Tame harsh signals with sidechains and saturation Or, try the “British” mode for fast and furious “all buttons in” compression that provides the memorable character of iconic pumping and breathing effects heard on countless major releases. Tailor its tone further with “DIST” modes that add 2nd or 3rd order harmonics for tube or tape-like drive. On the Xtressor, each of the ratios is like its own compressor, with unique attack, release and knee characteristics. Known for its speed, versatility, and attitude, it’s a must-have for crushing drum busses, squeezing kicks and basses, controlling acoustic guitars, and digging in hard with seriously satisfying vocal compression.
An AL4 power pentode and its output transformer act as the finishing spice, driven hot by the preamp stage.The Xtressor is a faithful emulation of one of the most beloved and most popular hardware compressors of the modern era.
The straightforward user interface is spiced up with a jumper matrix, allowing access to BIG AL’s core circuitry: E (Emphasis Shift), B (Bass Compensator), and V (Voltage Sag) provide powerful options with which to make complex changes to the distortion profile on the fly by simply inserting or pulling out a few (virtual) plugs. The High control is an additional EQ band placed in front of the preamp tube its peaking filter boosts or cuts high-frequency content around 10kHz - essential for provoking or taming BIG AL’s potentially aggressive treble! Indeed, it is a filter freak at heart - hence the Low control being implemented as a Baxandall filter that allows for adjusting saturation intensity by around 100Hz in (optional) combination with boosting or cutting the bass at the same time.
SANTA CRUZ, CA, USA: Plugin Alliance, supporting all major plugin formats and uniting some of the best- known international audio companies under one virtual roof, is proud to announce the availability of BIG AL - an emulation based on one-off analog hardware harvesting novel circuitry and authentic NOS (New Old Stock) components from the 1930s, exclusively designed for this dual-stage tube saturator from new pro audio plugin partner NEOLD offering a broad palette of stunning sound flavors flowing from the interactive network within its preamp and transformer-coupled power amp, where it generates gorgeous harmonics - as of February 2…īIG AL’s frequency conditioning begins right in the EF9 preamp stage.
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