Sonimus has announced the impending release of N-Console emulation plugin, an evolution of the company’s Britson plugin with extra settings and features that claim to “significantly optimize and facilitate the way you approach mixing”.
In the words of the press release…
“Give life to your tracks with N-Console versatile 2-in-1 plug-in. Experience the authentic warmth and openness of the renowned British 8014 hardware console, while adding a unique touch of modern workflow as well as modern advanced features such as mix/blend control, dual saturation modes, tone color busses and seamless grouping options.
N-Console unlocks rich, three-dimensional mixes just by adding it to your plug-in chain. Say goodbye to flat tracks and embrace vibrant, dynamic and alive sound! Try N-Console on every track, group, and master buss and hear the difference for yourself.
Enjoy an intuitive and user-friendly graphical interface with N-Console, which allows you to adjust your tracks with precision and speed.”
One of the highlights of the release is N-Console’s Grouping feature which makes it possible for users to take control of all their grouped instances allowing for precise volume adjustments and the ability to toggle FAT mode on or off. Some instances can be left ungrouped and a second N-Console channel can be added to the track and used as a separate creative overdrive effect. Other key features include…
N-Console can be used subtly or aggressively (to overdrive virtual or real instruments).
Two saturation modes: Normal (subtle distortion, high dynamic range) and Fat (hotter signal, lower dynamic range).
Optional Stereo Crosstalk feature creates a sense of depth and three-dimensionality in your mixes.
Filters (both low and high pass) are tuned to sound sweet and pleasant to the ear.
Saturation can be disabled to use N-Console for trim and metering purposes.
Buss instance has three color modes to use in your master track: Default no color, Master loudness, and Master bright.
Instances can be grouped creating the possibility of affecting all instances by making changes to just one.
With zero latency (if no oversampling), no group delay, and careful optimization for low CPU consumption.
Bit Depth: Internal 64-bit floating-point double precision.
Pricing & Availability
Sonimus N-Console is supported on Mac OSX 10.10 and upwards and Windows 7 or newer. Supported platforms include Audio Unit, VST 2.4, VST3, and AAX. The Sonimus website states N-Console as ‘Coming Soon’ but at the time of writing we were able to add the plugin to cart for checkout, priced $49.