Ruben Tilgner is not only the founder of Elysia, but also the inventor of the Transient Designer when he was still working for SPL. I think all Elysia products are really amazing.
I have the Elysia Alpha. You definitely need a Vari Mu as well to go along side it. Its fast and punchy. You still need a slow glue compressor. I have a Fairman TMC for that. Yin and Yang.
Hopefully we live to see the day when mastering plugins are as good as hardware. We’re close but still not quite there IMO. I know most people today care more about the song than the gear.... but I still want my music mastered with outboard gear. There’s just a richness in the low end stereo depth that I’ve never heard with digital. Fingers crossed 🤞 there will be a day when computers can nail it! On a side note though... Why can’t Americans dress this cool? That shirt it so rad!
The positive thing about running a mastering studio "gearwise" is that you potentially need less pieces and you will spend less to work with a high quality machine. For example, in a tracking and mixing studio with 5000 euros you can barely buy some "so-so" microphones and preamps to track a band
What exactly are those blinking blue light things that look like sci-fi movie props?? Are they just light things or are they actually something _somewhat related_ to sound? What are they exactly in terms of brand, name, make, model, price, etc??
I though so, I sent the link to a friend saying "nice 70's type sci-fi spaceship prop lights" or something, but he went on saying those were not just lights... talking about optical compressors and stuff, and I was like... _it doesn't really look like that_ . Do they have a brand anyway?
So many dream machines, the design of the SPL is killer. I had a SPL Machine Head, used it on everything until it died and couldn't be repaired. The Neve Portico ticks so many boxes, would love to learn more about the analog stereo field manipulator. Cheers!
I've got a few outboard compressors, but my fave is my A-Designs Nail. It's awesome..Has a cool hard threshold feature you can use with the filter..really musical..I also love my SafeSound Stereo Toolbox, which you can't find anywhere any more..it does m/s and is always on my master bus
I had decided to keep using my Alesia Alpha compressor (the plugin) and get to know it better. This video inspires me to keep with it, make it ones of those tools I know inside out, thanks.
If you can, get the original. It is an investment, but given the fact that it is simply the best mastering tool in this world, it's a bargain. I think I should do some RU-vid videos for plugin/hardware comparison, if I ever find the time. The plugin is surprisingly good, but as always, the clipping does not work too well, and it offers no convincing depth and stereo enhancements.
Rarely, I still don't understand why many are under the impression multiband compression is a must in mastering, it's not. It's something you use on very problematic mixes 90% of the time, but, that aside, yes I did use it few times and if I don't use that my new go-to is the PSP Oldtimer multiband (when I want color on multiband) or Waves LinMB, more rarely Ozone dynamics, or McDPS,
I was surprised you didn't mention the manley vari mu...maybe that's an old hat, but it seems like that is always in a mastering rig...I think the top of the line mastering version with all the bells, mods and whistles is like 7 grand, but I may be way off. I saw it on reverb for that price...anyway, cool video. Thanks for taking the time
Nothing to do with audio hardware, even if i love my Drawmer 1973 and my Alta Moda Hippo for mastering, but where did you find this marvellous lamps behind you?? thanks
Hello, Wes Ngbus has definitly its place in this top ten... I'm curious how you compare the vertigo vsc3 and the wes ngbus ? Which one is better according to you and your needs ? I would be thankful with an honnest answer.
I use the Vertigo at Dweezil's studio regularly, or better, we have one there and I try to use it :D it's a great comp, built very well, and it has that "glue" factor, but I'm not a fan of the action and it's really clean. Not my cup of tea
hello very good rewiew! pls can you tell me which i need for deep house and trap which better for me i want setup compressor and eq for mastering which using drake dua lipa khalid and other world stars fir mastering
It really depends on your budget, here's some options: Iron would be great: imp.i114863.net/ZMYoQ the MBP would be a great all in one for master processing: imp.i114863.net/okoxn and you could add an eq which would be the drawmer 1974 (I have that) imp.i114863.net/qdPk5 or going down in price the Wes Audio new bus comp (amazing) imp.i114863.net/yNVB2 or 1973 multiband: imp.i114863.net/zonAe you can add the eq to all of them and have a great chain
I owned the Shadow Hills MC, wanted so badly to like it, but never heard nor owned a more overrated piece of gear so far. The printing of the numbers was not high quality and soundwise it was just plain boredom, but not in a good way. No matter what source I used, I was never satisfied and always felt the need to replace it. The transformers sounded somehow cheep and snappy but not in a good way. I also owned the mono and the quadgamma, eventually sold them as well. The looks of all theie gear is great, but doesn't match the tone of the gear which is in my ears inferior to the looks.
why no "inserts", there is infinite ways fore improving the audio world... I am going in that direction in my gears 'inventions?§!.....as soon ¥£$ comes.
I've never said it's not a good compressor. I said it's overpriced. I worked in several studios where they had it, I didn't pay for it, it's there, I use it. But it is overpriced
