MASTERING CHEAT CODE? BRAINWORX TOMO LISA

[@kokainewizard]

TOMO is one of my go to master buss eq's. Love it's analog sound its great on my low end and the high's sound beautiful.

[@mafmane]

i use this for 2years now on my mixdowns! its very good sounding.

[@marksaxon_plays]

I have this plugin and honestly, I just couldn't get into it. I know it's based on a well regarded piece of hardware but I just couldn't get the right flow with it. I appreciate the conversation near the end about plugins that look like old hardware. I started my recording/mixing journey back in 1998 and at the time, a lot of the plugins were digital. In recent years, I have forced myself to use analog GUIs so I wouldn't rely on the digital readouts (especially on EQ) so I would use my ears. Now I can go back to a digital EQ knowing what to listen out for. I sometimes even disable the frequency display on Q3 just so I would continue to use my ears. Same thing with compressors. I know what to listen for and what settings to make. The 90's digital compressors had all of these meters bouncing and I was setting them with my eyes. Thanks mates!

[@OCTO8R]

Try out Dom Sigalas' review of this EQ 😉

[@marksaxon_plays]

@ I’ll check it out. I’m sure it’s great so maybe I’ll give it another chance.

[@OCTO8R]

@@marksaxon_plays have a nice 2025🥳

[@patrickw2585]

Great video - Thank you for finally reviewing this - and Happy New Year to you both. I paid £15 for this in a PA sale, and I use it exactly as Sean says. For me, ToneBoosters or ProQ4 (or equivalent) to fix issues - TOMO LISA, Elysia Museq (99% in M/S), Pulsar 8200 etc... for getting to the heart of the music - which I believe is what mastering is all about. Any muppet can get levels flat and loud. Anyway, if this video is how you start 2025, then it's going to be a great year. Top stuff!

[@StudioLife101]

@@patrickw2585 Cheers Patrick.👍 🍻

[@natewilliams83]

Nice work again! Interested to know what you think of the APU Loudness Compressor. Took me a min to like it but seems very cool now!

[@scottellis7573]

Sean is right, at $29.99 it's a no-brainer!1

[@Taylor370z]

That's how they get ya. Never use this. Just takes too long to dial in vs other options in the toolbox. Plus it's CPU heavy.

[@soulsonic]

BRUH! The Transformer knob is some good juice! Also, listening with patience is helpful in using this EQ. Cheers!

[@stevem-h3562]

I've been using it for the last year or so. Takes a bit of getting used to, but for what it cost, its quite handy. Having said that, I dont really know how to use it really properly yet....

[@AG-mz7vm]

The TOMO LISA hardware costs 14.280€. I'll stay with the TDR (Tokyo dawn labs) "NOVA" dynamic parallel EQ. It's really great and can do a lot of things (including Auto EQ). It can even function as a smooth broadband compressor.

[@OCTO8R]

It IS actually 6-band compressor, 4 of which can operate like an expander either, and can be smooth and broadband. PA regularly have discounts. Like now, as an instance, you can grab LISA for $19.99 with their coupon. It's all - IMHO. I don't insist. If you took YOUR tool it's amazing anyway. 🙂

[@jaylevzi7293]

Guys should take a look at the Devious Machines X6, I know you like the MBC from TB, but its another great MB compressor.

[@ItsMetabtw]

I’m sure this and the hardware are great, but it has that Acoustica problem where my eyes are immediately overwhelmed and I want nothing to do with it 😂

[@OCTO8R]

Try out Dom Sigalas' review of this EQ 😉

[@peevee605]

I got off their subscription but I kept this.

I wish you a new year guys. Just new. Screw happy haha

[@StudioLife101]

👍😂

[@drydessert4198]

I suppose with a plugin like this, emulating the functionality of a hardware original with certain limitations in flexibility is that the functionality is curated by professionals.

[@OCTO8R]

It's actually $19.99 now and will be during next 58 hours so an argument about the price just doesn't work as always in case of Plugin Alliance and their regular discounts. 🥳 AT LAST you made a review! And you liked it, heheheee 🙂 It's go-to EQ for master bus and sounds really good! 👍🏻

[@richertz]

Enjoyed the back and forth on this. Do you think it’s better to just learn one plugin well or have loads of multiband compressors. Im feeling like I have plugin overload. I still use C4 sometimes.

[@rossjohnmartin]

Looks a bit too knobby for me 😂 Some good PA bargains at the moment, I just picked the Silver Bullet up for £20 and loving it! 😁

[@Barney-ii1no]

my adhd brain always gets bamboozled at the sight of plugins with so many knobs I cant handle it lol

[@Dysjoint]

Silver Bullet is a great little colour box. Lisa is complicated and CPU heavy, but it is nice.

[@1loveMusic2003]

A visualizer would help on this one.

[@Swiftopher755]

Please can you do plasma by izotope, its an 'intelligent ' saturation plugin, i think people will like it

[@mattott]

Yes, it is brainworks marketing, but I enjoyed this interview with the dev who modeled the LISA plugin after the original hardware. Really interesting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWjRaaxmlKyho5Ysi=8v7oqkLk9peZLsbv

[@TheAlburp]

Too many knobs? Really? Huh...I only see two knobs on my screen

[@StudioLife101]

@@TheAlburp 😂😂🙌

[@TheAlburp]

@ 😂👍🖤

[@migreezybosphotoboy9468]

I love Lisa

[@jarrodolman5828]

just to be sure....at 5.36 you recommend pushing it in, dialing it up a bit and then nudging it?

[@StudioLife101]

@@jarrodolman5828 yep.👍 😂

[@jarrodolman5828]

@@StudioLife101 thanks! will def give it a go!

[@jeremylarue4503]

I would've liked the video, but I'm on Dan's side here.

[@blkgostnone4092]

lol this old thing 🙂 Fun toy

[@Barney-ii1no]

do you two live in them t shirts?

[@StudioLife101]

@@Barney-ii1no Yeah....👍

[@StudioLife101]

@@Barney-ii1no Or we film a bunch of shows in a day...🤔😂

[@Barney-ii1no]

@@StudioLife101 I sort of knew that but was trying my hardest to be funny

[@StudioLife101]

@ You're funny...officially.👍 😂😂😂

[@ramspencer5492]

Can someone make something that sounds truly analogue but give us an interface like fab filter or something? Add a long devices work great cuz you're actually grabbing buttons.... Usually more than one at a time. Plugins with this kind of interface and not many knobs are dreadful to work with! Like a legitimately sucks from a workflow standpoint compared to modern UI possibilities

[@StudioLife101]

Look at ToneBoosters MBC. 👍

[@the_handsome_bear]

This one looks way to complicated. The knif soma is a good pick for mastering eq from plugin alliance

[@OCTO8R]

SOMA is static. I was looking at it too while choosing what to grab about a yeaar ago but LISA can be both dynamic and static, it has 6 bands unlike 4 in SOMA, comp/exp modes... can even be a sort of deesser if you can handle. Anyway... your choice is always your best one! 💜

[@GabryszBruno]

plugin alliance responce to michaelangelo

[@GabryszBruno]

response 😜

[@AG-mz7vm]

It's an emulation of the hardware TOMO LISA.

[@Level32Studio]

I think Lisa was out before Michaelangelo, and they model two completely different pieces of hardware

[@OCTO8R]

LISA was released about a year and a half before Tone Projects announced Michaelangelo 😂

[@fakshen1973]

Kind of like a Pultec EQ. It's very limited, but it does what it says on the tin and looks to be faster than trying to recreate the set-up in a more advanced plug-in. The "sale" price is more than reasonable.

[@Barney-ii1no]

Fukin hell that plugin is Knobville Tennessee, my ADHD brain cant handle that amount of knobs it makes me feel uncomfortable

[@StudioLife101]

@@Barney-ii1no 😂😂

[@OCTO8R]

How d' you compose at all? o_O

[@lofimat3856]

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[@TomTaylorMade]

it's a bit knobby

[@TigroGumi]

I would like the analogue unit of this... the reason it looks like this is becuase it's trying to copy the design of the analogue... then of course the way it sounds is not like the real one and I would not be able to afford this for the studio for a long long time

[@jmac2050]

all these plugins are way over priced, It's just code, instruction for a computer. No raw material or factory need as overhead.

[@StudioLife101]

@@jmac2050 Take from someone who has done it....it's a fuck-tonne of work and testing and marketing and support...costs thousands upon thousands....

[@jmac2050]

@@StudioLife101 Of course, it take time , training , testing, and marketing to develop apps and plug ins. so do making a 200, 000, 000 movie or game, but i can buy one of those for 20- 60 bucks.

[@hirnzircus]

Could it be that Dan is a bit respectless? 🥱