Arturia FX series have roll-off on High frequency

It's one way to sound "more analog" - apply the EQ curve that bumps the bass and rounds the top.

It's there for a reason, it's referred to as box tone/boxtone. Whether it's authentic to a specific piece of gear or not is another thing, but it isn't an arbitrary choice.

This is very common for analog modeled plugins, it could be that the specific hardware unit they were modeling the plugin after had that eq curve, or a box tone as mentioned above. If it sounds good just keep using it, you can always just add a high shelf eq before/after to compensate

I really don't see the problem. If it sounds good, it sounds good.

And to be honest, I generally roll off those frequencies myself anyway.

I have the Arturia FX collection and while I haven't gotten around to using the various effects a whole lot yet, I have zero intentions of not using them.

When I'm doing my own music, any plugin that I own has an equal shot of making it onto a track. I only care about what my ears hear and as the previous poster wrote: If it sounds good, it sounds good.

Are we making music or are we walking around in lab coats measuring stuff?

Crowe said:

I really don't see the problem. If it sounds good, it sounds good.

And to be honest, I generally roll of those frequencies myself anyway.

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Yeah, same, it helps a lot with mixing. Awesome plugins!

Is OP a new AI smearing bot?

I need to know what other plugins I think sound good but shouldn’t be used because the graph looks wrong. I would hate to make a mix that looks dodgy on an analyser. I can’t deal with the shame.

I love how the frequency response of the "authentically modelled" Grey is somehow flat as a pancake here.

OK, this is the 160, but I wouldn't expect the 165 to be that different from this:



From Sound on Sound 1976 via: https://vintageking.com/media/article-archives/pdf/dbx-160.pdf

PluginDoctor is great for looking at how a plugin might be affecting audio but basing your entire yes/no decision on it is a fool's errand.

Also, great job obscuring the scales with the plugin images so it's harder to work out whether that offensive rolloff is big or in the 3dB range at the dogs and bats end of the spectrum.

Uhhhh Thanks for all of your replys guys!
You guys like or doesn't matter this rolloff. Okay...
I know it gives more "analaog sound". Sometimes I roll-off high frequency too.
But it isn't a choosable option.
When I need some presence over 15K in my track, I can't use arturia FX.
We should know before using this product.

KimSeonHo said:

When I need some presence over 15K in my track, I can't use arturia FX.

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Or you can just boost it back with another plugin. If the Arturia does it's job 100% otherwise and makes the sound exactly you want to, it would be stupid to ditch it just because of a small EQ curve change. Just boost it before/ after to your taste and go to the next track.

Henu said:

Or you can just boost it back with another plugin. If the Arturia does it's job 100% otherwise and makes the sound exactly you want to, it would be stupid to ditch it just because of a small EQ curve change. Just boost it before/ after to your taste and go to the next track.

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Thanks for reply Henu!
I will try that way!

That's the great thing about getting older: You don't need to worry about the 15k+ range any longer (... roughly the top-most Third or Fourth, in musical terms, BTW). 8-)

I agree with the OP that knowing what plugins are doing is valuable knowledge to make informed decisions.

Also agree that just because a plugin is doing something that doesn’t automatically make it bad - but it may make it the wrong tool for a given situation. Understanding why that is can help a person pick the better tool for that situation.