Plugin Alliance and Brainworx will demonstrate the new bx_console plug-in ($299 MSRP) at this week’s 139th AES Convention in New York City’s Javits Center, in Avid booth #718. bx_console will run on various systems and controllers, and map to various Avid console controllers, such as the Pro Tools | S6 and Pro Tools | S6L.
An emulation of Brainworx founder Dirk Ulrich’s personal Neve VXS 72 desk, bx_console offers Brainworx’s new patent-pending Tolerance Modeling Technology (TMT), which models the components in a circuit, as well as individual component tolerance differences, which cause the unit-to-unit differences between analog equipment of the same make and model.
TMT provides bx_console with 72 different channels, which effectively emulate the nuanced sonic differences of the original desk.
The plug-in also has a comprehensive dynamics section, including a compressor/limiter and expander/gate, 4-band EQ, and highpass and lowpass filters.
The emulation features several Brainworx “mods” to the original Neve design, including a Noise control that lets users mimic the noise of the original console, dial out the noise entirely, or add more noise to capture a certain vibe.
The Analog Stereo Mode enables the user to use two slightly different modules for Left and Right channels, introducing the realistic imperfections of a large-format mixing desk in a DAW.
TMT emulates the component tolerances of an individual piece of analog gear. bx_console models all of the components in a circuit. To emulate this circuitry, Brainworx cataloged the tolerances of more than 150 individual components, along with all the variations within their realistic specs, as provided by the component manufacturers.
All Plugin Alliance products are available as fully functional 14-day demos from Plugin-Alliance.com.
For more information, go to plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_console.html.
