Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection VCC Virtual Console Collection User’s Guide - Version 1.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection Slate Digital VIRTUAL CONSOLE COLLECTION Version 1.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 4 ANALOG vs. DIGITAL MIXING .................................................................................................... 5 II. The Virtual Console Collection .....................................................................................
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection IX. System Requirements & Installation............................................................................. 20 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS................................................................................................. 20 iLok License Downloading ......................................................................................................... 20 Installing the VCC.......
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection In order to precisely reproduce the dynamic nonlinear characteristics of the analog desks, Slate Digital CTO Fabrice Gabriel has developed innovative new analog modeling techniques that combine circuit path modeling with actual hardware response testing.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection THE CONSOLES Brit N Discrete This classic desk has been a staple of the recording industry for over thirty years. Known for a rich, fat, and warm sound, it can add some classic vibe to your mixes.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection III. V IRTUAL C HANNEL A T A G LANCE Console Selection IV. Allows you to select the desired console channel émulation. Group Assign and Display Group Assign allows you to assign any number of Virtual Channels to a group.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection IV. V IRTUAL M IXBUSS A T A G LANCE Console Select Selects the desired mixbuss console emulation. Mixbuss Drive Increases the nonlinear response of the mixbuss without altering the output level.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection V. Q UICKSTART 1. Place a Virtual Channel Plugin on the first insert of one of your track channels. Enable the “GROUP” mode by enabling GROUP: ON. This will disable the main channel controls and activate the group panel controls. 2.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection VI. A DVANCED U SE ENHANCING NON-‐LINEAR RESPONSE WITH DRIVE CONTROL By increasing the DRIVE on a channel, the nonlinear characteristics of the selected console will increase without increasing the output level.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection Virtual Channel with GROUP ENABLED. This channel is assigned to GROUP 1.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection Controlling Channel Groups from the Mixbuss Plugin Once all channel plugins and groups have been assigned on your tracks, you can control all of them using the Mixbuss plugin’s Channel Group Panel Controls.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection Assigning The Mixbuss To A Group You can assign the mixbuss plugin to a group by enabling it to GROUP: ON. When you assign the mixbuss to a group, its main panel controls are disabled and it slaves to the selections on the group panel.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection VII. C OMMON M IXING Q UESTIONS What is the proper amount of level to send through the channel and mixbuss? There is no right answer. Any signal that travels through the plugins will gain the nonlinear response of the particular channel.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection VIII. C USTOMIZING THE VCC U SING THE S ETTINGS Using the settings, you can access controls for Group Automation, Calibration, Console Drift, Output and VU, Oversampling, and Display.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection In the analog domain, you usually have to adjust all your signals to maximize the signal to noise ratio, while not overloading the electronic circuits. This means finding the right input and working audio level.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection OUTPUT & VU SETTINGS Hiss Auto Mute Removes the console’s “hiss” characteristics when there is no audio present on the track. Console Output Levels Controls the overall output level of each desk, allowing plus or minus 1db.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection OVERSAMPLING The Virtual Console Collection allows a variety of oversampling options. Even with no oversampling, the Virtual Console plugins have very minimal aliasing and will sound very good.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection DISPLAY SETTINGS Group Panel Display Always Display: allows to open the VCC with all the panels open Display if grouping is activated Track List Display Display with Group Panel Display on Edit Group Never Display
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection IX. S YSTEM R EQUIREMENTS & I NSTALLATION PC Requirements • • Hardware: any Intel or AMD processor with SSE2 support, 1 GB RAM, iLok2. Operating system: Windows® XP, Windows Vista® (32/64 Bit), Windows 7® (32/64 Bit) MAC Requirements • • Hardware: Mac with Intel processor, 1 GB of RAM, iLok2.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection X. 3RD PARTY ILOK LICENSE TRANSFER FEE When reselling any Slate software product, there will be a $30 License Transfer Fee in order for us to process the new customer into our USER system. It is the responsibility of the seller to inform the buyer of this fee at the time of sale.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection XI. C ONCLUSION MAKING THE VIRTUAL CONSOLE COLLECTION By Steven Slate One of the first studios that I worked at when I was about sixteen years old was a two-‐ room facility that had two vintage consoles. I remember that we began to think about the desks in regards to their tone.
Slate Digital Virtual Console Collection I dragged Fabrice to a famous Los Angeles recording studio so he could do some complex testing on their vintage desks. He reluctantly obliged, and then requested that I get him the schematics of the desks for him to study. Then I didn’t hear from him for a week.
