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Mikey MTC · 21st May 2007

L1 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007, SONOX Inflator

L2 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007, SONOX Inflator

L3 Multimaximizer - Massey 007, SONOX Inflator

L3 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007, SONOX Inflator

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Renaissance Reverb Revibe

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TransX SONOX transient modulator

I disagree with some of these. First of all, the Sonox Inflator is much more a "colorizer" than a limiter. Yes it's got a limiter section in it, but my take on it is that the limiter side of it is secondary to its main intention.

Secondly, while there's plenty of alternatives to the L1 and L2, the L3 is a phase-linear mutli-band limiter: There's no alternatives to this in the plugin world that I know of. Please correct this someone if I'm wrong. I'm not arguing about which sounds subjectively better for any given task, but purely in terms of technology the L3 is an amazing and rare thing. The L316 even more so.

Digi's ReVibe is not a fair comparison to RenVerb. ReVibe works on Accel cards only which immediately puts it into another league. A fairer comparison would be Digi's older Reverb One. But even then, Reverb One is an "everything to everyone" type of product where as RenVerb tries to play on that old 80's digital reverb thing which has both admirers and detractors. It's not everyone's cup of tea.

And lastly, while Sonox's Transient Modulator is awesome with more controls than Waves' TransX, the Waves offering does come in a multiband version which is brilliant (for example) for tickling the low and high end out of a source while leaving the middle untouched. Or maybe just getting the snare to pop out of a mix while leaving much of the rest of the mix alone. The Transient Modulator is wideband only.

21st May 2007	#50
Mikey MTC Gear addict Joined: Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 415	L1 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007, SONOX Inflator L2 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007, SONOX Inflator L3 Multimaximizer - Massey 007, SONOX Inflator L3 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007, SONOX Inflator --- Renaissance Reverb Revibe --- TransX SONOX transient modulator I disagree with some of these. First of all, the Sonox Inflator is much more a "colorizer" than a limiter. Yes it's got a limiter section in it, but my take on it is that the limiter side of it is secondary to its main intention. Secondly, while there's plenty of alternatives to the L1 and L2, the L3 is a phase-linear mutli-band limiter: There's no alternatives to this in the plugin world that I know of. Please correct this someone if I'm wrong. I'm not arguing about which sounds subjectively better for any given task, but purely in terms of technology the L3 is an amazing and rare thing. The L316 even more so. Digi's ReVibe is not a fair comparison to RenVerb. ReVibe works on Accel cards only which immediately puts it into another league. A fairer comparison would be Digi's older Reverb One. But even then, Reverb One is an "everything to everyone" type of product where as RenVerb tries to play on that old 80's digital reverb thing which has both admirers and detractors. It's not everyone's cup of tea. And lastly, while Sonox's Transient Modulator is awesome with more controls than Waves' TransX, the Waves offering does come in a multiband version which is brilliant (for example) for tickling the low and high end out of a source while leaving the middle untouched. Or maybe just getting the snare to pop out of a mix while leaving much of the rest of the mix alone. The Transient Modulator is wideband only.