If You're A Singer, You NEED This! | JST Howard Benson Vocals Plugin

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[@ayeapprove]

Great video, but for the love of god please do bypass comparisons with the same volume for fairness.

[@tgchan]

I thought the same... what a complete BS comparison lmao...

[@joeymusic]

Trey - thank you so much. I love this video demo / review so much!

[@mr.mikehunt4286]

yawn, he talks too much

[@jonkerrmusic]

I was wiffle-waffling on what to do about vocals, and saw both this video and Jonathan Young's "Chemicals" - and that did it. Terrific investment.

[@HomeRecordingMadeEasy]

You should level match the plugin by turning down the output so when you by-pass the plugin the volume is the same. That will give you a much better representation of how the plugin sounds with the rest of the processing. The compressor is turning up the makeup gain so much that when bypassed you cant hear it. This is the way you typically want to demo plugins. Other than that, nice demo.

[@xDamageProducer]

if he did that then the processed vocal would also be so quiet it disappears. The recorded track was super quiet.

[@joshpisawesome]

@@xDamageProducer Then you could group the instrumental to a bus and lower it until the raw vocal is present, then A/B with the processed vocal. I agree with Home Recording Made Easy. The A/B compare that was done isn't useful, however, this video does give a feel for the plugin.

[@cjland8410]

"When Elize asks you just say yes" 😂 Truer words have never been spoken 🤘 That song came out very well btw

[@maxmolodtsov]

I find very confusing that this plugin has no de-esser.

[@joeymusic]

Eternal Tom maybe we can add it later

[@danymalsound]

Agreed! Even the Scheps Omni by waves has TWO de-essers built-in (sick plug, check it out)

[@MeTuLHeD]

@@joeymusic Awesome! That would make an already good plug-in complete.

[@derboy3303]

@@joeymusic please do! I already preordered :)

[@igloozoo8245]

Or some form of auto tune

[@aaronmackenzie139]

First time going direct from a video to order the product, well thought out review and plug in. Can’t wait to spend 90% less time trying to get vocals to sit in mixes!

[@scottydogg278]

Elize's voice is amazing. Also, you missed the opportunity to name the preset "Für Elize"

[@CellarStudioProductions]

That's exactly what I thought.

[@cultistsash]

This will be the second time you have gotten me to purchase something before the video is even over. Good job.

[@Prodby_duke]

Same

[@KyleSevenoaks]

Pre-ordering right away. Also getting the digital screwdriver, thanks for the tip.

[@h3lio5]

This is the greatest thing ever. I bought this before finishing the video, using your link of course. Thx Gear Gods!

[@treyxaviermusic]

my man

[@racer2c]

I'm impressed. Using individual plugins for each effect can get expensive, cough UA cough. As a musician, I am always looking for quality solutions that save time. When is this actually available?

[@joeymusic]

S M January 16th

[@OfficialFatLip]

Pleeeze, a pre-comp-eq maybe a stereo image with tight low end in center and bus-aux sends to verbs is the essential vocal strip, why limit yourself to this joke?

[@WrektSK]

Damn, the amount of extremely well made plugins that are being released this year is substantial lol

[@moydamer]

Man, when was the last time I heard someone so sincerely enthusiastic about it being 2020?

[@scottjanssen65]

Very cool plugin. I wish they'd partner with Antares or license Autotune so that this plugin could truly be a one stop shop for vocal production by adding time and pitch correction.

[@treyxaviermusic]

Yeah that could be cool but I think that would double the price of it and probably use WAAYYY more processing

[@xDamageProducer]

It would also give people an excuse to not sing in time or key lol

[@Kaneda90125]

Yeah I just bought this on the strength of your demo. The fact is I don't want to spend too much time dialing in a great sound and this plugin is nicely intuitive and with enough features to cover everything most of us would ever need. The built in chains are great and there's a ton of variety there to pick from to make things even easier. Nice work.

[@treyxaviermusic]

Great to hear!

[@CarcPazu]

TREY: Why don't you try that on a guitar solo? I'm sure it would work very well.

[@ihaveriffs8261]

The screwdriver comment made me LOL

[@kylehowdy]

You saying to use it as an easy vocal chain for the monitoring is a fantastic idea.

[@mrmemyselfandi9609]

LMAO @ 16:50! LULZ....dude...you cracked me up...thanks for the laugh. Give me a transparent sounding EQ like the fabfilter Q3 that hits the waves Renaissance compressor, Auto tune, then maybe add a bitchin doubler... like waves doubler, and maybe even soundtoys echo boy or Waves H delay to add some time based delay to the vocal. Then throw on some valhalla vintageverb or roomverb....waves golden room in Rverb... and you're golden. Still working on perfecting SurfEq2 for pitch based EQ...it's juuuuuust not quite there for me yet. But...lots of people love it. I've heard a ton of these "vocal chain" bundles and it really depends on your style of music. This set up is outrageous for pop and rock vocals though. They're hitting like 80% and that's more than I can say for most of them.

[@brolsonmusic]

I bought this quite awhile ago and love the simplicity!

[@Hxarh]

Bought it, and used it to turn one of my older songs which I'd always considered lacked something, into the wide echoey Life is strange'esque kind of mix it was always meant to be, but I'd never been able to achieve. :)

[@MeltWithU]

Definitely buying this. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. It’ll definitely help in my studio with the singers who don’t have a lot of punch behind their voice or have been higher voices. Thank you again.

[@drill2.087]

Great plug-in and as always you started with an incredible source, great vocal take.

[@TheSolfilm]

I got the Platnikoff guitar plugin and it is very good. This one is very impressive also. I'm definitely going to be a fan of that particular brand. For me who^s not an enfineer at all and want to release listenable stuff quickly, that thing is awesome !

[@truthseeker630]

2:07 "Digital screwdriver" lollll. Love the review and basically a tutorial for us now getting into this kind of stuff. Thank You! Gotta get me one of this!

[@artistegreen]

You fell down the well! Now thats having fun at work! Awesome 👍😉😁

[@DavidNwokoye]

Wow this plugin is insane 😱😱😱

[@DanielOraraVA]

I was thinking "Isnt this Elize Ryd's voice?" Then I opened up the comment section, and was glad I thought correctly 😂

[@danymalsound]

What singer/band are we hearing? She sounds phenomenal!

[@kenanatkinson7335]

Amaranthe

[@bigkid757]

Just bought this plugin. Works great on guitar too!

[@Jonny_Rojo]

Can you help me, i downloaded it I can’t get anything to run

[@Seth33Angell]

That freaking doubling! Holy shit! I just bought the plugin an hour ago, so freaking stoked to try it!

[@sebjulien3]

What about a real time live situation? Is there a delay? I don't think I would replace my VoiceLive but this could be an alternative in case my unit dies. Except obviously for the harmonizer part.

[@joeymusic]

The plugin is low latency (no delay) for real-time applications.

[@MegaNancyLover]

I’m halfway through the video. Assuming you didn’t do it in this video, I would love to see you mix some of your vocals from scratch too!! Edit: You did end up doing it towards the end! Nice!!

[@JeremyLeech]

I preordered it. I can't wait!

[@mindfuc]

Thanks dude, this is the BEST rundown!

[@1013301]

Especially love your Kiesel reviews.

[@JimGramze]

Nice plugin. Ever try loudness matching? Of course it sounds better ten times louder.

[@joeymusic]

James Gramze even if you ignore the loudness you can hear the changes within the dynamic range

[@pbgas3434]

Very cool plugin! Thx for sharing! Going to pre-order this one for sure!

[@NotVerySkilledBass]

idk, to me these settings sound very computery, almost as if autotune is kicking in, bashing the original away (which i like to keep as much as possible), especially the multiplier. as you said, it seems like a very fast way to set vocals for monitoring during tracking. however, i don't see myself using it for mixing. the ease of use is one thing and i'm a big fan of that. i like the way this compressor works, could save some time. i would very much appreciate the possibility of "side-chaining" inside the plugin - to be able to set up several matrices and use each plugin maybe even multiple times for different chains. maybe even send a signal to an external track and bounce it back? and is it me or am i creating a daw inside a plugin here? about that delay... it didn't persuade me to move from timeless. but hey, to each their own, right? anyway i still think it is a great addition to the whole plugin family. and if i'm writing tons of bs, feel free to send it over to Glenn for stupid texts!

[@TaylorMorgeson]

It's all knobs and ball bearings these days. Seriously thinking of preordering because I do all my own singing and I suck. Melodyne+This maybe theres a chance lol. Great demo man🤘

[@ericolson326]

For me the main takeaway is to never wear an unzipped hoodie over a raglan shirt with the same body color, as the shoulder contrast color ends up looking like a big '70s butterfly collar popping out from under a sweater. 😆

[@konstantingubanov4687]

Plugin is cool! But is the music mix sounds like in-mono sometime?

[@joeymusic]

Konstantin Gubanov yeah but still sounds good in mono

[@MrTheog1989]

Can you show us this on some screams please trey? ♥

[@cmon2564]

So it's basically a mixture of Nectar and Virtual Mix Rack...I like it

[@markclark8454]

Always great content

[@Enliamusic]

Right after Christmas, when all the money flew away :'( Sounds really cool !

[@EN4ORC3R]

The vocalist actually makes the plug-in sound better

[@JBauerProject]

21:10 'wipes drool from side of mouth after demoing plugin'....excellent!

[@tonymont72]

Question for people mixing with this plugin... do you find yourself putting anything before or after this plugin when mixing? I just recently purchased this and I really feel it sounds great all on its own. Just curious what others usually do. (like more eq, more compression, etc)

[@vivael18]

oh man, I laughed so hard when seeing you so exited for 2020 !! awesone video BTW

[@MarkHolden73]

Impressive, really like the idea of using to track with.

[@halcon7000]

Excellent review/ demo, thank you.

[@simonpvo2]

Super sick plugin, but come on man. Doing a comparison with a minus 10db difference when bypassed is something that amateur reviewers do, not a person who has a dedicated KZbin channel for gear testing and comparisons.

[@stephenfell4338]

Can you explain the download instructions once received before I order through you I have studio one thankyou

[@AndrewStonerock]

I mean, I use slate vmr already. I might have to go pick this up for a different flavor though.

[@tammycoates7816]

This thing is so CoOl great demo

[@ihaveriffs8261]

Can you use it standalone to boost the monitor signal while tracking? I was recording a friend’s vocals for a demo the other day and he kept asking for more volume in the headphones (both the music as well as his vocals). I’m pretty sure he’s deaf, because I had to turn mine down on the headphones mixer while his was maxed. I ended up maxing out every part of the signal chain possible without clipping. We ran out of time, but the only option I can think of for next time is to amp his headphones. But I also feel like this is excessive and shouldn’t be necessary.

[@joeymusic]

Ihaveriffs yes!

[@welcomeexile]

Little did we know the funniest thing is about to happen in the next month

[@Fishtank186k]

This plugin is so ridiculous. Easy and super usable sounding

[@christophermurphy7723]

Pretty great i like it Asca singer and rythem player kudos

[@Astronomater]

From what I hear, this plugin is a good complement to the Richard Benson Guitar plugin.

[@chrisdunnettmusic]

What about the George Benson guitar plug in ;)

[@joeymusic]

And #Toneforge!

[@DovydasMusic]

First

[@treyxaviermusic]

Dovydas sliding in with the quickness

[@mprater86]

Hell yeah and for $119 I'll buy it!

[@Chinaguitarsceptic]

Great vid trey!

[@clarkofficial.]

How do you ad a backing track to it I’m new to music 🎵

[@dpedrosoliano]

awesome content man! will it work with ableton 10 live suite? cheers from Malaysia!

[@629Greg]

Love Elize! She's amazing

[@ShadowedEpic]

Does somebody know how this multiplier works? I am a bit afraid, that it just does a good job for stero. But while playing the music on mono, it might get a bit phasy. Like: Double the vocals twice, pich one of those down 20Hz, the other one up. Remove the one startingpoint of the audiotrack by 20ms earilier and the other one 20ms later. This sound perfect for stereo but leads to issues for mono.

[@joeymusic]

Klein-Becker it won’t get phasey

[@Captain_Terp]

Yo dawg, the "bell" switch changes the filter from being a SHELF type filter to a PEAK type filter. So actually does the opposite of broadening. So you know.

[@1013301]

Awesome tool.

[@clarkofficial.]

Also, what system do I need to use the vocals on? Do I need to download another system to do the music?

[@tomix1970pl1]

Good thing.Would like to have.

[@MrArtVein]

20:14 Excuse me!?!? Where do I sign my soul over to you and do you take O positive?

[@Fab_Rice]

Love this Focal headphone! :D

[@THEREALDATALORD]

You could chain them together if you just have one module on in each instance.

[@creepymcpeepers]

So just go to her website and buy it there?

[@triumphtriumph7765]

Does it have a preamp on it? Is there anyway to reduce the harsh saturation for clean vocals?

[@tedgerard333]

I thought it sounded really good. I am definitely interested in it.

[@clarkofficial.]

What music maker are you using in the background?

[@gabryvk]

@Gear Gods are You bypassing the console 2.0 monitoring and using the DAW software monitoring in the last part of the video?

[@FrankDormani]

This is on sale right now for $99. There is no way anyone could pass that up. This plugin is NUTS

[@dominicmcmahon4798]

Run the multipler on guitar takes and then add width.

[@DM_K7]

Good Shit man, Did you try VocalSyth2? its got some weird ass options for vocal tracks,i like the saturated sound of this JST HBV.

[@JohnSk82]

Please excuse my ignorance but who's this superb vocalist ?

[@jesserenderos9130]

Great video dude!!

[@ulfrohdin]

What individual plugin could be used for the multiplier part (I don't plan on buying the JST HB plugin but I liked the effect of that module)?

[@jonwesgate8813]

HOLY SHIT! thats impressive! its pre order, when is it released?

[@briandell523]

Is there a way to use this in a live setting?

[@lydfar2392]

I could do that with anything in my arsenal. SSL EQ, 1176, L1.... These plugins are for people that don't have a clue, or aren't interested in learning and exploring new sounds.

[@treyxaviermusic]

right, like I said in the video, it's mainly for singers who don't want to also be engineers, sounds like you're an engineer so it's not really for you

[@lydfar2392]

@@treyxaviermusic True... 👍😊

[@makke_macro]

oh my gear god. gotta buy that

[@ArielTavori]

I respect your work JST, it sounds impressive and looks sharp; but it seems to be designed for amateur workflows at a price only working pros could reasonably justify. As one who has actually purchased roughly 10-20% of all VSTs on the market, I'm a bit baffled about who this is for. Singers? I am one, and have worked with many dozens. I think you'll find the vast majority have spent less money on their entire DAW+plugins, than what you are asking here. Now, if I could independently buy just one or two of these modules at a reasonable price, I (and I suspect many others) would be all over it. Just my two cents. Nice work guys, keep 'um coming!

[@allyhellkiller5535]

All plugins work on the same principles and you can do more with stock JST and REa plugins than you can do with the 20 grand you spent searching for thigs that are not there.

[@metalheadmaynard2684]

is there anything for guitar that will do this kind of thing. take it from a raw recorded track to a polished final mix

[@th3m1ke]

Toontrack EzMix. The Mark Lewis Tone Pack is fantastic - from DI to mix in one click.

[@metalheadmaynard2684]

@@th3m1ke i dont have that pack, but i got a kemper, i was wondering about compression widening and just polishing a track

[@joeymusic]

Yes check out Toneforge

[@metalheadmaynard2684]

@@joeymusic Thanks Joey will do

[@wjveryzer7985]

check out the misha toneforge shit is amazing

[@llgms]

Delay and verb is in mono, huh?

[@joeymusic]

llgms he has it on a mono track. You can of course use it in stereo and the reverb and delay is in delay in that case

[@doraysmith]

great plugin idea

[@BLiNKBTW]

oh you cant use this LIVE?

[@JamesonTylerBynum]

Are there any plugins lime this built for guitars and other instruments besides vocals? This is all in one chain for vocals made it really easy for me to understand without having to do a bunch of other things and being able to this with other instruments would streamline the workflow for me. I feel so overwhelmed with mixing my own songs but this was helpful

[@JamesonTylerBynum]

*like

[@cjleongson]

Can you like live track with that? Like singing and hearing the signal chain like an outboard gear?

[@treyxaviermusic]

The easiest way to do that is just to put it on a bus and send that to a track and print it as you go, but that's something you can do with any plugin

[@MrTonyburn1]

Cool plugin. I tried to follow the link you provided to check it out but the link isnt working??

[@honkytonk2010]

Do you need ani lock account for this plugin?..anybody?..Awesome! review thank you for sharing

[@metalchrisv1982]

i like it