Channel4
Channel4 is the Purest version of this ever-popular plugin, still free, better than ever, and with all the latest improvements! It’s still 64/32/PPC as far as what it can run on. It’s 80-bit internally like PurestDrive and PurestGain and the latest Console. It’s got the noise shaping to the 32-bit CoreAudio buss, and it has been simplified back to the original Console’s pureness of algorithm (no more tricky antialiasing schemes) except that it keeps the fix for the selector switch so you can use all the variations!
Channel4 works in three ways. First, there’s a very faint touch of highpassing, reining in the extremes of digital bass to more of what’s practical in analog circuits. This was worked out by measuring impulses from real hardware, but the application is very simple. Then, there’s a slew clipper that restricts the slew rate of the plugin. Lastly, there’s the same type of saturation present in Density, but applied in the simplest way, and then blended with the input signal as dry/wet—which means the curve becomes gentler and gentler as you saturate less. It’s this super-gentle saturation curve that people loved in Channel.
Have a good holiday! I’ll have more things coming, I’ve been busy in my little workshop! :)
you did it, I love it, channel has always been a big part of my sound…I will post a mix that I used channel 4 on…
Greatly appreciate the freebie! Sounds great! Out of curiosity, which percentage would most closely emulate a console? Would a drive level of 100% on every track be overkill on a mix, or would that be similar to running every track through a console without driving it?
100% is a lot. There’s no specific percentage, do what works for the track in question. Channel works well with partial Drive level, that’s part of its charm…
Thanks so much Chris, such an awesome plug-in! Just brilliant. As you mentioned in the video, I can also vouch for other big plug-in names being pretty average in comparison with what they offer for ludicrous amounts of money. Although I feel sorry for Windows folk who might miss out, sometimes when you’re trapped in Jobs’ Apple ecosystem it’s nice to have a win :)
Sorry Chris, Maybe everybody here are Macos but also maybe there …… back in your mind ….some day you remember the PC’s? Because US!!!! We want your tasty 4 channels!!!!! ………. please 😞😞😞
Hello…please Console 4 hardware emulates? A-i Ne.e S.L??? Sorry my english. Thank you
I’mm having trouble getting my DAW to read it. Any specific installation instructions?
Nice…
Chris
Thanks for all your work since its very relative in the same sense that opensource, and similar, is relevant for those who wish to stay with the rest of the world when making music or sounds.
Evan
mano como é que faz pra baixar esse plugin channel4 não achei opção de download não…
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Mac OS X Catalina
This plugin is no longer compatible with Catalina : (
Did you have plans to create any updates so that the fans of Channel 4 can continue to use it?
You have to tell Catalina Gatekeeper to allow it. Nothing else I can do without abandoning backward compatability which I keep all the way back to PPC machines and pre-Snow Leopard OSXes… and that, I cannot do :) but you can indeed use that on Catalina.
how can i download this plugin? i don’t see a thing
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nice one
Thanks