I wish I had this plugin years ago - Soundtheory Kraftur Demo and Review

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I wish I had this plugin years ago - Soundtheory Kraftur Demo and Review

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Soundtheory has finally released their second plugin, Kraftur. It is a unique mixing and mastering plugin that increases the power and density of your music. It is by far the best clipper I have ever used for increasing the loudness of mixes and I think I've used them all at this point. Ask me anything in the comments, I'm here to help!
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0:00 Intro
1:15 What is Kraftur?
1:50 Kraftur Overview (Drum bus processing)
5:18 Mix/Master processing
7:08 The secret to louder mixes (Clipping)
9:00 What I would change
9:50 Final thoughts
The team at Soundtheory have already told me that they might add read outs for the meters/gain reduction. I don't mind if they add them or not, but it's awesome that they already listened to the community!
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@inthemix Ай бұрын

Let's make "Sandy" a new audio mixing term 3:00 The team at Soundtheory have already told me that they might add read outs for the meters/gain reduction. I don't mind if they add them or not, but it's awesome that they already listened to the community! 0:00 Intro 1:15 What is KRAFTUR? 1:50 Kraftur Overview (Drum bus processing) 5:18 Mix/Master processing 7:08 The secret to louder mixes (Clipping) 9:00 What I would change 9:50 Final Thoughts

@chrisibbetson Ай бұрын

Finally! an Oxford Inflator replacement that's just what I need. Cheers for the video! 🙂

@sebaa_cl Ай бұрын

I really hope they do, it would definitely be helpful!

@sonidojamon Ай бұрын

Good to know!! As soon as they fix those things I will probably be buying! Cheers!

@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY 19 күн бұрын

that's dope af. i look forward to the minor upgrade releases in future time.

@Clature. Ай бұрын

Best cheekbones in the game

@wavydane Ай бұрын

best hairline in the game

@prodndn Ай бұрын

young william dafoe lol

@AVDRE Ай бұрын

@@wavydane facts

@RealHomeRecording Ай бұрын

@@wavydanenope...my hairline is betterer

@inthemix Ай бұрын

@@RealHomeRecording you’re right, just checked your page!

@jackinvox Ай бұрын

I downloaded the demo, used it on two in-process mixes, and immediately made a purchase. Thanks for the heads up, Michael!

@Asa-bh7zi Ай бұрын

Need a hair tutorial asap, looking crispy + clean

@post-man23 Ай бұрын

You need a better clipper obviously.

@Mr_Kri Ай бұрын

@@post-man23I'm here to present you with the "most underrated comment of the week" award 🏆 Your work did not go unnoticed 👊😄😄

@cdasteez Ай бұрын

I like how you didn't try to sell the bone conduction headphones as a new way to mix and master or something. Having now watched a whole video of you riding a bike: I respect your advertising ethics.

@inthemix Ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words. I had a lot of fun making that video despite being full of a cold and putting myself to the test physically. I'm always trying to be fair/ethical with my content and I'm glad it shows.

@RayTheProducer Ай бұрын

This is my plugin of 2024. A total gamechanger for volume and warmth. Excellent review and analysis.

@OshoJain 4 күн бұрын

You have no idea how incredibly valuable your videos are, thank you. Much love from India! Thanks Michael

@TheOfficalAndI Ай бұрын

That example mix sounds fire. And the plugin gives it a very pleasant subtle warm oompf, and high sheen.

@davidasher22 Ай бұрын

I picked up the demo when it came out but I really couldn’t wrap my head around it so I kinda forgot about it. I’m sure glad I decided to watch your review! You explained it much better than whatever video I watched before. 😂. I was basically just staring at the colors the first time around wondering why it was called Kraftur. So thanks!

@MantaAudio 28 күн бұрын

finally a GOOD review of a plugin and not a dude telling you the plugin is amazing because the signal is 5 dB louder. Thx! I tested it a lot on my master and unfortunately it messes a LOT with the phase, because of the Multi-Band filtering ofc. Weirdly it also messes with the phase in the "single"/single-band mode. Could work well on busses and individual tracks though.

@PrincipalAudio Ай бұрын

It does seem like one of those plugins you wish you had all along. I love when I come across plugins like that. Definitely considering buying it, budget-permitting (if my car will stop breaking!) Thanks for the demo of the plugin. Appreciate it.

@BINOMOBB Ай бұрын

i like how you explained in depth of the plugin cant wait to see more reviews from you, cheers

@jeffthompson6162 Ай бұрын

Gulfoss is a staple for me on mixbus now. Love it. Can't wait to try this out. Soundtheory rules.

@trippi2595 Ай бұрын

I've come across this plug in, thank you for showcasing it in such a great way! I'm going to try it out, cheers !

@rambo953-rv6gl Ай бұрын

GOOD TUTORIAL MAN BEST SO FAR ON KZfaq LOOKIN TO BUY IT AFTER THIS REVIEW

@hellcat5music 7 күн бұрын

awesome how you handled the sponsoring!

@ATHDIMENSION 13 күн бұрын

When you focused it on the multi it sounded 🔥🔥🔥

@MartinvonBargen Ай бұрын

Great video and I'll be checking Kraftur out next payday. Have you tried KClip 3 into Pro-L 2? I've been very satisfied with the results.

@cyberlxve Ай бұрын

twin EVERYone needs this song! asap! good good work man

@sonidojamon Ай бұрын

9:15 I totally agree!! Never quite got the hang of Ozone's Exciter. Too many options, too many controls. I like the simplicity of this one (and its pedigree, Gulfoss...). But we need to know how much we are shaving when clipping!! Let's hope they add those visual cues!

@ferromontanino 19 күн бұрын

This was such a great video on this plugin, thank you so much sincerely. And this is a comment out of love and goodwill : it would have been really useful if you A/B'd the horrible Limiter version (pre Kraftur) vs the Kraftur'd version, with the same settings like you did. Learning the relationship between how Kraftur helps your Limiter do less, is the key to using that plugin I believe. Anyways great video thank you!

@maomallows Ай бұрын

I see new In The Mix video... Instant like.

@Bthelick Ай бұрын

oh this does behave well doesn't it! no aliased fizz that you normally hear in these types of processors I'm impressed.

@Du.Play.D Ай бұрын

Awesome tool. Replaced the Oxford Inflator in my mastering chain 👍

@PrashantVermaMusic Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this 🤩

@inthemix Ай бұрын

You're welcome Prashant

@umbralphase Ай бұрын

100% buying this!

@hakangurdol Ай бұрын

Amazing for just bass tone sturation, this keeps track clean with only bass sat. 🙏🏽

@tapiwasnite6524 Ай бұрын

You good at explaining, I appreciate that

@okmog-drg 20 күн бұрын

Personally, I didn't get the point of Kraftur, since the full multiband mode is the only good sounding mode and there are already a lot of other multiband saturators on the market.

@briankingart Ай бұрын

Awesome, Michael! TYVM!

@inthemix Ай бұрын

Hey Brian, I hope you're doing better now!

@tudorgheorghe4532 Күн бұрын

Michael ,I want you to make a video about wire interface of FL studio customise colours etc.walpapers that kind of stuffs 😅❤

@emmalynepairing3111 Ай бұрын

Wow . ..It sounds so good .

@tmpltmusic6754 Ай бұрын

One of the Best I tested in the last year!

@STAR0SS Ай бұрын

Note you can do very similar stuff with FL's maximus, it's not very well explained but there's also multiple band disto in there.

@2024style Ай бұрын

Thanks fl is great I was about to ask if we had a plugin like that 😂

@ILOVEDRAGO Ай бұрын

Soundgoodizer? duuh FL using i dooo 🥴

@JLVprod Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great video! Going to check this out

@Meddy360 Ай бұрын

Thanks brother @In The Mix From Tanzania

@nerdexproject Ай бұрын

Wow! Very interesting plugin! Thank you!

@AL-qj9yh Ай бұрын

Thank you for everything you taught me 😉🙏

@roaldraschner1627 4 күн бұрын

Thank you for the review. Does it have oversampling options?

@anm0758 Ай бұрын

I was just watching your gullfoss video

@murat_buyuk Ай бұрын

Thanks for the review. Seems like a good plugin. But man, I'm so happy to work around -14dBLUFS for my stuff. -6 sounds so crushed.

@zuu1701 3 күн бұрын

How did you get pro L2 to show the lufs? Mine doesn’t show that I think.

@garudasomanna Ай бұрын

Thanks for this hot video delivered in such a cool fashion! I loved to see the colourful displays: looks so very attractive and lively. Evidently Soundtheory needs to be renamed as sight-theory! BTW, Michael, does this plugin work in GarageBand, version 10.4.1?

@MohammedMehdiTBER Ай бұрын

I use L2 and sometimes It only decreases the dynamic by 0.1 LA. I still wonder why people are afraid of limiters while clippers can be even more aggressive as well.

@Mstupp2184 Ай бұрын

😍 looks cool. Love Gulfoss.

@inthemix Ай бұрын

We waited a long time for a follow up plugin, I think it really shows how much they care.

@kinetickaraokes6481 Ай бұрын

Could you please let us know what's the song in that example ? It sounds amazing !

@inthemix Ай бұрын

It is "Gonna name a record after you" by Kennedy Wilde. It's such a cool track by a very talented artist and it's going to be released soon! You can find her on all music streaming platforms.

@kinetickaraokes6481 Ай бұрын

@@inthemix thank you very much !♥️

@raztube90 Ай бұрын

@@inthemixwhen when is the release day

@drewremembers645 Ай бұрын

@@inthemix Yeah Kennedy Wilde... a name to remember, now following. Thanks Michael - you're awesome. As usual ...

@julufaded Ай бұрын

You remind me of the Twilight guy, but good video gonna check out that VST seems legit

@inthemix Ай бұрын

I get mistaken for Jacob all the time!

@brianwynn10 Ай бұрын

I demo this plugins and it brought the sound out but not really as much as I liked ,maybe I have to play around with it some

@TheReal_E.IRIZARRY 19 күн бұрын

Best William DaFoe cheekbones in the game.

@PeteOnTheBeat 6 күн бұрын

When you add that Drive does it also raise the db on the master?

@HeartleaderMusic Ай бұрын

What is the difference compared to a Multiband Saturator e.g. Saturn2 with a Clipper e.g. KClip afterwards? Is it the same logic just different algorythmen programmed what sounds different but is doing the sam thing? I like how easy it is but just want to understand the difference.

@hcl8836 Ай бұрын

There is none. After all you need to know your tools and what you are doing with the source material. There is no magic 😊

@MarcoLehmannMusic Ай бұрын

this reminds me a bit of KClip3 by Kazrog. Interesting plugin!

@bassface84 Ай бұрын

That's pretty kool.

@OKNOOOOOOO Ай бұрын

Transparent or not, hard to tell if your reviewing this because you've been using it or because you are getting paid to use it...

@ozspierer4732 Ай бұрын

Dude i love you❤

@BartekEVH Ай бұрын

Omg, it is fantastic!!!!!

@user-df6lp8zw4g 18 күн бұрын

KA CHIIIIING!

@kresimirsokre6536 27 күн бұрын

I would really like to hear this man's opinion on Creamware Scope synths emulations.

@ILOVEDRAGO Ай бұрын

Is the clipper a soft clipper? must be, but wanted to ask. one of the best clippers is SIMPLEClip - it has "Soft Clipper Pro", a feature none others have. I am very split between Kraftur and Simple Clip "Soft Clipper Pro" mode.

@beatzguy Ай бұрын

You can definitely do something similar with a regular 3 band EQ and a saturation plugin before in the chain, right? I've been doing that for years on my mixes.

@oreoluwadavid Ай бұрын

I love this and want this 😢

@inthemix Ай бұрын

I dropped a link to the free trial if you want to try it out. Luckily it's one of those trials that is fully functional, it just expires after 14 days.

@ashishnoah3856 Ай бұрын

Hi.. I recently got an issue in fl studio.. For every 5 or 10 seconds, I hear a noise similar to a white noise.. Even if I render the mix, the white noise is also in the mix. Can you help with a solution for this?

@JazzyFizzleDrummers Ай бұрын

I wish both this and gullfoss had a delta monitoring button.

@CaptainChu Ай бұрын

8:55 I wonder how much of it is the clipper compared to the multiband saturation.... Saturation reduces peak to average ratio, so it really helps to do it before limiting (assuming not too much saturation already anyway). I actually do what you're doing in the video quite a lot already, but just using a multiband saturation without the clipper. What you're saying about usually using 2 limiters and ushing pro L2 too hard also made me think.... since L2 is actually 2 limiters already, 1 for peaks and the second for the general gain reduction job. But that's not really what you'd do with 2 limiters right.... I wonder if it's good to think about the average to valley ratio as well for limiting. Either way if it sounds good it's good, probably gonna test it out, but not positive I'll get it. The only thing I feel that this is better than my current setup is the volume matching. Surprised that they can actually do it well... haven't seen any multiband distortion with volume matching before

@ILOVEDRAGO Ай бұрын

I think we could turn off the clipper in Kraftur and use our favourite clipper instead.

@tinyshadowmusic Ай бұрын

Any dent in the CPU? Thanks for sharing this plugin.

@inthemix Ай бұрын

Great question. It varies by DAW and system but on my M1 Mac: FL Studio: It uses the same or slightly less processing power/threads than an instance of Pro L2 with 4x oversampling engaged. Wavelab Pro: It uses around half of the processing power of an instance of Pro L2 with 4x oversampling engaged. I think it is a fair amount of usage for what it does and seems to balance CPU optimisation with performance. Maybe having a "lite" mode with no oversampling would be a cool feature to add for some mixing situations though! I will send them a message and suggest it. Thank you!

@tinyshadowmusic Ай бұрын

@@inthemix Perfect! I appreciate it. Thanks again.

@fridjon Ай бұрын

Hello im from iceland, these plugins names are icelandic i wonder if the developer is icelandic. Does anyone know?

@citizenworld8094 Ай бұрын

Is it true in Iceland that women are the real men?

@000aleph Ай бұрын

@@citizenworld8094 Not just in Iceland 😅

@inthemix Ай бұрын

The names are inspired by Iceland. 🇮🇸 I believe the company is Scottish but I am not sure where the developers and staff are.

@metalhead3ecr Ай бұрын

@@inthemixour small team is a bit scattered all over world! USA, Germany, England, Australia...but no one from Iceland yet

@fridjon Ай бұрын

@@citizenworld8094 If you ask the women, your answer is probably yes 🙂

@234hmc Ай бұрын

seeing micheal swear in the thumbnail is new

@inthemix Ай бұрын

When I tried the clipper section, there really was only one way to describe it. It's wild how good it is.

@brettmaddan3255 Ай бұрын

@@inthemix Michael the kind of guy to apologise to himself for swearing! haha you are wholseome though bro :)

@ahmedyadam7240 Ай бұрын

What's it different from Saturn plugin ?! Unless it's a better coded algorithms under the hood 😮

@cekirdekci32 Ай бұрын

actually saturn came out better.

@ahmedyadam7240 Ай бұрын

@@cekirdekci32 yes indeed I tried both

@RokSivante Ай бұрын

Saturn’s JUST saturation, very customizable with different types. This got (one type of) saturation + clipping in one… and intended purpose different - Saturn offering more versatility for all kinds of saturation on all kinds of material vs. mix bus / mastering loudness. Would obviously have more control over customing the saturation with Saturn - and might potentially be able get similar results with it + clipper afterwards. Though, this DOES seem to work well for its intended purpose of loudness boosting - and sometimes less is more. Gulfoss was fantastic, so would expect them to have put in some proper effort with very deliberate reasons for how they’ve built this - and potentially worth it for the niche intention & its effectiveness. Could be interesting to see/hear comparisons tho…

@jshstuff Ай бұрын

@PolarityMusic gonna remake this in Bitwig in 10 seconds

@PaulEubanks Ай бұрын

Pretty sure you can do all this with KClip3, no? Doesn’t appear cheaper either, what’s the draw?

@musicbySTIX Ай бұрын

Even though I know it's a different product, would I get anything more out of this plugin if I already own Saturn 2? Especially for the master bus? 🤔

@lilwombat Ай бұрын

i really like it but i wish it had oversampling using a work around it sounds so much better it feels weird to not have in a distortion plugin

@inthemix Ай бұрын

I believe it does have oversampling.

@DNA_STUDIO_SL Ай бұрын

5:28 I love this song but i can't find it 😭 Please help me 🙏

@inthemix Ай бұрын

It’s coming out soon. The artist is mentioned in the description. Her name is Kennedy Wilde.

@legacybge Ай бұрын

@@inthemix I legit thought it was taylor swift! sounds a LOOOOT like her style and voice

@DNA_STUDIO_SL Ай бұрын

@@inthemix Thank you for letting me know.I'm waiting ❤🎼

@_davelv Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍🏼

@blakecasimir Ай бұрын

It's a nice plug. But L 2 clips like a boss already.

@sinan.100 Ай бұрын

Maximous ?! Doesn’t do the same thing ? With more features too

@ChuckSilva Ай бұрын

I like that drum groove! Source? ❤️🙏

@ChandlerPaulis Ай бұрын

What daw are you in? Is the daw the one providing the analyzers in the top part of your screen, they look really nice ?

@inthemix Ай бұрын

The DAW is WaveLab Pro and is relatively obscure. It is a specific DAW for mastering from Steinberg. They also make another, much more popular software called Cubase which is more suited for production and mixing. I think it still has all the same metering and analysers!

@SorinPricop Ай бұрын

Where should I put in the chain , at beginning or end ?

@inthemix Ай бұрын

You could put it anywhere on any stem or your final mix bus. I prefer to run this as the second to last plugin on my master chain, before my final limiter which will have more detailed controls. On individual stems, I would run this first to get the tone dialled in before wasting time with EQ and compression. Does that make sense?

@nickjdt Ай бұрын

I know this is a sponsored video, but could you compare Kraftur to Saturn by FabFilter?

@GreyMostly Ай бұрын

unable to find the song you have used in the video!!!!

@inthemix Ай бұрын

It’s not yet released! Follow the artist so you don’t miss it though, it’s in the description.

@GreyMostly Ай бұрын

@@inthemix haha. Sure . I was cursing Shazam and google assuming they were not working properly.

@KreativeDevices Ай бұрын

🔥

@JostSchwider Ай бұрын

Thanx a lot! 👍💚

@NacksiNack Ай бұрын

I'm sorry for asking you this, I've no money yet to buy fl studio, so i'm using the crack version, the question is? does all the plugins that i run unto it, will works perfectly or not, i see when ppl using pitch corection(autotune) it's really worked, but crack version not, So i'm confusing to paid for it cox in my place need more money to transfer to the owner of fl studio, can u tell me does all the plugins will never works perfectly when using crack version plz answer

@KultureUK Ай бұрын

How do you think it compares to Kazrog KClip? It's a much cheaper plugin

@nashse7en Ай бұрын

Bro PLEASE HELP ME, Fl Studio is Consolidating and exporting my tracks and vocals with a few Ms of delay even without any plugins. It's almost unnoticeable and it happens only in certain parts of the audio. It's not the whole track that is delayed equally but the beginning of the track is ok and as you go forward a take a look to the next words some of the words begin and end with a few (ms) of delay from the original. And if I put Autotune the delay gets 5X worse. My buffer size is 64, my Cpu is ok, theres NO plugins loaded. and the PDC delay compensation is turned ON. No matter if i export or consolidate track the delay is the same. Doesn't matter if i choose from song start or from track start. I'm on FL 21.

@user-tw6rr3wi6q Ай бұрын

what diffence it maskes when compare to maximus in fl studio?

@wardach Ай бұрын

Can someone help me understand the point of this plugin? What if i already have a multiband saturator (Saturn 2) and clipper (Kclip)? What would this add?

@jonautry Ай бұрын

Hate when my midrange gets sandy.

@user-xj8yl2dh4p Ай бұрын

Are your mixes sounding flat and sandy 😅

@tomallonsmusicalcreation1111 Ай бұрын

Oversampling ?

@mygoogle1525 Ай бұрын

Isn't it like Waves L3 Limiter?

@meru_lpz Ай бұрын

Is the multi-band splitting linear phase? Or does it produce phase-shifts at the crossover frequencies?

@inthemix Ай бұрын

Did you hear any phase shifts on the examples I shared?

@meru_lpz Ай бұрын

@@inthemix Not really, i can't really hear phase shifts alone - i usually have to do A/B on an oscilloscope or make a null test. However phase shifts from plug-ins that do minimum-phase splits with 12db/oct filters or steeper (e.g. Kilohearts Multipass) sometimes end up changing the headroom, or affecting the tone if you insert them before a saturation effect. Sometimes i use those side effects deliberately, sometimes i avoid them with gentle 6db/oct slopes or linear phase filters. So i asked more from a place of curiosity, rather than implying that i heard anything. The plugin sounded very good and transparent on the examples 🙂

@doubleaceprod Ай бұрын

How does this compare to using Maximus with the time knobs off? I would love to see a comparison, and if you can somehow get close to the results you'd get with Kraftur

@inthemix Ай бұрын

I could try to do a comparison but I am not a big fan of Maximus. I find it quite tricky to adjust and sensitive to changes in the input level. However, for a free plugin included in FL studio, it’s great!

@doubleaceprod Ай бұрын

@@inthemix Agreed. I've been using it mainly as my soft clipper because of the Multiband option. Fruity wave shaper and fruity soft clipper are simple but a little limited for the whole mix bus. I hear that KClip 3 is Multiband too 🤔. Might have to wait for a sale and get both Kraftur and KClip to see if they will overthrow the Maximus x Fruity limiter combo😂😂😂