In fact with the FG-116 this may be the only 1176 plugin we have used that doesnвЂ™t let you have вЂњall buttons inвЂќ, you seem to be able to only select the predefined ratios which some 1176 lovers may be sad to hear. Normally manufacturers opt to pay homage to the good old days when people used to press all the ratio buttons in вЂ“ Waves and IK Multimedia have this covered with a dedicated вЂњALLвЂќ button, whereas Bomb Factory enable you to Shift + Click for all buttons in functionality. Another feature which is quite common on current recreations of this type of compressor is the ability to Shift + Click on the attack knob which Slate Digital claim bypasses the compression allowing you to use the input / output knobs to completely drive your signal (you can turn the compression off on the Waves CLA-76 as well as the Universal Audio 1176 and carry out similar drive functions).В Where this module diverts from traditional 1176 operation lies within the Ratio, Mix and Noise Reduction settings. They also use the same basic operational use where you must push the input so compress and attenuate as appropriate with the output. This is probably one of the most copied compressors out there and to be honest, it really surprised us that Slate Digital decided to bring yet another 1176 style compressor onto the market this late in the game.They have kept in line with the traditional вЂњbackwardsвЂќ attack and release settings, where a setting of 1 (fully anti-clockwise) is the slowest time constant and a setting of 7 (fully clockwise) is the fastest constant. Which begs the question, what does Slate Digital have to offer in terms of bringing out new emulations of an 1176, SSL, Neve and VCA based modules? Does this make existing plugin models of this hardware obsolete? This is a great achievement for Slate Digital and a bold one as not only do they have to live up to the success of their previous analogue modelled plugins such as the Virtual Console Collection, Virtual Tape Machines and our personal favourite Virtual Buss Compressors, but more interestingly the 4 main modules (FG-116, FG-401, FG-N, FG-S) are all available in some form or another from various other established plugin manufacturers.

The Virtual Mix Rack is the culmination of 2 years of development for Slate Digital after a number of public and private statements from Steven Slate to his consumers, announcing a halt to all other product development and hiring new staff members.

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