I am already frustrated... || Phill Speiser The Smoother

[Bthelick]

the problem is with all resonance plugins is those 'resonances' are usually the fundamental pitch of the instrument. and when you remove pitch you are left with noise!. in the hands of those without good ear training these things just make for bland, squashed, less dynamic, and noisier (ironically) music.

[Zines]

I use reaper reafir_standalone, it's basically a FTT compressor that smoothes out everything. I use it on my 's' sounds because normal de-essers only reduce or compress the band where the problem is happening, which doesn't fix the issue. So I just set it on 128 of FTT size to make it smoothen sounds more efficiently at 1.5 ratio on compressor mode and I make it affect the high frequencies. My 's' now are blessing my ears with comfortable flat and gentle noise instead of destroying them with harsh peaks. I feel like 90% of the people using soothe are searching for exactly that, not knowing this free alternative.

[a_doggo]

Thanks for keeping the high-quality reviews coming. Just gotta keep on movin'! Thanks for everything you do for the community and I'm sorry about folks giving you a hard time. Best wishes.

[jspacone]

I've been enjoying using it. If you want to make the vocals stand out, for example, you can put it on your music bus, then side chain the vocals, and it will duck the frequencies in the music to make room for the vocals.

[Nayah]

Just remember, if you already own Ozone 10/11, you already have this in the form of the Stabilizer and/or Spectral Shaper modules.

[shortscott]

If you click the solo button, you can hear exactly what it's removing. I paid $15 for this. I figured, if it's 50% as good as Soothe at 10% the price, it's money well spent.

[philipgebhardt]

I got the plugin and it's very useful for lot's of applications-mastering, de-essing vocals, sidechaining kik and bass etc so well worth the small price tag.

[zzaxzzax]

Hello, for me, without making any adjustments, I have a good result. The muddy part of my mix was instantly cleaned. I'm going to experiment further... Thanks for this news, and for your videos in general.

[wyshwood]

I'm VERY pleased with how a touch of this plugin can really soften the harshness and balance things out. It's not very often the changes a plugin makes are immediately pleasant. One of the best recent purchases for me, an amateur mixer who wishes they could master. It is immensely helpful to get me to my goal.

[AnGhaeilge]

Soothe2's sidechain function is excellent. People forget that it's not just a resonance suppressor. It's a very powerful plugin with a lot of customisation and that's what you're paying for.

[mastermindesrpr]

Works as expected and is on budget....

[aspin]

For mid/side you have to press the white point left of 'mid only'

[sburton]

I don't care how good the plugin is, there's no excuse for not offering a trial. Companies that don't offer a trial are just hoping to take advantage of the fact that many people will either forget or not bother to pursue the refund.

[jspacone]

I've been enjoying using it. I like the side chain function, where you can duck the frequencies in one track to make room for the frequencies of another.

[lethalz]

You didn't hit the Solo button!!
It lets you hear what it's removing. It's more helpful than you think

[jamalcole]

It was $20 . We waste that same amount on bs might as well try it. Remeber they will have updates

[pvalenti]

Thank you very much for the requested review. It isn't that expensive and it does something that I need for a lot less than Smoothe2!

[DJMAJAN]

Well, klick on the white circle left to the "MID ONLY" button to activate the function 😉

[BobbyWashingtonVlog]

Man the plugin is only $15 you don’t need no trial. The other companies are expensive so a trial is warranted

[Noxal]

The song you use to demo this is really cool !