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Noisebud recently released a plug-in called Fletchy-Muncher, which used knowledge of the Fletcher-Munson effect to spot harshness. Now they have a spin-off plug-in called Smile which is designed to get rid of the harshness.
A spokesperson had this to say, "What we did with Smile was to invert the curve and by that create a plugin to get rid of harshness. To make it more musical we added a transient recovery that keep the most prominent transients around 3.5KHz and a tube emulated distortion around 400Hz, just to warm things up a bit. We also included a LP and HP filter to filter out the very low and high-end that, depending on the material, can get out of control. In the donation version you also have mid/side processing which is essential when trying to sweeten a mix in a transparent manner. So in short, Smile is a Fletcher-Munson based de-harsher."
Pricing and Availability:
Free download. A version with mid/side abilities is available for a donation.
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