Tone Projects "Kelvin"...how it works

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In this video I explain how Kelvin Tone Shaper works. This amazing saturation/EQ plugin is available from the plugin company TONE PROJECTS. Check them out here: www.toneprojec...
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[@tourna-mix7557]

OOPS! I forgot to mention that the icon that looks like two little arrows (below and between the two stages of saturation) reverses the order of stage one and stage two....so this creates yet more room to experiment!

[@DanPerezSax]

I LOVE this plugin. Instant staple.

[@tourna-mix7557]

yup it's really exceptional! Thanks for chiming in Dan!

[@martijnvandongen292]

Heya Eric, thank you so much for your detailed explanation! Much appreciated!

[@tourna-mix7557]

Anytime man! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@NikolausBrocke]

Best explanation of the Calvin on KZbin. First you dial in the saturation with stage 1 and 2. Then you decide how much it affects the frequency range with the shaping tool. A little bit like a multiband shaper. Can you explain the difference of a multiband and a fullband design?

[@tourna-mix7557]

Hey man thanks for checking it out! Any plugin that has "multi band" capabilities basically means it can be used to affect a specific part of the frequency spectrum (for example a multi band compressor can be set to compress everything below 300 hz) whereas any "full band" plugin affects the entire frequency spectrum. Kelvin allows you to direct the situation to specific frequency areas so it kind of acts as a multi band tool...although strictly speaking I'm not sure it qualifies as multi band as there are no cross over points (like there are in Saturn). Kelvin works by using an internal side chain pre-saturation EQ (the EQ faders on the left) to shape the sound before it hits the saturation. Amazing tool!

[@NikolausBrocke]

@@tourna-mix7557 Thanks for the explanation. I have investigated this too and I want to add that in a multiband every band is processed individually whereas on a single band design, like the Calvin, always the full bandwidth is processed. But with the side chain filters (that's probably how the Calvin works) you can determine which frequency has more or less effect on the processing. The same you said, but in other words.

[@tourna-mix7557]

@@NikolausBrocke yes exactly!! You got it 🙂

[@timsh4208]

superb detailed explanation, helped a lot

[@tourna-mix7557]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@CharLessMajor7Music]

Checked your website and been interested to join. Listened to the tracks that was on the site and thought, “does this really need mixing?” I thought those are already good sounding. Lol

[@tourna-mix7557]

haha! Do you mean the raw tracks within the site? Or the songs that are on the splash page? The songs on the splash page are already mixed so hopefully they sound good! ;-)....as a member you'd be mixing the raw unmixed multi tracks 🙂

[@CharLessMajor7Music]

@@tourna-mix7557 ow i mean the song playing on the page. Haha! Okay!

[@matt_nyc_audioengineer]

Doesn’t work in Logic? I use that feature in Logic with other plugins. This must be a problem with just this specific plugin. How strange!

[@tobiastesti]

I was just going to say the same thing

[@urbanman1516]

You couldnt have picked better drums to demo this plugin.

[@tourna-mix7557]

Yep definitely well recorded!