BBE Sonic Maximizer DirectX Plug-in

[open mind]

anyone knows this? seems to be interesting it makes sound your mix live or something.how is it?

here some info:

What it is and what it does

When you listen to live music, all the high and low frequencies reach your ears at the same time. When music is recorded and played back through speakers, the process induces “frequency dependent phase shifting.”

In layman’s terms it makes the music sound unfocused and muddy. That’s why recorded music never seems to have that same punch and sparkle as when you hear it live.

The BBE system changes all that. Without getting too technical, BBE technology compensates for the phase shifting between your high, low, and mid frequencies, while also augmenting your sound to compensate for the tendency to lose the extreme high and low frequency range during recording and playback. The result for you is the restored brilliance of your original live sound.
http://www.cakewalk.com/Products/BBESonicMaximizer/About.asp

 

[Fade]

It's been around for years, it's pretty good at brightening your sound, I find it's too easy to get carried away with it but I think it's good to use in certain situations.

 

[5th Sequence]

I bought it. I havent used it in a while now that I think about it, but it can help in some aspects. I've used it to great affect as an auxilary buss for vocals... and turning up the high end portion of it and then mixing that back in under the vocal slightly. Lifts it up a bit, but you can use it on a lot of things.

It's not a "fix all" for your entire mix though. When I first got it, I admit i put it on my master channel and thought I was really bumpin. Na, it can sweetin it a bit but you should be able to get a more solid mix with proper multiband compression and EQ.

 

[Shonsteez]

The Waves L3 Maximizer is much better and transparent....You should look into that one.

 

[Phi'Zik]

L3 Maximizer compress the sound, not bbe. Bbe is nice, i use it to get back high frequencies when i use a denoised sample from records

 

[J-ReZyN]

Just to add to what’s already been said, the BBE Sonic Maximizer could be used in different scenarios to brighten up a track, but from my experience, I find it is better suited as a restoration tool on vinyl and audio files sampled from vinyl. I use the plug in on my PC and I also have a hardware BBE unit with built in noise reduction that I use when transferring my vinyl to computer. I also use it in my DJ rig when playing old vinyl or digital files that were ripped from vinyl. It cleans up some of the noise (but overall I think the noise reduction isn’t that good), enhances the highs and tightens the bass. I never use it on new music CD’s because most CD’s are mastered well and sound clean to begin with so they don’t really benefit from the BBE. Moderation is the key with the BBE. If you crank it up too high it’s just going to sound like you cranked up the highs and bass on an EQ. Use just enough to enhance the sound but not be too noticeable. If you A/B compare the music with the BBE on and off, especially on older records that are worn and muddy sounding, you’ll clearly notice that the hi’s and especially vocals are cleaner, crisp and even the stereo field seems to be enhanced and sound more defined. Try running some old 70’s soul, jazz or funk records through the BBE and you’ll hear the difference. I think the BBE is slept on because people think it’s just a 2 knob EQ.