Exciters and Maximisers...

[wirez]

I use the Logic exciter relatively often... Usually at low frequencies on a master with no more than 3% more harmonics/Logics way of saying how much something is being saturated. This is just to add a subtle bit of warmth throughout the entire mix starting with the sub bass all the way up the spectrum.

And sometimes it's really good with naturally muddy sounds like Rhodes... Just sharpens then up a little when used in the higher mid frequency range...

[nowaysj]

For what ever reason, maybe the tinnitus, I like my mixes dull, woolly, swampy, thick, murky. I usually am taking out the higher harmonics anyways, so no exciters here.

[abZ]

For what ever reason, maybe the tinnitus, I like my mixes dull, woolly, swampy, thick, murky. I usually am taking out the higher harmonics anyways, so no exciters here.

I don't know if I go to that extreme but I do spend a lot of time making sure nothing is painful to listen to. I don't know how everyone listens to those slide whistle basses Caspa and the like ha. Yeah I think it is the old man effect

[deadly_habit]

For what ever reason, maybe the tinnitus, I like my mixes dull, woolly, swampy, thick, murky. I usually am taking out the higher harmonics anyways, so no exciters here.

I don't know if I go to that extreme but I do spend a lot of time making sure nothing is painful to listen to. I don't know how everyone listens to those slide whistle basses Caspa and the like ha. Yeah I think it is the old man effect

i beat my robot
only new bass i dig

[lowpass]

Urm yeah. i have a few, check out the oldskool dub/eskimo jam tracks, they were both subtly 'excited' (in the sig)

Hard to tell without hearing a/b

We appear to be using the same drums and your atmos sounds are also being used in my tracks lol

Trying to remember where the girl sample "your all going to die down here" is from....

"Resident Evil" the movie, surely?

[deadly_habit]

Urm yeah. i have a few, check out the oldskool dub/eskimo jam tracks, they were both subtly 'excited' (in the sig)

Hard to tell without hearing a/b

We appear to be using the same drums and your atmos sounds are also being used in my tracks lol

Trying to remember where the girl sample "your all going to die down here" is from....

"Resident Evil" the movie, surely?

yep

[Depone]

Urm yeah. i have a few, check out the oldskool dub/eskimo jam tracks, they were both subtly 'excited' (in the sig)

Hard to tell without hearing a/b

We appear to be using the same drums and your atmos sounds are also being used in my tracks lol

Trying to remember where the girl sample "your all going to die down here" is from....

"Resident Evil" the movie, surely?

yep

indeed!

[Morphexsektor]

Interesting article. I would like to know its more general uses then purely in terms of mastering, but the whole thing was a nice read. Don't really appreciate compression enough to get excititing... But i like a good dynamic range.

An exciter is an enhancer in Audio signal processing which will enhance various regions of aduio, one being the harmonic content of subtle distortion. Others are to enhance phase manipulationand harmonic synthesis... basically it will also add clarity to upper mid and highs (subtly)

Ive not used one myself so I cant really give a more in depth definition for you. Sorry. But I hope this helps you even a little.

[rawali]

I like using ozone's multiband on the sub band... gives a bit more harmonics to a sub bass witout muddying up

[nowaysj]

rn't the first two harmonics of a 50hz sub lining up with the kick and snare, ie serious mudzone?

[logic pro]

rn't the first two harmonics of a 50hz sub lining up with the kick and snare, ie serious mudzone?

yes, exactly i wouldnt excit subbasses...but then each to thir own, if it sounds good...

[paradigm_x]

the harmonics are some 20-30dB down, so dont add mud at all... (well assuming you dont over cook it, which is very easy to do with these sort of things. )

Anything other than a sine will have significantly higher elements at those frequencies. A low passed square or triangle is often used as a sub precisely because it has those harmonics...

[press]

Good topic. No I have never used them. I mean I have messed with them but I have never got satisfactory results from them so it is not a tool that I utilize. Possibly someone could shed some light on ways to apply them? Or situations where they are useful?

same