Re: Gullfoss vs Smart:EQ

I tested Gullfoss and I didn't find it all that much different from Ozone's Stabilizer. I only use this type of dynamic EQ lightly in a mastering context and actually rarely use them at all. Only on sources where I feel there is some missing cohesion in the frequency balance of the instruments... like an EQ version of a 'glue' compressor.

I don't own Smart:EQ, but it looks like a different use case altogether. Why are you looking at this 2 products specifically and what are your use cases?

for cuttings / taming resonances I use soothe2 lightly and Kirchoff with dynamic bands and often sidechains triggering those dynamic bands.

sometimes I miss having some auto EQ that "intelligently" and dynamically boosts frequencies that need more presence in different spots of the songs, especially on master bus and vocals.

If you already own a version of Ozone that includes the Stabilizer and some of the other automated/dynamic tools like Clarity and Rebalance, those tools do a pretty good job with adaptive EQ on the master buss. IMO, a light touch is the key to all these tools on the master buss.

I won't typically use these kinds of tools on individual tracks, but don't see why they wouldn't work there as well. I'll generally use a dynamic filter (bell or shelf) in Pro-Q for that kind of thing.

I don't have anything against Gullfoss, it's good/find/ok. But it's pretty expensive and somewhat redundant if you already own the full-blown version of Ozone. Also not a fan of iLok, and I'm slowly trying to eliminate anything iLok dependent from my workflows. Sadly, Soothe and Slate VSX are the only two things stopping my from dumping iLok entirely. I could probably live without VSX, but IMO there's no good Soothe replacement on the market at this time.

Statistics: Posted by Alexander_D — Sun Nov 17, 2024 1:34 pm