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I have been working in Ottawa at my own music studio, ATAM Productions , for the past two years. One of the most frequent processes I perform on audio is some form of compression. Whether it is heavy compression on a sample or limiting the entire mix for mastering, most of my projects have at least 100 different compressors applied to different parts.
I have been using two brands of plugins almost exclusively during the last 6 months. Those are the Focusrite Liquid Mix hardware and the Solid State Logic (SSL) Duende Native software. (I’m not including the native Ableton and Logic compressors, but they get a bit of use too)
The Liquid Mix is a convolution compressor and equalizer that I purchased for my studio about 6 months ago. The convolution process takes samples from 40 world-class compressors and 20 eq’s. The biggest selling point about this hardware is that it features a (mhz?) DSP chip to off-load the plug-in processing from the host. I purchased the Liquid Mix 16 which was cheaper, didn’t feature an LCD screen, and supports up to 8 stereo instances of the Liquid Mix plug-in and each instance comes with a compressor and an EQ.
I have read mixed reviews about the Liquid Mix software, mostly centring on how it isn’t as flashy as some plug-in graphics are. While it would be cool for Focusrite to add some ability to “skin” the software this company is rooted in a rich heritage of high-end studio products; basically they’ve got more important stuff to focus on, right?
The advantage to having a standardized plugin for all emulations is that it allows you to really focus on the sound of the effect without the distractions of fancy graphics.
All of the emulation names have been modified for example “BRIT DESK 2/BRIT CLASSIC DESK 2″ is modelled on the compressor section of an SSL SL 4000 G+ console and “ZEBRA 2 / US ZEBRA DISCRETE DESK COPY EQ” is based on the Chandler Limited Passive TG Channel MkII Abbey Road Special Edition EMI Equalizer. Focusrite ships the unit with a list of the originals for decoding purposes, but I sort of wish there were some way to change the names yourself.
Just trying to install & run my new Focusrite Liquid Mix and having a shit time of it. Why are the emulations not showing???!!! GRRRRRR!!!
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