Zplane Elastique AAX in 12.8.2HD

[Audiofarm]

This put me off too. I uninstalled it right away. Impossible to judge the quality.

[leftalive]

Originally Posted by Siegfried Meier

For what it's worth, I demoed this last summer on another rig before it was available as a TC/E tool in PT, and this limitation was not a thing back then. Hence the reason why I thought it might have been a bug...

Dude... I sincerely thought I was doing it wrong (or something was buggy) when I was evaluating the demo, because the bits of silence occur so frequently that they just don't seem like they'd be, you know... on purpose.

It's like a salesman at the hardware store saying 'Here you go - try out this new hammer... but I need it back in two weeks, and just to make sure you actually buy the thing, I'm going to break the end off this one here, so it only kind of looks like a hammer.'

I'm generally pretty happy with the X-Form plugin and TC/E, but I'm always on the hunt for something better, so this was kind of a bummer.

[Brandonx1]

This tce algo is so good! I have never heard better. The dialogue setting can stretch voice recording almost to 2x with minimal artifacting. A total game changer.

[seanmccoy]

Originally Posted by Brandonx1

This tce algo is so good! I have never heard better. The dialogue setting can stretch voice recording almost to 2x with minimal artifacting. A total game changer.

Agreed. Have you ever tried anything better? Some people tout Serato but I've never tried it. Pretty dang expensive.

[Siegfried Meier]

It's the same Algo that's in Logic's Flex Time, Reaper, Studio One and likely others they've licensed it to. That's why I was stoked to try it out and see how it worked with the TC/E tool...

If you guys that own it can confirm there's no weirdness with the plugin in Pro Tools, then I'm willing to gamble it. But, at $500 USD+, it will have to deliver...

[Stephen Bond]

Originally Posted by Siegfried Meier

It's the same Algo that's in Logic's Flex Time, Reaper, Studio One and likely others they've licensed it to. That's why I was stoked to try it out and see how it worked with the TC/E tool...

About time Pro Tools licensed it too!

Stephen

[Richard901]

Originally Posted by seanmccoy

Agreed. Have you ever tried anything better? Some people tout Serato but I've never tried it. Pretty dang expensive.

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Pitch 'n Time Pro
https://serato.com/pitchntime-pro/downloads

Pitch 'n Time LE
https://serato.com/pitchntime-le/downloads

[Rich Breen]

Originally Posted by seanmccoy

Agreed. Have you ever tried anything better? Some people tout Serato but I've never tried it. Pretty dang expensive.

I have the three big ones (serato, waves soundshifter, and elastique); fwiw, waves soundshifter sounds significantly better to me than serato on just about everything, to the point where I really don't use serato any more, and of course they ALL sound much better than Avid's TC/E. I have not had time to do significant comparisons between elastique and soundshifter, but my initial impression was that it was excellent. I'll post when I have some time to do meaningful comparisons.

[seanmccoy]

Originally Posted by Rich Breen

I have the three big ones (serato, waves soundshifter, and elastique); fwiw, waves soundshifter sounds significantly better to me than serato on just about everything, to the point where I really don't use serato any more, and of course they ALL sound much better than Avid's TC/E. I have not had time to do significant comparisons between elastique and soundshifter, but my initial impression was that it was excellent. I'll post when I have some time to do meaningful comparisons.

Hmm, Soundshifter, huh? I have it but don't think I've ever even opened it. I'll give it a go today. Interesting that you like Elastique much better than TC/E. My experience has been the opposite, though I use it almost exclusively on voiceovers. But glad to hear you're not that big on Serato. $800 is a lot to spend on something that isn't miraculous.

[Siegfried Meier]

So I took the plunge and bought this...and what a grand mistake that was. First off, for a plugin that costs over $600 and is included FREE in apps like Studio One, Reaper and Logic Pro X that cost well under that price, this is a joke.

2nd of all...it pales in comparison to Soundshifter with all of my drum edits. You can see how it garbles up the waveform, and sonically it's trash. Pure trash. I can see now why Zplane puts gaps in their demo version - it's to hide the fact that the algo is crap and suckers you into buying the app.

This may work better for things like bass, or vocals...but as of right now, I'm extreMELY disappointed. I bought from Sweetwater, and I may return this. What a scam.