This plugin is what I would call magic. The learning curve is weird since you don't have the usual controls, but once you get the hang of it, you won't stop using it. I use it mainly for mastering, mix buss and electric guitar buss. It takes care of all the unwanted artifacts that mud your mix in a subtle and enhancing way. The saturation and presence controls give the extra value and they always seem to help whatever material you pass through the plugin. Great plugin, and it definitely was a good purchase decision. Thanks BX.
ZOMG!
★★★★★
by groovmekanik
another plugin I demoed and waited patiently to purchase on sale. this plugin is amazing. I'm in love. I finally got the chance to use it to its fullest extent during some mastering for a client and I want to have this things babies. it does take a little to learn how it works but not a great deal. it basically gives you complete control over the top end of a track, reduce harshness, increase presence, soften/saturate details or dynamicly add detail. you can bring focus to wishy washy tracks and get the punch and clarity of your dreams.
Learning curve
★★★★★
by Michael
the learning curve is a little bit more difficult than the average plugin. after you know how to use it, the results are great. great great great for PA amp sims. PA totally should do a video about this.
Fantastic plugin
★★★★★
by Danny Kirsch
Brings my mixes to life. The presence dial is magic and gives my mixes that lovely top end sparkle without the harshness. it's a must have plugin for me.
It is amazing...
★★★★★
by Owl
... seriously! This plugin does what I have been looking for from so many of the other saturation / tape emulation plugins I have tried / bought. In its de-harshing it warms up the audio fantastically. And like all plugin alliance stuff, the quality is superb. Let me say that again.. the quality of the processing in this plug is SUPERB. I was sceptical before trying it, expecting to have that familiar old feeling of "well almost... it ALMOST gave me what I was looking for". But, to be honest, I had the complete opposite experience. It gave me MORE than I was looking for. It has helped me rescue an acoustic guitar recording that was 70% good but had these nasty digital "twangs" popping through very often. Paired with the DSM I was able to get a fantastic sound throughout the recording (where I am not cringing every five seconds). So far I don't care much for the saturation and presence buttons, but they could probably work on some material. But the de-harsh and dynamics functions are magic: truely taking the "digitalness" out of the recording. You need to play around with the settings to get it just right, and the solo filter can be very helpful with this, but its well worth the effort. So while this is not a saturation plugin per se, it has a similar effect and does a far better job of giving a digital recording warmth than my experience with other (high end) saturation plugins I have tried. Well done plugin alliance!
Music to your ears
★★★★★
by KJR
This plugin does what it says, it truly takes the harshness out of your project. Great for mastering, but also for individual tracks of any sort. The presets are done well making them an easy starting point for your desired effect. The interface throughout the plugin are interactive so you can easily tell what it's doing. I use this plug in at times to bring a warm tube like effect as well. I've never seen anything else out there like this plug in.
BX Refinement why did I wait so long to purchase it.
★★★★★
by miserydan
I will say what I love most about BX Refinement is I have no longer been summing my tracks. I am struck here because at first I just thought of it as another tilt eq or de Esser but I was wrong. This plugin not only takes harshness away but it cleans up high brittle transients you get from compression and it smooths it out like silk. I really like this plugin and I am confident in what can do for my mix buss's Plus it also has dynamics for mid and side freq. so you can get different results in the overall stereo soundfield of your mix. It also is great on electric and acoustic guitars. It will tame high mid freq, very nice and you can tweak the presence knob give back a little cut so all in all this is a must have weapon to have in your plugin arsenal.
a live and timesaver
★★★★★
by Mondstein Records
This plugin ist awesome. I need it for mastering but more on stems. I like the plugin on to harsh drums, on acute vocals or on ear bleeding synths sounds. Thumbs up!
This plugin makes it happen
★★★★★
by Kristianzhe
This plugin blows me away! For a non professional sound freak like me, it is so important to be able to cut frequencies that are harsh. This plugin makes it happen!