Ermz
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It's not exactly at the top of my wishlist but this unit would be good to have for mock-ups and rough masters. First thing I'm doing is comparing it to Ozone 4 on its Intelligent modes, absolutely redlining every mix I have.
Slate Digital FG-X Mastering Processor
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Ozone 4's intelligent modes are nice, but snares still start to disappear when you really push the volume. It's possible to make good masters with ozone 4 and/or elephant, and building the mix around it (using clippers on drums, etc.), but I can still hear things getting squashed and the mix changing... it's not necessarily a huge difference, but you can notice an overall loss of punch and things sounding all mushed together.
What has me so interested in FG-X is that it claims to be able to give us the volume we need while keeping the mix sounding the same (or as close as possible anyways) to the original mix. It's supposed to get the volume without any harsh distortion or major changes in dynamics or punch, and I think that's something a lot of people here would love. If it lives up to the hype, there will be no more need to fuck about with clipping snares, pushing limiters farther than they should be pushed, etc.
Sure, it sounds too good to be true, but that's kind of the whole point with this plugin. hah
What has me so interested in FG-X is that it claims to be able to give us the volume we need while keeping the mix sounding the same (or as close as possible anyways) to the original mix. It's supposed to get the volume without any harsh distortion or major changes in dynamics or punch, and I think that's something a lot of people here would love. If it lives up to the hype, there will be no more need to fuck about with clipping snares, pushing limiters farther than they should be pushed, etc.
Sure, it sounds too good to be true, but that's kind of the whole point with this plugin. hah
gabriel g.
Member
Josh thats the reason that the last projects I mixed AND mastered were not louder then -10 RMS.
I just cant stand it, to mix for a loud master.
I want my mixes to sound as best as possible with no compromises.
So I give a shit about the loudness war myself. Also I made Lasse push the master for my band up to -8 RMS, just because we want a bigger deal
But on of the best examples for a amazing master is TERRORS-Lowest of the low. It is around -11 to -10 RMS, but super dynamic and punchy as hell.
So it sounds louder as it is.
When you zoom in the wavefor you see no cutted transients.
I hope slate mastering will help to get to this point.
And when a master sounds totaly punchy and loud at -10RMS why the hell should I push it to -8 or -7RMS ?
I just cant stand it, to mix for a loud master.
I want my mixes to sound as best as possible with no compromises.
So I give a shit about the loudness war myself. Also I made Lasse push the master for my band up to -8 RMS, just because we want a bigger deal
But on of the best examples for a amazing master is TERRORS-Lowest of the low. It is around -11 to -10 RMS, but super dynamic and punchy as hell.
So it sounds louder as it is.
When you zoom in the wavefor you see no cutted transients.
I hope slate mastering will help to get to this point.
And when a master sounds totaly punchy and loud at -10RMS why the hell should I push it to -8 or -7RMS ?
Emdprodukt
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gabriel g.
Member
Because you can
now what you mean, but at some point it is irrelevant!!!
Like the despiced icon album-andy mixed and mastered. No need for more level.
Or the terror-the damned the shamned-Zeuss, no need for more level....
say both sound great, but compared to other CD´s a (for example ALL SHALL PERISH) little lower in volume but more punch and low level engergy
Emdprodukt
Member of Dude Castle 69
gabriel g.
Member
That's something YOU can hear but most kids out there judge sound by loudness. Stupid people
Yeah sure, thats why I was referening to mixes that are at a level of -10rms, and blow mixes away with -7rms....
and they do this in an a/b comparison.
The andy sneap mix sounds subjective BETTER without beeing squashed to death...
An extrem loudness difference would sound weaker in a short comparison, but whis turned up speakers the master of despiced icon will piss all over ALL SHALL PERISH
Because it haz BOOM
Edit:
And that is what I hope FX-G can offer us.
Keeping transients alive, so our masters will have the BOOM too
JeffTD
Senhor Testiculo
Emdprodukt
Member of Dude Castle 69
gabriel g.
Member
they are uploading the demo right now, if I understand Alex correctly on gearslutz. So the demo should be download-able tomorrow...
super excited!!!!
super excited!!!!
Ben Johnson
SSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Is the demo going to take up a space on my iLok?
Or can I upgrade the demo license when I purchase the full version?
Or can I upgrade the demo license when I purchase the full version?
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
I wonder how many samples of latency it induces, and whether it would be useful during mixing as a rough mastering chain.
$300 is a bit much if it doesn't live up to the hype. It would really have been nice to have some sort of discount for people who bought Trigger... I can understand not having that for SSD owners, but Trigger is a Slate Digital product (same brand). It'd most definitely help out sales giving some price cuts to early adopters.
Melodeath
Moonbow
Yeah that's really expensive. I can't imagine it sounding $200 better than Voxengo Elephant for example. However, I'm willing to be proven wrong, and a Slate-user discount would be nice. I have SSD and Trigger, and I'm really looking forward to VCC
Emdprodukt
Member of Dude Castle 69
gabriel g.
Member
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
Times like these I'm so thankful for that 2nd guitar tone competition. Here's to hoping it will be worth the $300 for you guys.
Emdprodukt
Member of Dude Castle 69
it's coming today, so Slate promised!
I personally can't wait to test drive this plug.
I hope the demo is a proper iLok demo (fully functional) and not some crippled, shite' version of the real thing. that'd be pointless.
Reason being, I've got 2 project I plan on using this on! One 5-song EP wrapping up on Tuesday (ANOTHER deadline for label) and a one song teaser we're tracking this weekend for one of the best up and coming progressive-type metal bands I've ever heard (think BTBAM).
FUCK YOU LOUDNESS.
I am happy to say, however, that the last record I just finished up this weekend was mastered at about -9 or -10 rms and I had no complaints from the label or band. WOOOO! (and this is a label with notoriously loud masters... As Blood Runs Black, first Ghost Inside, Suffokate, etc).
=D
I personally can't wait to test drive this plug.
I hope the demo is a proper iLok demo (fully functional) and not some crippled, shite' version of the real thing. that'd be pointless.
Reason being, I've got 2 project I plan on using this on! One 5-song EP wrapping up on Tuesday (ANOTHER deadline for label) and a one song teaser we're tracking this weekend for one of the best up and coming progressive-type metal bands I've ever heard (think BTBAM).
FUCK YOU LOUDNESS.
I am happy to say, however, that the last record I just finished up this weekend was mastered at about -9 or -10 rms and I had no complaints from the label or band. WOOOO! (and this is a label with notoriously loud masters... As Blood Runs Black, first Ghost Inside, Suffokate, etc).
=D
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