Comments on: Variety Of Sound Releases FREE ThrillseekerLA mkII

By: MRG

MRG — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:50:46 +0000

In reply to alex. Had the opportunity to test it on less distorted sounds, and the interstaging is much better suited there. Liked it very much, only proving that different gears/plugins have their different uses.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 14:46:11 +0000

Let’s goo! Always happy to read news about Variety of Sound!

The only thing I always missed is a FET style compressor by him. That’s my favourite type and there are very few free ones out there.

By: MRG

MRG — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:59:36 +0000

In reply to alex. In ten years we'll get the Nostalgia Editions, available in all the formats but with the old sound... ;-)

By: Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav Zlatic — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:34:56 +0000

In reply to alex. Yes, it's finally here! Variety of Sound is incredible.

By: alex

alex — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 07:39:42 +0000

Well, that’s true, it has changed quite a bit but I like it. The coloring options are streamlined but still flexible enough and compression itself has been improved and that’s most important. I also like what he did with the side-chain filter and AGC is always welcome. Of course, after ten years it feels funny when you don’t get exactly what you expect from a plugin :)

By: MRG

MRG — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 19:31:09 +0000

Mmm, the interstaging is so different than it was before… Gonna take a while to get used to it, adds more presence/ambience which is nice, but on very nasty and distorted stuff for instance, it gets metallic fast. Wouldn’t mind a knob to tame that streamlining. ^_^
Not complaining, but it’s like EpicVERB, the sound changed a lot in the 64bit update. And while new sound ideas are always welcomed, kinda wish you got the option to get the old sound.
Ah well, you either need to take into account the changes or bridge the old one.

By: alex

alex — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:20:09 +0000

Damn :) I been waiting for it and checking VOS site almost every day and still managed to miss it (even though I’ve never stopped using x86 version since it works flawlessly bridged in Reaper). Thx! That’s it. The plug of the year. I’m done. I don’t need any more opto comps, ever :)

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:12:44 +0000

Mac… :(

By: Tomislav Zlatic

Tomislav Zlatic — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:01:35 +0000

Many thanks to BPB reader Christian H. for the info!