VCC (Slate digital) and ProChannel

Hey all,

For anyone in the know of VCC, I've read the SOS review and they mention it should be inserted in the first FX slot of each channel.  If your using Pro channel also, then how do you make sure that VCC is doing its thing first.


 

moffdnb


Hey all,

For anyone in the know of VCC, I've read the SOS review and they mention it should be inserted in the first FX slot of each channel.  If your using Pro channel also, then how do you make sure that VCC is doing its thing first.

You see the Pre/Post button? That is to place the PC pre or post fx bin... So you can have your vst/dx plugins before or after PC, but not between PC modules...

So simply place your fx bin pre by making the PC post... (Dash that's a mouthful!) ;-)

Keni

Dear Moffdnb, I'd  love to hear a mix with and without the slate virtual console.

Thank you,

You can download the example mixes from SOS - its subtle, but its audible..  Not sure if you need to be a subscriber, but here's the link: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/oct11/articles/vccmedia.htm 

John T


 to confess, I can't really hear it doing anything that remarkable.  

 

and an iLok2 is required...

What do you make of the suggestion in SOS that it makes getting a balanced mix easier? They made the point quite strongly that they didn't think slapping it on existing mixes added much value, but that it eased the mixing process. I'm quite interested in that.

I suppose I should try the demo, but I don't have an iLok, and I don't really fancy buying one just to try out demos of things.

Thing is, my experience is that alot of the sought-after gear and effects ARE very subtle in their differences, and it's more of a sum of all the parts (tracks? :O) ) that seem to do the thing. You read these interviews with some big producers and they get into this high-end AD converter over that high-end AD - jeez, anyone ever did THAT comparison? You're talking splitting hairs..

But when you get rid of all obvious problems such as bad cables, cheap mics etc etc, I suppose the next level is to address all the details.. A friend of mine mixed some stuff at British Grove (Mark Knopfler's place) with Mick Glossop about three years ago. At that time, they were throwing out their old ADC's in favour of Prism (not the cheapie Orpheus either) - at a HUGE expense. Does anyone else care, or hear the difference, or pay more because of it? It becomes an academic game for the geeks, in my opinion. And bless the geeks - they are the technical pioneers.

But anyone can hear a good song over a bad one :O)

L.

There is another one out there called Sonimus Satson.  Way cheaper but even more subtle...

I bought and put on an existing mix. Same deal, 3db push on all channels and I could hear an audible difference. It sounded better but I must tell you I don't care why. I must mention that there is a bug for labeling VCC in X2 and Slate Digital knows about it. You have copy and paste the names in. The keyboard is useless.

FamousPatrick ^^
I was wondering the same thing!

I'm trying it out here after having used it in other DAWs. I'll report back.
 
 
 
 
 
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