Ugh. Exploded water pipes. Been there a couple of times. No, not fun, not at all. You have my sympathy.
 
 

Thanks for the updates bit, the tips are very helpful. Looking forward to your ventures with it on the master bus.

Oh Man, Sorry to hear the bad news. Hopefully it's something simple that is a thru-hole component vs. smt. Do you have a multimeter to check any voltages? 
 
 

That sucks!

Just throwing stuff out but, you have probably already checked for any electrolytics, with that MacGyver magnifying glass, to see if any of them have bulging tops.

Bit , this thing is not to be used all the time , but it's a **** problem solver , understand first the concept : the ability to master the dynamic at a certain frequency ....
 
An exemple : we all have some complex pads aor synths that fluctuate like crazy (witch make them dificult to sit on a mix) ....the thing is that if you compress or limit the thing you lose all the "Life" in it ....so for exemple you can , like usually compress or limit the low end a that fluctuate like crazy and rumble de kick and bass ....compress a little the mid , master the high and boost them a liitle to add air ....
 
 
What i'm trying to say is that this things is like a complex instruments master !!  voice , pads, the more notes , the more frequency range covered ,the more dynmaic movement : the more you will be pushed to use it ....
 
So don't exepct to use it as often as a 1176 or some ...but 2 or 3 in as session will make the job ...
 
See it like an dynamic EQ or a living EQ , with the time dimension added ..
 
 

BitFlipper, my comment may be perceived as heresy in this thread.

You've been demoing Pro MB right?

I know it's powerful and complicated yada yada. If you haven't purchased yet, I'd ask you to at least rebook at Alloy 2, which also has a free trial. I realize you're aware of most stuff out there including iZotope's stuff.

I have Timeless 2 and am glad for that. But as far as EQ and Multiband compression go, I really appreciate the sensible and intuitive interface of Alloy 2 and also its impressive capabilities.

I'd gladly spend for Alloy 2 over Pro MB.

Since you're a piano expert, here's a reminder / teaser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COtVIGrICPU

I've been meaning to take another look at Alloy, which I haven't tried since version 1. Despite being an Ozone fan I'm a little prejudiced against all-in-one processors in general, since I'd probably end up just using the one section I liked best and separate plugins for everything else. But I do hold iZotope in very high regard, every bit the equal to FabFilter in quality.
 
That said, despite the obvious application overlap Alloy and Pro-MB are very different fruit and not direct substitutes for one another. Pro-MB has no exciter, and isn't a conventional compressor. It's a dynamic equalizer (it can also be a multi-band compressor if you want). Dynamic EQ is a small category in the plugin world; I know of only three others.
 
ATM all this is, for me, moot because my computer is currently mute. No demos or tests. No projects. No YouTube, Pandora, video games or Netflix. Funny, 30 years ago my computers were mute and I didn't even notice. Today a computer seems kinda useless without sound.

Pro-Mb looks impressive. From what I can gather from the videos and from comments so far It has the advantage of getting there in a more streamlined way with a straightforward GUI.The ability to hone in on selective areas and make the important changes fast gives it a one up on some of the others IMO. I think I'll try the demo. Thanks for the heads up on FF Pro-MB.
 
I use Alloy 2 on only a small percentage of my projects.I haven't really developed a good workflow with it yet. It always seemed as if I could obtain better results with others faster, but maybe that is my error. I haven't looked deeply enough into it ,or taken the time to get deeper with it. I don't just use pre sets but neither have I looked at all it can do. It is really similar to Ozone only it has a more dedicated set of tools for individual tracks.If I A/B it with alternatives the alternatives usually win.
 
The only downside I can see to Pro-MB is that it would be nice to have the ability to change smaller fractions of bands. None of the others do this either TMO which is probably limited.

Bitflipper- I should download the demo and give it a try.
 
It appeared to me as if the bands were inflexible. I think someone else mentioned the inability to use Pro-MB in 1/3 ,1/6 octave and so forth on another forum. This seemed to me to be a limitation if you wanted to make a surgical adjustment and that the adjustments are too wide in some cases for certain types of material.
 
Never thought to use more than one instance. You have me curious.
 
Good luck with that interface.

I tried the Gliss demo and it is a really nice EQ with filters and the ability to adjust gain based on program material. It would likely work well in a lot of situations if you need a really good EQ with db sensing and auto gain adjust.
 
It doesn't have the functions that Pro-MB has with regard to compression limiting and expansion.Not having personally tried this plug-in yet I am in no position to comment on what it can do as of yet.
 
From my vantage point I can see that it would probably be very beneficial in a case where maybe you want to add some compression to a narrow frequency band which is basically what an MB does only Pro-MB goes a few steps further in side chaining options and adds more flexibility in the types of compression added and mostly in its ability to get to the heart of the matter with great controls a useful GUI.Fab Filter seems to be great at intuitive layouts and making maximum use of controls.
 
You don't need to go through various screens in order to get the job done.It looked as if it has presets if you want to use them to get started on something and tweak later, but It seems to be limited to an octave. You can slide the octave and you have pretty good control in that range, but there are times when you might want to compress only a small part of an octave,maybe just work with the tink of a cymbal in a narrow range,say right at the point of contact and then discard the tail, or one small segment of a guitar part.Compression would do the trick in some cases but not always. Now you can adjust EQ, exciter,compression,limiting and side chain all in a simple GUI and in one Plug.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

As for GlissEQ, it isn't really a dynamic EQ in the classic sense. The dynamics control just alters the attack time before the filter kicks in. The closest thing I know of out there is Meldaproduction's MDynamicEQ. It's actually quite similar to Pro-MB in how it works, although the UI is radically different.
 

bitflipper - I've noted your acknowledgement Pro-MB won't be a bread and butter tool. You have some specific uses you're thinking you'll apply it to.
 
For others, I'm reiterating that I think for a bread and butter tool, Alloy 2 is pretty fantastic.  It has multi-band compression as just one of its swiss-army-knife capabilities.  The multi-band in there can be quite surgical, but admittedly not to the ridiculous degree Pro-MB can.  From my experience, Alloy 2 is super easy to comprehend, with a logical workflow and interface.  Unlike some of the software additions I've made over the years where I've been impressed with the addition and liked it for what it did, with Alloy 2 I felt I had acquired a game changer in my capabilities to get some of the refinements I'm looking for in the mix.

I've got my Alloy 2 at KVR for $90, just browsed, none for sale now. You may have some extra balance on the day :)

bitflipper
This triggered a minor epiphany. It occurred to me that over the years the ultimate usefulness of a plugin has been inversely proportional to the ease with which it was learned.
 

Sorry bit, I just can't resist reminding you,
 
Are you sorry you passed on the Waves one Knob deal now?
 
All kidding aside I've had that same epiphany myself on many occasions.