User Testimonials
I have to say that voxengo plugins are incredible and often much better than more expensive equivalents "when they are available" as many voxengo plugins have no equivalent. I'm blown away by their sonic excellence and the ease with which you can find textures with great musicality and interest. The interface is clear and functional without unnecessary and distracting decorations. There's everything you need to control sounds or sculpt them.
Soniformer offers advanced and transparent dynamics processing, with all types of compression and expansion possible (upward, downward, de-compression, de-expansion). It's useful for beautiful, homogeneous multiband compression as well as for recovering a file lacking in dynamics, correcting phase corelation problems.
Sobor is simply one of the best reverbs I've ever heard and I've got quite a collection of them! It's the only one I use regularly 100%wet because the small spaces it produces allow you to create nuanced 3d depth with complete transparency. But of course it's also possible to create unrealistic spaces ranging from plate reverb to vintage models.
LF Max Punch is so well thought out in its conception that it gives the right presence and punch to low tones much more easily and better than with the other enhancers I'd used before or the other various ‘classic’ techniques, and once you've tried it, you can't do without it.
I can assure you that I regret having missed out on the offer to upgrade to the complete bundle when it was possible... I have reduced my vst folder but everything I own from voxengo is there - these are the tools I use for each of my projects! Thank you Voxengo.
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!
Thank you for offering that efficient tool with a simple installer.
I'll consider buying a plugin when I'll have some money.
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 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!
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.
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.