Ok, that’s kinda interesting. I was just talking to someone yesterday about a way to visualize LRA over time and I can show that in WaveLab, but this could be helpful. Cheers :)

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I’m a mastering engineer, but I’ll never let go of my VP88.

At the end of the day, even if you get the OG quality stuff, there’s never been a better or more affordable time to make music.

Anyway, I digress. M/S is the shit.

…manufacturing, or labor costs. We see similar things in the plugin market too. It just feels intellectually lazy to me. And look, if you can copy something and also make meaningful improvements in ergonomics, interface, performance, features, etc. that’s one thing, but that is so rarely the case.

More to the point though, it just irks me that that’s where the industry is at. Rather than innovate and bring something new to market, we clone something that has already made all its R&D money back ages ago, which means the only ways to make it cheaper are to cut corners on materials…

I hear ya, and I’ve been there. And also, in 2025 is it? I can barely get out of the grocery store with food for a few days for less than $100, so for a mic that’s built like a tank and will literally last decades, with great customer support from a company that’s not going anywhere…

My absolute favorite sounding stereo recording technique.

They make clones of SM58s now? Because a legit one is soooo expensive? What the actual eff. Not mad at you, but like, how is that where the industry is at?

Is this in REAPER? Can it overlay other metrics like LRA and such now too?

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Sometimes it can be cool. Sometimes linear phase is the ticket. Sometimes a shelf (LP or MP) is better suited. Horses for courses and all that.

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Eek! Please be careful with minimum phase HPFs on the side channel!

That can definitely happen when it’s pushed too far or the mix just doesn’t suit it in the first place. When done well – applied carefully, paying attention to phase interactions, etc. – it can sound very transparent IMO.

I don’t blame you, but can you articulate why?

Don’t neglect to check minimum vs linear phase. They are uniquely different tools.

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