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Projects => General Questions => Topic started by: aeroemi on November 25, 2014, 02:43:52 PM

Title: Afterlife + Bloviator
Post by: aeroemi on November 25, 2014, 02:43:52 PM
What do you guys think about this two effects in one? I like the smothness of the first and the clarity/definition of the second...  ::)
Title: Re: Afterlife + Bloviator
Post by: Hangingmonkey on November 25, 2014, 02:56:13 PM
I have both, ill stack them and tell you what i think. Wont be able to before the weekend tho
Title: Re: Afterlife + Bloviator
Post by: aeroemi on November 25, 2014, 03:16:11 PM
Thanks!  ;) ;)
Title: Re: Afterlife + Bloviator
Post by: jimilee on November 25, 2014, 04:06:20 PM
So are you going to put a compressor at the end of your chain or a sound enhancer at the beginning? It seems like an odd combination considering typically, please bear in mind and it's just an opinion, but typically a compressor is in the front of the chain and a sonic enhancer is at the end. I'm interested in learning your thinking, maybe I'm missing out on something cool! :-D
Title: Re: Afterlife + Bloviator
Post by: aeroemi on November 25, 2014, 04:20:50 PM
Sure!  ;) I was thinking of a compressor followed by the sonic enhancer, with an optional switch to eventually bypass this feature... Obviously the compressor needs to be placed at the beginning of the chain, but I'm not so sure about the placing of the enhancer: I know that many people use the sonic stomp by BBE in front of their drive section (just after their Dynacomp) and (as they say) the sound is pretty good...

Now, I'd like to make a sound-sculpturing effect, and I thought that the combination of these two could be good... or maybe not...  8)
Title: Re: Afterlife + Bloviator
Post by: jubal81 on November 25, 2014, 04:31:14 PM
I've played around with this and found that the Bloviator definitely works best as the last thing in the chain. An optical compressor there isn't necessarily a bad idea, though.
Title: Re: Afterlife + Bloviator
Post by: aeroemi on November 25, 2014, 04:42:01 PM
Quote from: jubal81 on November 25, 2014, 04:31:14 PM
I've played around with this and found that the Bloviator definitely works best as the last thing in the chain. An optical compressor there isn't necessarily a bad idea, though.

You mean an optical compressor at the end of the chain?
Title: Re: Afterlife + Bloviator
Post by: jubal81 on November 25, 2014, 05:56:26 PM
Quote from: aeroemi on November 25, 2014, 04:42:01 PM
Quote from: jubal81 on November 25, 2014, 04:31:14 PM
I've played around with this and found that the Bloviator definitely works best as the last thing in the chain. An optical compressor there isn't necessarily a bad idea, though.

You mean an optical compressor at the end of the chain?


Optical, yeah. They're quiet & transparent, so if you put it near the end you can use it to gently smooth everything out.