Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for checking it out!

Completely agree!

Glad you dig it!

Fingers crossed UAD does that soon!

Glad you enjoyed the review! Thank you! SSL has done an incredible job with their plugins. I love’em as well!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Haha! Thank you! Much appreciated.

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Both are vari-mu compressors with similar feels. The Wunderlich feels a bit more grabby to me and harder to use subtly. If I were to just be comparing the compressor to say the UAD Fairchild, I would choose the UAD. But certainly the Wunderlich as an overall tone shaping box has a few more bells and whistles included.

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy the reviews! I absolutely love Newfangled as well. That new delay is something else!!

The EQ is definitely limited, but great sounding.

I haven't done a direct comparison, no. But just from a workflow and feature set standpoint, I would go with Frost over Sand. Especially since it's on their hyper tech engine which makes it far more responsive and processor friendly.

I thought Sand was Hyper already?

@joshd265 Sand isn’t hyper yet. It’s still on their core engine I believe.

Yeah I think you would dig the vibe of all of the Safari plugs!

The website says it has auto gain

I found it. It’s in the top right corner of the plugin

There is auto gain, yes. Unfortunately, it doesn’t compensate for the Grit feature.

Glad you dig the track, Jim! Incredible band. Was lucky to get to co-produce, record, mix, and master this one! A lot of fun. And the video is so great and fun!

@@mr_bradsmith Sounds amazing! Great work on the sound and vibe, Brad. A perfect 70s Saturday groove, if that makes sense. Love it!

@@jimslominski8006 Makes sense! That was what the band was aiming for! Thanks Jim!

Right on Jim!!

Thank you 🙏 🙏

Thank you! Congratulations on the release!

What a wonderful message to receive! Thank you! Fills up the tanks. I’m glad you dig the video!

Haha! Thanks Kelsey. Your new renter is a gem! Miss you, too!

Jim! Great to hear from you! Was worried I lost ya. Haven’t tried that Mystic yet. That’s the Tree Branch strip emulation isn’t it?

@@mr_bradsmith Yes that’s right, it’s a Tree Audio Branch emulation. I’ve only just recently picked it up and have been using it as a mojo vibe plugin. I’ve found myself going down the Acustica rabbit hole a bit, along with Nebula. I really like some of the Nebula stuff but the setup is a pain. I switched over to Reaper, which makes it easier, as there are a couple of tricks I use to lay the Nebula plugins out better. And, no, you didn’t lose me. I’ve been watching all your reviews and always love your them. I’m glad you remember me. Last year was a tough year. My son, who has a disability, ended up in the hospital for a while so we spent most of the year helping with his recovery. All is much better now. I’ve been keeping up on all the music stuff but staying a bit low key. I saw you took a bit of a hiatus yourself, so good to see you back again as well. I’ll make sure to chime in more often. Your vids really are some of the best - very honest road tests filled with solid real world knowledge. Cheers!

I’m grateful you’re still watching, Jim. And thank you for the kind words :) I am very sorry to hear about your son’s health and the difficult year. And I’m happy things are much better. That’s great news! My hiatus over the last year was also family health related unfortunately. So I can certainly understand keeping things low key. Grateful to be back making videos though as it is a nice creative outlet. I look forward to hearing your thoughts on any upcoming reviews!

@@mr_bradsmith Hey Brad, I'm glad to hear things are better on your end as well. I hope it wasn't overly serious. My best to you and your kin. I have to say that the last year really opened my eyes to the healing powers of music. Not in any mystical sense, but there is something buoyant and binding in listening to music, playing music, working with and being creatively engaged with it. This was true for our whole family, whether we were nostalgically holding onto our comfort bands or songs, or picking up a vinyl copy of The Muppets Christmas Carol soundtrack 🙂. Anyway, it did seem to help keep us afloat in some way. I did get a chance to try out Wunderlich last night and this morning, and A/B it against Mystic. It wasn't extensive. I just applied it on a vocal track. My initial impression is they are very much the same, or at least seem to have similar intentions and applications. I'm not even sure I can definitively say which I like best. There are elements of both I like more in one than the other, but not drastically. In general, my impression with Mystic is it's a bit more 3-D and a little brighter edged. But Wunderlich has a bit more grit and more of that mojo flavour. Definitely the drive in Wunderlich has that pleasant distortion, that you can ratchet down to taste. I wasn't able to get Mystic to break up in that same way. There's also an obvious difference in the compressors. The Mu is definitely gooey-er and some nice weight, a bit sporadic though, depending on the speed applied. The Mystic has more of an opto flavour, which is also really pleasant. Hard to describe the real difference. Maybe I can say the Mu is a bit darker and girthier, and the opto rides things a bit more and has sheen. But I'm not sure if those are accurate descriptions. In terms of the "Travel" filter on Wunderlich versus Mystic, I think I liked the Mystic filter a bit better. The high cut on Mystic sounds to me like it darkens gradually and musically, whereas the Wunderlich feels a bit all-or-nothing and it just kind of dampens the high end too drastically. As for the Mix knobs, I believe Wunderlich's is slightly more effective and easier to dial in a sweet spot. I'm not sure the Mystic Mix knob does much actually - the GUI is a little janky and the range feels too tight. I have other Acustica stuff, like El Rey 2, where the Mix knob is really, really effective and sounds great, and you can really dial a good parallel compression into it. Overall, for mojo, I'm leaning towards Wunderlich, but there is something nice that happens with Mystic as well. It's a toss up. Looking forward to your next one.

@@jimslominski8006 Thanks for A/B notes, Jim! I will definitely have to give that Mystic a go!

The drive sounds great. Hard to make sound bad!

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy the reviews!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the review :)

Thanks! Glad you dig the track! Mr. Sparrow just put out a new record a couple of weeks ago actually. Pretty different vibe though.

Yea man. I'm vibing on the track and ignoring half the video. Lmao. Sorry Mr Smith... I will rewatch. Hahahaha.

@@jamescuttsmusicjcm5013 Glad you dig the track!

It’s coming from the same team ;-)

Thanks, Gus! I'm glad you're digging the reviews :)

Those are very kind words! Thank you! I’m pumped you dig the reviews!

Thank you! Feels like I'm getting back into the groove of things. Grateful for the support 🤘🤘

Glad you dig the review! Thank you. Beautiful sounding plugin and I love how you folks cook these things up. Very unique! Congrats on the release!

Elysia Phil's Cascade was the first plugin built in this way as far as I know and weird enough everything I wished that Phil's Cascade would be is now in NEOLD Wunderlich! great job guys at NEOLD you guys read minds and hearts

Thank you! Glad you’re digging the P455 :)

Thanks, Marc! 🙏 Congrats on an incredible plugin!

Honestly just love how much work I can do with this EQ before even thinking about any sort of dynamic control or enhancement.

Thank you! Glad to hear the additional video and the comparison was helpful. And I’m pumped you’re digging the sidecar. It’s a stunner! I never properly dived into that Lindell beyond the buss channels. Will have to give that another go!

@@mr_bradsmith Indeed. The P450/55’s are special. Especially, the depth :) It must’ve been exciting to be a tester! The converters were just a brilliant idea. Although, MDN doesn’t specify for the P455, there’s a comparison video of his five favorites. Based on that, I have a sneaking suspicion the two offered may be: Willie > Burl B2? Atticus > JCF Audio? 🤷🏻‍♂️ RE: Lindell vs UAP. I feel they are both API spank-tastic. I like the FET/VCA and 3 EQ options in the Lindell especially :)

Ah! Thanks for the converter info. Good to know! It was a lot of fun to be on the beta. A lot of passionate folks on the beta. It was great!

@@Tyrell_Corp2019you got one right.

@@ZiadSidawi First off: Thank you for the amazing work sir! It’s a total game changer. I feel like a mere mortal who snuck away with Thor’s hammer. But this is too much for me now. Without spilling the beans… would I be too presumptuous in wondering if Willie is the bad boy here barking at a “Bench” instead? 😊

Thank you! I appreciate the support!

Thank you! I'm glad you dig it! I think if you're happy with the CS2, I would just stick with that. It's great. Especially since they've added the HQ option. The only thing it's missing is saturation, but you have the X-Saturator. I would maybe look to add some other tools that would round out rig.

@@mr_bradsmith Thanks for your reply. I'm now eyeing the X-Delay, X-EQ2, and I'm kicking myself for missing out on the FlexVerb sale that just ended. But such is life. My sound has improved immensely since I got the CS2 and now I'm getting used to just tickling the gain reduction needle on the Bus Compressor- to great success! :) Cheers and looking forward to new videos!

I wanted to love this thing too, but the compressor is over the top for me. Unless you are working on some super modern pushed pop, which I did find it worked well there or at least translated really well. Particularly on small speakers. But not appropriate for anything else. Definitely specific to Louis Bell's workflow and production style.

Thanks for checking it out! Glad you enjoyed it and the song! The artist, Darren Frank, is a gem. Grateful he’s allowing me to use the track.

Ah! Thank you for clarifying. As I said, initially this threw me, but I have really come to prefer it operating this way for the reasons you've mentioned. It's great to be able to keep the compressor dialled in and shape and mold with all of the other options.

@@mr_bradsmith Agreed 100%.

Thank you, Ziad! Very kind of you. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

It definitely has mojo!

Thank you! I’m glad you dig the review and the plugin. The P455 definitely has some depth and dimension to it!

Thank you! I appreciate you checking it out.

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for checking it out!

Thank you! I’m pumped you dig the review and the plugin! 🙌🙌

I’m trying haha! We should line up a coffee soon. ☕️☕️

@@mr_bradsmith For sure!

Thank you! Glad you dig it 🤘🤘