Can you test compressors in future with raw noncompressed drum tracks? Or other raw dynamic stuff. That's the real life use and i think that's where you really hear how the compression will behave with transients

Kiive IMO is one of the best developer at the moment, and its auto gain probably the best. Also I think he codes for other companies.

I like Kiive Audio plugins. They have an analog feel to them

Should be washers under those screws to prevent the rack from being loose and possibly falling out.

The holes are countersunk so the screws are almost flush with the front panel so you don't scratch your screen accidentally. Just another feature 🙂

Holy moly, what a sound on these drums! I really liked it!

Hmmm this is not really a review. You only touched Input+Output and not once Attack/Release (or anything else) of the presented plugin and spend most time fine tuning the sonible plugin. I like your channel for years now but from an informative aspect this video is one of the snake oil ones.

Your color comparison is spot on! :)

Great bro, Kiive Audio, very good company, their Distressor is the one that comes closest to the hardware under our experiments, you could try it! Curious that the big audio channels have not reviewed it yet... Cheers

The EMI TG12345 MK IV is an Abbey Road Studios recording console used in the creation of Pink Floyd‘s Dark Side of the Moon and numerous other albums.

Great Smart Comp2 review

The free Nuke from Kiive is amazing. Very generous.

I believe that this design is based on Audioscape D-Comp, which is a reinvented schematics for the TG compressor. I have the D-Comp in the studio, and while it still sounds better than this plugin, Kive audio have definitely succeeded in modelling its cool character! Thank you for the video, great analysis.

Regarding the last section of the video, talking about speed and efficiency, kinda reminds me how many mix engineers will use Rvox on their vocals. It might sound better to go into a comp and match it up with the vocal and get the settings right. Or you can get a great sound on Rvox by pulling like 2 faders. So this reminds me of that, slap it onto my drum bus and get that sweet vintage limiter sound with the flip of a switch.

They need to add some washers for the screws - They only cost a few cents at the hardware store.

If you need a room mic or something smashed this looks like a pretty good option. I have Pulsar Smasher which does the job beautifully as well

Can you do a review of their new Kiive NFuse? It's both the SSL Fusion & Neve MBT in one! Be interesting to hear your thoughts!

I completely agree with your assessment of the plugin universe. All your plugins are different colours for your palette whilst you mix and you can combine any of them to create your own expression. Alternatively, you can buy plugins that combine the colours you already have into an easier to use package. This Kiive thing is a tube compressor with a specific EQ curve is all I am hearing. I can achieve similar results with the Parallel Compression preset on the IK Multimedia Brickwall Limiter. Same width expansion, same stereo separation at some interesting frequencies and a pretty good slam on low tom area. In any case, I love your channel. I learn stuff about audio from your ramblings and appreciate you work. Keep going!!!

It's like the compressor is feeling the track as opposed to just analysing the volume. Release does seem to dance a bit as well, wonder if it's a knee/sustain setting as opposed to a release setting. Wish there were a standalone real time A/B volume analyzer for plugins like this to really see the technical settings of the compression!

7:40 DMG compassion takes these in a whole another level man too.

Very good company!!!!

As some others already have said- demoing a comp on tracks that are already heavily processed really makes no sense, the reason to use it, is to make unprocessed stuff sound good..

Standard metal washers will scratch the face-plate so not recommended, but it def needs to have standard rack screws which are pan head type with black nylon washers, that's what I have on all my 19" rack gear, then no worries. Plugin or not that's what it needs LOL ...

Would love to see a shoot out between the this plugin and the Softube’s version of the Chandler and the Acustica Audio version of the Chandler

Something that allround compressors like Pro-C 2 or smart:comp don't replicate is the wonderfully authentic harmonic distortion and other nonlinearities that this plugin models :)

It's the emulation of the Chandler Limited series

I've unsubscribed and here's the reason. Almost every video has 10% useful information, 80% is skippable and the other 10% is mandatory mentioning your independence. I was hoping you would grow out of mentioning screws etc. in every plugin where you have to rely on your ears and not the visual interface of every single plugin, and all the antics that follow along in every single video you do. It's not for me and it lacks in depth sharing your knowhow of plugins you review. It's very superficial and overly dramatic to a point where I had to say, enough. I'll be back in a few years and wish you well with this format. Thought I'd owe you an explanation because you're actually really knowledgeable, we just get to see very little of it. Good luck.

Sounds great! Thanks for the video

90% of the sound in a compressor is the detector, is how it thinks about it, it has very little to do with what the signal goes through.

Best snake oil video "style" ever... in my humble opinion. Interesting (historic) facts, technics to use, comparison, boom.... the truth. Also I'm wondering why Sonible or Fabfilter don't use different characters or styles from famous hardwares as kind of "presets".

Could you please do a review on the Warm audio eqp-wa

I think nearly none would be able to compare the original hardware for 5000 bugs with the digital plugin.. so it's extremely difficultly to decide, is it that real great like the original? I can really recommended the original RND Neve Portico 5043 Vst compressor.. It tops all other compression plugs for vocals drums.. etc..

they are "dials" not buttons lol dials turn, buttons push

Okay, it looks good... And after a rigorous review, not snake oil. Nice, but do I really need yet another compressor? LOL

Results were not completely correct Because: you used a well colored and processed drum mix for plugin review. 🙏 Please use dry and raw material for reviews

This sounds better than the UAD Zener Limiter/Compressor (Which still sounds amazing), IMHO. And Kiive's Distressor sounds way better than UAD version. I compared them and it was obvious. Likely because UAD don't update their emulations (Many still sound great though). But this developer is using more modern code, and emulation development processes (UAD's are 8+ years old). I bet he wins awards for his plugins, especially given the intro prices. It's like plugins have gone from 90% sounding like analogue to 98% and many engineers could not tell the difference blind tests.

damn those drums ROCK!!!!

Imagine putting this in parallel and smash the living crap out of your drumbus. Love it. The Dynamite from Softube is great as well btw.

what color are you talking about? it simply smashes the sound

Great review, are you ever going to do a shadowhills mastering compressor review?

How does it compare to the Softube version? :>

Screws: Thicker face plate with countersunk holes. :)

He is behind his work.. probably one month (at leas) due to redoing his studio... New studio is both looking good and sonicly very inspiring. Why don't you record while working on your clients Jobs, how you mix the drums, how you ingrave the bass into the song.👍

Hi have done a review or have a thought on the Warm Audio WA73-EQ Microphone Preamp with EQ Thanks.

So not snake oil?

Is that Steve Gadd playing that sandstorm beat

So it's snakeoil or not?!

Go to the 3:36 mark to get to the actual content and past the babble.

Good to know, it has Brumm Brumm Verstärkung...(means Auto Gain).....😁👋👍

Dude please do a snake oil video of Tiger!

I would love if you reviewed acustica audio and mike dean's gain station plugin. Would love some of your opinions on it

P11 snake oil 🙏

The screws are smaller than the hole. lol

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guy complaining about screws

The funniest part of your video is when you try to replicate the compressor ADC1 action and tone with your favorite GOTO plugin (Smartcomb) with no success. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA , It means you are amazed how the adc1 sound and try TO replicate it IN Smartkcomb hoping it will handle the sound source thesame - using ADC1 as a STANDARD REFERENCE.... BUT YOU DIDN'T GIVE ANY COMMENT How good it is - blows your FAVORITE COMP away LOOOOOLLL Smells FISHY HERE...

Hey gozert, please lose de nagellak, bedank me later maar 😉

The screw joke is getting old...

Jooooo wtf is snake oil?

Yo Wytse! You have to check out FiDef JENtwo by MAAT. Snakeoil quality.