Topic: Use of BBE Sonic Sweet software /VST - Plug-in

[swordfish]

Hi All.

Has anybody experience with subject software?  I downloaded a few shows which where "worked" on with Sonic maximizers and software with plug ins.  Went to my favorite dealer in Colgne in Germany and asked the some questions about the BBE Sonic hardware and the software.  I was told the right way to do it would be to use the software ...which requires a host.  I use Cool edit to work on my recordings....and after a while I can do waht I need to do sine I am not a PC geek.

So my quesitions are.

Will cool edit pro work as an host for the BBE Sonic software---the host requires an VST - whatever that is.

I wrote a mail to BBE  and received the following answer..pls see below...

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Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. September 2012 um 18:54 Uhr
Von: "Nomad Factory" <techsupport@nomadfactory.com>
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Hi,

You can use any VST Host.  There are a ton of them out there.  We like Ableton Live the best.. you can buy Live intro for $99 which is very reasonable.  You can also try Reaper, Cubase, or Studio One.   If you pay less or get a free program, you may end up getting frustrated because the user experiences are not good.

Thank you,

The Nomad Factory Technical Support
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Maybe BBE is the wrong software at all.  But I will try to improve my recordings a bit :-)) , so suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,

Martin

[adrianf74]

I remember playing with the old BBE rackmount units back in the day when I used to record on DAT to "fix" certaint things.   These can be done a lot more easily these days with less 'damaging' (for lack of a better word) tools already in the software.   I don't know if using the VST plug-in would be frowned upon in these parts but I'd sure like to read what people will have to say.  Thanks for your question.

[noahbickart]

try this:

http://www.sonicspot.com/spinaudiovstdxwrapper/spinaudiovstdxwrapper.html

[swordfish]

try this:

http://www.sonicspot.com/spinaudiovstdxwrapper/spinaudiovstdxwrapper.html

Sorry for replying so late but I hoped to get more feedback on my questions...Since I m not a computer expert the above link unfortunately didn't help me much...

Still have not idea which programm would be the best to buy/use as an host for the sonic software.

SF

[yates7592]

The BBE plug-in is VST, therefore most if not all mastering / DAW programs should be able to use it. I haven't used Cool Edit Pro in a long time but I am almost sure it would be able to host VST plug-ins.

If not.....

Audacity is free and can handle some VST plug-ins, but not all, and some not well. That would be worth trying first.

The next step up is the 'lite' version of most DAW's. I think they go for $100 or so, or are commonly bundled with digital recorders. I have used the lite version of Cubase before and that worked well with VST's. I hear the starter version of Reaper is very good value for money.

Beyond that you are looking at mastering programs like Wavelab or full versions of the DAW's, which are much more expensive than the light versions. Again, Reaper....

Hope this helps.

[swordfish]

The BBE plug-in is VST, therefore most if not all mastering / DAW programs should be able to use it. I haven't used Cool Edit Pro in a long time but I am almost sure it would be able to host VST plug-ins.

If not.....

Audacity is free and can handle some VST plug-ins, but not all, and some not well. That would be worth trying first.

The next step up is the 'lite' version of most DAW's. I think they go for $100 or so, or are commonly bundled with digital recorders. I have used the lite version of Cubase before and that worked well with VST's. I hear the starter version of Reaper is very good value for money.

Beyond that you are looking at mastering programs like Wavelab or full versions of the DAW's, which are much more expensive than the light versions. Again, Reaper....

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info...I will look into the programms and may buy the software first and see if it will work CEP....have to make up my mind.

Thanks for all the answers...
SF