This is the best profile I’ve used yet. I have a few comments on how I tweaked the config to my liking.
I noticed that the Filter effect was cutting away audible bass frequencies. I decreased the cutoff frequency as well as increased the slope. This made the bass come through much better.
I’ve (personally) found that the Bass Enhancer is not needed, as the bass comes through well enough already. In my config below, I’ve left the effect in, but disabled, as there’s no serious issues with it, just that I didn’t like the sound of it.
In terms of IRs, the 27dB IR is indeed best. The problem that it “cuts volume too much” is not a problem, we simply have to increase the gain. Note that the gain has to come before the compressor, not the limiter, or you will hear very audible clipping artifacts. In my config, I simply added the gain at the output of the Convolver.
The gain unfortunately gives very audible artifacts in the bass frequencies, so I set the Makeup for Band 1 of the Multiband Compressor to 0 dB, which resolved the distortion.
In total, the sound is much bigger, with the bass louder, and the trebles sound clearer to me as well.
This is my current config (replace %CFG% with the path to your config file):
{
"output": {
"bass_enhancer#0": {
"amount": 4.0,
"blend": 0.0,
"bypass": true,
"floor": 10.0,
"floor-active": true,
"harmonics": 10.0,
"input-gain": 0.0,
"output-gain": 0.0,
"scope": 200.0
},
"blocklist": [],
"convolver#0": {
"autogain": true,
"bypass": false,
"input-gain": 0.0,
"ir-width": 100,
"kernel-path": "%CFG%/irs/IR_22ms_27dB_5t_15s_0c.irs",
"output-gain": 6.0
},
"filter#0": {
"balance": 0.0,
"bypass": false,
"equal-mode": "IIR",
"frequency": 60.0,
"gain": 0.0,
"input-gain": 0.0,
"mode": "RLC (BT)",
"output-gain": 0.0,
"quality": 16.0,
"slope": "x16",
"type": "High-pass",
"width": 1.0
},
"limiter#0": {
"alr": false,
"alr-attack": 5.0,
"alr-knee": 0.0,
"alr-release": 50.0,
"attack": 2.0,
"bypass": false,
"dithering": "None",
"external-sidechain": false,
"gain-boost": true,
"input-gain": 0.0,
"lookahead": 4.0,
"mode": "Herm Thin",
"output-gain": 0.0,
"oversampling": "Half x4(2L)",
"release": 8.0,
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"stereo-link": 100.0,
"threshold": 0.0
},
"multiband_compressor#0": {
"band0": {
"attack-threshold": -16.0,
"attack-time": 150.0,
"boost-amount": 6.0,
"boost-threshold": -72.0,
"compression-mode": "Downward",
"compressor-enable": true,
"external-sidechain": false,
"knee": -12.0,
"makeup": 0.0,
"mute": false,
"ratio": 5.0,
"release-threshold": -100.0,
"release-time": 300.0,
"sidechain-custom-highcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-custom-lowcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-highcut-frequency": 500.0,
"sidechain-lookahead": 0.0,
"sidechain-lowcut-frequency": 10.0,
"sidechain-mode": "RMS",
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"sidechain-reactivity": 10.0,
"sidechain-source": "Middle",
"solo": false,
"stereo-split-source": "Left/Right"
},
"band1": {
"attack-threshold": -24.0,
"attack-time": 150.0,
"boost-amount": 6.0,
"boost-threshold": -72.0,
"compression-mode": "Downward",
"compressor-enable": true,
"enable-band": true,
"external-sidechain": false,
"knee": -9.0,
"makeup": 5.0,
"mute": false,
"ratio": 3.0,
"release-threshold": -100.0,
"release-time": 200.0,
"sidechain-custom-highcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-custom-lowcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-highcut-frequency": 1000.0,
"sidechain-lookahead": 0.0,
"sidechain-lowcut-frequency": 500.0,
"sidechain-mode": "RMS",
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"sidechain-reactivity": 10.0,
"sidechain-source": "Middle",
"solo": false,
"split-frequency": 250.0,
"stereo-split-source": "Left/Right"
},
"band2": {
"attack-threshold": -24.0,
"attack-time": 100.0,
"boost-amount": 6.0,
"boost-threshold": -72.0,
"compression-mode": "Downward",
"compressor-enable": true,
"enable-band": true,
"external-sidechain": false,
"knee": -9.0,
"makeup": 5.0,
"mute": false,
"ratio": 3.0,
"release-threshold": -100.0,
"release-time": 150.0,
"sidechain-custom-highcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-custom-lowcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-highcut-frequency": 2000.0,
"sidechain-lookahead": 0.0,
"sidechain-lowcut-frequency": 1000.0,
"sidechain-mode": "RMS",
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"sidechain-reactivity": 10.0,
"sidechain-source": "Middle",
"solo": false,
"split-frequency": 1250.0,
"stereo-split-source": "Left/Right"
},
"band3": {
"attack-threshold": -24.0,
"attack-time": 80.0,
"boost-amount": 6.0,
"boost-threshold": -72.0,
"compression-mode": "Downward",
"compressor-enable": true,
"enable-band": true,
"external-sidechain": false,
"knee": -9.0,
"makeup": 5.0,
"mute": false,
"ratio": 4.0,
"release-threshold": -100.0,
"release-time": 120.0,
"sidechain-custom-highcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-custom-lowcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-highcut-frequency": 4000.0,
"sidechain-lookahead": 0.0,
"sidechain-lowcut-frequency": 2000.0,
"sidechain-mode": "RMS",
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"sidechain-reactivity": 10.0,
"sidechain-source": "Middle",
"solo": false,
"split-frequency": 5000.0,
"stereo-split-source": "Left/Right"
},
"band4": {
"attack-threshold": -12.0,
"attack-time": 20.0,
"boost-amount": 6.0,
"boost-threshold": -72.0,
"compression-mode": "Downward",
"compressor-enable": true,
"enable-band": false,
"external-sidechain": false,
"knee": -6.0,
"makeup": 0.0,
"mute": false,
"ratio": 1.0,
"release-threshold": -100.0,
"release-time": 100.0,
"sidechain-custom-highcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-custom-lowcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-highcut-frequency": 8000.0,
"sidechain-lookahead": 0.0,
"sidechain-lowcut-frequency": 4000.0,
"sidechain-mode": "RMS",
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"sidechain-reactivity": 10.0,
"sidechain-source": "Middle",
"solo": false,
"split-frequency": 4000.0,
"stereo-split-source": "Left/Right"
},
"band5": {
"attack-threshold": -12.0,
"attack-time": 20.0,
"boost-amount": 6.0,
"boost-threshold": -72.0,
"compression-mode": "Downward",
"compressor-enable": true,
"enable-band": false,
"external-sidechain": false,
"knee": -6.0,
"makeup": 0.0,
"mute": false,
"ratio": 1.0,
"release-threshold": -100.0,
"release-time": 100.0,
"sidechain-custom-highcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-custom-lowcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-highcut-frequency": 12000.0,
"sidechain-lookahead": 0.0,
"sidechain-lowcut-frequency": 8000.0,
"sidechain-mode": "RMS",
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"sidechain-reactivity": 10.0,
"sidechain-source": "Middle",
"solo": false,
"split-frequency": 8000.0,
"stereo-split-source": "Left/Right"
},
"band6": {
"attack-threshold": -12.0,
"attack-time": 20.0,
"boost-amount": 6.0,
"boost-threshold": -72.0,
"compression-mode": "Downward",
"compressor-enable": true,
"enable-band": false,
"external-sidechain": false,
"knee": -6.0,
"makeup": 0.0,
"mute": false,
"ratio": 1.0,
"release-threshold": -100.0,
"release-time": 100.0,
"sidechain-custom-highcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-custom-lowcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-highcut-frequency": 16000.0,
"sidechain-lookahead": 0.0,
"sidechain-lowcut-frequency": 12000.0,
"sidechain-mode": "RMS",
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"sidechain-reactivity": 10.0,
"sidechain-source": "Middle",
"solo": false,
"split-frequency": 12000.0,
"stereo-split-source": "Left/Right"
},
"band7": {
"attack-threshold": -12.0,
"attack-time": 20.0,
"boost-amount": 6.0,
"boost-threshold": -72.0,
"compression-mode": "Downward",
"compressor-enable": true,
"enable-band": false,
"external-sidechain": false,
"knee": -6.0,
"makeup": 0.0,
"mute": false,
"ratio": 1.0,
"release-threshold": -100.0,
"release-time": 100.0,
"sidechain-custom-highcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-custom-lowcut-filter": false,
"sidechain-highcut-frequency": 20000.0,
"sidechain-lookahead": 0.0,
"sidechain-lowcut-frequency": 16000.0,
"sidechain-mode": "RMS",
"sidechain-preamp": 0.0,
"sidechain-reactivity": 10.0,
"sidechain-source": "Middle",
"solo": false,
"split-frequency": 16000.0,
"stereo-split-source": "Left/Right"
},
"bypass": false,
"compressor-mode": "Modern",
"dry": -100.0,
"envelope-boost": "None",
"input-gain": 0.0,
"output-gain": 0.0,
"stereo-split": false,
"wet": 0.0
},
"plugins_order": [
"filter#0",
"bass_enhancer#0",
"convolver#0",
"multiband_compressor#0",
"stereo_tools#0",
"limiter#0"
],
"stereo_tools#0": {
"balance-in": 0.0,
"balance-out": 0.0,
"bypass": false,
"delay": 0.0,
"input-gain": 0.0,
"middle-level": 0.0,
"middle-panorama": 0.0,
"mode": "LR > LR (Stereo Default)",
"mutel": false,
"muter": false,
"output-gain": 0.0,
"phasel": false,
"phaser": false,
"sc-level": 1.0,
"side-balance": 0.0,
"side-level": 0.0,
"softclip": false,
"stereo-base": 0.30000000000000004,
"stereo-phase": 0.0
}
}
}