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kylen · Posted - Sun May 04, 2003 2:33 am

I'm trying to find out if anyone is successfully using Ionizer 1.3 DX version on Cool Edit Pro 2.1

I am having a bit of trouble with basic things like obtaining a spectrum and would like to compare notes. Ionizer works fine for me on Sound Forge but I need to get it working on CEP.

I'm using Ionizer for EQ morphing (using its 512 band EQ), dynamics repair (multiband limiter with 512 bands - believe it or not), and noise reduction will be next. It takes some getting used to the User Interface but the machine is very transparent and I'm using it to repair badly broken dynamics, resonances and EQ's in mixes (that can't be re-done) with great sucess.

This is not a one-button solution, there are other things involved (like a good listening environment) so I don't want to mislead but I'm a beginning 'home mastering enthusiast' and I think this is a good tool for my tool kit (getting rather full now). I picked a copy up from www.audiomidi.com for less than list but it's still kind of steep.

To put this all in perspective - ideally you want to record and mix-down things properly. But what if you haven't and there is no opportunity to re-record or re-mix...

So how 'bout it. Anyone successful with Ionizer on CEP ? Anyone who's tried it and moved on ? What did you move on to and why, what did Ionizer do for you ?

AMSG · Location: Sweden

I don't have that Ionizer but I took a look at the product and it looks like a miracle product, hehe:D I read that it could make your audio sound like another recording with the push of a button! Is this true? And a multiband limiter with 512 bands? Does this mean that you can adjust every band yourself? Actually, this is a bit exaggerated in my opinion. When it comes to mastering you should be able to do everything you want with 4 bands like Ozone. If you can't something's wrong with the mix itself and should be corrected there. But this is irrelevant, hehe. I'll probably check out that Ionizer. Try the demo or so...

Anyway, maybe someone else picks up this thread now. Someone who has experience with this plug-in:)

kylen · Posted - Tue May 20, 2003 8:20 pm

Hi AMSG,

First off I can tell you that there is a deafing silence in the user communities that I have been to concerning this seemingly miracle product. The couple of users that I have found over at one of the forums on www.musicianstechcentral.com/anderton.html seem to use the EQ morphing from time to time but not much gets said about the 512 band compressor/limiter/expander. This speaks volumes to me but maybe in time more folks will step up and chime in. I have written the Arboretum sales department asking if Ionizer is a 'dead' product and not received a reply. The product has no specific real-time gain reduction metering besides output levels - it's MAC advertising on the web page indicates