Description: Covering the essential aspects of sound design. This is just to attempt the recommended settings the engineer suggested. Wave Arts Power Suite v6.1.5 Full version.

9 o'clock on camelcrusher sounds like mix at A% with curve at X% on inflator, 12 o'clock sounds like B% with Y% etc. My question is, could anyone who owns the Sonnox Inflator give me any insight into whether they are in fact similar processes when not pushed so hard, and if anyone can be bothered, do a like for like settings analysis e.g. However, the example given only shows an extreme example of processing. I found that most people stated the plugin was irreplaceable but eventually found this thread on KVR that suggests very similar results can be obtained using the tube distortion in Camel Audio's Free plug-in Camelcrusher. Sonnox Elite Oxford Plugins TDM OSX INTEL-XVX Sonnox Oxford Limiter PowerCore VST v1 1 1 AiR Sonnox Oxford Dynamics+EQ+Inflator MAC OSX INTEL XVX-FiXED Sonnoxplugins Oxford Elite Collection Native v1.0 warning. I have had a look in several places to find out if anything I already had was similar to the Sonnox Inflator or if anything that didn't require iLok could do the trick. I remember asking this extremely talented mastering engineer why he was adding a click of 56Hz on his eq, and his answer was 'because it sounds good.' Lesson learned.I was recently told by a mastering engineer to use 'something like Sonnox Inflator' on my bass and kick to give them more presence in the mix (amateur garage/house producer here). I do meter for 'overshoot' and my a/d d/a chain. I try not to go by meters etc.those things can be so misguiding. You kind of can't fail in that way, because the speakers are telling you everything you need to know. I push things until I hear diminishing returns. For me, gain-staging is usually about listening.

It can give the effect of extending the lower frequencies without negatively effecting clarity. I also really like the way it can shape the low end when tweaked in the right way. I still use it when it works, usually on anemic mixes, or EDM styles of production. Certainly that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. 100% effect, input hitting the green bar area.Īnyone push it further than that on the master? :¬)Īny 'better' alternatives now it's 2019?I haven't found anything quite like the Inflator. It's fantastic just before the limiter to eek out a bit more loudness/glue.

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