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Posted by kixalot on Apr-06-2006 07:25:

getting that "armin sound"

There was a thread on here a while back now with the same title I believe. It had a download available for some kind of compression plugin for winamp which could make your mixes have that warmth to it. I searched for the thread and couldn't find it, does anybody remember this thread and the program?

Posted by Zild on Apr-06-2006 09:57:

FM compression. expect to pay bookuu amounts of US dollars for it or pirate it for less

Posted by Xtracktor on Apr-06-2006 10:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Zild
FM compression. expect to pay bookuu amounts of US dollars for it or pirate it for less

Happy birthday bro

Posted by DannyO on Apr-06-2006 10:38:

I believe this is what your looking for:
http://www.soundsolution.it/index.p...oad&filecatid=1

http://www.soundsolution.it

Posted by Zild on Apr-06-2006 17:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Xtracktor
Happy birthday bro

Thanks I really appreciate it.

Posted by miamitranceman on Apr-06-2006 17:45:

That's an amazing difference in sound quality. Thanks for the plug-in!

Posted by simms327 on Apr-06-2006 19:33:

what does this software do?

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Apr-06-2006 19:37:

I don't really understand why you would want to do this. Since the tunes are already professionally mastered they're about as good quality as they can be. Compressing them again will only cause loss of dynamics.

Posted by DannyO on Apr-06-2006 19:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I don't really understand why you would want to do this. Since the tunes are already professionally mastered they're about as good quality as they can be. Compressing them again will only cause loss of dynamics.

YUP, exactly, I think some people like the sound as it does seem to brighten some of the sounds and adds somewhat of an atmosphere to it aswell, but you can really hear a loss in alot of other sounds.

Posted by Events@Spec on Apr-06-2006 23:20:

I posted this a long time ago. I love that sound, and I don't care if it takes away some quality. It sounds so nice. I wont listen to anything without it because it sounds so dull.

Posted by jun139 on Apr-09-2006 16:22:

i accidentally closed the effects window... that opens up when u open up winamp .. do u know how to bring it back up ?

Posted by kimchi on Apr-09-2006 19:51:

i love the sound quality. now only if you can make a mix then make the mix have this same sort of sound quality

Posted by DannyO on Apr-09-2006 21:10:

quote:
Originally posted by jun139
i accidentally closed the effects window... that opens up when u open up winamp .. do u know how to bring it back up ?

Its been a while since I used Winamp and I haven't used that FM plugin in ages, but I believe that if you goto "Config" for that plugin, it should pop-up.

Posted by tylerc on Apr-10-2006 03:55:

ctrl+p

Posted by jun139 on Apr-10-2006 04:20:

aites.. got it back .. thanks guys .

Posted by kixalot on Apr-10-2006 07:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I don't really understand why you would want to do this. Since the tunes are already professionally mastered they're about as good quality as they can be. Compressing them again will only cause loss of dynamics.

I'm recording mixes onto my computer but because my mixer is a bit dull I thought running them through the compressor might brighten the quality up a little. It doesn't seem to work as well with house/minimal as I'd hoped though.

Posted by Thois on Apr-10-2006 16:50:

So... What settings/preset in the sound solution plugin to duplicate asot sound? I experimented a lot myself, but my knowledge on compression is too little.

Posted by antronx on Apr-10-2006 18:33:

Sound Solution is not a good plugin for multiband compression. I have made numerous presets with sound solution to duplicate the famous sound of Orban processors that commercial radio stations use to process their on-air sound. Sound Solution has a problem in the upper region of the sound spectrum. It removes the clarity and definition of the high frequencies and produces a lot of ear fatigue.

Multiband Compression does make the original source material sound better, but only if done properly and can be done once. Most of the modern trance is compressed before it is released. If it is compressed again, it will destroy the dynamic range and clarity of the track, if any left after mastering.

For those who like the original preset sound of Sound Solution, you need to clean up your sound chain and get better needles/mixer/sound card/speakers. Getting the wax out of your ears will help too. Armin Van Buuren should also consider the above.