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I left DP5 for Logic 8 a few years ago. I'm thinking about upgrading to 7 rather than Logic 9 and I'm wondering, are the Leveler and ProVerb as nice as the MW EQ?
I always loved that plugin and I think it totally smokes the Logic EQs, but I am not trying to start a DP vs. Logic thread - just, MW EQ vs. other DP plugs!
Yes, they are very good plugins. I don't use them myself, but have used them---and I will say they are good. In fact they are so good that MOTU will be releasing a plugin bundle of those exact (3) for roughly $295. Oops, did I say that?
Thank you,
Brad Lyons
db AUDIO & VIDEO
-Systems Advisor, CTS
BradLyons wrote:Yes, they are very good plugins. I don't use them myself, but have used them---and I will say they are good. In fact they are so good that MOTU will be releasing a plugin bundle of those exact (3) for roughly $295. Oops, did I say that?
I really like ProVerb and use it a lot. The "ducking" feature,
where you can set it up so the reverb return gets ducked by
the vocal, is fantastic. I don't know of another convo reverb
that has this. The adjustments you can make to pre-delay,
decay time, reverb EQ, mix, and damping are all very very useful.
And you can import any .wav file to use in it - and that means any, not just an impulse response. Lots of opps for
creative sound design with this plug-in.
I don't use the MW leveller because I already have the UAD
LA2A, so I don't need it.
I totally agree with kassonica, and I think you'll find the MW stuff quite good. But let's not forget the often forgotten MW gate with its side-chain capability. It's a workhorse.
Phil
DP 11.34. 2020 M1 Mac Mini [9,1] (16 Gig RAM), Mac Pro 3GHz 8 core [6,1] (16 Gig RAM), OS 15.3/11.6.2, Lynx Aurora (n) 8tb, MOTU 8pre-es, MOTU M6, MOTU 828, Apogee Rosetta 800, UAD-2 Satellite, a truckload of outboard gear and plug-ins, and a partridge in a pear tree.
You can put your own IR's in Proverb so you can make it even more useful.
Mac Pro 2.8G 8 core,16G ram, 500GB SSD, 2x2TB HD.s 3TB HD, Extn Backup HDs,Nvd 8800 & ATI 5770 video cards,DP8 on OS 10.6.8 and OS 10.8; MOTU 424PCIe, MOTU 2408; Micro express. Video editing deck on firewire, a bunch of plug-ins and VI's.Including; MX3 and M5-3. FCP, Adobe Production Bundle CS6. PCM88mx, some vintage synths linked by MIDI. Mackie 16-4 is my main mixers
, kelsey and Yamaha mixers, Rack of gear. Guitars, piano, PA and more stuff.
The Leveler is great; total no-brainer. I find ProVerb kinda tweaky, but it does sound very nice once set correctly. The menus and controls are bizarre and non-sensical.
Doug Williams
Electromagnetic Radiation Recorders
The Martha Bassett Show broadcast mixer
Tape Op issue 73
DP 11.34
Studio M1 Max OS12.7.6
MOTU 16A and Monitor 8
M1 Pro MBP for remotes and editing