Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On Jun 22, 2005, at 8:05 PM, GAmoore@... wrote:

>>
>>  Which logic plug are you talking about that is a knockoff of BBE?  I
>>  want to compare the two.
>
>  I think its called Exciter. Ableton Live has one like it too. But the 
> BBE is simpler - just two controls. I bought the BBE when it came out 
> originally (VST os 9) but then then Virsonic sold out or someething, 
> and BBE took it over, and they give absolute no credit or upgrade path 
> from the Virsonic BBE to theres (they had licensed it to them). So I 
> hate to spend full price for the same plug twice. So the BBE is among 
> Waves and Metasynth and other stuff that I am keeping on a os 9 drive.

I went through the same bullshit with my Sonic Maximizer, except I 
relented and paid another $100 for the new one so I wouldn't have to 
maintain an OS 9 disk.  I made numerous calls, and no one at BBE seemed 
to have a clue about this plugin.  Maybe it was all an act so they 
could get out of offering an upgrade path.  Their attitude was 
completely unprofessional and it killed me to be giving them my money.  
I wish Virsonix had just kept the thing and made it their own.  End 
Rant.

As for exciters, they don't address the main effect of the Sonic 
Maximizer - differentially adjusting the phase relationships and 
envelopes of high, middle and low ranges of the spectrum.   Just adding 
high frequency content is not even in the same ballpark.  So I think 
we're stuck dealing with BBE on this product until someone comes along 
with a similar process.

I'm still going to do a comparison though.  Maybe the high freq 
enhancement is a bigger part of the effect than I think.

Gregory