Pro Audio DSP is a new company consisting of Paul Frindle (who worked on the the SSL E- and G-Series, the famous ‘Oxford console’, and more recently the Sony Oxford plug-ins), Paul Ryder (OXF-3, Sony Oxford), and Ant Scott (Sony Oxford, CEDAR). The companies first release is a RTAS plug-in called Dynamic Spectrum Mapper.
From the Pro Audio DSP website
The Dynamic Spectrum Mapper (DSM) provides multi-dimensional control over both the spectral response and dynamic characteristics of audio programme, bringing a whole new dimension of facility and artistic ability to the sound engineer.
Novel processing and programme capture algorithms provide the ability to achieve exemplary results in common tasks such as -
- programme compression
- loudness enhancement
- de-essing and vocal character processing
Furthermore, the ability to capture, modify and re-apply the spectral characteristics of programme is a powerful creative tool in all stages of the production cycle, from recording and mixing to mastering stages -
- personalise mixes
- match-up sonic characteristics of different tracks
- new class of dynamic effects in level and frequency
Just picked it up!
DESPITE all the Holiday sales going on, this tool is so unique that within six hours of demoing I knew it was a must have tool. Though I tried it out on old DAT recordings that I plan on ‘fixing’ for an archive ‘refresh’ the applications are unique across the board and I look forward to doing some special stuff with this.
Of course should be no surprise given it’s pedigree of designers/engineers that make up the company, the combined talent alone should be a big hint at what lies ‘under the hood’ BUT the stand out (aside from sound of course) is there really is nothing else out there that operates this way and it shows when you start trying it in different situations.
Can’t wait to move out of demo mode and do some work with it! Thanks for the heads up on this one stiff
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Paul (and company) has put up some great videos that do a great job of showing this tools’ potential:
http://www.vimeo.com/2844258
Really, REALLY loving this plug-in