The Free Player consists of a default emulation bank, 'Navy Geranium.'
Each additional 'Volume' includes ten different emulations of vintage and modern console preamps with a total value of over 100K!
Black Volume A: http://www.acustica-audio.com/store/pro ... ackvolumea
Black Volume B: http://www.acustica-audio.com/store/pro ... ackvolumeb
What's the idea behind Black?
The basic concept behind BLACK is to recreate in the digital domain the warm and tone-rich feeling that an analog setup can deliver.
Samples and recordings are usually distributed with 0dbFs, while user set processors require an operational level of around -18dbFs.
So as per any analog mixer, before mixing a take, it is crucial to set a correct amount of pre-amplification to your signal since the rest of the chain depends on it.
So, with that said, you should consider Black as the first plug-in suite to add to the channels of your DAW: just set the Input signal level using both the meters and the overflow led.
By increasing the input gain, you will also affect harmonic distortion, just like on a real mixer.
Then you could use the filters to eliminate any rumble and useless content in the top end and then fiddle with the different pre-amplifications until you find the one you like most that add the best coloring to your source.
By taking advantage of the numerous emulations, you will recreate that non-linearity characteristic of those deep and open mixes, just like on a real analog piece of equipment.
Black player (free) can be downloaded thru Aquarius, our product manager: https://www.acustica-audio.com/pages/aquarius
