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moosers
Published on 02/21/10 at 14:53
Audio Ease's Speakerphone is an extremely unique plug-in, designed to emulate ambient environments. I didn't have anything to do with the process of installing the plug-in since I don't own it and used it at a studio that I've worked at. However, I've yet to have any problems with the plug-ins. Speakerphone gives you a serious amount of control over your sound, with all sorts of features and sections. It allows you to do everything from choosing what type of speaker you'd like to use, to the type of mic and what type of room you're in. It also has more traditional setting controls like distortion, compression, EQ, delay, modulation, an LFO, gramophone, and the list goes on and on. There are also all sorts of presets to choose from. If you're a beginner you might want to have the plug-in around, but I didn't feel that I needed it at all.
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
The system that I've the Audio Ease Speakerphone plug-in on is Pro Tools HD based, so as you can probably guess I didn't have any issues running the plug-in. Having said this, since there is so much going on in the interface, it will take up a good amount of processing power on a non-HD system. You should keep in mind though that this isn't the type of plug-in that most people are going to be using on every channel - for me it has been something that I use one or two instances of at most within a single session, if at all...
OVERALL OPINION
Right off the bat when I started using the Audio Ease Speakerphone plug-in, I was impressed with how much you had control over. I can't recall any other plug-in that I've used that have this much control, which is saying a lot! However, I wouldn't use this plug-in at all for traditional mixing purposes, even though it does have built in EQ, compressor, and other traditional signal processing. It is really for emulating environments and to experiment with more than anything else. If you're at all interested I'd recommend looking at the interface or getting a trial version, as this is seriously unique and interesting plug-in in a sea of plug-ins that are way too similar compared to this one...
SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE
The system that I've the Audio Ease Speakerphone plug-in on is Pro Tools HD based, so as you can probably guess I didn't have any issues running the plug-in. Having said this, since there is so much going on in the interface, it will take up a good amount of processing power on a non-HD system. You should keep in mind though that this isn't the type of plug-in that most people are going to be using on every channel - for me it has been something that I use one or two instances of at most within a single session, if at all...
OVERALL OPINION
Right off the bat when I started using the Audio Ease Speakerphone plug-in, I was impressed with how much you had control over. I can't recall any other plug-in that I've used that have this much control, which is saying a lot! However, I wouldn't use this plug-in at all for traditional mixing purposes, even though it does have built in EQ, compressor, and other traditional signal processing. It is really for emulating environments and to experiment with more than anything else. If you're at all interested I'd recommend looking at the interface or getting a trial version, as this is seriously unique and interesting plug-in in a sea of plug-ins that are way too similar compared to this one...