After his profitable exciter and transient shaper FeenstaubTX, developer Number of Sound is again together with his second instalment within the Feenstaub collection, the FeenstaubTC tube compressor.
Be aware that the plugin is 64-bit, VST3/VST2 and Home windows solely.
Each time Number of Sound releases a plugin, folks get excited. And for a superb motive, I would add.
In a market saturated with analogue emulations and “magic” buttons, there may be an abundance of poorly made, by-product and bad-sounding plugins.
But, that is by no means the case with Number of Sound.
Their Feenstaub collection is all about color, depth and dimension, and the FeenstaubTC is a mix between the traits of tube compression and tape saturation. One of the best of each worlds, one may say.
If heat, fatness and transient administration are what you’re after in your tracks or your total mixbus, look no additional!
The plugin boasts a resizable UI and is supplied with some properly tuned presets that present what this factor is able to.
One factor to notice is that Number of Sound has included the meant working ranges for each the compressor and the saturation within the preset listing. That’s good!
If you wish to bounce proper into tweaking, the plugin has a transparent format with readouts exhibiting you the overall quantity of each achieve discount and whole harmonic distortion.
The big button on the left labelled “GR” is the volume-compensated enter for the compression.
The “colour” button is an inner sidechain for the compressor. The form of this filter is the inverse frequency response of a selected tape and recorder mixture.
The bipolar “timing” button helps you to select between Vari-mu or glue-style compression. You dial in your most popular assault time whereas launch occasions are program-dependent.
On the correct aspect of the plugin “THD” is the volume-compensated enter for the saturation. The knob labelled “Fats” controls the switch curve. At 0% the transmission is linear over a variety earlier than stage limiting, whereas at 100% there may be noticeable saturation at decrease ranges.
The “heat” management determines the variety of high-frequency compression artefacts we all know and love from tape machines, whereas subtly extending the low-frequency vary as properly.
On the centre of the plugin are achieve trims for each compressor and saturation. Each elements of the plugin may be operated independently.
Within the higher proper nook is a further excessive cross filter for the compressor aspect chain in addition to a transformer mannequin to manage uneven low-frequency materials and add further harmonic materials.
Via the final decade and extra, Number of Sound has constructed an distinctive arsenal of audio instruments made obtainable without spending a dime. FeenstaubTC is not any exception to the rule, and his excessive standing within the audio plugin group is properly deserved.
As all the time, the plugins include an intensive handbook that discusses each sign movement and superior use circumstances. Bootsy, the person behind the model additionally shares a number of beneficial perception relating to plugins and audio on his weblog.
The plugin may be downloaded as a ZIP file. No e mail or account registration is required, which we all the time respect.
Obtain: FeenstaubTC (FREE)
Extra:
