Channel8
TL;DW: Channel8 is Channel7 with updates from Capacitor2 and Slew3. More and better of what Channel is.
Channel8 is a subtle ‘analogifier’ that applies saturation boosts, subtle highpass filtering, and slew clipping. What that means is, there’s a ‘drive’ knob you can turn up to boost things, and you can pick three ‘flavors’ you might recognize. They’re not really the consoles associated with those things, but they are calibrated to take effect about the same way, and when you use Channel8 (on tracks, on the mix buss, wherever) you add a little ‘analog flavor’ by restricting what the audio can do, in ways that are characteristic of real analog gear’s limitations. This restricting can help make things sound bigger and more solid.
This is basically the newest evolution of Channel, which has always been one of my most popular plugins. It uses the improvements in Capacitor2 and Slew3, so basically it’s still relatively subtle, still very much Channel, but it’s taken on a new level in quality and natural tone. I’m real happy with it, and I’ll be returning to trying to fix up my video setup etc (and finishing up the dither re-releases, etc etc) knowing that I’ve dropped a nice audio bomb on the world. If you ever liked Channel, this should make you real happy.
In fact, it went so well that I’ve added it to the Airwindows Starter Kit. It’s every bit as good tone-wise as the no-controls Interstage, and much more fun :D
My work’s supported by Patreon, because Patreon is way steadier and less ‘transient’ than selling stuff retail. I’m going to underscore that only if you can afford it, should you be on the Patreon: I’ll keep working for you regardless. These are times where there is real value in us working together and taking care of each other, and I mean to do my part. :)
Release ButtColors!
Well, this put a smile on my face :)
Chris, you are one of a kind. Your plugins have been a game changer for me. I can’t wait until I can afford to donate to you.
Hi Chris,
1st of all Thank You for your work! Awesome!
I just tried the new Channel 8 and with every new fx I may use I’ll check it with a great plotting utility (https://stash.reaper.fm/v/34281/Sweeper-Plotter.zip) which is only working in REAPER to see, beside hearing, what the fx is really doing with the frequencies. That works really good and what I saw with Channel 7 was all fine. But there is something really weird happening with the new Channel 8 that is so dramatically different than before that I’ve got to send you this email.
Attached you find some screenshots of the plotted sweeped curve.
Thanks again!
Best Regards,
Frank
PS: I’ve sent this via email also from the address that you can see. There you find all the attachments
It sounds fantastic Chris :)
Where is the download i cant find it…