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Review by Justin Perkins

oeksound

soothe

2

Dynamic Resonance Suppressor

Un-harsh your mellow with ease!
Soothe (now soothe 2) is designed to automatically and
intelligently detect problem frequencies in an audio source
and attenuate them quickly and transparently.
I started using soothe in my mastering chain upon its
release in late 2017, both in the box and in conjunction
with my analog tools. It's perfect at quickly and precisely
targeting sibilance and other harsh tonalities in a mix
during the mastering process.

The soothe GUI is spacious, clean, and intuitive. There are
simple, clear pop-ups to guide you-great for those of us who
don't like to read manuals. You get very good visual feedback
about which frequencies are being attenuated and by how
much, all driven by the big Depth knob.

New in 2

New in soothe 2 is Soft and Hard modes. Soft is more subtle
and transparent, while Hard is more adjustable and reactive to the
incoming level. There are controls for attack and release, as well as
sharpness and selectivity. These can be dialed to taste much as you
would a compressor or dynamic EQ. There's a wet/dry mix, stereo
and mid/side modes, a delta preview mode, and quality settings.

Don't de-ess it-soothe it instead!

Instead of a traditional threshold like on most de-essers and
dynamics processors, soothe 2 automatically detects the level of
the incoming offending signal-you simply dial in the amount
of processing you'd like to hear. soothe expertly adapts to level
changes in the incoming signal, so the amount of processing
in play stays proportional-no need to fiddle with threshold
automation for music with wildly fluctuating volume dynamics.

soothe the harsh mids

soothe 2 quickly and transparently attacks sharp or piercing
frequencies found in the upper mid and high frequency ranges.
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On aggressive acoustic guitars, vocal sibilance, percussive
elements, or even the abrasiveness induced by cheaper digital
systems, soothe 2 does as its name suggests, and makes things
sound more soothing.
As with similar tools, it's possible to push soothe too far.
This is especially true when applying it to a stereo mix during
mastering. To help dial in the correct amount, the Delta feature
allows you to listen to the difference signal, or what soothe is
actually catching and suppressing. This will enable you to be
selective and careful about what you're taking out. I wish more
plugins had a delta function, as it's quite handy.

soothe on the side

Another great feature of soothe is its easily adjustable
sidechain EQ that alters which frequencies influence the detector. You can zero in on offending frequencies and aggressively boost them in the side chain to trigger more soothe,
or vice versa.

Dynamics and depth

soothe 2 now adds parameter adjustments for attack, release, soft/hard, sharpness, and selectively. These are all
pretty self-explanatory and easy to fine tune to taste, especially using the delta mode.
Once you settle on some basic settings that work for you, the
big Depth knob is probably what you'll use most to control how
much or how little work the plugin is doing.
For those who like to tweak, there are some oversampling
and quality settings that you can optimize for your system.
There are also settings for offline rendering and realtime playback so you can crank up the quality when doing your final
offline bounce/render, but keep things CPU friendly as you work.

Blend

There's a parallel blend option, but I find that soothe 2 is
such a transparent tool that I don't often see the need to blend
it to less than 100%; the option is there if you need it.



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No label
Fade In
Reviewed & Revisited: Steinberg Cubase Pro 10.5
Soundware Showcase: EastWest Hollywood Pop Brass
First Look: Universal Audio LUNA
Forging the Exotic with Richard Devine
Plugin Outlet: Nugen Audio SEQ-S Linear Phase Spline EQ
Reviewed & Revisited: Pro Tools 2020
That One Effects Plugin, 2020 Edition: Reverb and Delay
Plugin Outlet: Arturia FX Collection
AMS Neve RMX16 500
Inside the Box with Joe Albano: The DAW: When Less Is More
Solid State Logic SSL 2+ USB Audio Interface
Reviewed & Revisited: RME Babyface Pro FS
Plugin Outlet: PIO: oeksound soothe 2 dynamic resonance suppressor
Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: Mixing Nick D’Virgilio’s new album, Invisible
Soundware Showcase: Spitfire Audio: Ólafur Arnalds Stratus
Plugin Outlet: Baby Audio Comeback Kid Delay Plugin
Merging Technologies MERGING+ANUBIS
Once Over: Joule JouleBar Compact Power Strip
Readers’ Tracks
Considering a Keyboard-Based Studio
Advertiser Index
Plugin Outlet: IK Multimedia Sunset Sound Studio Reverb
Fade Out: Favorite DAW? Pshaw! Why choose only one?
Recording - June 2020 - Intro
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Recording - June 2020 - Cover2
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Recording - June 2020 - Fade In
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Recording - June 2020 - Reviewed & Revisited: Steinberg Cubase Pro 10.5
Recording - June 2020 - 9
Recording - June 2020 - Soundware Showcase: EastWest Hollywood Pop Brass
Recording - June 2020 - 11
Recording - June 2020 - First Look: Universal Audio LUNA
Recording - June 2020 - 13
Recording - June 2020 - Forging the Exotic with Richard Devine
Recording - June 2020 - 15
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Recording - June 2020 - 18
Recording - June 2020 - 19
Recording - June 2020 - Plugin Outlet: Nugen Audio SEQ-S Linear Phase Spline EQ
Recording - June 2020 - 21
Recording - June 2020 - Reviewed & Revisited: Pro Tools 2020
Recording - June 2020 - 23
Recording - June 2020 - That One Effects Plugin, 2020 Edition: Reverb and Delay
Recording - June 2020 - 25
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Recording - June 2020 - 29
Recording - June 2020 - Plugin Outlet: Arturia FX Collection
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Recording - June 2020 - AMS Neve RMX16 500
Recording - June 2020 - 35
Recording - June 2020 - Inside the Box with Joe Albano: The DAW: When Less Is More
Recording - June 2020 - 37
Recording - June 2020 - 38
Recording - June 2020 - 39
Recording - June 2020 - Solid State Logic SSL 2+ USB Audio Interface
Recording - June 2020 - 41
Recording - June 2020 - Reviewed & Revisited: RME Babyface Pro FS
Recording - June 2020 - 43
Recording - June 2020 - Plugin Outlet: PIO: oeksound soothe 2 dynamic resonance suppressor
Recording - June 2020 - 45
Recording - June 2020 - Inside the Studio with Mark Hornsby: Mixing Nick D’Virgilio’s new album, Invisible
Recording - June 2020 - 47
Recording - June 2020 - 48
Recording - June 2020 - 49
Recording - June 2020 - Soundware Showcase: Spitfire Audio: Ólafur Arnalds Stratus
Recording - June 2020 - 51
Recording - June 2020 - Plugin Outlet: Baby Audio Comeback Kid Delay Plugin
Recording - June 2020 - 53
Recording - June 2020 - Merging Technologies MERGING+ANUBIS
Recording - June 2020 - 55
Recording - June 2020 - Once Over: Joule JouleBar Compact Power Strip
Recording - June 2020 - 57
Recording - June 2020 - Readers’ Tracks
Recording - June 2020 - 59
Recording - June 2020 - 60
Recording - June 2020 - 61
Recording - June 2020 - 62
Recording - June 2020 - 63
Recording - June 2020 - Considering a Keyboard-Based Studio
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Recording - June 2020 - 66
Recording - June 2020 - 67
Recording - June 2020 - Advertiser Index
Recording - June 2020 - 69
Recording - June 2020 - Plugin Outlet: IK Multimedia Sunset Sound Studio Reverb
Recording - June 2020 - 71
Recording - June 2020 - Fade Out: Favorite DAW? Pshaw! Why choose only one?
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