Tone Projects has released Michelangelo, an EQ built in collaboration with Hendyamps.
Michelangelo is an all-tube stereo EQ and harmonics generator designed and hand-built by Chris Henderson from Hendyamps. Admired for its raw sonic beauty and inspiring ease of use, it ranks among the most notable EQ's available today.
The officially endorsed Michelangelo plugin carries the same signature sound and intuitive "right-brained" workflow, but goes far beyond the capabilities of the hardware. You get instant tube vibe and "effortless" tone sculpting combined with precise band control, musical dynamic EQ with transient/body separation, sound stage enhancements, and deep customization of the tube circuitry - all with the Michelangelo sound.
Features:
- Extremely detailed emulation of the all-tube Hendyamps Michelangelo EQ.
- 4 interactive bands offering colorful broad-strokes EQ and harmonic generation.
- Extra parametric bands & HP/LP filters inside the tube EQ circuit for precise EQing.
- Per band Transient/Body to focus EQ on transient or sustained parts of the signal.
- Per band Mid/Side to focus EQ on mid or side information.
- Per band analog-style dynamic EQ with above/below Threshold and Attack/Release controls.
- Per band tube Drive control for frequency specific saturation independent of gain.
- Aggression and Calibration controls for sonically different ways to gain stage tubes.
- Detailed model of transformer and tube stages including their lively interaction with EQ bands.
- Tube Blend between a hardware matched triode and a custom pentode topology.
- Unique control over tube dynamics affecting saturation and transient response.
- Adjustable crosstalk and channel tolerance for a clean or authentic analog sound stage.
- Modern workflow improvements like auto gain, band soloing, and gain scaling.
- Native support for both Intel and Apple Silicon processors.
Intro Price: $169 until December 1, 2023 (reg. $249). Owners of Basslane Pro, Kelvin or Unisum will receive an additional loyalty discount via email. All 4 products are also available in a bundle.
