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Excellent info. Thanks, Per. I need to lose some latency, so I appreciate the tips. I do like the color of the Vintage Warmer on the trumpet... Jeff Kaiser http://www.jeffkaisermusic.com pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com On Mar 21, 2006, at 11:52 PM, Per Boysen wrote: > On 22 mar 2006, at 06.18, Jeff Kaiser wrote: > >> The last module does it: PSP Audio's Vintage Warmer (VST object in >> max is great for hosting all these, though I've also written my own >> weird limiters)....though, I'm thinking about Elemental Audio's >> Neodynium....anyone using it out there? > > Yes. I use it whenever I need its unique sound (dynamic compressing). > On of Neodynums good sides is that it does its job with very little > latency. I think it worked quite well on direct input electric guitar > in my laptop. Although I have not tried it myself, a college keeps > telling me that he got a great sound on a recorded acoustic guitar out > of Neodynum. From knowing Neodynum I imagine he is right. > > Another software compressor that may be used with almost no latency > (fulfills its job within the plugin working buffer) is the Sonalkis > one. It does colors the audio with a "traditional analog tone", but I > like that. Sonalkis is the only software compressor I may use for live > audio - when host application built-in latency compensation is not > active, as it is when audio is first recorded before processed. One > good use is to slap a stereo Sonalkis on the host applications master > stereo out. When you get the levels right you can "play the mix" by > your live audio input (the instrument played through the laptop). But > usually I save up computer power by using a hardware compressor after > the laptop (but before the PA) instead. My hardware RNC doesn't sound > as good as the software Sonalkis, but almost. > > I too use the PSP VintageWarmer a lot. But in a different way that the > two mentioned above. VW colors the sound even more and sometimes you > need exactly that. It has a good two band multi compressing option. > Can easily destroy music of overused ;-) I never use it for live > input streams because of its huge latency. VW can feel "dynamically > sloppy" on some audio material, like for example drums, but PSP also > offers the MixPressor (part of their MixPack) that is incredibly > snappy - on recorded material, lots of latency here. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > www.looproom.com (international) > http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast? > id=128679560&s=143456 > > > >