The Softube Mix Bundle give users full control over the key elements of a mix—compression, equalization, and reverb
The
Softube Mix Bundle is a collection of our finest plug-ins—five
essential tools that give you full control over the key elements of
building a mix—compression, equalization, and reverb.
These
plug-ins are the same great Softube plug-ins professional recording
musicians rely on daily, so you can mix with confidence, knowing that
the FET Compressor you put on your vocal track is the same one used on
hit records around the globe. These plug-ins not only sound extremely
good (as many reviewers have so kindly pointed out), they're designed
to be easy to use, so you can achieve great results in virtually no
time. Now you can spend less time mixing and more time writing your
next big hit.
Includes:
TSAR-1R Reverb
The TSAR-1R is based on a powerful, proprietary modern reverb
algorithm. It's alive and vibrant, gentle and dreamy—and above all,
natural and believable. We've wrapped this versatile beauty in an
exceptionally accessible interface—three knobs give you fast, immediate
control over a wide range of ambient spaces.
The
TSAR-1 Reverb is not an emulation. It's not a stock design. It's
not a static snapshot of a space. The TSAR-1 is a powerful,
modern reverb algorithm. It's alive and vibrant, it's gentle and
dreamy, and above all - it's natural and believable. The TSAR-1
is the better-sounding alternative to the established,
traditional reverb products. At a fraction of the price.
The True
Stereo Algorithm inside the TSAR-1 is what gives it its magic.
The strength lies in its sophisticated sound and versatility, no
matter whether it's used on strings and brass or rock drums and
lead vocals, it always shines. All this while still having a
comprehensive and easy-to-use interface that is
unparallelled in other high-end reverb products.
Passive Equalizer
Based on a famous German three-band passive console equalizer from the
60s, the Passive Equalizer features wide bandwidth and unsurpassed
clear and open sound.
Modeled
from a famous German three-band passive equalizer, it features a wide
band width with an unprecedented clear and open sound. The Low boost
gives you a warm low end, perfect to fatten up a bass drum or bass
guitar track. Cutting the highs give you a very gentle 6dB cut which
allows you to remove some of the unwanted highs without too much
intrusion in the sound. The High boost is open and crisp, excellent to
live up an otherwise dead track.
Active Equalizer
A modern active design based on Swiss hardware from the 70s. Three
bands of EQ, each with selectable gain, frequency, and bandwidth, plus
18dB/Oct high and low cut filters, give this versatile equalizer a tight
and focused sound.
This is a
more modern active design made somewhere in the Swiss alps in the
seventies. This one has three full bands (Low, Mid and High) with
selectable gain (2dB steps) and frequency. The width (Q) can be
selected via a switch and each band can be bypassed. It also features
High and Low cuts.
Whereas
the Passive Equalizer is wide, clear and unintrusive, the Active
Equalizer is more of a surgeon with a tight and focused sound. Some
people prefer the high band, while others use it to control the mids
of a track. The bands can overlap, and unlike normal equalizer
plug-ins the notches and peaks overlaps without adding any extra gain
to the peak or notch, just like the real analog gear.
Focusing Equalizer
A novel and untraditional take on equalizers, with the low, mid, and
high bands moving automatically and musically in relation to the high
and low cut filters. Features the filters from the Passive and Active
Equalizers, as well as an outstanding one-knob saturation control.
Unlike
the previous two, this one is our own bastard creation. The main idea
is to have an equalizer where you first set the band width with the
Low and High Cut faders, which will automatically re-set the
frequencies of the High, Mid and Low bands to match your recording.
After that, you use the High, Mid and Low to create the sound of the
track, focusing on the sound you're interested in. No need for separate
frequency selectors for the different bands since these have already
been set in a very natural sounding way by the High and Low Cut.
The sound
of the Low and High cuts, as well as the Low, Mid and High filters
come from the Passive and Active Equalizer models. In addition to this
we have added a Saturation circuit, very much based on the distortion
and compression from our famous FET Compressor.
FET Compressor
A fresh spin on one of the most famous compressors of all time,
updated with parallel compression, detector filters, look-ahead
function, and external sidechain.
Many
"modeled" compressors are nothing more than futile attempts to get an
off-the-shelf algorithm to match its hardware counterpart by
tweaking a few parameters like the knee and attack/release times. But
anyone who has worked with hardware compressors knows that there
must be more to it. And there is.
The
heritage of analog compressors very much showcases the history of
electronics in the previous century. It's the deficiencies of the
different designs and components that give each unit its unique
character, and what started out as technical limitations have now
become sought-after sounds. Simply approximating the most apparent
features is not enough to capture this uniqueness. It takes a model
of great complexity and accuracy to make a digital replica sound like
the original with all settings and inputs.
For more information, sound examples, etc., please see the individual product pages.
System Requirements
Native version
- A Native 64-bit version is under development and will be released as soon as possible!
- Mac OS X (10.4 for PPC, 10.5 or higher for Intel), Windows XP or higher
- Mac: Intel or PowerPC processor (G4 or higher), Windows: PIII or higher
- Windows: PIII or higher
- 512 MB RAM
- Any VST, AudioUnits or RTAS compatible host application
- iLok USB key and the latest Pace Interlok drivers