Dynamic EQ a la dolby A in a plugin?

by **Chinagraf** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:27 pm

Please slap me with a wet fish for asking this, but has anyone come across any sort of dynamic eq plugin that does what the Dolby A does when you use the encode side only? Or does anyone have a pair of 361's with A type cards they want to get rid of? I only ever seem to come across units with the SR cards in them (like the pair on evilbay atm).
Thanks
A

by **13thbeach** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:40 pm

HI Andy,
Is the dolby 365 the same sort of thing? I know a guy who's got one and would sell it i'm sure.

by **rob** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:45 pm

hmmmm I've got a bunch of dolby A cards somewhere and always wondering about racking them into a one shot compressor.....

Rob

by **rick** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 6:53 pm

i have a pair of near mint dubbly A, actually its the 2 unit 2 card model
make me an offer i cannot understand and they are yours

by **Chinagraf** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:02 pm

Hey Matt, I've only ever used a 361 with A cards for what I'm talking about. The only 365 I've seen had CAT22 cards, which I think is a frequency dependant gate? Or only gates certain frequencies? I know some of the older Dolby units can be modded to only compress in certain bands, but the thing I'm after with the A type is where you only go through the encode side and as things get quiter they get brighter and darker as they get louder. I'll do some googling and see if the 365 is similar. Anyone out there know?
Rob...you could call it a Dobly..

by **Ben M** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:53 pm

Hi Andy, are you thinking about the effect you can create eg. with backing vocals or for multiband archival purposes?
I've used Dolby A noise reduction to give a lovely glassy sound to a BV group (rich dark high end) used as a sidechain to the BV group.
This could be the wet fish slapping me?
Anyone?

B.

by **musikwerks** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:03 pm

hmmm... maybe that's why my mixes are sucking.... 'cos they're not mixed with dobly.

by **Chinagraf** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:18 pm

Ben, yeah that's the sort of thing, mult a vocal with a send to it, mix back in. Also good inserted straight over stuff, acoustics, piano. The slap me thing is because I'm always sayin hardware is better, but I'd love to find a plug that can do it, but I doubt I will. I'm getting sick of patchcords.
Rick..Thanks, I'm going to scout for plugin for a week or so and if no luck I'll get back to you.
I've only seen the single units. Now stupid question I know, but it's basically just 2 independent mono units housed in one chassis right? No linking of the tracking or anything..so you can use each channel on seperate mono sources at the same time. Dual Mono...
Stupid question I know but I had to ask.

Kristian, mixing with Dobly is "Secret of the Mixing Pros" #27.

by **otto ruiter** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:25 am

Sonalksis DQ1 Dynamic Equaliser

http://www.sonalksis.com/index.php?section_id=101

Brilliant piece of work.

Otto

by **heathen** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:17 am

otto ruiter wrote:Sonalksis DQ1 Dynamic Equaliser

http://www.sonalksis.com/index.php?section_id=101

Brilliant piece of work.

Otto

You beat me to it Otto, the DQ1 will definately do what you want, though it is fiddly and as with most plugs can get harsh but it does do it well. They have a comp which works similarly CQ1 I believe.

Orrrrrr how about a CLM Dynamics Expounder, I've heard they are very good units.

by **Chinagraf** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 9:21 am

Thanks Otto and Heath, I'll check them out.
Cheers

by **musikwerks** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:45 pm

There's a bunch of these on Ebay.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/DOLBY-NOISE-REDUCTI ... dZViewItem

by **TimS** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:46 pm

Also a set (Dolby 361 + 280 SR cards) in Oz as well..
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/DOLBY-361-modules-with-280-SR-cards_W0QQitemZ230330099895QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Pro_Audio?hash=item230330099895&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A1%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Dynamic EQ a la dolby A in a plugin?

Dynamic EQ a la dolby A in a plugin?

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