Smoke is a 'Made in the USA' suite consisting of three different plug-ins that faithfully recreate rare late 1950s units used in the early days of media broadcasting.
This suite includes hands down some of the best tube gear ever built in the professional audio market. The 'valve sound', was classic and absolutely unparalleled, and it dominated the sound of the radio hits in the 1960s.
What you get
SMOKE COMP
The Smoke Comp is the emulation of one of the most legendary Variable-Mu Tube Dynamic Processors from 1956. This plug-in version also includes features from the recently improved reissue built by a USA manufacturer that added six release settings and three different modes of operation: 'Single' super smooth for bass tracks, 'Double' ideal for most sources, and 'Triple', which allows you to limit fast transient waveforms while maintaining great musicality. These new additions offer plenty of flexibility to find the perfect dynamic control for any application.
Thanks to the preamp emulation, the Smoke compressor immediately adds a classic tone and massive sound, which perfectly embodies its tube character.
NOTE: Without a doubt, the Smoke Compressor plug-in represents the beating heart of this product line, so we decide to also make it purchasable separately from the Smoke suite under the name SMOKE COMP here.
SMOKE STEREO EQ
A stereo 4-band fully-parametric EQ with High and Low-pass Filters derived from a historic US-made unit from the 60s-70s, plus a complete preamp section featuring 5 Mono Line, and 5 Mono Mic emulations from a famous Tube Mixer Amplifier of the 1960s and 5 custom Mono-Stereo preamps derived from another tube standalone hardware.
SMOKE STRIP
The Smoke Channel strip is the perfect choice for a high-quality vintage-style Tube channel strip; it blends all the great features of the included standalone plugins of this suite.
The channel strip also includes the oversampling feature. This 'three steps' slider allows you to change the oversampling rate to improve the audio quality increasing the sampling frequency of the preamp being processed by a fixed multiple of 8x or 16x. The OFF step bypasses the oversampling functionality.
Smoke - Demo video
Technical information
• Plug-in Format(s): VST2, VST3, AU, AAX
• System Requirements
• Available sample rates: 44.1 - 48 - 88.2 - 96 kHz
• M1 macOS Monterey Compatible
Price and availability
Smoke Suite (including the channel strip, the compressor, and the Stereo EQ): Introductory price: €99 | 33% OFF until April 20, 2022 (reg. price €149). Buy here
Smoke Comp (Stand-alone): Introductory price: €79 | 20% OFF until April 20, 2022 (reg. price €99). Buy here
The product is at an introductory period for the first four weeks after release or until the first official version is released; this implies that the product may receive improvements, changes, or fixes available through Aquarius Desktop updates during that time.
How to install the free 30-day trial
Smoke user's manual
Smoke web page: https://www.acustica-audio.com/store/products/smoke
Smoke Comp web page: https://www.acustica-audio.com/store/products/smokecomp
