’s just a code to offer to my viewers)
Kanava tilattu.
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Kiitos 💪🏻
Congratulations. This video is longer than Citizen Kane. Casablanca. Touch of Evil, and many other of the greatest films ever made. Just saying. Very good analysis though, thank you .👍
The next goal is for a video to be longer than all those combined 🎯 Thanks for watching!
@@MarkusJunnikkala I'll be in the front row
Try Voxengo Teote. He does the same
Thanks for the tip, haven’t tried that!
TEOTE and Gullfoss are really the only ones out of these that make sense comparing to Equalizer (in my opinion)