Apparently the spectral shaping is closely related to the way the response of the human hearing system changes at different listening levels. Subjectively, the process creates the impression of an increase in both bass and brightness, while the mid-range is brought into sharper focus, increasing the sense of transparency. The process works by combining a side-chain signal with an unprocessed main signal, in such a way that the original signal is modified both additively and subtractively. Their process involves mainly equalisation, though the secret of their sound apparently hinges on an interdependent network of dynamic filters. In recent years, SPL have acquired a certain amount of mystique with their Vitalizer process, not the least because nobody outside the company knows exactly how it works. I know about high frequency harmonic enhancers that add new harmonics in the upper frequencies, but why isn't there a mid-range enhancer? Or is that what the mysterious Vitalizer device does? Here's a quote from Sound on Sound about it: it can also be used in live sound to get those subs moving and film mixers also use them for those big explosions that rattle the room. A lot of these ipod little boom box things use the maxbass technology to give a little more low end presence to a 1 inch speaker. I've used it once or twice but it's better to use it during a mix or recording. what waves did with maxbass was combine a subharmonic sythn and a higher harmonic generator.Īnd yes you can use it in mastering if you want. Then they came out with the dbx120, then the dbx120x. I forget the model number but it had one knob. DBX is the first one to make one for studios I believe. subharmonic synths have been around for a long time. of coarse you can control the mix of the new and original. it's generating harmonics both higher and lower than what is there. so it's not at all like boosting the low end of an eq. 3- it has a compressor to keep all these new low end freq's under control. 2- it generates higher harmonics of the low frequencies which is designed to give the illusion that there is more low end than there is. 1- it generates subharmonic freq's derived from the knee you set.

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