The WAVES Aphex Aural Exciter for one.  And you can achieve similar results...plus much more...with Nomad Factory's Magnetic.  UADs precision enhancer also comes to mind.

Magnetic is fantastic......especially on drums.

Mesh


Magnetic is fantastic......especially on drums.

It's always on my drums buses as the compression side of parallel compression.

yorolpal


The WAVES Aphex Aural Exciter for one.  And you can achieve similar results...plus much more...with Nomad Factory's Magnetic.  UADs precision enhancer also comes to mind.

thanks.  I dont have UAD,  but I'll check out the other two. 

Presently, SONNOX INLATOR is 40% off  : Is it a bargain or not ?


Apart the external similar plugs you mentioned, do you think it is a (very) good value in the context of Sonarl? Can we have the same effect as with analog saturation plugs included in Sonar?


What gives confidence (but may be,I'm totally wrong) with the inflator is it is based on the seriousness of the brand, and it seems to be built on algoritms which allows  more tolerance concerning the respect of signal and so, a fewer degradation of dynamics and a better respect of the stereo image (I think about a whole mix) in comparison with "smaller" plugins.
Can you confirm




( Sausage Fattener seems still quite efficient (with moderate settings ) but for individual tracks)

wait until you try the new console emu ....

unlike my m8 ol pal i don't think the aphex will have the same impact , aphex is more on the medium / high freq register ....

inflator is more linear imho ....

Thanks Zo ( I take this opportunity to congrat you for all your videos demoing various plugs, it's very useful and interesting !)

I suppose you have already upgraded to Sonar X2 ?

but for 90 €, do you think  Inflator is a good opportunity ? I wonder if TB Reelbus doesn't have the same (quality) effect for 15 € ?