If Its Too Loud You're Too Old - UrsaDSP Boost 

I love that on the product page, Dan's blob is the only one which doesn't have any credentials listed. Everyone else on there is like "Mastering Engineer" with a bunch of AAA artists and Dan's testimonial blurb just says "Dan Worrall". Acceptable, imo.

Sponsored vids are great! You are like the "final boss" for a plugin developer because of how thorough you are.

Not at all offended! I actually really enjoyed this walkthrough and liked that the developer still gave you complete free creative control about what you were to say. 👍 I just hope it doesn’t *delay* a certain introduction video too much. 😉

By all means accept more of these sponsored reviews. It's a great way to introduce new products to people, who would not otherwise find them, while also showing some potential uses for the said product! Cheers!

Oh my god that emphasis knob cranked sounded so cool

This plugin is the single most useful thing I've ever bought for music. The thing I always struggled with was making a mix loud and keeping the clarity of tone I wanted, without clipping in my DAW. Is this inexperience? Yes. But this solves my problem completely and I'm all for that.

Sponsorship is ok! You did a great job explaining the plug-in as always, without trying to hype or sell it in an inappropriate manner. :)

the fact that you've said it is a kind of promotional video makes a huge difference in honesty and respect between you and pensado for example, who says a tutarial word in every video with a big smile on his face, but non of them are

No issues with anyone trying to make an honest living; the keyword being honest. You are just that! One of the main reasons why I respect what you say so much.

It is a great plugin. Love the last sentence before "thanks for watching", "Negative comments and dislikes help boost the video, so don't hold back" 🤣😂

It's refreshing to see honest reviews. I understand that today, more than ever, artists and musicians are struggling to achieve financial freedom and that commercial partnerships and sponsorships are a crucial source of income for some, but ultimately it's bad for the consumer when the people involved are incentivized to not say anything negative or speak their mind honestly. Personally, I rarely reference sponsored content when evaluating a product because I don't feel like i'm getting the complete story. I'm more likely to just read user reviews on forums. Hopefully more companies will see that allowing honest reviews of their products will ultimately lead to more consumer trust and more profits. As always, thanks Dan for the wonderful content. I look forward to the next one!

Fantastic video - Really love the attention to detail (as always)... I think sponsored videos are great, your style and honesty make for fantastic walk throughs, so many videos miss the point - Yours are always spot on, I'd like to see more sponsored content! Have been using Boost for a while now (Dave is an amazing developer) - You summed it up perfectly!!

The sounds and chords in this music is amazing.. All the music in your videos blows me away man.

I'm not even honestly sure 'sponsored' is the best term here because as far as I can see it's a very healthy relationship whereas sponsorship can sometimes seem questionable credibility-wise. You say you have 100% creative freedom, your bona fides and insight are rock-solid so it's in the dev's and ultimately the user's best interest to get a quality product into your hands and take any insight that can effectively be integrated to heart. That plus Dan getting paid? 3-way win if you ask me.

This concept is incredibly useful - I am surprised more limiters don't take advantage of a similar concept to the Focus tool here. This + a clipper is clearly all you need for super loud, transparent masters.

❤ Opened RU-vid, saw this video as the first recommendation. Smiled. Watched. Liked.

Great work again Dan. I enjoy watching your tutorials and this being sponsored is not at all off-putting, as you’ve retained creative control. This is a balanced and thorough review, with negatives pointed out. Love the style too!

Where have U bn all my life!!! I've seen tons of videos but this video nailed it! Thanks again

I've demoed it and loved it a while ago. But it was pricey for me. Now this discount may be a game changer.

Just keep up doing videos like this, but i'm afraid some plug-in will be out of the market because of your feedback :))) whoever sposored you to make video about their plug-in are really brave guys

I am happy for you Dan. Receiving payment because you deserve it. Your channel is the best IMO. I've learned so much from you and continue to do so.

Happy you have sponsored videos that means another way of income so well deserved by the quality and the knowledge you share, thanks and keep the videos comming !!

I have enjoyed your videos and voice-overs, it seems, forever and very grateful for your unique and honest approach, sponsored or otherwise: cheers :)

My favourite limiter and compressor...

These guys make Texture which is another cool creative plugin.Nice vid as usual Dan.Thank you.

Congratulations on your first sponsored video! I really enjoyed this limiter when I tried it out awhile ago, but wasn't quite sold on it.

Hell yea man, congrats on getting a sponsor, well deserved if you ask me!

Fantastic. I’m shocked you’re not typically sponsored. Your videos are gold. I know I buy just about everything you demonstrate and praise.

id like to see this one vs invisible limiter - im not sure which one to get - thanks pal

I personally don't mind sponsored videos as long as what you're saying is 100% your opinion

Yeah I would rather a promo video like this that isn’t afraid to point out the flaws. I would guess this will still work out really well from the Dev anyway - hell, I’m going to grab it right now. Haha.

haha I love the end line. helpful as always. thank you Dan!

I am offended that you did not mention the discount code in your video :P More seriously though, if you choose to let a company use your channel and voice as a commercial outlet, even if you don't have full creative freedom, it is completely fine. What's important is that you make it clear that the video is or includes a paid sponsorship. Some channels, like LTT for instance, chooses to reserve certain keywords like "review" to indicate that the video is entirely independent. This helps your viewers steer toward the content they care about and it helps you continue to make the videos you want.

Perfect. Something to learn.

Im down for whatever gets you to make more videos 🤙

yeah ...but what about Timeless 3 ????? :)

Dan, if i was a plugin developer, you would be the one reviewing them for sure! : ) Amazing once again, Thanks!

Great video; I've been waiting for a good review of this limiter. It looks and sounds impressive. Dan, could you compare this one to elevate? I recently got elevate on sale, and I'm pretty impressed by how it handles transients even with not much tweaking. Also, to me, it's looks like the big knob in the middle is just setting the ceiling for a clipper, and focus is just the softness of the clipping....

Umm.....you're paid for the Fabfilter vids that are amazing. I would say with this non scripted format, we are lucky to hear the pros and cons. Keep up the good work Dan

New loudness standard for 2022. - 0.1 dB RMS ;-)

Whoa, is this why RU-vid always tells me to turn notifications? Sometimes I can be early to Dan Worrall uploads?

Sponsored content is fine so long as you still give an unbiased opinion that includes valid criticisms.

Very interesting. I need to demo this ✌🏼 Excellent review as always 🔥

THANK YOU, DAN!! 🤩

Dan you're a bloody champion. I know it's not the point of of the vid but that guitar is so tasty. That 2012 massive stock sound tho... :D no hate

Where can I hear more of that background track? Those synths are something else.

it's cool man. nice video

thanks for the discount!

if all of the featured products pass your honest quality/innovation test, then sponsorships are more than welcome

It seems that this limiter plugin has some RMS compression built in to the algorithm, for example Izotope's Maximizer has something very similar in their IRC III and IV modes where there is some kind of spectral shaping tool that helps the limiter to perform better, and I think this is the case here, the clear difference is the harmonic response between this tool and a typical limiter and this re-enforces this idea of something happening in the background to compensate for any "unwanted artifacts", for me I prefer a workflow of doing little bits in different parts of the signal chain, for example, a compressor doing gentle reduction in one part, a dynamic EQ before the limiter and the final limiting stage, I think you get more accurate results than let one plugin do all that for you, I think this plugin would benefit someone in post-production, not in a master bus.

Some tears for Alchemy. I miss that synth. :(

Slates MU buss compressor has the same fault in M/S mode

Not offended! Keep it up Dan

don't mind me, just boosting the video

I like the plugin, I think it looks cool and sounds very nice, but I would like to know how different is this from using a leveler? Can a leveler be used in mastering?

Really good video(s) honest opinions and certainly no bs.. keep it up :-)

Still great content, sponsored or not, thumbs up.

Great content as always. Where I can hear composition from vid? Liked a lot.

8:52 woah i need to update

Dear Mr Worrall I would like to object in the most retentive way possible at your disregard for my negative criticisms. Yours Arnold B Bentoutofshape Tunbridge Wells

Awesome content

Hi there! i thinking in buying ursaboost, lov the demo, but, i will buy it if and only the plug in can work in two pc at the same time, cause i work that way... Best regards from Brazil! Frytor

:) Title alone.

Interesting. I wouldn't associate "attack" with a limiter since it could produce overs, but perhaps the lookahead aspect of this is what makes the difference here?

I wonder what the „Focus“ slider is actually doing under the hood. Is it like an expander? I feel like i am hearing something similar when using the „Gold“ knob in the Gold Clip plugin. So what is it? The „mystical“ type of explanations i find a bit boring to be honest

making a video abouth this would ofcourse be pointless, but does anyone know about that bass of Dan’s, sounding similar to the timeless 3 one, a distortion that sounds similar to water on a vibrating surface? Thanks!

what's the point in oversampling + true peak? is true peak even needed with an oversampling?

As long as we can learn something from your videos I'm totally ok if you're sponsored But please, please refuse annoying advertisements like skillshare, thanks!

Sits next to Dan at a family party and moans about the DJ's speakers over a paper buffet plate of sausage rolls and vol au vents.

Dan, is there significant difference in quality between DMG EQuilibrium and FF Pro-Q? What about between Pro-Q and those cumbersome, expensive Acustica EQs?

Great review,. I tried the old Version a few Months ago and noticed some weird artefacts in a reverb tail at the end of my song. Sounded like some kind of gate with bitcrush. Therefore i didn`t bother to use it anymore. Did you notice a similar thing with the new version ?

thx

Sponsorships are fine. I’d accept them if my channel were big enough. The click-baity title is slightly off-putting. Feels like you did that just to boost views for the sponsor.

Gotta pay the cost of making these videos so of course carry on

Autogain would be nice. Interesting otherwise. Great video again. Thank you

Why are the input and output meters going above 0 dB? What's helpful with that?

reminds me of sonnox inflator, i wonder if they would work well together or if it's overkill? anyone uses both?

If it’s too loud for you old man, turn down your hearing aid!

I miss Alchemy! I have it on my iPad by not on my M1 Mac.

Dan, without naming names, have you or would you reject paid promotions if after demo'ing the product you'd feel the critique would be overwhelmingly negative? I'm curious about your internal standards to take a paid promotion. I have no judgment on the matter. But I imagine you've probably put a lot of thought into your position... which is always interesting to hear.

Hey, We all have to eat.

I’m outraged😀🎧🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸🍸

What an awesome track. Who are the artists?

Ahhh so that's why the price went up by 20€ last week... I missed the intro sale and have been waiting for a price that would fit my budget, I guess I have to wait even longer now. xD

Not a negative comment 😉

I doubt you would ever plug a plugin that did not match your own professional high standards. For that reason its not about being forgiven more a thanks from the community for your advice and insight into some software you can support and endorse. I rarely take offence, except that is when it comes to UAD which I consider professional studio use only and not suitable for most amateurs home studio yet many youtubers still try and ram their premium priced products down our throats.

I prefer your theory and technique deep-dives, but -man- Dan cannot survive on likes alone. If taking sponsored gigs results in freedom for you to create more discretionary videos then I implore you to please milk it for all it's worth.

How DARE you!

If it's too loud it won't make the streaming services.

Too young to die, too old to rock 'n' roll... err... to the point: I don't like the sound of that plugin. I prefer squeaky clean digital from as transparent coppers as they can be transparent like Standard Clip or ClipOnly from airwindows (secret weapon at the end of the master chain).

I am offended on the amount of money I am about to spend on plugins because of you! It also offends me the amount of useful information you are able to pack in such short videos.

This video is cool. You gotta do this more often. Would you be interested in streaming on Sessions?

love your channel, your reviews, your no bs approach....BUT....man, the music on the background of this video is, YES, TOO loud! quite annoying...to the point i was unable to see all your video...

-11lufs and calling it loud?? Have you heard Drum and Bass music lately? -4lufs is the norm haha

This looks good. A balanced review and a responsive developer.

Transparency, is the key. Superb video!

"...negative comments and dislikes help to *boost* the video." Nice one, Dan :)

Actually, this promotional video felt even better than the other ones. Lots of integrity from your part and from the developers. Congrats on such genuine collaboration.

Dan, PLEASE consider re-uploading your ALCHEMY tutorial videos!!! So cool to see you using it in this video. I'm still using the old synth to this day and would love to revisit what you taught in those tutorials.