Smart:EQ 4 - AI equalizer of ALL TIMES! (like last 3 years?) 

Yes! Smart mixer do good. Me only need 1 brain cell now to make music. 🤣

I do weekly post mixing for live gigs and for this it’s a huge timesaver. The tracks don’t meant to be studio quality because they need to capture the vibe of the show. Also it’s not needed to put hours of work into it that won’t get paid. This gets me into the ballpark fast and mix fast which is great for this kind of content. For client mixes I would dive in manually to get a unique sound but for live mixes I would definitely use it. 👍🏼

Absolutely same feelings here. Unbeatable price to quality ratio!

Something different then the Izotope/Native Instruments pricing. Time they had some serious competitors!

Yes, the price is very reasonable compared to FabFilter

Yup! A company doing right by their customers. €29 is a 🎁 for this massive upgrade😊

Thanks, Anthony, enjoy SmartEQ4, all my studio folks have been introduced to it already :)

No probs, my pleasure, man!

They do!

Thanks, so good to hear that from one more viewer. Enjoy the chan and hope to hear from you soon!

Anotheer cool factor about Sonible: their plugins are also neat and clean inside and they just work!

Nice, thanks a lot!

Thx, James, as always!

This is what I do exactly, when mixing film dialogue with Smart:EQ!

What does your usual workflow look like when using this? Do you throw it on individual tracks and then print them, and then begin “normal” mixing? I’m trying to figure out the best way to use this without having to commit too much time to experimenting. I’ve tried it a few times and really liked the results on most things, but it did hollow out some vocals on me once, but it wasn’t a great recording to be fair.

Usually, I prepare tracks for mixing, meaning I try to create a clean sonic image. Since I primarily mix rock and metal, I start with the drums and bass and then work my way up to guitars and vocals. Currently, my first step is gain staging, setting everything to -18dB. Then, I create groups. Drums go into one group, bass has its own group (often I mix a heavily distorted bass track softly under the original). Guitars and vocals each have their own group. On each respective bus, I apply Smart:EQ and use automation at 100% adaptive. I then render these as stereo tracks, which I import into a new project. On those tracks, there's usually a compressor already in place where it makes sense. Oh, and I also edit reverb tracks separately. Sometimes, if there aren't too many tracks, I don't open a second project. In that case, I simply place Smart:EQ on the busses quite early in the effects chain. Whether this is the most efficient or smartest method, I don't know. If you or anyone else has some good tips, I would be more than happy to accept them.

⁠@@FoliaSoundit would be nice to see a video about using smart eq 4 for film mixing dialogue.

Good idea!

:O Ooops. I used the key already, so I believe it's all good :) Thanks anyway!

xD You never believe I can change it, right?! I'm working really hard on this one, wish me luck! Cheers and thanks!

@@FoliaSound i am not sure anymore if i want you to change it :-)

In Polish language personalizing tools the way I do it is 100% correct and we do it all the time. That's why I'm reproducing this grammar feature in English...

@@FoliaSound thats very interesting as i am partly greek and i am accustomed to similar things. However i cant help but find interesting that you always (or at least from what i can remember) personalize-choose „he“ over „she“ . I mean its „the“ equalizer as in „it“ . But „the“ does not sound more „he" than „she" to me so this goes back to the language foundation i guess and why „it“ becomes „he“ rather than „she“ if that makes sense. Its all a naive observation of mine without any weighting or merit. Just thinking about it as i find it interesting. And no i am not here in order to fight for equality (or fight in general) or anything :-) just wondering

Thanks, Mark, Wesołych Świąt, too! :) The point with AI tools they get better and better every day, so imagine them in two or three years...

Good idea. Cheers!

My pleasure, Sam!

Yes, they definitely did. Cheers!

Yeah, one of my issues was I really didn't like the results in the previous one. I haven't tested this but it seems like it could be better. And I like the hierarchy GUI feel better in v4.

I'm very happy to hear that :) Thanks and enjoy Sonible stuff, it's really exceptional!

Oh yes, it did!

Very well said, Yan, thanks!

Thanks, Johnny!

4 does have a different curve than 3, that I can tell you for sure :)

Happy you like it too!

N i c e !

How did you find out if you qualify for a free upgrade?

@@phadrus I got email with a code that brings the upgrade price to zero; but I purchased it literally last week

They have a grace period? Didn't know about that, so cool!

@@Artek604 me too but I dont got an email :(

Right, I forgot to mention it for some reason :( Too much excitement at once!

@@FoliaSound That show how high this update is. Probably it's worth a video of its own.

Hey, greetings from Warsaw! SmartEQ3 does essentially different job than SA3 and is way more advanced than Melda, which is also great, by the way. I believe getting Smart:EQ4 is the right move.

It's not the lightest one out there, but I'm running 7950X on fastest RAM and SSD drives, so I'm probably not the best source of info ;)

I think it depends on the material. Do you have a smooth fade out? Do you experience any low bit resolution issues, when having quiet moments? If you do, go for dithering!

Good question, but I believe most of its parameters are simply automatable, so shouldn't be a hassle to change the dynamic mix balance :)

I think that for any home musicians starting their careers off - It's absolutely true in a matter of three years from now on.

I wouldn't use SmartEQ 4 in real time, but Sonible got SmartEQ Live and you should definitely check it out!

@@FoliaSound Nice one. I actualy got smart eq 4 and it works perfectly in life . Just gotta keep phase on mininmum. Dzieki za odpowiedz🤙

No probs, good to hear that. Another of my viewers wrote, that SmarEQ4 has been seriously optimized compared to v3. All that is really good news.

Yes, it is. Cheers!

I do and believe me or not - it's my speech itself, not the lack of deessers.

@@FoliaSound Thank you for your kind reply. Understood. Sorry for the harsh reply. Nonetheless excellent reviews. Dziekuje bardzo!!! Pozdrowienia z Namibii!!!

I don't think it's possible from the plugin level...

@@FoliaSound Thanks.

Nooo, split band was there in 3? :O OMG, can't believe I never used it...

I am using it, my speech is that harsh by nature, I'm afraid :(

I adjusted gain manually and I don't care much about any auto gain on any plugin. I don't trust it at all :)

I've used EQ4 in Reaper for days now without a single hiccup or crash.

@@Xylume I've got Windows 10, running on an old Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ with 32 gb of RAM, 2 TB M.2 SSD, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M...I understand it is an older system, but it can play World of Tanks fine and even the CPU hungry iZotope Ozone 10 Standard plugin. I'm currently comfortable with my computer setup and have no reason to upgrade.

@@Xylume I'm currently using Smart EQ 3 for doing EQ work as it is stable compared to version 4!

@@GTSongwriter I'm using it with Windows 11, AMD Ryzen 3600, 16 GB of DDR4, Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, 1TB M.2 SSD. I've retired my slower machine, but have it saved for an emergency. This machine handles my plugins much better. I should have opted for an RTX 4060, but I was able to save $50-100. I'd say, just keep it going and wait for a big upgrade one day.

@@Xylume One of the reasons I use Waves Audio plugins is they work with my older machine with no issues. Sonible must not have access to an older machine to test their plugins on.

Nice, thanks for the info!