XTrim – A powerful set of mixing tools.
XTrim is a powerful set of mixing tools, for fine trimming and creative use. Volume: A fine control on output level. Useful for fine balancing and automation (vocals, solo, etc.). X1/X10 scale switch: select 10X gain range for gain staging purposes. Pan: Stereo image...
ThreeD – Mono to Stereo – Stereo Enhancement
A versatile mono to stereo widener and stereo enhancement effect. Several algorithms. Based on phase, panning, time. Mono to stereo, stereo to stereo, stereo management (mid/side). Add stereo content to mono sources, where mid/side cannot work. Add stereo width...
Presence – A fistful of Exciters – Balance, tone, air.
Presence is a multimode dynamic exciter Fills the spectrum and adds punch, tone, air and strength to tracks and mixes Increases perceived loudness without affecting dynamics Useful on single tracks (mono/stereo) and on submixes/mixes Very light on CPU and latency-free...
Mattertone – Multiband Envelope Shaping
Mattertone is a multi-band envelope shaping effect. It is NOT a compressor, no thresholds. It is NOT level-sensitive, no triggering. Increase or decrease attack and/or sustain on selected frequency ranges. Tame resonances. Manage ambient. Get huge rooms from drums...
Sound of stereo mic configurations? Practical examples.
Four couples of microphones have been placed in front of some instruments, in the same position and at the same time, to compare the results for stereo tracking. Sax, guitar and congas have been recorded. The purpose was to compare the sound for the same identical...
Huge Rock Drums with SDC
When it comes down to mastering the SDC compressor is undoubtedly an ideal choice. However, it can also work wonders on sub mixes, such as a drum bus – that’s what we will explore in this tutorial! Go to work SDC comprises of two different compressor types, which work...
Verbtone – Physical modeled plate reverb – Smooth and deep
Simply a plate reverb. Physical modeling, non linear behavior, multi-mode modulation. Dual stereo, mono to stereo, mix to mono to stereo, cross stereo, panned mono. NEW "Follow the source" stereo mode. Several sources, each one with its own panning, get individually...
The Powers of Disto
Although a little often goes a long way in the world of audio production, there's definitely no need to be afraid of extreme values – especially when working with Disto. Not convinced yet? Well, let's see… Here's a short audio clip that will serve as our test object:...
Necklace – Physical modeled Spring Reverb – Six springs, stereo sound
Necklace effect Simply a spring reverb. Physical modeling, non linear behaviour, multi-mode modulation. Several springs, several combinations (parallel, series). Round, nice reverb or "twisted" effects. Tap on the springs to hear the impulse response and tune the...
Grasso – Saturation and dynamics – Level independent processing
Grasso is a complete saturation and dynamics unit. It is NOT a compressor, no thresholds. It is NOT an envelope shaper, no triggering. Is includes some special features like level-independent dynamics, tube-saturation stage, dynamic and level-independent pre-drive...
C165a – VCA compressor with saturating limiter – Punch, sustain, drive
C165a has been developed by measuring and testing a classic VCA compressor with a great sound and very simple to use. Its features have been extended including sidechain filters, a sample-aligned parallel mixing control and a limiter switch. Main features are:...
DDD – Dimension Chorus
Modeled after a famous rack device, DDD is a fantastic tool to add beautiful dimension and thickness to tracks. From chorus to transparent and subtle, it is extremely simple and effective. Bucket Brigade (BBD) analog delay is emulated, together with the compander...
Roundtone – Examples and Presets
An inside view of the multitrack tape machine emulation. Gain Attenuates or amplifies the signal at the input of the effect.Roundtone is a non linear effect (its behaviour changes depending on signal level, like with compressors, overdrive and such, and as opposite...
Roundtone – Multitrack tape machine and Delay
NOTE: superseded by new v.4 Roundtone is a tape machine emulation. It adds typical tape recording interesting side-effects to every audio track. Useful on single tracks (mono/stereo) and on submixes/mixes. Very light on CPU and latency-free, adds punch, color and...
Bringing out the snare in a drum loop with SoundBrigade
As a musician or producer you might know this situation: You’ve got an awesome sounding drum loop, but the snare drum could be a little more present, a little bit more ‘in your face’, and some more top-end couldn’t hurt neither. But how would you achieve that? You...
Compression & Saturation Shaping with Fooler
The Fooler is pretty much a one-of-a-kind plugin: It gives you detailed control over the sidechain signal of literally any compressor there is – even if a particular one doesn’t offer this functionality at all! In this tutorial, we will use the Fooler to process some...
Rock mix refining with GTS-39
Are you ready to find out what a seemingly simple compression tool like the GTS-39 is really capable of? Well, we hope so! In this episode, we will take a rather lousy mix of a rock song and turn it into a thunderous and professional sounding piece of music – all with...
Pounding trance bass with STA-limit
STA-limit is one of those compressors that you can always reach for if your sound lacks this little bit of character and strength. Thanks to its clean and easy design you’ll also be able to get a terrific result within just a few minutes. Let us show you what we mean...
Synth shaping with Mattertone
Today we’re going to have a look at the Mattertone plugin. Mattertone is a multiband envelope shaper, and thus it’s a great tool for emphasizing (or taming) transient-heavy material like drums, for instance. However, we will do something a little unusual and apply the...
Drum loop enhancement with PolyJam
Programming realistic sounding drums, i.e. setting up different velocity values for most of the notes, can be fairly tedious. Likewise, if you’re working with a ready-made drum loop and repeat it a couple of times the overall sound might be rather static and boring...
Catena – Multiband Console with Mid/Side
Catena is a stereo routing, splitting, mixing, multiband console in 3 rack units. Also includes an internal mid/side matrix for mixed stereo/mid-side processing. Five stereo channels are available. Main stereo input can be split and sent to the next channel and so on....
Leso – Stereo PWM Compressor
Leso is a hardware stereo compressor based on PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) for gain control. It is quite clean sounding, with a versatile set of features. stereo balanced inputs/outputs stepped controls internal sidechain equalizer (low and high ranges) external...
AVE – Analog Vocal Enhancer and Doubler
Three effects in one double unit "500" series device. - Stereo parallel compression on high frequency range (from a classic trick with a noise reduction unit). - Stereo delay and pitch shifting for doubling. Add width and thickness. - Transparent chorus for stereo...
GTS39 – Limiting tube compressor
GTS39 has been developed by measuring and testing a very old limiting tube compressor with a great vintage sound. Main features are: mono/stereo or dual mono modes (dual mono enhances stereo image) additional "hold" control for envelope shaping 8x oversampling...
Rev250 – From the first digital reverb. Deep, with attitude.
Rev250 effect. From the first digital reverb. Very deep. Lots of attitude. Mid-side balance for stereo width control. Chorus, phaser, delay. All stages are emulated, including input conversion. Gain control and meter, from lo-fi to clean. Bowed Guitar Guitar 2 Sax...
STA-limit – Unique vintage tube compression – With DSP!
STA-limit is a faithful model of a vintage tube compression device from Gates. Its character is extremely useful on all kinds of tracks, from acoustic instruments to vocals to guitars and drums, to add punch and color. Features: HW modeled after a vintage unit from...
SoundBrigade – A brigade of filters with a mission
A "Brigade" of filters has a "Mission" assigned (an algorithm). They act in reaction to incoming signal, only in the frequency range assigned by the user. The special configuration of the filters and the way they interact make SoundBrigade a new and unique effect....
SDC – A simple tutorial
SDC has a huge interface full of controls. The placement of knobs, switches, leds and meters can be confusing at first. It is extremely clear once you get used to look at it as regions. 1 - Optical Compressor. SDC is built around two compressors per channel. Input...
SDC – Stereo Double Compressor
Stereo double compressor. On each channel: an optical compressor followed by a VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) compressor (Discrete). The first one controls the average signal level with the typical electro-luminescent panel musical behavior. The discrete one...
Fooler – Sidechain intruder and saturation shaper
An unique tool that gives new life to all your compressors and saturators. Access the internal sidechain of any compressor. ...
Compression – A Small Tutorial
Dynamic control (compression, expansion) is one of the most useful and fun categories of effects to use to control the overall quality and feeling of recordings. In this small tutorial we use our Bus effect as a reference, given its extreme versatility. It is useful...
Rocking bass with C165a VCA compressor
Today, we will use the C165a VCA compressor to improve the sound of a fairly simple bass guitar. We will not only work on the dynamics, but also explore the tone shaping capabilities of the plugin by making use of its limiter and saturation circuit. So, without...
Disto-S – Simply the best emulation of a classic. Fantastic on drums, versatile on everything.
Disto-S is the best, complete emulation of one of the most classic and loved mixing device. It was designed as an emulation of a Distressor by Empirical Labs. Main features: Best emulation of a hardware Distressor unit. Several compression modes. UK mode (British...
Full Dimension Synth with DDD Dimension Chorus
If you’re looking for a super wide, thick, and rich sound, look no further than DDD Dimension Chorus! Initially modeled after one of the most popular hardware choruses ever made this plugin version delivers the same world-class sound, but also adds some nifty features...
RawPro – Compressors with Preamplifier
Powerful, compact, hardware units. Three analog compressors with line and microphone inputs. RP6: FET compressor with preamplifier. Includes "All buttons in" mode. RP165a: VCA compressor with limiter and preamplifier. Includes "Auto" compression mode. RP2A: Opto...
Mastering Electronic Music with SDC
If you’re looking for a mastering grade compressor the SDC might be your ideal choice: Not only does it offer a powerful combination of one optical and one VCA compressor, it also provides three different transformer models to color your song (if you're looking for...
Rame – low-mid frequency stereo EQ with Mid-Side
Rame is a hardware, analog, stereo equalizer for mid and low frequencies. It is extremely useful to add weight and presence to mono and stereo tracks and mixes. An internal Mid/Side matrix makes Mid and Side independent equalization available simply through a switch....
Ferro – high frequency stereo EQ with Mid-Side
Ferro is a hardware, analog, stereo equalizer for high frequencies. It is extremely useful to add smooth brightness and life to mono and stereo tracks and mixes. An internal Mid/Side matrix makes Mid and Side independent equalization available simply through a switch....
Vastaso – a few useful guidelines and presets
Vastaso is a fantastic stereo compressor which includes twelve different compressor models (100% analog) and twelve saturation networks based on lots of components (silicon diodes, germanium diodes, LEDs, FETs, transformers and more). While its structure is quite...
Vastaso – stereo compression and saturation
The most versatile compression and saturation hardware unit. Price: 1.899 $ + VAT (if applicable) and shipment. Send an email to order. ...