Aphex Aural Exicter

Waves Aphex is on sale for $89 for one day only...

http://www.waves.com/plugins/aphex-vintage-aural-exciter

Zo
lpeople gonna think i''m connected with Waves lol !!!
 

YOU MEAN YOUR NOT???? 

I picked up mine for $50 a while back. That's the thing with Waves man, you never know if it's going to be even cheaper somewhere down the line. I picked up Element for the same price at the same time. 

cclarry

Zo
lpeople gonna think i''m connected with Waves lol !!!
 

YOU MEAN YOUR NOT???? 

Seriously , seems like i am ?

Zo

cclarry

Zo
lpeople gonna think i''m connected with Waves lol !!!
 

YOU MEAN YOUR NOT???? 

Seriously , seems like i am ?

That was a joke Zo...I know you review a lot of plugins...and a lot of Waves...

There's nothing resembling an exciter in my Komplete 8 Ultimate and I don't think they added one in 9 (have yet to install my update). The only two exciters I know of are the Waves Aphex and the one that comes with Ozone.

Bootsy has an exciter called Thrillseeker XTC

Cosmos is not an exciter. It's a pair of filters. But go ahead and buy it, as you'll be supporting a good cause.
 
Exciters are harmonic distortion devices. Anything that generates distortion generates harmonics and can be called an "exciter". Meldaproduction has many plugins that can do this, even though they're not labeled as "exciters". Check out MLimiter from the meldaproduction free pack. It'll let you specify how much of each harmonic you want. 
 

bitflipper
Cosmos is not an exciter. It's a pair of filters. But go ahead and buy it, as you'll be supporting a good cause.
 
Exciters are harmonic distortion devices. Anything that generates distortion generates harmonics and can be called an "exciter". Meldaproduction has many plugins that can do this, even though they're not labeled as "exciters". Check out MLimiter from the meldaproduction free pack. It'll let you specify how much of each harmonic you want. 

Yup Zo warned me but I was looking for something like that anyway as I was previously using the Nomad EQP-2B and the Pro Channel concrete limiter together. I'm still using the Pro Channel PC4K compressor but I'm thinking about swapping it out for a standard VST plugin (to be decided) on the master bus. I'll check out the rest of the exciters as well.. thanks!

All Bootsy plug ins work flawlessly via Jbridge - and most are excellent.
The Thrillseeker range are some of my most used plug ins.
Honestly for FREE his stuff is amazing.
 

Darn I guess I should check this...
Look like there's no version control on COSMOS.DLL (which is a bad sign) but my file size is 3,985,920 bytes is yours the same (just in case we are on different versions).
 
I guess what you are saying here is I've just bought a limiter and the rest of the functionality is suspect :(
I tried VST Plugin Analyser (ran as admin) but couldn't get it to open the VST.
 
 
Thanks
 
Alex

Alex, I expect you'll have to use the 32-bit version of the plugin with VST Analyzer, as it is a 32-bit application (made with SynthEdit, I think).
 
sharke, the stereo imaging feature is a simple Mid/Side balance control. You can do the same thing with Voxengo MSED, Channel Tools or a host of other free plugins.
 
There are some benefits to using fixed-frequency filters over fully-parametric equalizers, as evidenced by the popularity of plugins such as MaagEQ, Voice of God and emulations of classic hardware filters. They're certainly quick and easy, and may implement filter curves that are difficult to recreate using a parametric. (However, I had no problem duplicating the Cronos "Exciter Drive" filter settings using Pro-Q, although it did require two filters: a broad bell at 8KHz and a high shelf at 9.6KHz.)
 

bitflipper
sharke, the stereo imaging feature is a simple Mid/Side balance control. You can do the same thing with Voxengo MSED, Channel Tools or a host of other free plugins.
 

Are you sure that's what it's doing? I understand what you're getting at but I just can't seem to get the same results from Channel Tools. Could it not be that it's introducing subtle differences between channels that actually adds more to the side content, rather than just boosting one over the other? 

You guyz are to exited !!

sharke
I'm unsure about the exciter side of Cosmos (I trust Bit's findings but then again I tried recreating what it does with EQ and it didn't sound the same) but I have to say I like what the stereo imaging knob does and I can see myself using that on a whole mix. 

When I tested Cosmos, my impression was that the exciter part of the processing was something other than just EQ.  The bass business (sub-bass tuning and drive) did indeed seem to be nothing more than a resonant boost at the tuning frequency.  But the exciter, that was something else.
 
Here's how I tested.  I played a Vangelis synth-only track with Cosmos as the sole effect.  I used one of the more subtle factory settings and monitored the output in Span.  I am certain I heard a difference (a pleasant one) and the audio spectrum heights did not change (but they did look a little bit denser).  Now, this obviously is not scientific.  It's impossible to do even single blind testing when you're the only one participating.  As an aside, one thing I liked about Cosmos was that the factory presets were actually usable, and not the typical over-the-top stuff you find in a lot of plug ins.
 
The exciter will probably boost the EQ at the more extreme settings, but I didn't monitor with Span at extreme settings.  Unfortunately, I did not record my settings, so I can't suggest someone else tries to duplicate my test.