Channel9

Tips and tricks

Doesn’t alias very easily. Incredibly CPU efficient. This is great for some coloration. Neve is mid-rangey, API is open (sounds nice on piano). 2x OS fixes any aliasing, should it occur.

Chris says Neve is bassy and warm. Neve has the most extended top end, API a bit less, and SSL even less. The result with the slight boost before cutoff is that the SSL has some of that large-format console, hit record sparkle.¹

The Teac and Mackie modes are designed to work well for soft-synths.¹

CPU

0.1%

Sine sweep test at -18, spectrograph readings at -130dB

Only starts to alias considerably at about 110% ! [[ channel9 sine sweep.png ]]

Hammerstein test

Neve

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API

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SSL

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Teac

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Mackie

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