Gullfoss as a Mastering EQ

Get to know how Gullfoss performs as a mastering equalizer. We'll show you some practical uses of Gullfoss in different music styles. More info: www.soundtheory.com

[@markrude]

its actually funny that in this video the difference cannot be heard THAT well but in my daw the change is just day and night.

[@dreadveil]

I seriously was shocked when he said it was gonna be a country song and then it actually was a country song.

[@er2ondatrack820]

Whether on individual channels, or especially on bus channels, Gulfoss is simply incredible. If the mix was good, Gulfoss makes it almost perfect. How gently "Muddiness" is pushed away without destroying the signal is unbelievable. Yes, with a lot of work you could do it all maybe with a normal dynamic EQ, but that would be extremely time consuming. Thanks, since I got the plug-in I can concentrate more on the music and the composition/sound design.

[@OldTomato44]

Seriously though, can we talk about how good that guitar player is?

[@SuperDaski]

One of the greatest plugin on the planet 🥰

[@jamalcole1985]

This plugin is great but it needs - resizable gui -ability to load and save presets - a/b function -hover over function, describing each control -light/dark mode -link function for parameters I'm sure you are aware of this

[@meldmagic]

🦉 It also needs to be loadable in RX 7. I bought it. It's great for remastering live CDs. Currently listening to Katy Perry's MTV Unplugged & it sounds like a proper studio recording.

[@SoundtheoryLtd]

Hi Jamal! Thanks for your comments! We are doing our best to improve Gullfoss, and we take good note of your requests. You must also know that you can choose from five different window sizes for Gullfoss: Tiny, Small, Normal, Large, and Huge. You can view and alter these window size settings by clicking on the Gullfoss logo in the screen's top-left corner. We hope that helps!

[@jamalcole1985]

@@SoundtheoryLtd thanks for acknowledging that.!

[@arivirtanen2568]

@@SoundtheoryLtd Any change of black friday discount or other promotion? Such a nice tool but little expensive for many of us.

[@cesmcmyth]

@@arivirtanen2568 35% off for two weeks on BF season already announced :-)

[@DieYouToday]

I recognize your voice MusicTechHelpGuy!

[@mbtallstars6090]

😅😅😅

[@tbainbridge]

they chose the best guy to do their vids thats for sure

[@AkilisMusic]

Damn need to get this soon

[@thevomitorium3850]

Gullfoss is great!

[@HieuPham-pw6og]

Oh my god it's awesome

[@coyoteserranoband]

Awesome! Great guitar player:)

[@recordednowhere]

this plugin is so incredibly powerful and versatile. i use this for so many things. ps love the undocumented? "frequency balance meter" beneath the freq scale.

[@metalhead3ecr]

that's the brightness meter

[@recordednowhere]

@@metalhead3ecr right. didnt see it in the manual. maybe its there

[@exiledmonastic4650]

omg what's this country song? I neeed it, it's so beautiful :) PS thanks for the tutorial!

[@thesuncollective1475]

Hard to tell difference compared to ordinary Eq...all the experts approve so I'm gonna agree plus its only $99 I think

[@russenduf]

Its hard to believe that it was"mixed pretty hot" looking at that square waveform........it looks that it is already been mastered.

[@avebac1]

Exactly. It's so unprofessional

[@lsykdrive8247]

"mastered"

[@80sfan61]

hi! gladly I finally cought it on sale! So nice, good job on that one! Was Gullfoss thought to be placed in a specific place in the mastering chain? My first guess was right before the last limiter. My second guess was right at the beginning of the chain. My thrid guess was at the beginning and at the end. I am testing, but I wanted to know, if you had something in mind, when you were creating it. Thank you in advance, all the best! Edit: Question answered already below in the comments. did not read that far yesterday, sorry!

[@danizm78]

where was the sale

[@nelsonpares4173]

were does it goes... do i put it first on top.. or the last plugin ??? i have studio one with KrK Rokit 6 speakers.. and i still cant hear any Difference when i bypass

[@neverland241]

hey what’s the name of that country song

[@CountJayeAndTheHardBeats]

No sale??

[@tiko2778]

Dope plugin, i v already tested

[@tinodadon]

In a mix, would you put it on as the first insert on a track or as the last? Very brilliant plugin from what i can tell!

[@SoundtheoryLtd]

Gullfoss should always be before the final limiter, as recovered information could generate higher peak values. We recommend starting with Gullfoss as the first plugin in the master chain. You'll then need to experiment and become familiar with the capabilities to know where to go next. You might even find that bypassing other forms of master bus compression dramatically improves the overall mix once Gullfoss is enabled instead.

[@tinodadon]

@@SoundtheoryLtd thanks! What about on single instruments? Would you put it on as the first insert of a chain aka gulfoss/compressor/saturation or color eq; or Compressor/Gulfoss/ saturation or color eq? This eq is so powerful from the videos I'm watching going to get the demo this weekend!

[@DannyJamesGuitar]

@@SoundtheoryLtd Have you guys changed your opinion on the optimal placement for Gullfoss in the master chain? I seem to remember reading a recommendation on your website that it's best to try it as the last plugin in the chain, just before the final limiter. Maybe I'm misunderstanding something? Or if I am correct, what was it that made you change your opinion? I'm just curious. It's a great plugin by the way, I love it!

[@SoundtheoryLtd]

@@DannyJamesGuitar Hi! It seems the information on the website is slightly outdated. Thanks for letting us know. We are recommending to have Gullfoss before the Limiter, but also before any heavy compression. Ideally, you want to use Gullfoss hierarchically in the mix, which means use it on busses and individual instruments, too. We hope that clarifies your doubt, if you need a deeper explanation, please do not hesitate to contact our support service!

[@DannyJamesGuitar]

SoundtheoryLtd Thanks for the information, it’s much appreciated!

[@prodbybia1072]

🤯🤯🤯

[@TajMikel]

Whats the cpu load from this plugin?

[@YoungBlaze]

1000

[@svenmasche]

quite low i have a older i5 cpu and can easily mix with a couple of gullfosses and many other plugins

[@aaronmichaelmusic_]

99999999

[@yurine477]

Anyone found what song this is yet?

[@asovamain4292]

Bros got that Burnout 3: Takedown narrator voice

[@dsr4902]

Can this plugin be used for mixing?

[@dayman9432]

sure can!

[@dsr4902]

@@dayman9432 but it make my PC red

[@dayman9432]

@@dsr4902 oh

[@davidharman9380]

anybody know the name of that song? i'm really not a fan of country but that tune is amazeballs.

[@anybody4802]

i don't know sorry

[@eplecor]

Musictechhelpguy? Is that you??

[@jinsmodernlife2488]

wish y'all would use Gullfoss on the narrators voice~, so much sibilance...

[@odotstef]

Its hard to hear the effects of this plugin while I am using it in the DAW, but when I export the track and listen to it on any device it makes such a big difference. I use it on literally every instrument except drums

[@MrArtVein]

Stefan A do you have an L2 as your last insert on Master? You can drop your bits to simulate CD quality and it's more obvious before printing out

[@TerenceKearns]

I use this a lot now. Feels like I'm cheating. It's giving me imposter syndrome.

[@g-love6507]

Where do you place it on the mastering chain ?

[@TerenceKearns]

@@g-love6507 There's no right or wrong answer to things like that. But it's usually first. Most of the time I follow it with Abbey Road TG Mastering (Waves).

[@g-love6507]

@@TerenceKearns Ok -Thanks !

[@g-love6507]

@@TerenceKearns I have Soothe 2 which handles resonances.. Wonder if the two could be used in combination !

[@queenpurple8433]

Love this plugin but what he isn’t telling you is how much volume you lose using this plugin for mastering. That’s why the mix was so. “Hot”

[@richm5087]

You could use some examples of music that people actually have made within the past 30 years. 1. EDM 2. Hip Hop. 3. Indie rock.

[@kvalsoniclab9152]

why are none commenting on the dynamic issues? The dynamics are not being improved by Gullfoss. Being an automatic dynamic eq, it just intriduces a lot of unmusical pumping. This clip has some hilarious / scary (depending on one's sort of humour) results where the presenter claim there is an improvement. Yes, some improvement, and lot of deterioration. After watching a lot of Gullfoss clips, I am convinced neither my mixes nor my mastering chains need this. Learn how to eq and compress your tracks properly, there should be no need for this plugin. It can do way more harm than good.

[@saakers]

The plugin sounds great. If not, must be user error

[@generichuman_]

The only thing I took from all your blabbering is that you haven't tried it. KZbin's compression algorithm makes it almost impossible to hear what the plugin is actually doing, so not only have you not tried it, but you've written it off before you've even really heard it, which makes your opinion worth exactly nothing.

[@stormshadow2k]

I see many benefits to using this plugin, but at 180 Euros I am waiting for a sale.

[@ckrug32]

30% off right now with code PLAP30

[@queenpurple8433]

It’s also worth full price anyway

[@najinelson6742]

Maybe one year ago there were not many known competitors. Thanks to AI technology there are now. And the best thing is they have fair pricing, so keep your plugin, even 50% would be too much imo!

[@bg4productionsllc]

Competitors such as? I know of Soothe and SmartEQ, who else?

[@najinelson6742]

@@bg4productionsllc ReaEq (Cockos) best eq in the world? And there are lots of plugins shaping sounds either to some eq curves of a reference track or whatever... thousands of plugins doing more or less the same

[@dayman9432]

​@@najinelson6742 um... I'm a reaper user and love ReaEq, but it's really not comparable to gullfoss

[@najinelson6742]

@@dayman9432 Gullfoss is way to artificial, Reaeq is super clean and I decide what reaeq has to do, wheras Gullfoss has some algorithm of some developers who wants to tell you what sounds well.... Plugins like Gullfoss, Soothe, Distresdor, Ozone and Autotune are too bloom for the sound quality of today's productions. Most of them unexciting, overpolished, overcompressed, not creative and lifeless with an overuse of fx. If one could not mix with reaeq only, well...

[@najinelson6742]

@@bg4productionsllc voxengo is a way more natural sounding competitor, their plugin is Taope.

[@claudianreyn4529]

It's not easy to control what happens with this. Better create a better mix and you don't have to do crazy stuff on mastering. In my opinion, this plugin will destroy some of the dynamics. If there is something wrong with the mix I would fix that in particular and not apply a plugin that wable chaotically over the whole place. Conclusion: do yourself a favor and never use this on mastering. It's an offence to the word itself!!!

[@queenpurple8433]

I find it often adds dynamics to my mixes. I hear it and it’s evident in the waveform. It only destroys dynamics if your mix isn’t good to begin with, this is not a magic make the mix work no matter what type tool. It’s a make good sounding things great and great sounding things near perfection. Even taking professionally mixed tracks from amazing artists and running it through gulfoss it still makes it sound clearer while maintaining fullness

[@najinelson6742]

If you have major imbalances, just mix again, no need for such an overpriced plugin

[@gianocastello7706]

Yes, it is way too expensive and everyone who uses such a plugin on his mixes, should take some time and think about what mixing is. If you want your mixes to sound special and unique, learn mixing your way or give it an engineer. Mixing is a creative prof. You think a plugin will make the right eq settings for your mix? Ok, maybe buy Gullfoss. If everyone used Gullfoss, well, that s where we are now, so many use Antares and Empirical Labs and you can hear it, it all sound similar boring