Who is Soothe for Soothe is advertised as a tool for vocals and I assume the reasoning is twofold.

Pros: It does what Oeksound claims it does without much fuss.

Soothing Cons: The graphic display works counter to traditional EQs, latency is introduced into the signal, and it can mangle audio if you dont take the time to learn how it works.

Introduction When I first started recording and mixing at home I was learning by making mistakes.

I thought the most expensive mic was the best mic to use and that more mics were always better than less mics.

I also purchased primarily cheap condenser mics that while very articulate also had the misfortune of being hyped in the higher frequencies which is compounded when you use the same mic again and again for overdubs.

Oeksound describes Soothe as a spectral processor for suppressing resonances in the mid and high frequencies.

It works by automatically detecting the resonances in the audio material and applying a reduction that matches the input signal.

My ears perked up when I read this line because unwanted resonances can be one of the greatest challenges to achieving a clear and balanced mix.

The layout has a fair amount of parameters but succeeds in a clear layout.

Below the depth control are the sharpness and selectivity controls.

Sharpness controls the bandwidth (Q) of individual cuts and selectivity acts as a second fine tune threshold that determines how many of the resonance peaks will be attenuated within the range initially dialed in with the depth control.

These three controls have a symbiotic relationship in a similar way to how compression parameters, threshold and ratio work together.

When one parameter is changed I find myself reaching for the other and back to the first in a cyclical pattern slowly zeroing in on the desired effect.

At the bottom of the first section of controls are parameters for stereo link percentage, oversampling, and resolution which controls how fast the attenuation engages.

To the right of the primary controls are controls for each band as well as a graphic representation of the bands, the frequency spectrum, and the attenuation being applied to the signal.

Below the band controls are parameters for wetdry, trim, delta (which outputs the attenuated frequencies only,) and a bypass.

The wet parameter is great for dialing in an overly aggressive reduction and blending back in some of the original unprocessed signal.

Delta is useful to make sure you arent removing too much of the surrounding signal.

My biggest complaint about Soothe is how the bands are visually displayed in the spectrum analyzer.

While this is similar to how multiband compressors like Fabfilters Pro-MB identify a range, I am not alone in thinking this is counterintuitive.

Music producer, Mr.

Bill just released a great walkthrough of the plugin with some useful applications and in his review mentions that it was counter to what he expected.

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