This compressor is based on the classic RED faced compressor that has been a favorite of mix legend Chris Lord Alge, who first showed it to Steven Slate when he visited his studio years ago.
The FG-GREY is awesome in both manual and auto mode, and it's amazing on drums and guitars too! You'll notice especially when you heavily compress with the FG-GREY, there is a bit less of a drop in the bottom and the rich mids will still be nice and present. These are subtle issues but the transformer stage keeps the bottom big and round and the midrange more open, while still retaining the classic sound of the hardware unit. It can also get slightly 'choked' in the mids. The hardware unit tends to start sucking out too much bottom as you start to compress more. This does something very amazing to the clarity of the midrange and bottom end. They took the classic British discrete transformer and added some of the characteristics to the signal path.
Slate Digital did a small mod to the circuit in their virtual model which we think you'll really enjoy.
It has a way of being able to tighten, glue, and 'gel' the components of the mix in ways that can go from fairly transparent in auto release mode, to very aggressive in manual mode. Steven has used the hardware model for many years but until studying the unit in the modeling process, he says he never fully appreciated just how magnificent the piece is. The FG-GREY starts off with a very precise model of the classic British "4000 series console compressor". Finally, VBC will come with stock presets made by some of the industry's top mixers. Compressing a mix with each one doing a very little amount can sound amazing! And, using the compressors in series within the "?Rack"? also makes it very easy to A/B/C the compressors on source material. Each compressor can be used in series, and the series rearranged by dragging and dropping (see information on "?The Rack"). Every nuance of real analog compressors has been modeled including the exact nonlinear characteristics of their transformers, tubes, VCAs, amplifiers, phase distortions, harmonic distortions, and timing.Īll of the compressors in the VBC bundle have a variable hi-pass filter AND a mix knob that can be used to control the ratio/percentage of the compressed signal to the dry signal.
The Slate Digital Virtual Buss Compressors Plug-In comprises three unique sounding, 100% analog modeled dynamic processors that are ideal for program material including full mixes, mastering, drums, group mixes, and more. Slate Digital Virtual Buss Compressors Plug-In Details Slate Digital VBC Virtual Buss Compressors Plug-In (Download) The Slate Digital Virtual Buss Compressors Plug-In comprises three unique sounding, 100% analog modeled dynamic processors that are ideal for program material including full mixes, mastering, drums, group mixes, and more.