Black Rooster Audio releases the VLA-FET

[BlackRooster]

*** RELEASE DAY ***

=> INTRO OFFER: $69 (regular $99) - AAX/VST/AU
=> VISIT: https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/products/vla-fet

Black Rooster Audio is excited to present the VLA-FET, inspired by one of the most famous and renowned leveling amplifiers in studio history. This plug-in allows for manipulation of the dynamics in the most intuitive but intense manner, thus giving you a creative tool with an outstanding variety of options, never being overly complex in handling. The super-fast attack and release times will shape out your signal more precisely and efficiently, for forceful drums, bass, and vocals.

Besides the classic parameters, we added some modern touch and functionality to the unit, such as a side chain and a mix control - to make you even more flexible. The Emulation is instigated by the classic LN Rev F, with Lundahl transformers and an op-amp input stage similar to the LA-4A, that have been formulated in detail, striving for an authentic vintage sound.

FEATURES
AUTHENTIC CIRCUIT EMULATION
Our real-time component based circuit simulation approach allows for authentically capturing the sound and feel of the analog unit as close as possible. All the crucial parts, including in- and output transformers, an additional sidechain, and audio path networks and filters have been faithfully modeled.

SSE2 OPTIMIZED CODE
DSP operations are pipelined using the SSE2 instruction set. This ensures high-performance operation despite very complex computations.

AUTO-ADJUSTED OVERSAMPLING FOR MAXIMUM AUDIO TRANSPARENCY
Aliasing artifacts are efficiently attenuated using a low latency linear phase Dolph-Chebyshev polyphase design. The oversampling rate is auto-adjusted to your session's sample rate to save CPU while offering the most transparent sound possible.

HIGHDPI / RETINA SUPPORT
Our user interfaces support high pixel density on both Windows and Mac OS systems to present you with the most enjoyable user experience on high DPI displays. Please refer to your manual to learn whether your DAW is HighDPI capable if you're working on Windows.

Further info here:
https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/products/vla-fet
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[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Getting a 403 Forbidden Error when trying to download the Windows installer.

[garfield78]

Getting a 403 Forbidden Error when trying to download the Windows installer.

Same here

[The Noodlist]

Getting a 403 Forbidden Error when trying to download the Windows installer.

It's fixed now. Looks like the full catalogue installer.

[BlackRooster]

Getting a 403 Forbidden Error when trying to download the Windows installer.

Same here

WIN Installer Link is now working:
https://blackroosteraudio.com/download/ ... _2_4_0.zip

[garfield78]

Getting a 403 Forbidden Error when trying to download the Windows installer.

Same here

WIN Installer Link is now working:
https://blackroosteraudio.com/download/ ... _2_4_0.zip

good ! i'm downloading

[Liero]

In case the website admin did not know: you currently can't seem to get to the VLA-FET product page directly from www.blackroosteraudio.com -- the "learn more" link just goes to a product list.

[DavidCarlyon]

Just about to try this out - not long bought the arturia (on top of all other 1176's i own) but i am absolutely sure this is going to be awesome.
Does anyone know how long the intro sale is on?

[DavidCarlyon]

Sounds great. Really bouncy on synth bass. Nice character. How is everyone else finding it?

[Liero]

I'm out of the studio, still unable to test it but I'm twitching to get my hands on it! First impressions on other boards seem to indicate that people find it smoother and less aggressive than other plugins (that are also based on other Rev.s).

[BlackRooster]

Just about to try this out - not long bought the arturia (on top of all other 1176's i own) but i am absolutely sure this is going to be awesome.
Does anyone know how long the intro sale is on?

Intro Sale will end by the 15th of July. But get back to me via support or info and we'll work something out, if this is not feasible at the moment.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

I didn't have time to actually listen to the plugin yesterday: was at work, then spent a good 3+ hours rewiring and reorganizing my rack/patchbay, but I did pop it into Plugin Doctor to see what's going on, comparing it my hardware clone (Stam SA-76 ADG) and my recollection of a few other 1176 plugins. Very unscientific but maybe folks will find this interesting:

So a few things that stuck out:

1. This one actually has some THD when it's not doing any compression, like the hardware. This is NOT true for Slate and Arturia from what I recall. In those, you need to start boosting the input to get some THD happening in Plugin Doctor.

2. The threshold/knee looks right on this one. The 4:1 is a bit of a softer knee, the threshold increases a few db as the ratio goes up (results in less compression at the same input settings). This looks like my hardware at 4:1 to 20:1. The Arturia is hard knee all the way and the threshold doesn't change quite as dramatically.

3. The release knob on the Black Rooster is tuned way slower than my hardware, and even other 1176 emulations. With the release at noon, this is much, much slower than other 1176s. With the release at max, it gets fast sure, but never quite as fast as my hardware. Never as fast as some other 1176 emulations, including the UAD. On those, set them to the fastest release, all-buttons mode, and the release is almost instantaneous. Not here.

4. The hardware and at least the UAD also get a slight level boost in all-buttons mode. That doesn't happen here, which I actually prefer.

5. As expected, the aliasing on this plugin is pretty darn good compared to other plugins (on par with UAD). Some 1176's can get nasty at 44.1khz in that regard if you feed them lots of high end and do more extreme compression. Obviously, the hardware wins out here though.

All in all, I think this stacks up very well in the Plugin Doctor tests. The only thing stopping this from being closest to my hardware of the native plugin clones on those particular tests, is the slower release. Granted, I don't have a Rev. F, but the Stam Clone is supposed to do Rev's A, D, and G, so I set it to D mode (G cuts out too much low end). Note: when doing these same tests in the past, the Stam and UAD plugins were damn close with biggest difference being noise (hardware) and slight aliasing with super high frequencies (UAD).

[Liero]

Haven't tested the plugin yet, but Rev.F being slower on the release is probably authentic to the hardware.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

Haven't tested the plugin yet, but Rev.F being slower on the release is probably authentic to the hardware.

You may be very right. Just found this Vintage King shootout/article between a Rev D and Rev F. They don't outright say "the release is longer on the F" but the way they describe it "holding onto the compression longer" sounds exactly like that. So it's quite likely that the Rev F is a bit slower.

https://vintageking.com/blog/2017/12/1176-shootout/

[Endor-8o8]

3. The release knob on the Black Rooster is tuned way slower than my hardware, and even other 1176 emulations. With the release at noon, this is much, much slower than other 1176s. With the release at max, it gets fast sure, but never quite as fast as my hardware. Never as fast as some other 1176 emulations, including the UAD. On those, set them to the fastest release, all-buttons mode, and the release is almost instantaneous. Not here.

4. The hardware and at least the UAD also get a slight level boost in all-buttons mode. That doesn't happen here, which I actually prefer.

5. As expected, the aliasing on this plugin is pretty darn good compared to other plugins (on par with UAD). Some 1176's can get nasty at 44.1khz in that regard if you feed them lots of high end and do more extreme compression. Obviously, the hardware wins out here though.

All in all, I think this stacks up very well in the Plugin Doctor tests. The only thing stopping this from being closest to my hardware of the native plugin clones on those particular tests, is the slower release. Granted, I don't have a Rev. F, but the Stam Clone is supposed to do Rev's A, D, and G, so I set it to D mode (G cuts out too much low end). Note: when doing these same tests in the past, the Stam and UAD plugins were damn close with biggest difference being noise (hardware) and slight aliasing with super high frequencies (UAD).

I have the very same problem with the release. I always try to make it faster and then think "oh yeah I'm already at the fastest one". Wish it was faster like other 1176 plugins I have.
Apart of that, the saturation sounds really good and it's a pretty good 1176 comp.
Maybe I'm not all over it because I already had a big WOW effect with the AR-1 from Kush...

The thing that troubled me was that the 76D from DMG sounds faster at 50ms (which is the fastest release time of VLA-FET).