Slate Digital VIRTUAL TUBE COLLECTION is a set of three plugins for the Virtual Mix Rack that recreate the sound of classic vintage tube circuits. Each module can act as a preamp, a saturator, and even a virtual tube summing console.

Using VTC, you can add color, warmth, depth, and vibrancy to your mixes and masters. VMS users can also use VTC preamps with the microphone models to achieve rich, vibrant tones in their tracks.

LONDON

London is inspired by some vintage tube circuits originating in Europe. The sound is big, warm and bold in the lows and mid-range and slightly smooth in the top end. The transient response has a slight thickness without being overly aggressive. London sounds amazing for fattening tracks in preamp mode or thickening preamp saturation, and can add fat analog body in Console mode throughout the mix.

NEW YORK

New York is inspired by some vintage tube circuits, with a dash of inspiration from some New York discrete solid-state circuits, for some tension and impact. New York is aggressive in the mids and tighter in the lows due to its unique dynamic harmonic saturation. It can add incredible focus and punch to tracks in preamp mode, especially in boost mode. It's also the winner of many genres in console mode when used on the master fader. You really dial in the saturation with New York and find the perfect blend with the mix knob.

HOLLYWOOD

Hollywood is perhaps the most colorful of the three modules, and has a beautiful look, depth, emotion and a really great background! Use it in boost mode and make your tracks come to life. It's fantastic when paired with some of the old VMS mics to add extra high-end flavor and warm lows. In console mode, he can simply turn a lifeless concoction into something larger than life.

EXAMPLE OF USES

Use the Boost Preamp on tracks to add vibrancy and color

and remove digital wipe.

Use the Console as the first insertion into mixbuss with a little saturation

to add weight, glue and analog color to the whole mix.

Use Preamp or Console saturation on drums, vocals, guitar

and keys.

Use preamp distortion with the mix knob to add thickness and warmth

for tracks like vocals, snares, tones, drum busses or even entire mixes.

Use console saturation in the mastering chain to reduce peaks in a warm and energetic manner.

• Software Type: Vintage Tube Templates
• Platform: Mac, PC
• Update / Complete: Complete
• Download / Box: Download
• Bit depth: 64 bits
• Format: AAX, VST2, VST3, AU
• Authorization type: iLok 2 or later
• Hardware Requirements – Mac: Intel Quad Core i5 or higher, 4GB RAM or more recommended
• Hardware Requirements – PC: Intel Core i5 / AMD Quad-core or higher, 4GB RAM or more recommended
• OS Requirements – Mac: OS X 10.8 or later
• Minimum requirements – PC: Windows 7 SP1 or later

MAIN FEATURES

• 3 plug-ins based on classic vintage modeled circuits: London, New York and Hollywood
• Boost mode amplifies nonlinearities to add even more color and vibrancy
• Preamp mode models a saturating tube preamp circuit that emulates driving the input amplifier while attenuating the output
• The saturation knob (preamp mode) emulates the sound of preamp saturation
• Highpass (6dB/octave) clears low noise when needed