I think your dead on when you say it does what it does really well but it only does very few things!! But once added, he saw its worth and felt the hardware could benefit from this approach. I asked for a few more technical details, explaining that, like many engineers, I don't like flying blind. In general, I found that although the Presence and Sheen from the Clarity engine had their place for raising slightly lifeless mixes, the Clarity engine was most useful for individual elements, and the Focus engine for entire mixes and stems. Therefore we have been working to make a variety of attractive and convenient financing options available to you. Parallel equalization has sort of been thought of as a novelty process — but if you want to do broad boosts it actually makes a lot of sense.
But if you already have those, this could be a welcome addition. In creating this sequel, Kush has decided to rebuild it from scratch. But I believe it is more than worth it. Obviously my interest was piqued. It has 3 modes: classic Stereo, Dual Mono so you can eq each side differently, or Mid-Side for advanced sweetening. But enough yammering, time to hear the goods! Unfortunately, the days of software piracy people may be forgetting that plugins are individual tools and need their own mastery. That gives you a tremendous advantage when working to craft a sonic signature that sets you apart from the rest, when trying to create music that moves people the way your favorite music moves you.
With two high-shelves running in parallel on each channel, and your choice of 6 unusual and carefully selected corner frequencies covering everything from the mids to the supersonics, there is no limit to the types of sweet high end the Clariphonic can produce. Every eq filter and compression curve, every distortion fingerprint. This increases a little beyond this point for Diffuse and tails off slightly with Tight. Lastly, and this is a weird one, but reverb and delay return I exclusively prefer the hardware. Having the two side by side, I was able to compare the same settings on both to hear how each version handled audio.
So within each channel there are the two engines, but within each engine there are further choices. When purchasing electronic licenses or software it is your responsibility to make sure that your computer system meets and or exceed the required specification to install, run and operate the software. However, with Clarity being such a powerful control, care needs to be taken not to overdo it. The Focus engine is a great antidote to saggy mixes. If the slope is gradual enough and the filter itself is well manufactured, the resonance is almost negligible. Of course, it might be that, having such a special nature, it needs to have a special place in an outboard rack. At maximum gain, both Lift and Open deliver about 15dB of gain at around 5kHz.
Between them, it's easy to find a flavour to suit any source, be it drums, percussion, vocals, synths, guitars or even a full mix. It's effectiveness is matched only by its elegant simplicity, with toggle switches to select the filters and a knob that makes the gain go in one direction: up. Adding drive, bounce, or forward motion is the mission here — rather than simply shaping the envelope of a sound. Some people might react unfavourably to this kind of approach, insisting that an engineer needs to know his tools, and that this advice to 'suck it and see' simply sucks. Easy practical applications for this include creating new internal dynamics or drawing attention to ghost notes, or manipulating cymbal decay, reverbs, or delays. With two high-shelves running in parallel on each channel, and your choice of 6 unusual and carefully selected corner frequencies, there is no limit to the types of sweet high end the Clariphonic can produce. Hence we get this brilliant mess of a compressor.
Rather than taking a source, targeting a frequency band, and adjusting that, the Clariphonic takes a source and creates a filtered version which is then blended back in to the original source in parallel. By actually cutting the Focus engine, the Clarity engine can shine and shimmer even more. The internal parallel signal paths produce a form of additive-only high frequency equalization that is at once holographic, transparent, and virtually phaseless. A while back I posted an article talking about the. I highly recommend taking advantage of this knob, because often multiple settings will sound good — and it becomes a matter of which is best — and any perspective that can help that decision is extremely useful. Neither do we, so we don't put the Kush name on anything until it sounds and behaves like nothing else.
All band names can now be clicked on directly, or activated via classic toggle switches. Scott is not exaggerating in the slightest when he uses words like 'amazing' and 'transformation' to describe the effects of his creation. The sheer transparency alone makes this piece unique and effective in a multitude of situations — equally as useful in the mix as across the two bus — and for the price point it is more than worth it. In short, the design means that at the output the summed stereo signal is made up of one element which is entirely unprocessed, one that has passed only through the Focus engine, and another that has passed only through the Clarity engine. As these examples indicate, I found that although Presence and Sheen from the Clarity engine sometimes had a place in helping the Focus engine to further raise slightly lifeless mixes, in general the Clarity engine was most often used on individual elements, and the Focus engine for entire mixes and stems.
Simply checkout the Financing page located in the Resources section at the bottom of the page. Additionally, I find a very light blend of saturated signal goes a long way. There are a number of reasons for this — the first being that it is supremely transparent. You get effortless, natural high end for days. There is a sweetness and slight forgiveness to heavier boosts and cuts with the hardware. This being so, my normal modus operandi was at first completely thrown overboard by the possibilities on offer from the Clariphonic! This gives way to endless creative options.