Trial is almost over and since first getting it’s been used less and less. It’s a bit snake oil tbh especially if you got stabilizer or smart EQ Also on a master the compression does not sound good it takes away way too much energy even at subtle settings imo
I hear you. You definitely have to be careful with these complex multiband compressors. No matter how careful they are, there's always going to be a phase impact. Less is more, but I do really enjoy using this; I like the unique angle oeksound took. I'm glad you got good ears and you caught some artifacts that you don't like. Thanks for the info!
@@Nayah9That's an interesting take: I'd say Stabilizer is the most similar, by default, as it's adaptively-plotted EQ, but the manuals are a little spotty about what exactly is going on with Clarity and Low End Focus. But we know it splits the input into spectral bands, then raises and lowers them according to the input signal, which is essentially adaptive EQ-ing, but you get attack and release times, which could indicate compression, but there's no ratio, so that probably just controls the response of the spectral band gains. Anyway, I could ramble, but I think Stabilizer will get you close, but Bloom has less artefacts to my ears, and offers the fun upward/downward compression option. I love the suggestion for Ozone users! Thanks for watching, cheers!
@@palebluedotstudios I agree, Izotope's manuals don't have the clearest explanation of how their plugins work. My understanding from the manual and an Izotope video is that Clarity follows either a brown, pink or white noise profile depending on where you set the Tilt slider. To my ears it sounds a lot more "squashed" than Stabilizer. In fact, here's a quote from Clarity's manual: "Clarity will tame resonances and unmask background content". Sounds a lot like upward/downward compression to me! As if things weren't complicated enough, Neutron 4's Sculptor is another great option. It looks like a mix of Stabilizer and Clarity since it has Amount, Tone and Speed controls but is confirmed in the manual to be a multi-band compressor with 32 frequency bands. All 3 of Izotope's options sound great to me with no artefacts. I just wish they were a bit clearer about how the plugins work. But then again, Oeksound isn't particularly clear either on the differences between Soothe and Bloom. I guess this new adaptive EQ stuff is just too complex for plugin designers to explain in simple terms how their plugins work. A good marketing campain with short videos and an appealing GUI is a lot more effective than pages of jargon in a manual/video.
Bloom is always removing frequencies that don’t need to be removed. It’s Bs. Sounds are generally relative to each other and getting them to fit in a mix is like a jigsaw puzzle. And those presets, for example those pop vocals ones, will not create anything like a hit records vocals. This whole thing with this plugin is a scam. Atleast when Sonible’s smart eq4 does its EQ, it does it in relation to what other instruments are doing.
Thanks for the enthusiastic response. I agree with many of your points; mixers should not rely upon these tools to get good mixes, and personally, I never even looked at the presets on this. To me, it’s a powerful tool that can be used to shape your tracks, and it helps if you know what you’re doing, and take time to understand the engineering behind the plugin. What i really like about Bloom is that it has a “fun “ creative element with the Squash feature that you can create crazy compression effects with; so it’s not simply about making the signal balance “perfectly”. Anyway, great food for thought, @EyeQue
@@palebluedotstudios There's no doubt it can do cool things to a sound, I guess my issue was the marketing push, as though it was the be all of mixing and about to reshape the who engineering industry. And it reels in people who dont really get whats happening only for them to discover that the price of a DAW was squandered on one plugin that is not gonna make much more difference than a regular EQ and compressor. And I have the trial and I was very suspicious about it watching the trailers. After using it for some time I really don't see the big deal.
@@eyeque7 That is 100% valid: I want to be clear: no one NEEDS this plugin to make good mixes; somehow we got along for 100 years without it. You could make a good argument for this being a very superficial plugin. For me, I like what it does with sub-optimal tracks, and the compression reminds me of great old-school compressors that restrict the dynamic range. At the end of the day, it's hard to explain, but this plugin connects with my sonic preferences, and my needs. But I would caution any viewer to test the plugin, learn it well, and use it tastefully.
Plugin is a bit too expensive for what it is….but I would not call it a scam….i would never rely on a preset for any plugin….presets are at best a starting point or just for fun….more accurately they’re completely useless….once u know what U’re doing you’ll hardly ever if never pay attn to a preset again….these plus]gins are super useful if YOU know what you’re doing
@@jaystay1514 Yes, that fully describes my experience. I might check out a couple presets on a new plugin with a unique paradigm, but for me, the fun comes from making it do what I want-or even unexpected things! Thanks for commenting! Cheers!
Fantastic overview. Oeksound should sponsor you, because this was an excellent showcase of the plugin.
OMG thank you! That means a lot. I sent the video to oeksound, so we’ll see. Cheers, and thanks for watching!
Nice sounding track! 😊
Thank you! That's "Slivers of Silver" from my band Arkana. I'm currently remixing and remastering it, need to finish that up!
Great examples! Cool song!
Amazing! Thank you!!
I hate the PRICE but I had to cop 😭
It’s a lot! Did you pull the trigger? 😃
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Trial is almost over and since first getting it’s been used less and less. It’s a bit snake oil tbh especially if you got stabilizer or smart EQ
Also on a master the compression does not sound good it takes away way too much energy even at subtle settings imo
I hear you. You definitely have to be careful with these complex multiband compressors. No matter how careful they are, there's always going to be a phase impact. Less is more, but I do really enjoy using this; I like the unique angle oeksound took. I'm glad you got good ears and you caught some artifacts that you don't like. Thanks for the info!
stabilizer
Stabilizer is a good one. I love how Bloom combines adaptive EQ with compression. Cheers!
That's why Izotope also added the Clarity and Low End Focus modules to Ozone 11.
Stabilizer = adaptive EQ
Clarity = adaptive compression for everything above 300Hz
Low End Focus = adaptive compression for everything below 300Hz
Therefore:
Stabilizer + Clarity + Low End Focus = Bloom
@@Nayah9That's an interesting take: I'd say Stabilizer is the most similar, by default, as it's adaptively-plotted EQ, but the manuals are a little spotty about what exactly is going on with Clarity and Low End Focus. But we know it splits the input into spectral bands, then raises and lowers them according to the input signal, which is essentially adaptive EQ-ing, but you get attack and release times, which could indicate compression, but there's no ratio, so that probably just controls the response of the spectral band gains. Anyway, I could ramble, but I think Stabilizer will get you close, but Bloom has less artefacts to my ears, and offers the fun upward/downward compression option. I love the suggestion for Ozone users! Thanks for watching, cheers!
@@palebluedotstudios I agree, Izotope's manuals don't have the clearest explanation of how their plugins work.
My understanding from the manual and an Izotope video is that Clarity follows either a brown, pink or white noise profile depending on where you set the Tilt slider.
To my ears it sounds a lot more "squashed" than Stabilizer. In fact, here's a quote from Clarity's manual: "Clarity will tame resonances and unmask background content".
Sounds a lot like upward/downward compression to me!
As if things weren't complicated enough, Neutron 4's Sculptor is another great option. It looks like a mix of Stabilizer and Clarity since it has Amount, Tone and Speed controls but is confirmed in the manual to be a multi-band compressor with 32 frequency bands.
All 3 of Izotope's options sound great to me with no artefacts. I just wish they were a bit clearer about how the plugins work. But then again, Oeksound isn't particularly clear either on the differences between Soothe and Bloom. I guess this new adaptive EQ stuff is just too complex for plugin designers to explain in simple terms how their plugins work.
A good marketing campain with short videos and an appealing GUI is a lot more effective than pages of jargon in a manual/video.
makes sense :D@@Nayah9 though best only use stabilizer in cut mode to avoid a project wide EQ dirge - energy loss
Bloom is always removing frequencies that don’t need to be removed. It’s Bs. Sounds are generally relative to each other and getting them to fit in a mix is like a jigsaw puzzle. And those presets, for example those pop vocals ones, will not create anything like a hit records vocals. This whole thing with this plugin is a scam. Atleast when Sonible’s smart eq4 does its EQ, it does it in relation to what other instruments are doing.
Thanks for the enthusiastic response. I agree with many of your points; mixers should not rely upon these tools to get good mixes, and personally, I never even looked at the presets on this. To me, it’s a powerful tool that can be used to shape your tracks, and it helps if you know what you’re doing, and take time to understand the engineering behind the plugin. What i really like about Bloom is that it has a “fun “ creative element with the Squash feature that you can create crazy compression effects with; so it’s not simply about making the signal balance “perfectly”. Anyway, great food for thought, @EyeQue
@@palebluedotstudios There's no doubt it can do cool things to a sound, I guess my issue was the marketing push, as though it was the be all of mixing and about to reshape the who engineering industry. And it reels in people who dont really get whats happening only for them to discover that the price of a DAW was squandered on one plugin that is not gonna make much more difference than a regular EQ and compressor. And I have the trial and I was very suspicious about it watching the trailers. After using it for some time I really don't see the big deal.
@@eyeque7 That is 100% valid: I want to be clear: no one NEEDS this plugin to make good mixes; somehow we got along for 100 years without it. You could make a good argument for this being a very superficial plugin. For me, I like what it does with sub-optimal tracks, and the compression reminds me of great old-school compressors that restrict the dynamic range. At the end of the day, it's hard to explain, but this plugin connects with my sonic preferences, and my needs. But I would caution any viewer to test the plugin, learn it well, and use it tastefully.
Plugin is a bit too expensive for what it is….but I would not call it a scam….i would never rely on a preset for any plugin….presets are at best a starting point or just for fun….more accurately they’re completely useless….once u know what U’re doing you’ll hardly ever if never pay attn to a preset again….these plus]gins are super useful if YOU know what you’re doing
@@jaystay1514 Yes, that fully describes my experience. I might check out a couple presets on a new plugin with a unique paradigm, but for me, the fun comes from making it do what I want-or even unexpected things! Thanks for commenting! Cheers!