Voxengo Peakbuster
Wow! Voxengo knocked it out of the park again with Peakbuster. I've long recommended TEOTE, and this seems to be the perfect-pairing! It's different enough that you want both.
I can't explain what it does -- all I know is it makes my songs sound better. Not in a way that has artifacts, like some other 'betterizers'... Peakbuster "just works" without adding any fatiguing side effects. It adds the kind of magic that when you turn it off --- you turn it back on as quickly as possible and think, "What would I have done if I didn't have this?!"
You think you're done with your mix and then Peakbuster adds something better that you didn't even know you needed, but once you hear it you don't want to remove it.
I'm using Peakbuster with TEOTE, Marquis Compressor, Elephant Limiter, and Span Plus. I EQ on my submix busses, so that's a perfect Voxengo mixbus mastering chain for me.
I'm always happy when I get a plugin that I can use on every track, and all 5 of those fit that bill. Peakbuster is outstanding!
I just bought this plugin, and have to say it's absolutely brilliant!
For years now, I have been using some plugins that came with my DAW, which I had become accustomed to. I have always struggled to get my mixes to sound sufficiently loud without making them sound squashed.
As soon as I tried Elephant for the first time, I could hear the difference that this plugin could make to my work. Elephant is truly amazing - it is incredibly transparent, and the metering and graphing options come in very handy too.
Thanks so much for such a great product! I'd recommend Voxengo Elephant to anyone who needs super high quality buss compression.