Difference between PSP Vintage Warmer and Ozone harmonic exciter?

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Posted by Evolve140 on Jan-11-2012 06:27:

Difference between PSP Vintage Warmer and Ozone harmonic exciter?

Haven't used ozone, not sure I will, but just wondering if these 2 guys serve similar purposes. Haven't really done any research on ozone so yeah... maybe I'll do that now.

Posted by vt100 on Jan-11-2012 17:04:

Hey man - google is your friend, but in short, no. You are comparing apples and oranges.

Posted by gothicbatchick on Jan-11-2012 17:39:

One makes things louder, the other makes things more in your face.

Posted by Looney4Clooney on Jan-11-2012 17:46:

so loud that it is in my face ?

Posted by tehlord on Jan-11-2012 17:58:

Vintage Warmer is a pretty decent compressor that also happens to have some nice saturation/distortion settings.

I never really got on with Ozone's exciters, I think they always sound harsh. Probably a user error.

Posted by Excess on Jan-11-2012 19:21:

quote:
Originally posted by tehlord

I never really got on with Ozone's exciters, I think they always sound harsh. Probably a user error.

seems to be the consensus with everyone. i haven't heard one person say anything good about the ozone exciter

Posted by Looney4Clooney on Jan-11-2012 19:30:

because people don't really know what they are doing. The m/s processing alone should stick out as something that could be rather useful.

Posted by tehlord on Jan-11-2012 20:01:

quote:
Originally posted by Looney4Clooney
because people don't really know what they are doing. The m/s processing alone should stick out as something that could be rather useful.

I do think the rest of it's useful, although I think I can get far better results with the Fabfilter Mixpack.

I just don't dig the exciter section. I don't think it's ever made anything sound better, although that could be me as you say. Maybe i'm exciting enough already.

Posted by Evolve140 on Jan-11-2012 23:17:

I use PSP with good effect. Anything I need to give more balls, but I turn the drive down and the EQ flat, then add compression after that. But this guy is just getting his mixing and mastering turned around I think. PSP seems to make it louder, but it's just more harmonic content, I didn't think an "exciter" would do the same thing. I can't even think of a reason I'd use ozone.

Posted by gothicbatchick on Jan-12-2012 00:42:

Put it on the master before dynamics processing. Boost the the upper mids and highs to taste.

Posted by Evolve140 on Jan-12-2012 01:20:

I don't touch the master, unless it's a PSP and a limiter for SoundCloud previews. I do have a mastering thread though, need to check that out soon.