Taking a page out of How To Overbrand Your Product, United Plugins and FireSonic have released FireSpacer, a new plug-in that claims to simplify the complex task of creating space in a mix by ensuring each element has its own presence without overwhelming others.
Though the task of creating space in a mix is a complex one, FireSpacer proclaims to analyze the audio frequency content of one track via a sidechain process and applying an intelligent filter to subtract those frequencies from another track to effectively ensure that each instrument or voice has its own space in the mix.
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According to the press release, FireSpacer includes four processing algorithms that each result in a different sound. Spectral algorithms are much more accurate, but exhibit latency and require more CPU (Central Processing Unit) power, possibly, while low-latency algorithms use minimum phase filters, which have a much broader effect, so are less accurate and more likely, therefore, to remove more frequencies that do not need to be removed. We’re not sure exactly what this means for the end result…
FireSpacer provides some advanced tweaking options all aimed at creating space in a mix…
FireSpacer provides some advanced tweaking options all aimed at creating space in a mix: Min Freq controls the minimum frequency to be processed so all frequencies below that will be ignored, useful for limiting the spectrum range to be affected. For instance, if a vocal clashes with a guitar and full processing removes the guitar content to the extent that it no longer sounds like a guitar or is simply too quiet, then increasing this value ensures that the lower frequencies of the guitar tone remains unaffected while still providing more room for the vocal by removing the higher frequency content.
Max Freq controls the maximum frequency to be processed so all frequencies above that will be ignored, useful for limiting the spectrum range to be affected. Helpful for solving clashes between bass and kick drums, for example, where removing bass content may be difficult since the initial slap of the kick could contain a wide range of frequencies, thereby running the risk of removing the entire bass briefly, so lowering the maximum frequency value to 150Hz, say, should remove low bass frequencies but preserve higher harmonics, ensuring that listeners can still hear the pitch. Release controls how quickly the attenuated frequencies increase the level when they stop colliding. Release is only useful for spectral modes and controls how precise FireSpacer is at targeting clashing frequencies, maximum accuracy removes only frequencies that are almost identical, while, conversely, minimum accuracy removes even frequencies, which are further from each other.
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FireSpacer Features:
- Simplifies the complex task of creating space in a mix
- Provides control over the priority of each track to prevent clutter and preserve clarity
- Can be utilized for blending instruments, vocals, and other audio elements
