<a name="planetz-file"></a><a href="http://www.worldless.com/sfp/ln.html"><img src="/forums/images/file_icon.gif" border="0" alt=" File"> File</a><BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Price ($USD): 0<BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Type: Effect<BR> <a name="planetz-tag"></a>Requires: 3.1<BR> _____________________________________<BR><BR> LochNess
.. is a something like a "dynamic loudness enhancer" and very easy to use.
<img src="http://www.worldless.com/sfp/images/LochNess-pz.jpg" width="441" height="203">
LochNess is available in a mono and stereo version and costs 39 €.
A demo version is available but is stereo only.
Please write a mail at wolfgang (at) worldless.com for requesting it.
You can apply it on muddy or bottom-missing source material and/or to give e.g. a synth a better presence in the mix. Due to wide control ranges it also lets you create some weird results.
If using it in the mastering chain take care not to overuse it.
Perhaps you know the smiley curve which is applied, when hitting the loudness button on you HiFi amp. This leads to a boost of the lows and highs.
The sound is improved by raising the highs and lows (like it is known from the loudness button on the hifi gear), but only if they decrease in volume.
This leads to a more dense sound and therefor to more loudness, because it raises the volume of the given frequency only at lower volume.
In contrast to a (multi) compressor the signal isn't compressed to achieve more perceived loudness.
Applications are for example old tape tracks as well as dull sounding synths or to enhance recorded vocals, where a rerecording is not possible.
Instead of using a compressor to align a special sound with the mix, you can easily use LochNess, to make the track/sound in question fit better to the overall sound by just four controls (frequency and treshold).
This makes mixing a new experience and results in a very fast workflow !!
kind regards
Wolfgang
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<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: wolf on 2005-01-16 12:37 ]</font>
