TC Electronic: MD4 HD Native - In-Depth Review | [I waited 10 years for this!] | AdrianMilea.com

[@adrianmilea]

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[@Sondaze]

i appreciate when the comparisons happen right after one another, it makes it easier to compare. i read about this plugin by accident and i am extremely interested in it, thank you! great video

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you so much for your feedback!!! One of my missions is to help other audio producers choose the best tools the market is offering.

[@zzzyzzzyzzzyxxx]

Very concise and thorough. Thank you for your time demonstrating. I just downloaded the SW and a trial license.

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you lots for your feedback! You're about to have some fun!!!

[@Barncore]

Great test. Thanks for the effort. I really like the DXP mode on the MD4. I'm gonna use that in mid/side mode I like the limiter on the Powercore version a bit more than the native version unfortunately, though they are very close

[@PolitikPsychologieanderes]

Great video! Thanks so much. I own the MD3 Powercore and used it on almost every track. I will buy the MD4.

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you lots for your feedback! You should use the PowerCore as long as you can! It has some very good plugins! I also bought the MD4 and I highly recommend it!

[@PolitikPsychologieanderes]

@@adrianmilea I will. I could jbridge the plugins and have no problems. Btw I highly recommend the Eventide Plugins, Elevate Bundle, SplitEQ are insane in my opinion but also the other plugins from Eventide! Merry Christmas and happy producing!

[@jamescuttsmusicjcm5013]

Love this plugin! Still watching though. Haha. Subscribed btw.

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you for subscribing and watching, and hopefully having fun producing, mixing and mastering music!!!

[@ABS_AD77]

I am glad that I found your channel. Thanks for a Very nice video. Nice to Know you and meet you. 😊.

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you so much Bobby. ! Nice to meet you too and thank you for your awesome feedback!

[@RobinsonMastering]

I agree the Poco MD3 has more knock and weight to the transients, but it is also clear that your thresholds between MD4 and Poco MD3 were not aligned. Maybe you set them by meter and not by ear. Dont trust the meters.

[@adrianmilea]

Even if you set them by meter they are different. Poco wins.

[@DidYouKnow-t7v]

Great video and explanation ! congrats

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you for your feedback!!

[@strengerKontrapunkt]

Thanks for this video. I am an old POCO user and bought the 6000 Native Plugin for the first time. I sold it years ago because it was too cumbersome to use POCO on today's OS. While MD4 Native is the HD version with a higher level of precision, it still doesn't sound as attractive as MD3 POCO to me. I've been using the UAD as a substitute for seven years and still can't like the sound of the UA, Especially their multiband compression and reverb sucks. I'm still dissatisfied with TC's abandonment of Poco.🥲 TC, please revive POCO🥲

[@adrianmilea]

I understand your pain :D I do like POCO more, and hopefully I'll find ways to still make it work on my systems. What do you like most from UAD?

[@MrlegendOr]

Poco MD3 is definitively not transparent. i can hear a little bump in low frequency. MD4 have a mojo. Thanks for the test 👌

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you MrLegendOr for stopping by!

[@LoveMeBack]

I appreciate the plugins transparency allowing to hear that bump.

[@MixingMAN]

super comparison!!!!

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you!

[@filecciabilly7899]

Thanks... can’t find where to purchase md4 getting demo is straight forward.

[@adrianmilea]

Are you searching for the store? : store.tcelectronic.com/

[@filecciabilly7899]

@@adrianmilea ....thanks that’s what I needed

[@adrianmilea]

@@filecciabilly7899 I'm glad I could help ;)

[@filecciabilly7899]

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[@briancase6180]

I noticed also that they almost hide the link to get to the store. It took me a while to figure it out.

[@srikarmn4177]

Nice comparison! Thank you Also, have you released this track? I'd love to listen to it in full Thanks again

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you for your feedback! Here's the link to the track: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqTIZ5xvart4g7M

[@srikarmn4177]

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[@rodericogarcia]

I´m afrad I´m losing my ear!! I couldn´t find noticeable or remarkable differences, even sometimes with the unprocessed material... I´d like to blame it on youtube compression, but maybe my almost 50 years plus 30 working in sound engineering are to blame... nice video anyway (thou, I think I´ll stick with my plugins beause I´m not the one to tell the difference)

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you Rodrigo! Yes, we have to protect our ears...

[@andrasvargas]

Very useful, thank you for your presentation! Subscribe to you.

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you for your support!!!

[@SamyKdj]

Very interesting :) Is it possible to upgrade to MD4 HD Native from MD3 Powercore (at special price) ?

[@adrianmilea]

I saw only the option of upgrading from MD3 Powercore or TDM to MD3 Native, but not to MD4.

[@SamyKdj]

@@adrianmilea Please do you have a link for it ?

[@adrianmilea]

@@SamyKdj There you go: store.tcelectronic.com/upgrades/

[@SamyKdj]

@@adrianmilea Thank you :)

[@adrianmilea]

@@SamyKdj You're welcome!

[@djtuff514]

Great video, but you didn't really go over the limiter much because you don't use it I guess but that's what I watched the video for haha, the limiter and the clipper, keep up the good work,

[@adrianmilea]

Thank you tons for your feedback :D I didn't go over the limiter extensively because as you saw in the video - the limiter is not handling the True Peaks really well at hotter levels. However, I would still recommend it, if you have production under -14, -16 LUFS - and that is - if you don't have a better alternative. I believe that MD4 HD Native shines in EQ and Compression departments, but depending on the material - the limiter can still be usable. If you're interesting in limiters, this is what TC Electronic in the MD4 Manual say: "We recommend using the Icon Series BRICKWALL HD for adding detailed True Peak limiting and loudness awareness to your chain, which will ensure a solid master audio file that will comply with any play back system or streaming service." At this point I'm thinking, maybe I should do a video on their native Brickwall Limiter as I didn't test it yet...

[@djtuff514]

@@adrianmilea Its all good, I use the Weiss DS1 mk3 as my final limiter over the fab filter, but I love tc stuff so was intrigued when I saw your post and wanted to hear the clipper and limiter, I also own the leapwing which I love, I did demo the brick wall HD but didn't like it at all, has some good features but overall I didn't like it,

[@adrianmilea]

@@djtuff514 You have some cool stuff already - Weiss DS1 mk3! Is it the one from Softube?

[@djtuff514]

@@adrianmilea Yes from softube ...really pricey though ...got it when it was on special when it came out

[@adrianmilea]

@@djtuff514 I have to hunt those specials also :D Would you please tell what do you mean by "I use the Weiss DS1 mk3 as my final limiter over the fab filter" ?

[@MrDoru17]

esti roman ?

[@adrianmilea]

Da!

[@sekritskworl-sekrit_studios]

ummm... WHERE are the product links? Does this thing even exist or is it like a late April Fool's Day prank?

[@adrianmilea]

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[@soundtoys795]

yeah, I want to learn from a mastering "pro" that thinks brighter is always better.

[@adrianmilea]

Interesting... where did you come up with the idea that "brighter is always better" ?

[@soundtoys795]

@@adrianmilea lol, I don't have that idea but you apparently do. Watch your own video.

[@adrianmilea]

@@soundtoys795 Couldn't find that part... but hey, have a great one ;)