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Immaculate attention to detail
The physical characteristics of a hot vacuum tube being pushed into overdrive is not an easy feat to replicate in the digital realm due to the non-linearity of the changes and effects on your signal. Redoptor 2 uses advanced DSP algorithms to accurately mimic the behaviour of these complex analog circuits down to all the small interactions that happen between your signal and the tube amplification, capturing the quirks and subtleties of each individual element of the signal chain. Additionally, the Redoptor 2 features a tube bias parameter, allowing you to virtually adjust the transient shaping of your signal.
Customise your preamp
Where a traditional analog preamp stops, the Redoptor 2 continues. Expanding on what is possible with conventional hardware preamplifiers, the Redoptor 2 gives you more flexibility and customisation than ever before, allowing you to fine-tune your signal processing to perfection depending on your audio source. From insert points (pre or post) on the high and low-pass filters to a versatile dynamics control and sweepable overall brightness dial, you can shape the character and tone of your signal with complete control.
Where most preamps rely on a fixed graphic EQ for their tone shaping, the Redoptor 2 Vintage Tube Distortion features an extremely flexible parametric EQ with independent gain controls and frequency bands for each of the four bands. Perfect your timbre to fit the mix you're working on and carve out a frequency response from subtle thickening to lo-fi sounds or simply hunt for resonant peaks that stick out within your tone and get your signals under control.
True stereo processing
In order to meet the demands of modern mixing engineers, the Redoptor 2 is a fully-featured "true stereo" plug-in with independent paths for each channel in your signal. Now, you can process your left and right channels independent from each other to get the best sound from your audio source. For example, you can process the left and right channels of a stereo set of drum overhead microphones differently to add more or less harmonic distortion depending on the volume and tone of each cymbal within the stereo spectrum or send the treble notes of your stereo synthesizer signal into searing overdrive whilst leaving the lower register untouched and natural.
Complete mixing solution
Adding overdriven tube distortion to your signal will inherently add a healthy dose of compression to your signal due to the level of distortion applied to your signal, therefore the Redoptor 2 features a creative solution for taming your dynamics with a pre-gain compressor and post-gain limiter. The pre-gain compressor is perfect for taming the dynamics of your signal before hitting the vast levels of overdrive to keep your signal consistent, meaning you avoid any loud, distorted peaks in certain regions of the frequency spectrum. This will give your sound a consistent and professional sound with more headroom to mix the rest of your tracks with. Once you have processed your sound through the tube distortion circuits, the master output limiter tames any pokey transients that can make your signal jump too far out of your mix, letting you glue your master tracks with more volume.
Features
- Vintage tube distortion effect
- Accurately captures the warmth, character of analog circuits
- Four band parametric EQ for unrivalled control over your overdriven tones
- Independent stereo processing
- Accurately emulates sonic signature of classic high-gain guitar amps
- Pre-distortion compressor lets you shape the tube's circuit response
- Output limiter to tame your signal level
Specifications
System Requirements
- Windows:
- OS: Win 7, Win 8, Win 10
- CPU: 2.0 GHz SSE (Multicore 2.4 GHz recommended)
- RAM: 8 GB (16 GB Recommended)
- Software: VST2 / VST3 / AAX compatible host application (32bit or 64bit)
- Mac:
- OS: OS X 10.13 to OS X 12
- CPU: Apple Silicon or Intel based 2.0 GHz (2.4 GHz recommended)
- RAM: 8 GB (16 GB Recommended)
- Software: AU / VST2 / VST3 / AAX compatible host application (64bit only!)
- Product Code: Redoptor 2