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scottmix · Posted - Mon Jun 03, 2002 4:33 pm

I'm just starting to use CEP 2.0 (actually today was my first time to play with it, not knowing what I was doing yet.)
I want to know if CEP has enough onboard effects to put out a close to "off the shelf" mastered product, or do I need to go third party, and if I do need to go outside, what will give me the big sound without the garbage?

Syntrillium M.D. · Location: USA

Hello Scott. The short and simple answer is...you can do it all in CEP2, without having to look towards third-party DX effects. It really all comes down to your ears and your chops.

That being said, if you're looking for a dedicated DirectX multiband compressor/limiter with an analog-modeled kind of sound, IzoTope's OZONE is the current one of choice. Do a search in this (or the main) forum, and you'll find lots of posts related to it. It's a nice compliment to CEP2's internal DSP effects.

But again, everything you need is 2.0, and if you've got the goods, you can make the magic.

Happy Recording!

---Syntrillium, M.D.

VoodooRadio · Location: USA

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Craig Jackman · Location: Canada

CEP's built in effects continue to surprise me ... so much so that I can't think of any external plug ins I use other than Ozone. Even then I don't use Ozone that much. Over the past 18 months, I've found that I've stopped using all my Waves plugins, and over the past couple of weeks I've built some parametric EQ presets that mean that I don't need the Steinberg TL Audio EQ-1 plug in I was addicted to for years. I don't even know what's in my Direct X plugin list anymore. Given time and opportunity, I thinkk that almost all users will be quite satified with the results they get just using what's already available within CEP.

VoodooRadio · Location: USA

Rabban · Posted - Wed Jun 05, 2002 1:59 am

While I still use Izotope's Ozone for some of my limiting/exciter needs my current poison of choice is PSP Audioware's VintageWarmer at www.pspaudioware.com . As a limiter/exciter/enhancer, I think it does a slightly better job than Izotope and VintageWarmer has useful presets, unlike Izotope which, unfortunately, does not have great presets (until you actually spend time going through all the controls manually to create the desired effect you want which can be daunting for beginners). Also check out PSPAudioware's other products: they have one called PSP MixBass which I find as good as, if not better than, Wave's MaxxBass for enhancing bass frequencies.

Edited by - Rabban on 06/05/2002 02:00:13 AM

Despised7 · Member

Thanks for posting Rabban. I will check out Vintage warmer. But so far I've been extremely pleased with Ozone so far. And the price made it even better! The presets on ozone didn't really bother me, since i don't use them. But, i have seen others write this on the board, if you want a plug-in where you can just click a preset and be happy, then Ozone is not for you.

The biggest problem I've had with ozone is...."which modules should i use? and when? why?". But, that has only forced me to learn more about audio and mastering.....which in my mind is a good thing. :-)

-Chris-

SteveG · Location: United Kingdom

I think that anybody who even attempts to use presets when mastering is completely missing the point, especially with Ozone. You cannot possibly comment upon how good or bad Ozone is or isn't on the basis of just 'applying it' to whatever sound you are mastering. Despised7's approach is a much healthier one. As far as knowing which modules to use, and the order of them goes, then yes, it's not always the easiest thing in the world to deci