MixHead Debunk Debunk

 @PaulThird  we're gonna need your rebuttal now.

I don't even think you needed to make this video but I'm glad you did. It's one thing to show that something can null at one setting, but how it sounds in context is what matters in the end.

Plugin Doctor exists to give some insight into what a plugin is doing. It's not a complete top-to-bottom audio processing benchmark.

This is a debunk tutorial… “if you know, you know” has never been more real…

When he showed the frequency response curve and not the hammerstein I immediate knew that this video response was coming. Dan Worrall just put out a video on non-linearity covering exactly that.

I just turned on the "Dan Worral" light "a la" Batman on my rooftop. Let's hope it wont be long

I respect how you handled this, really well done! I wish some of the commenters here would have had the same respect and grace you had in the video. We can disagree and still be kind to each other.

To all the "This is just a wave shaper idiots" mic dropped!!!!

I was going to leave a comment on that video but then thought what's the point. I am glad you made this video.

I love the mixhead, everything I put it on sounds a bit tighter and more polished. Like putting a fine coat of polish on a car. Some of these YouTube mixers sound like they don’t actually do much mixing!

Needs the “meet the grahams” music

Very nicely done. Hammerstein is such a fast way of showing that they are absolutely not doing the same thing

All I gotta say is this… even if MixHead was something that I could recreate exactly with other plugins, I’d still use MixHead because it gets me there faster and sounds damn good! Well worth the price of admission.

Very good, relaxed and diplomatic counter statement !

After that video came out, I tried replicating some of Mr. Third's tests, and long story short, we ended up getting into it a bit. I tried to explain the dynamic nature of the plugin and how the harder you hit it, the more diverse the signal processing becomes. Honestly, just the fact that he had to eliminate the high-frequency adjust to even produce his lackluster results makes his entire argument ridiculous. Bottom line, I’ve never put M Saturator on my mixbus, nor will I, even after testing it against MixHead. Its GUI is cluttered, it feels unintuitive, and the sweet spot for saturation is somewhere between -2 and +2. Any harder than that, and it’s just straight-up distortion. A plugin's worth is in the sound it creates and how easy it is to use. IMO, MixHead is great! It sounds good and is easy to dial in. The presets alone make it worth its price to me. Not to mention, its GUI is cool, and the HF adjust adds something you can’t find on many tape saturation plugins. It’s the best of both worlds: the low-end bloom of tape and the crisp crackle of digital hi-fi!

Great work, guys! Naysayers are an unfortunate reality!

Do a level matched AB test and see if you can HEAR the difference. Instead of looking at a plugin dr screen.

It’s pretty clear that guy had a result in mind that he wanted to prove before he even started doing any testing. But, unfortunately, outrage gets the clicks.

This explains the differences I've been hearing

no beef just facts, i respect that