Nick Crow Lab has announced the release of version 1.2 of TubeDriver, which includes the first Mac version.

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• Post Low Pass filter added (6 dB/oct);
• Post High Pass filter frequency control added;
• Removed drift and noise functions.
• Some changes in the interface.
• Mac OS X compatibility added.

TubeDriver is a Tube Amplifier Emulation for Windows (VST) and Mac OS X (VST & AU). It's free but donations are welcomed.

Controls:

• Pre EQ - High Pass, Peak, Shelf and resonant Low Pass filters.
• BIAS - Adjusts tube stage's grid bias which control the symmetry of the tube amp saturation.
• DRIVE -Amount of gain applied by the tube amp.
• VOLUME - Output level..
• BOOST - +12 db additional gain applied by the tube amp.
• BYPASS - Switch TubeDriver in bypass mode.
• MONO - Switch TubeDriver in mono mode - process Left Input, output Left and Right.
• PHASE - Invert phase of output signal.
• HP Freq – Post High Pass Filter frequency.
• LP Freq– Post Low Pass Filter frequency.
• Oversample - Oversampling Rate in realtime.
• 16x On Render – Oversampling Rate in Render (Mixdown) mode of host:
  • OFF - Oversampling Rate in Render (Mixdown) mode of host same as in realtime;
  • ON - Oversampling Rate have a maximum (16x) value in Render (Mixdown) mode of host.