Addspower, presence, and tube-like warmth to program material
Increases perceived loudness of any source, without audibly affecting sonic quality
Provides virtual headroom above digital maximum, allowing percussive peaks to pass without overload
Direct and band-split modes for maximum flexibility and optimal DSP usage
Developed for the UAD Powered Plug-Ins platform by Sonnox
The famous Sonnox Oxford Inflator I am using in every production on nearly every Channel! It is my secret weapon since 2002! I own it for the Powercore, Native and now for the UAD2. Why? Because I can! :-) No... Seriously: On Garage-Band it works only with the UAD2 Version. That's why!
When I tried to install the Oxford inflator into Pro Tools, it wouldn't accept it because it was 32 bit instead of the current minimum 64 bit. I give it two stars instead of one because if it was able to be installed, it might have been a helpful plugin.
They both have the ability to add harmonics to the signal coming into them, so I started there. Odd harmonics are usually associated with transformers and even harmonics with tubes. I wanted to see what each of these Sonnox products produced. The input signal was at -6dB and is the first order or fundamental, represented by the pink horizontal line in the graphs below.
2. With the effect in and at 100% and the curve at 17.0, you can see the odd harmonics in the -15dB to -20dB range (yellow and green lines), while the even harmonics have a different signature showing some peaks in the midrange and tapering upward at either end (green, orange, and brown lines).
Since the inflator is giving a lot of harmonics and doing the best at sweetening the sound for me, I try to never use the enhance feature of the limiter as it only adds, what I feel, are conflicting harmonics, making my sound a bit muddier.
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