harmonic exciters

topic posted Mon, January 7, 2008 - 2:51 PM by  chendo
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hi,

i've recently started playing with the ozone harmonic exciter with my mixes. It seems to help bring out the mids in muddy sounding tracks (electronic music).

My question is, what do people think these things are good for (if anything)? And, am i crazy to be using this thing this way?

Thanks!
-chendo
www.guerrillasoul.com
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chendo
SF Bay Area
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    Re: harmonic exciters

    Mon, January 7, 2008 - 6:28 PM
    That is just what it is used for. When used right it can add a nice sheen to a mix. The one in ozone is very sensitive, i never go beyond a 1.9 boost in any of the four bands.
    • Re: harmonic exciters

      Tue, January 8, 2008 - 12:49 PM
      yeah the one is ozone 3 is super sensitive but it does clean things up a lot...gives an extra umff to selected frequency bands. good stuff but if you over do it you can really notice it.
      • Re: harmonic exciters

        Sat, January 12, 2008 - 11:17 AM
        I like to make my mixes a bit on the dull side and then use a combination of Liquid Mix on the Massive Passive setting (for the mids) and then the Ozone exciter for the highs (last two bands to less than 1.9 like Eric said) to brighten and clean it up. Makes the highs nice and sparkly.

        usually on the tube setting, but if I want a little more extreme shine I go for the tape setting.

        I've never used the lower two bands.

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