![]() ![]() ![]() I’ll concentrate on the dynamics processors in this review, since they haven’t previously been covered in Sound On Sound, but it’s worth reiterating that SV517 is still a very fine equaliser, and the new version 2 incorporates some worthwhile improvements. This has since been overhauled in response to user feedback, and joined by a compressor and an expander/gate to form the Sonalksis Essentials bundle. Two years ago, in SOS July 2005, we looked at their original SV517 plug–in equaliser. ![]() The Liverpool–based company can boast a wealth of experience in the development of processing tools, both in hardware and software, and they seem very much in tune with the needs of their professional users. In many ways, Sonalksis epitomise all that is good about professional plug–in manufacture. Equally, though, there are many producers and engineers who need reliable, dependable and flexible processors that work properly and sound good, and who are willing to pay for those qualities. And in both cases, there are people who are very happy to trade slickness and professionalism for the rawness and unorthodoxy of the amateur approach. The spectrum analyser is a neat addition to the SV517 equaliser.It’s one of the most frequently asked questions these days: when there are so many freeware effects and processors out there, why should we pay hundreds of pounds to get our hands on so–called ‘professional’ plug–ins from established manufacturers? You might just as well ask why we should buy CDs from the major labels, when there are a million Myspace pages out there where we can download music by independent or unsigned artists. With their EQ and dynamics plug–ins, Sonalksis aim to harness the flexibility of digital to the sound quality of high–end analogue gear. ![]()
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