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  • Akai Professional D.C. Vocoder
    moosers's review

    Installing the Akai Vocoder plug-in was a quick and easy process. I had no compatibility issues with my configuration, and overall the installation process went smoothly. The interface of the Akai Vocoder is pretty easy to follow, even though there are a ton of options within the software. You have sliders to control your output across the frequency spectrum, and there a small keyboard to set which notes you’d like to use. It also has parameters for modulation level, output level, carrier level, tuning, and format. There are helpful meters as well as other options to set the waveform and octave. I don’t have a manual for this, but it is easy enough to use that you shouldn’t need it if you don’t have one. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE I have run the Akai Vocoder on two different configurations – one on a PC and one on a Mac. I currently run it on a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM. The PC I used to run it on was a Hewlett Packard lap top that has a 3.0 Ghz processor and 2 GB of RAM. I never had a problem with the Akai Vocoder in either situation, as it has always run smoothly and stably for me. I am able to run a few of these at once on either system, but usually never have a need to use more than one or two of these within one session. I love the vocoder effect in general, and Akai’s version gives you a ton of control over your sound. OVERALL OPINION I’ve been using the Akai Vocoder for about four years and it is one of the better vocoder plug-ins that I have used. It won’t break the bank in terms of price and gives you a high quality vocoder that is applicable to any type of track. This makes for a lot of creative and experimental uses of this plug-in. The parameters cover just about everything you would want to control and the sound quality is great. I love using this on vocals as well as guitars, as it makes for some awesome effects. Overall, the Akai Vocoder is a great piece of software.

    by moosers 3/22/09
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  • Akai Professional QuadComp
    moosers's review

    The Akai Quad Comp plug-in was quick to install on my computer and I haven’t had any installation problems since installing it. There were no compatibility issues with this software, either while I was running it on a PC or a Mac. The interface of Quad Comp is pretty easy to follow and easy to manipulate. You have four bands of compression that has gain, threshold, ratio, attack, and release parameters on each. The metering is quite helpful as well, as are the graphs. While it is marketed mostly as a mastering plug-in, I have used it for mixing as well. I don’t have a manual for Quad Comp so I don’t know how helpful it is, but the software is easy enough to figure out that you shouldn’t need it if you don’t have one. SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE I have run the Akai Quad Comp plug-in on two different machines. The one I am currently running it on is a Mac Book Pro that has a 2.2 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and 4 GB of RAM. I use the plug-in in Pro Tools LE 7.4 that I run with a Digi 002R audio interface. In the past, I have run Quad Comp on a Hewlett Packard Pavilion dv8000 lap top with a 3.0 Ghz processor and 2 GB of RAM. With the PC I was running Quad Comp with Cubase SX. Since it is a mastering piece of software, I found that you can’t really run too many of these at once if you want to use this for mixing. I could run two on the PC, and three on the Mac before it started to slow down my system. OVERALL OPINION I’ve been using the Akai Quad Comp compression plug-in for about three or four years and I have found it to be a great sounding compressor. I love how much control I have over the sound, which makes it great for both mixing and mastering. The only downfall is that you can’t run too many of these at once, as it takes up a lot of processing power. Beyond this, it sounds great and is easy to use, which is why I would definitely recommend giving this a try.

    by moosers 3/22/09
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