Metric Halo Production Bundle - Manual (Page 28)

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• California Tube Line: American designed tube line input.
• Modern Tube DI: Mastering quality tube DI.
• Modern Tube EQ: Mastering quality EQ.
• Modern Tube Soft Sat: Mastering quality EQ with saturation.
• Modern Tube LG: A tube mic pre with a low gain setting.
• Modern Tube MG: A tube mic pre with a medium gain setting.
• Modern Tube HG: A tube mic pre with a high gain setting.
• Modern Tube Sym: Mastering quality EQ
• Modern Tube Soft Sat: Mastering quality tube mic pre with saturation.
• Classic British Mic Pre: A favorite large console mic pre.
• American Solid State: FET mastering EQ.
• California Vocal Box: Transformer coupled tube vocal processor.
• California Vocal Box Drive: Transformer coupled tube vocal processor with increased gain.
• British Mic Pre Clone: A popular clone of a favorite British mic pre.
The “soft sat” variations are particularly good at providing the “analog glue” that many engineers want for
their final mixes. The “sat” stands for “saturation”, such as you would get with analog tape. The “soft” part
of the name indicates that the level is lower after processing. You may want to use the Output Gain to make
up the lost gain.
While most of the models can be applied to every channel, overuse of the saturation models can lead to
undesired effects.
Output Gain
The Output Gain applies ±24 dB of gain to the signal after it has been through the modeling stage. This can
be used to increase the final output level after using a soft saturation model or otherwise gain-stage the signal
for the next processor.
Using Character in Your Projects
There are several ways to use Character:
• Inserted on a single channel: This lets you add a little “flavor” to a channel by itself or as a pre-processor
for another plug-in. By automating the Drive and Output Gain controls you can use Character as a
creative effect.
• Inserted on all channels: Create a virtual mixing console, or use different models for different groups of
inputs; mic pres for vocals, DIs for bass, tubes for drums…
• Inserted on the master bus: Put a Soft Sat model on the master 2 bus for the analog “glue” to finish
off your mix.
• All of the above!