Elias sat back. The rain outside seemed to quiet down. The room was filled with sound that felt three-dimensional. It was the "Aural Exciter" effect—psychoacoustic brilliance. It added small amounts of phase-shifted harmonics that tricked the brain into perceiving clarity and brightness without increasing the actual volume.
If you want the "Aural Exciter" sound without the cost, these free plugins use similar harmonic synthesis techniques to add brightness and "air" to your tracks: Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter Plugin - Waves Audio Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter Free Download
: It adds presence and "air" without the noise associated with heavy high-frequency EQ boosts. Elias sat back
In the mid-1970s, Marcus Benisovich and Curt Knoppel developed the original Aphex Aural Exciter. Initially, the hardware was not available for purchase. Studios and producers had to rent the units for a costly fee per minute of recorded audio. In the mid-1970s, Marcus Benisovich and Curt Knoppel
He reached for the mute button, but the plugin interface on his screen began to distort. The graphic of the scratched metal rack unit warped. The orange glow of the tube flared blindingly bright on his monitor.
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