"its sole aim is to mimic the subtle, non‑linear distortion and noise that you get when passing a fluctuating voltage through a complex arrangement of analogue components. According to Fabrice Gabriel, the noise is particularly important: “I found out that there was not only ‘one’ type of noise, that there was a lot of different behaviours in each console, and that the noise was not as static as we could believe.” I've no idea either.

I've never heard a real RCA desk.....but I'm very familiar with a Trident, Neve, and SSL
I'm not sure at this point if it's worth it

Myolpal sez it is.

You might want to trust him more'n me.

Well I respect both of ya, actually! I can't get into the checkout with Slate or Audiomidi at this point..pretty frustrating

Hi Dave, just listened to a few of your tunes & although you'd get decent results with FG-X  it's better suited for louder rock, R & B & metal. It doesn't play nice with soft/ quieter material.
I'd try the demo but I think you'd be better off with a more transparent limiter like FabFilter's Pro-L or the new Flux Elixir limiter.

By the way the VCC is a channel console emu, placed on channels & used more with mixing tracks in mind. It's not mastering software like FG-X although I use it in my mastering chain with great results.

Bapsi just didn't turn it up to "eleven" like I do:-)

Ya

I use it. I think it's important to remember that the consoles it's emulating weren't designed to be "effects" and so the VCC will inherently be subtle. And it certainly is subtle, but I like the sound. I don't think it's a magical night-and-day plugin, but it does impart a nice sound when used. It's like MSG--It just makes things MORE. I got it through the initial iLok2 RCA deal and then upgrade to the full. I don't think I'd pay any more than that for what it does.

Well.... I bit.  Getting thewhole deal (including iLok) for half-price was too good to pass up.  This will be my first experience using an iLok, so we'll see how that goes...  It's supposed to arrive within the next few days.  Should be fun playing around with the VCC this weekend!

Slate currently has this on sale - $119 WITH iLOK included, $99 without.