User Testimonials
I’ve tried countless vocal plugins over the past two years, including the hyped Soothe2 and Nectar2, but they all fell short of expectations. Then I remembered a mix session at a friend's place over 15 years ago, where I used Voxengo's HarmoniEQ on some rough vocals. I was blown away by the result but forgot about it for a while.
Recently, I had another set of problematic vocals and decided to revisit Voxengo. Now, I will be using HarmoniEQ on almost everything, it just delivers a perfect sound. I can’t even comprehend what’s happening under the hood.
Great work, Voxengo!
Thank you for offering that efficient tool with a simple installer.
I'll consider buying a plugin when I'll have some money.
Incredible free plugin! Just today it saves me from the limits coded in Cubase mixer level metering (below -86dB is equal to "minus infinity"... OMG... and I found VEEEERY FAST where the fu*k are coming all that unwanted plugin artifacts, noise, harsh, etc...
Great job Voxengo! :)
When Aleksey says the product will 'do this and that thing' to the source material, it's easy to trust those words.
As it says on the overview of Deft Compressor:
"The characteristic feature of this compressor is its ability to produce “slim” and “slick” sounding compression, with intelligibility enhancement effect."
That is exactly what you're gonna get with this. It's amazingly transparent in the way it handles audio. My first time properly using it with a vocal, it didn't audibly squash the loud parts. It just gives you the character of the source you give it, but more even, and more slim and slick, and more intelligible. I know that's what the product overview said, but I have no better way to describe what it does.
Crunchessor - good for drums and percussions. Fixed ratio, “style” selector - suitable for adjusting the sound for any genre and character.
Deft compressor - good for other track types. Punch knob - excellent for transients/attack management
Marquis compressor - good as SSL analog for gluing groups (variable soft mode of amplifier - pleasant to the ear).
I recommend all three compressors at once for purchase.
In electronic music, many sounds are very much "upfront". OTT is what many choose for this purpose.
However, I have found that Varisaturator is much better in place of OTT when it comes to this purpose. Much more controllable and much smoother (even though OTT is multiband compression and Varisaturator is multiband saturation/inflation) In most cases where I would choose OTT, I am using Varisaturator instead for the same purpose and it does the job much better. This small change has improved my mixes for electronic music a lot.
Second thing is soft clipping with OVC-128 on buses to smooth and contain, then followed by high end expansion with Soniformer to rebuild some dynamics and transients is an amazing combination. Smooth, contained and dynamic.
Always finding new relationships and uses with your plugins, thanks!
I feel like saying thank You for giving CURVE EQ the audio world.
I am using CurveEQ for several situations in mastering. But for some time I was also working heavily on changing listening setups on lower SPL levels to be used in mastering as the most important first step is to find the right spectrum balance for every music in every genre.
Due to the strong effect of ISO226/Fletcher Munson I found CurveEQ as THE tool to be used in a mastering setup to make perfect basic EQ decisions on 10dB! lower listening levels from normed reference SPL levels (79 to 85 dB SPL), which are sometimes really annoying for sensitive ears.
CurveEQ appeared as the only tool to manage this job accurately!
I've been eyeing Voxformer for a while and finally decided to buy it. After using it on two mixes, I believe it is THE ideal channel strip for a digital setup.
Here's why:
1. The EQ comes with 5 bands so you have less decision fatigue, and you can bandpass preview the spectrum using ctrl/cmd+click to really determine where you want to add/subtract energy. There is also no cramping in the higher frequencies when using peaking filters.
2. The compressor crossover function allows for easy management of the dynamics of certain instruments' low end and high end/midrange, separately.
3. The presence function can really make the vocals sit just right, either by increasing the high end or (and I didn't know this was possible) by making it warmer.
4. The preview/delta solo available for the de-esser (and the other functions have it too).
5. It has a gate. It works.
6. Voxengo presets in general work out of the box, and if not they're a really good starting point.
7. The saturation sounds amazing.
8. Super low CPU usage! Most of the popular channel strips (BX consoles, Waves SSL EV2, etc) aren't nearly as CPU efficient.
9. THE fastest workflow. Faster than individual EQs and compressors on tracks, and faster than "analog modeled" channel strips, even without using presets.
Would heartily recommend this. I was surprised at being able to reach -8 LUFS in the mixing stage without any limiting, with the widest, clearest sound I've been able to get so far. I attribute that purely to the workflow and ease of use of Voxformer.