Reviews
Recording, October 2009
"...they sound great. Handy little boxes with an obvious vintage vibe... ultra CPU efficient and you can scatter them liberally throughout your mix. The Brilliance Pack is an aural delicacy."
Pro Audio Review, June 2009
"...perfect for making vocals and instruments pop out of a mix without actually getting louder, and all three plug-ins work well when strapped across the stereo bus. it does one thing, and does it amazingly well. I’d be inclined to say it does that one thing better than any other plug-in to date. Anyone looking to add a vintage sparkle to their in-the-box mixes should make this part of their plug-in collection."
Mix, March 2009
"Like great vintage hardware, these plug-ins offer a beautiful simplicity — they just work right away... sound great on everything... the next best thing to connecting the studio's actual vintage hardware units to evoke the adventurous and experimental sounds of the '60s.
Electronic Musician, January 2009
"I was instantly hooked on these plug-ins, which all sound amazing and quite different from one another. It was extraordinarily easy to achieve gentle presence boosts on vocals, snare drums, or guitars, and the results were pleasing to the ears. I heard none of the undesirable phase-shifting or harshness/honkiness that can arise with lesser EQs boosting high-mid or high-end frequencies."
Audio Media, November 2008
"The first thing I noticed was it offered an instantly pleasurable sound - I don't think I've ever come across an EQ so nice, or a plug-in I instantly liked...the sweetness of the extra high end gain added little or no harshness, but the elusive 'air' you so often want to breathe into a vocal or guitar. For getting transparency with retro character and EQ that can open a mix, it's irreplaceable."
ProToolerBlog, November 2008
"I’m hooked like a junkie... You start asking yourself with every track 'I wonder what a little brilliance will do to it'. You’d be surprised how often it does work when you think of the extremely limited frequency range... these simply are different 1-banders than what you already have. They simply don’t act or sound like any other EQ I have ever encountered... These are quite possibly my new favorite EQ’s."
Sound On Sound, November 2008
"These processors have a definite character of their own, which I haven't encountered before in plug-in form. There will be times when that flavour is exactly what you need to lift your mix out of the ordinary."
Resolution, October 2008
"no distortion, noise or any other funny business is going on, just accurate emulations of the curves of the original units. But they work really well and sound exceptionally musical."
Future Music, September 2008
"Glorious on vocals. Breathing retro air into contemporary recordings, the Brilliance Pack is a winner."
MacUser, July 2008
"These aren't just treble controls. They open a signal up, breathing a little of that elusive air in to it...seductively authentic vintage results are easily obtainable. The Brilliance Pack undeniably succeeds in its stated aim of getting you mighty close to that crisp, sparkling, expansive, Abbey Road 1960s sound."