sonible smart:bundle Explained

The smart:bundle from sonible contains four essential processors for your productions, and in this two-hour sonible video tutorial course, studio guru Eli Krantzberg walks you through each one in detail, demonstrating the capabilities with telling musical examples. Learn how these smart plugins make your job easier with intelligent frequency detection and other helpful features that separate them from other plugins. You also get the audio file examples Eli uses in the videos so you can follow along in your DAW. These videos are for new smart plugin users.

smart:EQ 3

• smart:EQ 3: Standard Filters (08:00) - Take a brief look around the plug-in interface and see how to work with traditional EQ bands.

• Working with the smart:filters (06:49) - Learn how to use the Smart Filter component of Smart EQ 3, how to customize the results, and how to create, save, and manage custom profiles.

• Mid-Side Processing (05:55) - Explore the mid-side functions available on a per-band basis for the overall combined EQ, side-panning, MS conversions, and saving presets.

• Working with Groups (07:27) - Discover the Groups function in Smart EQ 3, where multiple instances loaded on separate tracks communicate with each other to detect and amend spectral masking problems that may exists between different elements within your mix.

smart:Comp 2

• smart:Comp 2: Basics (08:19) - Learn about the basic compression controls available in smart:Comp 2, including the Learning feature, for an initial analysis of the input audio, threshold, ratio, attack, release, auto release, knee, style, attack shaper, release shaper, auto gain, channel linking, and dry/wet mix parameters.

• Spectral Compression (07:43) - Hear how this feature is used in a variety of contexts to continuously analyze the source audio and focus the compression on different areas in the frequency spectrum.

• Spectral Ducking (03:56) - See how smart:Comp 2?s Spectral Compression technology takes the regular sidechain broadband ducking approach one step further by only making space in your main signal where spectral clashes occur, allowing for the smooth merging of two signals.

• Free Form Transfer Function (06:52) - Discover smart:Comp 2?s ability to compress or expand signal below the threshold.

• Input Riding, Metering, & smart:Gain (08:11) - Discover how the input-riding function ensures the signal remains in the compressor's sweet spot by adding or reducing gain automatically when necessary. Also learn how the sidechain EQ allows you to pre-filter the compressor's detection circuit and either enhance or reduce the impact of certain areas of the frequency range.

• Mid-Side Processing (05:04) - See how to affect the stereo image of the signal being compressed. This is done by adjusting all the main compression parameters separately for the components in the signal that are the same on both the left and right sides - and therefore appear right in the middle of the stereo image (mid) - and the parts of the stereo signal that are separate on each side (sides).

Smart:Reverb

• smart:Reverb: QuickStart (08:55) - Hear how this adaptive reverb custom tailors its parameters based on the chosen profile in conjunction with the characteristics of the input material and computes a matrix that provides a range of styles, each tailored to the input signal as well.

• Particle Display & Spectral Shaping (05:30) - Learn how to alter the smart:Reverb decay time over the course of the reverb tail at specific areas in the frequency range.

• Temporal Shaping, Pre Filter EQ, & Freeze (07:57) - Explore the temporal qualities of smart:Reverb as the decay, spread, and density is altered in different areas of the frequency spectrum. Hear how the Pre Filter EQ further shapes the tonal qualities of Smart Reverb and how Freeze is used for special effects.

smart:Limit

• smart:Limit: Fundamentals (05:21) - Learn about the functioning of the primary limiting partners: the Limit Line to set the true peak ceiling, the Gain Line to set how much gain is added, the Attack and Release settings and how they affect distortion and transient preservation, and the Constant Gain and Delta functions for more accurate monitoring and decision-making.

• Sound Shaping & Distortion (03:56) - Explore the Style, Saturation, Balance, and Bass control parameters and see how they affect the distortion that's introduced to the output signal.

• Loudness & Dynamics Monitoring (06:13) - Learn all about the LUFS system of measurement used by streaming services to quantify the loudness of a track, how to set the measurement period, and how to understand the loudness and dynamics values generated by the measurements.

• Metrics, Publishing Targets, & Quality Check (10:30) - Dive deeper into the loudness and dynamics metrics, learning about publishing targets and how to use quality check to help tweak the necessary parameters to get your track ready for publishing.