i will post them now here and hopefully it will help all users here to use it as a resume of all and find a definitive conclusion/help:
* eq3 thing:
eq3: it does color the sound (already just after loading/activating without changing values) but the kills seem good
eq8: it does not color the sound but it seems hard to let it become/behave like a eq3, even with racks/ .adg´s i´ve found in forums:
- Jeremy Jive's DJ EQ - Full-v4.1.adg:
right after loading/activating it alters the volume (so it´s difficult to say if it also colors the sound, i assume yes, since it´s values are not flat)
- DJEQ.adg:
right after loading it alters the volume (maybe also the color ?)
- EQ3 Wannabee - Live7.adg:
right after loading it alters the volume (maybe also the color ?)
- Sonalksis_EQ_JJ_No_TBK.adg:
right after loading it alters the volume (maybe also the color ?)
somebody has a preset for eq 8 making it behave like an eq 3 but without changing the color of the sound ?
maybe even with kill switches doing the same good work as the ones in eq 3 (at the moment i m using a deactivated eq 3 with kill switch on and activate the eq 3 just for killing).
as for commercial or free vst plugs (i use a mac) i found this ones:
- LSS DJeq:
right after loading/activating it changes the volume (maybe also the color, as it changes the volume it´s quite difficult to say) and it seems that the volume change (as for the level meters) is similar/the same as when loading eq 3 so i assume it is the same as eq 3 but with a different gui and the 0db setting just in the middle of the knobs
- TRackS1.xEqualizer:
seems not changing the color but has 4 knobs and is so unusable for me and i don´t know how to make it behave like eq 3
- Sonalksis: which is the eq 3 vst of sonalksis ? found just 4 channel eq´s there... Tarekith, which Sonalksis EQ are you talking about ?
somebody knows a good commercial or free eq 3 which does exactly the same as eq 3 but without changing the sound color ?
* auto gain:
- there is no autogain in live 7 (there is one in traktor for example and it works great !)
- there is no plugin available which does this job (nor commercial and nor free vst)
- tools like mp3gain are not doing the job right
- volume has to be set with utility (gain) and/or within clip gain after applying tarekith´s guide to leveling
- some people talking of "platinum notes", but there is no "trial" version available for this tool
- use a limiter on the master channel (somebody can tell me which ? free or commercial. and, which setting do i have to make if i only want the limiter to prevent clipping on the master ?
* master limiting and making ableton sound good like a djm or turntable:
- use "complex" warp mode or better "re-pitch" when not needing tempo changes more than +/- 1bpm
- use "HQ" setting in clip on samples (and use high quality mp3´s
- use VW and BBE on master to compensate for transient degradation and get back the boost (i do not own BBE but it seems strange to me that we need this two plugins to have good sound (or sound that comes near to sound from cd players) on using ableton for dj gigs.
but i have to admit, that even using quite good soundcards (like echo dj or kore) and playing a track on ableton with re-pitch setting and 0 pitch i never get the punch and/or quality than when playing the same mp3 file as an audio cd on a pioneer cdj on the same sound system, so something or somewhere there must be a lost of information and/or level...
