pdarg
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Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
For years, I used the (free) and highly effective Spitfish VST for de-essing.
The site which hosts it appears to be abandoned. Alas, I see no possibilities of it becoming a 64-bit plug-in. I have tried using it in 64-bit Sonar X1 but the settings simply do not get saved(!).
I am looking for an alterantive VST. Ideally, something free/low cost and very similar to Spitfish in its functionality.
Ideas?
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/09 10:24:27
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Strange....... I was about to post the same thing. Carry on then.  Mike
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/09 10:28:04
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Sonitus Multiband will work. Too bad about Spitfish, it's a good one.
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pdarg
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/09 11:57:26
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It is a good one - and worked really well for what it was designed to do.
I would keep using it at 32-bit (actually I am - but having to manually adjust the settings everytime I open a project is tedious!). I know that Sonar has other options: MB comp or the voice channel - but Spitfish did it best without messing with the sound.
Arrg.
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/09 13:12:59
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/09 14:32:10
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/10 12:02:22
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How much is it? I see no price or online shopping apparatus.
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/10 14:43:15
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At the moment they are not available as vst plugs for other daws. They are "EssentialFX" and are integrated in ProX. But I´m sure they will be sold separately like all the other integrated Effects of the ProX Suite, http://pro.magix.com/en/audio-plugins.567.html
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/11 16:43:57
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Okay - I will keep my eyes open.
In the meantime, does anyone have any other suggestions for a de-esser VST?
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/11 17:10:35
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What's wrong with the de-esser in the VX64 Vocal Strip? It works for me. Otherwise, as others have said, the Sonitus multiband can be tweaked to work as a very good de-esser.
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pdarg
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/12 20:29:07
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Well, the Spitfish seems to work a bit more intuitively, and has a better display.
Besides, I just need the de-esser, not the other efx in the Vocal Strip.
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/13 06:23:14
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You don't need to use the other modules in the VX - just switch them off.
Ditto for the VC64
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pdarg
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/13 15:55:38
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I understand that - but it's display/effectiveness still isn't as good as the old Spitfish - at least in my opinion.
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2012/03/13 16:14:46
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Try holding shift and double clicking to pen spitfish interface That may solve your problems without having to find other software. Spitfish is a great program, but I have now gotten used to just using VX. I'm finding a lot of processes that the time it takes ot just get used to something built into Sonar is often less than the tedious process of finding something else.
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2013/04/18 03:34:37
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Re:Spitfish still at 32-bit - Alternatives?
2013/04/18 07:33:59
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