The Slate VCC and the Waves NLS (I cannot speak for Stetson as I do not own it) are designed for ease of use and fast results whereas Strip/Bus is for those who want to get into the depths as well as get up & running quickly.Īlso potentially misleading is the use of words like “distortion” as although this is exactly correct (what we like from analogue desks turns out to be the distortions (and odd/even harmonics) & nonlinearities that get added to an audio signal as it passes through discrete electronic components like valves, FET’s etc and the EQ distortions added by the classic Neve 1073 etc but it is all pleasing noise unlike digital distortion which is anything but. colourful as all hell, and a lot of fun. a great model of one of the fastest compressors ever built, and Oh - when checking out Sknote, don’t forget to try these as well: The Waves NLS is also very good at what it does & is a little more flexible in VCA routing and often works well on mixes where the VCC doesn’t quite sit right, probably because it models different boards as does the Sknote one. I selected those consoles because the difference is very obvious but experiment with others.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the Slate tool - it is so simple to use there is no good reason not to use it and the cumulative effect is quite something (I hear very little difference on a per channel basis, but to give a test try setting all drum tracks as follows:ġ - Select all drum tracks, hit Q-Link (if using Cubase/Nuendo)Ģ - Insert the VCC on each track as second insertģ - Set to Neve mode, disable Q-Link and create your drum mix (use a subgroup to sum the tracks if you wish - I generally set up 2 groups, one straight & the other for parallel drum compression).Ĥ - When happy, re-enable Q-Link and play the drum mix, switching between Neve & API modes on any track - Q-Link will (or should) switch the rest at the same time.

His Strip/BUS tool has a steep learning curve - it allows stuff neither Slate nor Waves offer and that is a true emulation of a console complete with all the drawbacks as well if enabled. You will not regret it - Quinto makes some wonderful plugins & I am sorely tempted to try his hardware units because of they have half as much attention to detail they will be awesome.

How to set up slate vcc