Airwindows Consolidated - what's it good for?

[Funky40]

Sorry, it`s long, just trying to give my best: (ignore if bored)



i use Air 4 ( it started with air2, which was then shortly after updated to Air3)
Usecase: single instrument patches in GP (live play host). Enhance the highs / respectivly balance mids/high mids vs. highs with said enhancement.
This one is Gold worth ! But your signal, Air4, and settings must be a match.
It sounds to my ears digital.
BUT: and that`s the very funny part: it "can" trigger my ears in a "as good" way as the real tube sound can do. AS GOOD -to my rears- ladies and gentlemen. But the sound is perceptable "as digital". Which in fact has changed something for me vs. my dogmas. It`s not about analog vs. digital. It IS about what can trigger our ears in specific -Good- ways. This one here can. It`s a gem. Period ( but you might have to invest some time)
Insider trick: try it on clean Piano ( Pianoteq in my case). Especially when you run your piano further thru some live play jam FXing stuff. Even if it`s just playing with some delays. It can be incredibly good.

Stonefire, literally the multiband version of Air, iirc.
Sometimes i just replace air with it. Often enough i use it slightly different. ( you have with it more options to work "against" your once good sound)
For starters: Add Stonefire "behind" your already Fav Saturation/drive devices. Make it the 2nd stage !
I`d say, try all your once fav saturators fresh again. Now, with StoneF behind them.
Pro tip: Try it on 303 !!


To get the most out of em, one has to invest a certain amount of time. So the message: it is worth that time.

Both of em can be Gold ! totally

[Vortifex]

Some of my favourites:

ToTape9 - Excellent loudenator, peak shaver, saturator. The default headbump is set to 50% which is too much, but dial that down and you're good to go. Make sure to turn the flutter to 0 if using on the master. Default adds a subtle stereo effect that alters the tonal character in mono.

Channel9 - Multiple desk models, really nice saturation.

Chamber - Oldschool reverb similar to Sonsig but more textured and characterful. Dual mono, so if you put mono in you get mono out.

Galactic3 - Lovely huge spacey reverb.

TakeCare - A quirky but cool lush delay/ambience thing. Turn the depth right down close to 0 (doesn't take much before it gets crazy), turn the speed down and the regen up.

Mackity: Mackie mixer crunch in the box, say no more.

[TechHaus]

If you're on an Arch Linux distro (I use Manjaro), you can always keep Airwindows Consolidated updated via AUR.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/airw ... idated-bin

[jinxtigr]

If you're on an Arch Linux distro (I use Manjaro), you can always keep Airwindows Consolidated updated via AUR.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/airw ... idated-bin

That's fair, but I would specifically advise you to keep a backup in that case if you're auto-updating. It's not often but I have seen Paul run into glitches updating Consolidated, and while he's quick to address any such issues, that's the risk of running an auto-updater. Especially in this day and age running an auto-updater is the absolute last thing I would do

[TechHaus]

If you're on an Arch Linux distro (I use Manjaro), you can always keep Airwindows Consolidated updated via AUR.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/airw ... idated-bin

That's fair, but I would specifically advise you to keep a backup in that case if you're auto-updating. It's not often but I have seen Paul run into glitches updating Consolidated, and while he's quick to address any such issues, that's the risk of running an auto-updater. Especially in this day and age running an auto-updater is the absolute last thing I would do

The notification to update my consolidated is like a weekly alarm clock. Then I check your thread on here.

I personally use the individual plugins a lot more. Just used to them from back in the Kagi days