waves will introduce their new "vintage bundle" at aes '06.
the devices modeled are: 1073/66, 2254, and 1081. the plug-ins were measured by waves to be 95% accurate to the hardware originals, which is probably within the tolerance for variance on individual hardware units.
(um yes, they are already said to compare quite favorably to brand "x" and brand "y" ear-wise, and also they look really cool.)
want to hear them now ? (kind of...) the 2254 and 1073/76 eq were used on the most recent mastering example i posted in the "lefsetz letter on loudness" thread.
the vintage bundle is also partly why my [still anonymous] wump8 entry sounds a bit "different" from what i did in wumps 1-7, i think it's not likely for one to guess it correctly. speaking of which, there is one other thing...
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waves will introduce a new dynamics plug-in at aes, it's called: "maxx-volume".
[not specifically a mastering plug-in but since i am a waves tester, it's kind of our duty to whack everything hard, to boldy take plug-ins where no plug-in has gone before] i think it could be a tad aggressive when it comes to mastering applications... or rather:
can you handle it?
maxx-volume has whacked me pretty hard actually. but it's been a blast, quite literally in fact. when the snare drum whacks the ears, whack it back! it's satisfying.
maxx-volume has sorta brought out the "vlad" in me. i never had broached the "-11db barrier" before. now , if a client wants it in the eights? hey, no problem.
i think it's about time there were more plug-ins with unique and strong personalities. maxx-volume is an animal, a beast. it could be tamed however, and it's especially well suited to our contemporary aural environment.
i can't wait to feel the fallout from this once it gets into the wrong hands; and that is guaranteed. nevertheless i think you want to have this new tool in your arsenal.
i suppose you want to cut a record that sounds as great as... american idiot? i get the idea from using maxx-volume, that perhaps there's a way it could help.
dynamics means soft and loud. now it's up to us engineers what gets done. perhaps what has never been done before; that's the aspect of maxx-volume which excites me most.
in addition to it helping my mastering chain, i am also looking forward to mixing with maxx-volume ; i don't think analog can do this too easily, sorry! imagine what it could do if applied only to the kick drum. (tip: best to keep monitoring levels down when playing with maxx-volume, or the neve models for that matter; both will bite you if you ask them to nicely enough, but would you want it any other way? )
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without revealing which anonymous wump8 entry was mine: i may have had "too much fun" last weekend with "the effusive" (and still elusive) maxx-volume (and that crazy waves 2254 compressor, and the 1066 eq that distorts like a dream when you blow it out. yes, that too.) and i don't think i've yet scratched the surface of their potential. oh, beautiful!
these tools will be available to everyone soon.( aes show attendees may be treated to live demos or be able to actually play with them at the waves booth. )
i think great music is explosive, it is on fire. some could cut records that make us all sit up and listen, help us get lost in a groove, feel the fury, the glory, the beauty, and the passion.
one little fun experiment was to run a kick drum through the 1066/73 set flat and turn up the input and keep raising the input level and keep pushing it up further and further... and actually i still didn't find how far it could go, i was in ecstasy pretty quickly and it brought new meaning to the word "clipping" for me.
do i hear genuine "soft" clipping? another tester found this in the 1066/73 eq; i didn't believe what he was saying, so i tried it myself...
boo-ya, turn us on baby. rock and roll!
jeff dinces
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