![]() PSP's NobleQ and the Abbey Road Brilliance processors are EQs, albeit ones that are particularly good for sweetening treble with the twist of a knob. 112dB's Redline Preamp is touted as a tube simulation, but its multiband design means you can easily shine up the top end using the treble band alone. There are many, many ways to brighten a signal, and we've even included a few plug-ins that aren't branded as enhancers/exciters. It also means that vintage samples can be brought up to today's brightness levels. ![]() If anything, however, this makes enhancers more appealing as they allow recordings of 'real' instruments to sit alongside glossy synths and samples. Modern music technology means that new sounds are pretty bright already, and some argue that today's music is quite shiny enough. ![]() The techniques ranged from psychoacoustic frequency compensation to simple filtering but the aim was the same: to retain, restore or artificially synthesise the top-end sheen that allows presence, clarity, punch and excitement. A whole class of devices - called exciters or enhancers - were developed to compensate for this, particularly in the tape-recording period. One of the chief problems has been a loss of top-end clarity. Much of the history of recording is, arguably, the history of compensating for the limitations of recording mediums. ![]() ![]() (Image credit: Milena Boniek/PhotoAlto/Corbis) Add some excitement. ![]()
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