"Slate Digital really earned its processing spurs with Virtual Buss Compressors, and VMR casts the same net a bit wider" The effect of this is subtle, rebalancing harmonic distortions by enhancing the second harmonic. There's also a Drive option, which switches the Line level control over to a gain-compensated drive control.
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The FG-N EQ is like a supersized Neve 1073, offering not one but two parametric bands with identical frequency ranges (360Hz to 7.2kHz), plus high and low shelves, and a high-pass filter. The compressor also exhibits practically imperceptible low-level harmonic distortions, which only become truly audible when switching in the Transformer circuit - great for adding bite to vocals, guitars and keyboards.
The Circuit 1 setting is a snappy, Distressor-style option, for adding punch to drums, sub-mixes and the mix bus.Ĭircuit 2 is a different kettle of fish altogether, doing a great job as a transparent 'gluing' compressor. It includes a mix control, which is welcome (and not found on the original hardware), but, alas, it lacks the real thing's 'all buttons' mode.įG-401 is the most feature-rich of VMR's modules, and we understand that it's modelled on the Empirical Labs Distressor and Teletronix LA-2A. With the latter, FG-116 perfectly captures the 'enhancing' nature of the hardware that inspires it. It's great for shaping snare drums, adding attack to bass guitar, and bringing edge to vocals.
The FG-116 delivers your typical FET compressor sound, with lightning fast attack and release.
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The two EQs - FG-S and FG-N - are clearly based on the SSL E series and Neve 1073 designs respectively, but with some minor enhancements. The FG-116 compressor is a very thorough emulation of the UREI 1176, while the FG-401 is based on several classic designs, and includes two separate circuits and a transformer circuit. VMR's four main modules (we're not including Revival in that category) comprise two EQs and two compressors, and draw heavily on a range of legendary hardware. Rack presets are chains of modules, while Module presets are simply settings for individual modules.įurther options include an A/B Snapshot function for the whole Rack, module Solo (with grouped solo via the Cmd/Ctrl modifier), individual module bypass, and Rotary Knob mode for circular mouse movement.įinally, automation can be targeted on each Slot, and clicking a Slot letter reveals its parameter list, with everything named as it will appear in your DAW. VMR has two Preset types: Rack and Module, loaded from the Preset Bar and Slot header respectively. The Rack signal flow follows the module order from left to right, and though you can reorder the modules, we were slightly disappointed to learn that there are no further routing configurations for split/parallel routing, a la T-RackS (though VMR's compressors do have dry/wet controls, which will take care of most parallel compression needs). Navigating between active Slots is done using the tabs at the bottom, and modules are rearranged by dragging them. "The FG-116 delivers your typical FET compressor sound, with lightning fast attack and release"
The window scale isn't user-adjustable, but it does resize according to screen resolution: with the Library panel closed, a 1280x800 display shows four modules, and a 1920x1200 screen shows six. Modules are launched into the Slots from the Library panel and are reasonably large.
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