Ian Shepherd's Perception Plugin - Find the Loudness Sweet Spot for your music

Ian Shepherd's Perception Plugin - Find the "Loudness Sweet Spot" for your music - in any DAW

[rickspyder]

I can't remember being more exicted about a plun-in...Thanks Ian for real world tools and advice that cut through the hype....cheers  Rick Spyder  Toronto Canada

[nilanshgaur]

Hi Ian, it is perhaps unfortunate that a RTAS version is not available yet. Please consider a release soon, as "perception" is a true gem, a must have for all. Thanks.

[pmSTUDIOse]

It's interresting that you use Ozone - which have a built in feature that does the same job. Although if you put in other plugins to the chain it won't consider those.

[HarderSoundsChannel]

Seem cool that it have the ability to eliminate the latency, which is annoying when you manually Solo or Mute for the same type of comparison during mastering. Good plugin - useful! good job.

[JoshTizza]

Great plugin man. Will definitely purchase it next time I have some free time and get into the studio. Mixing and mastering is my weakest aspect when producing and this will be of great help to me. All the best Ian.

[aguz]

Wondering about the "home mastering masterclass" you speak of at 0:44 seconds? I'd love to learn more. Thanks!

[spuitelf]

I would love to have a RE version as well!

[ZeitgeistMastering]

Hi Ian, this is a great idea and certainly valuable for all those who are Mastering.  Love the SYNC feature!  To be certain though, will the Sync function still work adequately when a Hardware signal chain exists within the Digital chain?  For example with Logics I/O Plugin or Wavelab's External Gear Plugin?  I am guessing it will as it is just signal routing but wanted to ask as this is vital for us - many thanks!

[thomwettstein]

Very cool! Thank you. I'm using Mastercheck from NuGen Audio, but your plugin has some very nice features. Perhaps I have to switch.

[FunSizedDragon]

Great! Definitely a useful product I'll be buying in the near future.

[matrixate]

This is quite an essential plugin. No nonsense demonstration. Great work! I think since this came out, Ozone 8 has a similar feature but I don't think it's as simplified as this. Melda MCompare actually is like the big brother of this plugin and for somewhat less. I still think this plugin is a very elegant solution to comparing your final master to the earlier stages. Any change we'll be seeing Waves pricing lately on this plugin?

[jakedustino]

Mr Ian I wanned to ask here cuz I want everyone hear my question if you that's ok, if you have another place to discuss it please let me know. My question is if we want to get a DR12, so practically we're not doing a mastering process cuz on my thinking is impossible to get a type of DR like that when you're mastering, so it would better to leave it unmastered. Thanks in advance for the answer.

[NaviRetlav]

I love this thing!
There is any chance for making it into Reason Rack Extension Format ?
I could even get you in touch with RE developers if needed. 

[MrCbolden]

Hey Ian, will this eventually be available for RTAS?! I own Pro-Tools 9 and really don't plan on upgrading to 10 or 11...but any way, I really like where this plugin is going and the capability of it! Thanks for creating it for us home producers/engineers. When you get the chance, reply back with more insight on the RTAS matter. Until then, take care.

[djrebel]

quick question ian can this plugin tell u how much to put in the limiter in the final mixs instead of guessing..

[MindFieldRecords]

This looks cool to improve skills & no doubt innovative but seriously why is no TRIAL possible??  I want to try it but find it way too expensive to part with $149 if it is not something that I will use everyday....  Or, can we expect a discount anytime soon?

[uglijimus]

anyway you could use this to compare 2 separate tracks (with unrelated material) and get them at the same perceived db level?

[TheSopk]

Source gain? Whats that? I use ableton and the native compressor has no input, whats source gain do? It's like i put the mixer volume up = putting the gain of the source Perception up?

[trakticks]

Is there a standalone version for those of us who have closed DAWS like reason propellerhead?

[cripesalmighty]

Curious why you are mastering in WaveLab when you have Studio One. Studio One's project page is way better in my opinion,