Oeksound soothe

As a result of their recent collaboration, Oeksound introduce their Soothe Live plug-in exclusively to the Avid VENUE|S6L digital console. Soothe Live was designed with the reliability and response needed for routine professional use at live events.The plug-in aims to address common problems in mixing live sound, including overly bright instruments, muddiness, proximity effect in vocals, and instrument bleed. The makers claim that it can remove extreme harshness, calm unwanted resonances and sibilance, offer control over bleed from instruments and help to achieve tonal balance across the frequency spectrum. As a plug-in designed for mixing live sound, Soothe Live works with ultra-low latency and can be used in real time. Olli Erik Keskinen, Oeksound founder: Turning Soothe into a live plug-in has always been our goal, and we’re thrilled that our vision has come to fruition with the Avid VENUE | S6L platform as its host.Soothe Live has been rearchitected to suit the VENUE | S6L live sound environment with an intuitive and responsive user interface optimized for the S6L system. It can also be used in the Pro Tools environment with an HDX card. Sound engineers can interact with Soothe Live in a way that best fits their workflows, using knobs on the control surface, a mouse, or the touch screen.Price & AvailabilitySoothe Live is available to all Avid VENUE | S6L owners currently on a support contract as a free one year authorisation. Avid say this offer will be extended to new S6L users in 2023.

Right settings.Typical Uses for SootheLet’s take a look at some of the common ways Soothe is used.VocalsThere are a few ways to use Soothe on vocals.The most popular use is probably as a de-esser. Since Soothe can target more than one frequency range, it’s great for complex sibilance.It’s also handy for rough performances.Too much room noise in the recording? Soothe can help you isolate the room resonance.Does the singer sound too nasal? Tame that tone with Soothe!OverheadsOverheads can be notoriously difficult to mix.The high frequencies of the cymbals are often too harsh. But regular EQ can suck too much life out.By using Soothe, you can turn down the problem frequencies when they’re too loud. Without messing up your mix’s balance.The trick is often in selectivity. Take the time to dial in the right selectivity settings.You only want Soothe to engage when the overheads sound harsh.Start with a fast attack and a medium release.GuitarsAnother great use for Soothe is on electric guitars.Nasty resonances can easily build up in guitar recordings. But sometimes EQing them out removes too much energy.Soothe can help you dial back any harsh frequencies without affecting the overall tone too much.ConclusionBy using Oeksound Soothe, you can rid your mix of any nasty resonances. And the tips in this guide will help you do just that!

SOOTHE2 Dynamic Resonance Suppressor by oeksoundAs I noted in my SPIFF review, I am always surprised when I find that some excellent audio software has not yet been reviewed in these distinguished pages. Finnish company oeksound make some very powerful processors that, while their functions (transient processing and resonance reduction) can be found in products from other companies, are in my experience unique for their flexibility, ease of use and superb results. Here I will look at SOOTHE2 – see the SPIFF review for another great oeksound tool.. . . . . . . . . . The Default preset of SOOTHE2 puts a slight emphasis for resonance control at 5 kHzSOOTHE2 is a dynamic resonance suppressor that automatically targets resonant frequencies and can reduce them pretty much to extinction if you wish. Unlike SPIFF, which can both cut and boost transients, SOOTHE2 (and its predecessor SOOTHE) only reduces target signals, and the signals targeted are resonances rather than transients. So the two programs really complement each other.SOOTHE2 can detect problematic resonances on the fly and apply appropriate reduction automatically. It can do so with little or no affect on the timbre of the sound. SOOTHE2 is oeksound’s second generation resonance correction tool and extends the frequency range that can be controlled right down to 20 Hz (SOOTHE worked only for mid and high frequency resonances, did not have a mid/side mode or the external side-chain input).That’s what it says on the tin – can it really perform?What I FoundIn short, SOOTHE2 does an excellent job taking out both static, fixed frequency resonance such as room modes, and following shifting frequency resonances as may occur with some instruments when less than optimal close-miking was used. I found it very effective to reduce the proximity effect of cardioid and figure-8 mics

You may have noticed we don’t really do bad reviews here at Audio Plugin Guy… that’s because we want to tell you about the plugins that excite us and/or impress us. This may be a teeny bit subjective but hey, we’re just a funky little webzine and we just wanna have fun and be happy.Anyway… what were we talking about…? Oh yes! While not necessarily that exciting, Soothe from relative newcomers, Oeksound, is definitely impressive. Soothe is a simple but highly effective little plug that is designed to totally de-harsh your buzz. In a good way.Soothe OperatorSoothe is a spectral processor that behaves kinda like a dynamic EQ and is focussed on the mid to high frequencies. This means it can be used for audio cleaning tasks such as de-essing, resonance control and removing harshness from a sound. This is a perfect example of a plugin that does a specific job very well.The two things that make Soothe different to other dynamic EQs or multi-band compressors are the sound quality and the interface. Several years of research and development have resulted in a responsive EQ tool that is free from artefacts, pre-ring and crossover issues. This allows it to genuinely clean up a sound without making it any worse. At the standard resolution it sounds clean and also doesn’t hog. If you want ultimate clarity you can push the resolution and oversampling to the max, but this will use up more RAM so be prepared to print the cleaned up tracks for further mixing.And the other thing…?Ah yes. The other thing. The other thing that makes Soothe stand out to us is the interface. We are suckers for attractive and functional interface on a plugin and Soothe has it all. With a minimalist design, reminiscent of the ‘Swiss School’ style designs of Valhalla’s exceptional plugins, Soothe is as soothing on the eye as it is on the ears.The controls are easy to grasp once you realise they work in the opposite way to a regular EQ. Pulling the nodes higher results in more reduction, whilst everything else is much as you would expect. The only thing we’d like extra would be to be able to control the bandwidth with the mouse scroller, rather than just the bandwidth dial.Other controls include depth and selectivity to control how drastically the sound is affected. There’s also a delta option to listen to just the affected frequencies, which is really useful for dialling in the EQ precisely.All in all, Soothe is a lovely tool to work with if you do the kind of work that it requires. Tech Specs APG Score Sound quality Ease of use Interface Presets Value for money Soothing SoundsSummarySoothe is