Alternative to Waves MV2?

[leftalive]

I love this plugin, but I do sometimes wish it didn't have the aggressive low mid bump (or that I could at least turn it off).

[simon.a.billington]

Originally Posted by bad jitter

From MV2's manual:

Low Level
Sets the low level compression threshold. Compression is applied to signals below this threshold. (From bottom up)
Range: 0 to +48 dBFS

I don't get how the threshold can be above 0 dBfs? As I understand it, the low-level slider sets the maximum amount of low level upwards compression. And that user cannot set the actual threshold at all.

What do you think?

I get what you are saying, the scale they've used is a little confusion. In related to standard top down compression you might more expect to see it marked -60 or -48dB and upwards, or something like that. The way they've done it does seem more practice, though.

With the standard compression its very easy to tell how much your shaving off the top, but it wouldn't be as user friendly if it started at -48, you'd have to do the maths in your head. It's not hard maths, but if you have to work for it then its not as fast, not as intuitive. So my guess is they used a dB scale that was more user friendly.

Also consider that if its reasonable for a compressor to reduce signals under a threshold beginning at 0, then the inverse of that rule most also be acceptable. Increasing levels over a threshold beginning at 0.

[chrisdee]

Maxvolume form Waves is also an alternative. Its a bit cleaner sounding to my ears. It has a gate function in addition wich i find very usefull.

Boh Maxvolum and MV2 are great at evening out a dynamic signal.

But sometimes i feel they both sound kind of flat and steril compared to tracking with a hw compressor. Other times i think they sound more natural and less compressed cmpared to using outboard compression.