The Softube Trident A-Range Equalizer plug-in is the
first and only plug-in that has been fully endorsed by the original
designer Malcolm Toft and Trident Audio. The Trident A-Range is a
legendary piece of equipment, considered to have the best-sounding EQ of
any console. As only thirteen A-Range consoles were ever made, it
remains a holy grail for sound engineers and producers around the world
that hope to create works of art equal to those that were originally
recorded on the A-Range, including David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust,"
Queen, Elton John, and many more. To those with gold and platinum
records to their credit, the Trident A-Range is the sound of rock and roll.
The
EQ plug-in is a virtual model of a channel on one of the original 13
Trident A-Range consoles— channel 15 from the console at Sweet Silence
Studio 'B' in Denmark, producer Flemming Rasmussen's favorite channel
for recording lead vocals. Flemming also used it for the solo and rhythm
guitars on Metallica's "Ride The Lightning" and "Master of Puppets,"
and Ritchie Blackmore's guitar on the Rainbow albums "Difficult to Cure"
and "Bent out of Shape."
The Softube A-Range channel features
four bands of equalization and high- and low-pass filters. The sound of
the bands is often referred to as "colorful" and "musical." When running
a hot enough signal through the original unit and boosting the bands,
it is possible to get it to distort. The result is a hairy and effective
saturation that is just right in some situations, and just wrong in
others.
Features:
- EQ software created together with original designer Malcolm Toft
- Each and every component carefully modeled
- Same sweet-sounding EQ filters that made the legendary Trident A-Range
- Interaction between the different bands make it a one-of-a-kind equalizer plug-in
- Saturation control
- Very CPU friendly
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
