How does sonic maximizer work

In a pinch, sure! If I had no space on my pedalboard for it, I'd certainly make do without it. Would I recommend one? If you can put the time in to learn it then absolutely! Messages 5, JonSick said:. The pedals are useless I think. The rack units can be good for certain things live or recording.

I used them for synth parts. Honestly the Aphex Aurol Exciter is better I think. The Aurol Exciter does something entirely different. But the results are similar. Butbagain the BBE pedal is nothing like the rack unit. In short, if you already have a good sounding amp, the BBE will do no good and may actually do harm. If you have a bland sounding clean channel on your amp, it may make it sound a bit better. Like I said I used to use it and the Aphex for my synths relgiously back in the day.

I dint use or own eithe fine anymore. Scratch that apparently I still do own the pedal. It was a gift I never used and would cost more to ship than it's worth to sale. I used one on my board for about a year. It basically adds a bit of high end clarity. But after a year I wanted the board space for something else and just didn't care enough about its tone shaping to keep it. Messages 10, You must log in or register to reply here.

Trending Topics. Your go-to guitar…. Started by jlectka Wednesday at PM Replies: Guitars in General. Top Bottom. I think it's pure voodoo. Or Majik I thought it added either harmonics or sub harmonics to the low end. Or it could just be magic. Majik is cooler than Magic. Look it up. It is definitely a mobedda button. I have to say I think this plug-in is totally worthwhile.

I was looking for an aural exciter, but instead tried the BBE. It is not the same thing as the exciter which creates hopefully pleasing additional harmonics via a little distortion. This ends up being very much an eq type of effect, albeit a very good one. I use this all the time, but I really have to agree with Riojazz.

This is probably one of the easiest plug-ins I have to abuse. Where two knobs adjust a set of fixed frequency bands in a fixed way? Is this the case? Bearitone , Oct 20, Messages: 8, Likes Received: 1, The sonic maximizer is basically a two band eq.

One low and one high frequency, pretty much scoops out all the life from your sound IMO. I think you'd be better off with a Boss GE-7, that way you have more flexibility and a different choice in frequencies from your existing band eq.

TheWarAgainstTime , Oct 20, Messages: 7, Likes Received: 4, Messages: 1, Likes Received: It does There are some strong opinions out there on sonic maximizers. Second, the Sonic Maximizer augments higher and lower frequencies as loudspeakers tend to be less efficient in their extreme treble and bass ranges. The end result is a dynamic, program-driven restoration which reveals more of the natural texture and detail in the sound without causing fatigue that is often associated with exciter effects, psychoacoustic processors or excessive use of equalizers.

If anyone has some good resources that actually test that aspect like, with lab frequency generators and oscilloscopes , I'd love to see them. The "augments higher and lower frequencies" is, as everyone points out, just another way of saying "scoop the mids". This is definitely the most noticeable effect, especially if you are using it on a guitar and if you use anything more than very subtle settings. Anytime you're scooping mids, it tends to sound great playing by yourself in your bedroom, but gets you buried in a mix once you're playing with other instruments.

If you do want to scoop mids, get a nice EQ instead. Here and there, I've found a cheap amp or digital setup that the BBE actually improved the sound a bit. You can make a passive bass sound a bit more like an active bass with the BBE-type sonic maximizer. Hopefully someone who's familiar with the pt 11 native plugin will come along soon. If not, past a screen capture of the plugin and we can probably figure out from the controls if it's a peak limiting gain maximizer, or a BBE-type maximizer.

I opine that it is like lots of other items in my signal chain, a little is good sometimes, but a lot generally sucks all of the time. Most stuff doesn't need it, because it lends an 'artificial' sound in some weird way. Compressor end is pretty decent, though. Share 4th April Paschalis I.

Hey there, You don't really need to use sonic maximizer everywhere, especially if your source sounds good. You can think of them like Does this mean that it always gets better?

This is total personal preference and it depends on lots of factors. Should you use a sonic maximizer just because you've heard that "it makes things sound better"? Maybe they should have said instead: "It works like it's a boosting EQ with a certain coloring". A type of plugin I am using in almost every track in the DAW is an analog modeler, more like a console emulator or a tape emulator, which purpose is to emulate the analog tape or console sound.

Sonic maximizer? Not necessary if the recording stage was awesome. See ya Which analog emulator are you using if I may ask? Share 13th May Show parent Paschalis I.