I love the sound of an 1176 style compressor on kick drums, and the free Slate Revival module helps to just enhance the bottom end and bring out the real top end click on the beater on the kick drum batter head.Īs I have limited myself to only using the FG-A in this session I decided to put it on the Drum Bus chain just to beef up the bottom end and control some of the mid-range. You can hear that the drums have been well recorded and are being controlled nicely by a selection of VMR modules.
Remember this is not a mixing tutorial, but a chance for you to hear a new plug-in emulation of a classic piece of hardware at work. This means that when there is an update to version 1.6.3.2, you will need to then update both your Rack Plugin (VMR) and all the Modules you have on your system to version 1.6.3.2 in order to get everyone working together. VMR 1.6.4.1 Repair Update - Now Available Dear Slate Customers, I’m happy to say that for the past two years, we’ve had a series of very successful product launches which have proven to be stable and efficient for a majority of our customers. I have also included screenshots of some of the channel and bus strips used in the mix so you can see what I used and how I had it set up. VMR 2.0 ships with the Mix Bundle One, which contains four Slate Digital processing modules: FG-401 Compressor, FG-S EQ, FG-161 FET Compressor and FG-N EQ.
The only other plug-ins you will hear are a little plate reverb for the amazing Exponential Audio R4 and a little bit of final limiting from the Universal Audio Precision Limiter. But even beyond the sound you can get with VMR 2.0, you also get the added bonus of speed and efficiency from having your entire processing chain in one convenient window. For the second track, we have kicked in the EQ. The first is the soloed instrumental or vocal track with all the processing enabled except the FG-A EQ. Drums were tracked by myself at my studio all the other parts were recorded by the band in their home studio spaces.įor each of the instruments, we have created two audio files. This track called Defenceless Earth features on their new album which will be out in the autumn. The Trackįor this Mix Test, we are using a session by UK band Voltaire. In this Mix Test, we take a look and listen to how you can use the FG-A along with other VMR modules and Slate Digital Plug-ins to create a hard-hitting heavy rock mix. The FG-A module is a 4 band EQ modelled after a very famous and popular 3 band American EQ, the API 550A. As you may know, Steven and the team at Slate Digital have released their latest module for the Slate Virtual Mix Rack (VMR).