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@@mixingwithmike Hey Mike! Does OBS allow PCM audio capture while recording? I've been using Audio Hijack as a secondary app to record 24-bit PCM audio in parallel with Camtasia since it only records audio in AAC these days. Nice review as always! Picking up RS-124 on sale for $29 and I expect it to change my life :-)

I got a bit happy with the pumping and breathing of the compression. Also, the hold was not kicking on the vocal track and that was adding quite a bit of the noise you were hearing.

The market is saturated for sure. Ultimately, the best selling point you can have is sound quality. That said, I like having a few versions of the same vintage emulation because they all sound different and that gives me more options in a mix.

agreed! makes sense to have various comps different tones and character! still trying to figure out a go to chain and comps and every track is different! Thank you sir!

”Warm and 3D” 🤦🏻

I like the Acoustica products in general for single tracks. I find that they fall apart a bit with complex program material though and the CPU hit makes them a bit too difficult use on larger sessions.

@@mixingwithmike I have found using the DAW Reaper helps significantly with the CPU hits and allows you to use many more instances of the Acoustica plugins, Aquas are most of my favorite plugins and I end up using them on everything, I would love to see you review more of them on your channel. Anyhow, thanks for your content, it is consistently top notch. Cheers!

@@mixingwithmike hey Michael. It's Acustica. Acoustica is actually another developer in the field. So you don't get misunderstood by Acoustica guys😂 Thanks for in depth no nonsense videos like always. Regards

@@willogburn6158 DAW CPU efficiency always comes with a tradeoff. I cannot speak specifically for Reaper, but every other DAW I have used that runs more efficiently than Pro Tools with plugins sounds worse.

Is that plugin even available anymore? I think they have turned everything over to Waves.

No, they don't upgrade it to 64 bit because Peter Cobbin, the technical director from Abbey Road validated the plugin version as a perfect emulation and when Chandler released the Hardware Version they don't wanted a 64 bit upgrade to do not stop the selling of the hardware ;-) I still using it with 32 lives...Sorry for my English

@@mixingwithmike I noticed something, the first plugin endorsed by Abbey Road and Peter Cobbin is not calibrated as the Waves Abbey Road. In the wave version the input is 5 db louder than the Abbey Road. For the same setting there is around +5 db Gain Reduction. After several test, the distortion and color is 99 % same, the 3D and the attack is different. The Attack is more transparent with the Abbey Road but the 3D is more pleasant with the wave

Yes, it does have a solid state kind of sound to to it but the release curve is a bit different from the PYE compressor

Just ran a series of frequency sweeps through this plugin in a variety of settings. The biggest difference I could find in the high frequency response was + one half a dB at 23K. Not so huge!

I didn’t hear that. Maybe you were hearing the drive or the gain difference?

@@mixingwithmike I´m using it for mastering and it´s giving me a huge boost in the most higher frequencies which I liked. So I run it through doctor plugin and yep, it has a boost of almost 14db starting from 5k and finishing on 22k where is the bell of the boost. and it takes a little from the bottom end. but definitely it´s a beautiful sounding plugin.

@@SaturnVoyager11 How did you set up the plugin settings? You can't run a frequency sweep because you will get heavy compression on the lower frequencies and none on the higher frequencies. That would fully explain the curve you are seeing. Run pink noise into a frequency analyzer with ethe RS124 in between and compare in and out with any setting. You will see a minimal boost at best on the very top end of the spectrum.

I a/b’d this against the Kush AR-1 and spent time getting each of them in the ball park and also detected a bit of hard or ‘s’ syllabic hype in the upper register with this Waves release. I was able to duplicate that syllabic hype with the AR-1 by pushing the ‘lifting/dark’ pot - obviously in the direction of the ‘lifting’. Otherwise, I felt they could both essentially cover the same ground and both offered that vintage vibe. I thought the Waves was pretty good and I know they aren’t 1 for 1 models but didn’t feel like I was missing too much without it since I have the AR-1 via subscription. They each have particular features that are unique beyond the the original unit(s). Mike, that was a killer track you used to demonstrate this plugin. Loved it.

Please it's called spanking