![]() ![]() In truth, however, every channel of a full scale mixing console varies slightly on an individual component level, and the combination of these slight variations across the entire desk contributes significantly to the final sound. ![]() ![]() In electronic music circles particularly, there has been a great deal of focus on master buss processing in recent years, with Neve and a great many other companies offering up boxes which in theory offer the ability to impart some of this million dollar sheen on a mix, by running the final stereo mix through a single stage of dynamics, wide band equalization, and usually some tubes, or the aforementioned transformers strapped across the output for good measure. The desks in question are renowned for their ability to make any mix running through them sound warmer, wider, and entirely more expensive, and that’s before any changes have been made to the individual channel settings. Though the company’s original founder, Rupert Neve, brought his designs into the nearly affordable realm with the release of his Portico series some years ago, a full Neve console of even modest channel count will still set you back the equivalent of a brand new Mercedes with all the extras. While other companies have proven their skill at emulating individual equalizers or dynamics processors to near perfection, with the release of their bx_console, Brainworx has jumped into the hardware emulation game with serious gusto, going about the monumental task of emulating an entire Neve VXS Console.įew names in the music technology business are as revered as Neve, and fewer still have the ability to cause otherwise introverted, social awkward studio nerds to spill forth a torrent of flowery pronouns on the mythical, orgasm-inducing properties of op-amps or hand wound transformers. The company initially came to prominence with a range of plug-ins featuring M/S, or Mid-Side processing, a feature that up until that point was to be found almost exclusively on expensive hardware units, in the world’s top mastering studios. Though perhaps slightly lesser known, another company that has most certainly earned its place at the top alongside those just mentioned, is Brainworx. A quick perusal of even the most curmudgeonly online forms will turn up countless stories of engineers with racks of the most sought after EQs and compressors money can buy, none of which have been turned on in months, in favour of the near perfect software emulations and inherent total recall on offer from the likes of Universal Audio, Waves and Softtube. Hardware debates of yore are are essentially over. Speak to even the most seasoned recording engineer or music producer these days, and most will tell you that the often intensely heated Software vs. ![]()
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