How (Not) To Test Your Plugins

In which I look at various different ways to test your plugins, and a few ways not to as well. Like using “linear analysis“ to test a non linearity, or a static sine wave with no dynamics to test dynamics processors... 00:00 Intro 00:49 The Null Test 07:06 Cognitive Bias 13:05 Plugin Doctor 14:11 analysing “box tone“ 16:18 testing for EQ cramping 17:58 the biggest Plugin Doctor fail. YOUTUBE AUDIO ENGINEERS NEED TO WATCH THIS! 20:51 how the “linear analysis“ test probably works under the hood 22:35 a better way to measure the frequency response of a non linear plugin 24:34 harmonic analysis 31:13 Hammerstein 35:08 aliasing 40:30 measuring phase shift 43:36 “naturally gentler phase shift“ 45:59 “why does this EQ cut make my mix louder?“ 51:08 comparing limiters 53:26 comparing compressors 59:26 what is “program dependency“? 1:02:22 compressor aliasing 1:05:54 the ABX test 1:09:45 the only test that matters Music: “Maybe“ by Dan Worrall. Bandcamp link: Samplerates, The Higher The Better, Right? Oversample Everything: ABX test software: If you like this type of content and you want to see it more often, consider signing up for Channel Membership: