cclarry Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 $43.61 with code FORUM https://www.jrrshop.com/softube-american-class-a 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Cormier Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Wow— anyone using this? Lowest I’ve ever seen it advertised. I have Infinistrip, OMNi Channel, etc. Does this fill a gap somewhere in there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cclarry Posted December 9, 2023 Author Share Posted December 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, Marc Cormier said: Wow— anyone using this? Lowest I’ve ever seen it advertised. I have Infinistrip, OMNi Channel, etc. Does this fill a gap somewhere in there? This is an API Channel Strip Marc and it's nice. This is the lowest price ever that I'm aware of. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwise Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 Might be useful to watch this video before you buy the plugin. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Marc Cormier said: Wow— anyone using this? Lowest I’ve ever seen it advertised. I have Infinistrip, OMNi Channel, etc. Does this fill a gap somewhere in there? If you own console 1 , this might be , but if not , i do think the UAD is superior , PA is a joke ... strange to be honest .... The softube versus UAD has this ability to get you non stepped values if important . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I was just thinking the other day during mixing how amazing it would be to have to stare at my screen less. Might have to get Console 1. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 1 minute ago, jngnz said: I was just thinking the other day during mixing how amazing it would be to have to stare at my screen less. Might have to get Console 1. This was one of the best investment i made BUT beware , i'll get loked in the ecosystem ..... sounds is superb (and i could mix with it only ) but CPU will increrease fast .... so my advise for exemple is use the API as a test , and drop it on all channles and buses you wanna control and see how things goes .... it is more cpu hungry than the Neve and SSL 4000 ,on par with the SSL 9000 and Chandler if i recall well ...the most consuming being the Weiss witch is usually on my master or during mastering (a pure beauty) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 By the way guyz @jngnz Here i explain how to use it for all your plugins (and don't forget synths ) For synths , guyz i need your help to find those kinda stuff we can make on demand : I wanna make some for C1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 3 minutes ago, Zo said: This was one of the best investment i made BUT beware , i'll get loked in the ecosystem ..... sounds is superb (and i could mix with it only ) but CPU will increrease fast .... so my advise for exemple is use the API as a test , and drop it on all channles and buses you wanna control and see how things goes .... it is more cpu hungry than the Neve and SSL 4000 ,on par with the SSL 9000 and Chandler if i recall well ...the most consuming being the Weiss witch is usually on my master or during mastering (a pure beauty) Good to know, thanks. I recently got Weiss Deess and was surprised to find it uses 7% CPU when e.g. DMG Essence is IMO at least the same quality and uses 0.x% CPU. If this uses more than 1 or 2% it's probably pointless. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 This is on an M1 Pro. So all of these but the American are pretty much unusable as actual channel strips. I am not buying a piece of $1000 hardware for these unoptimised pieces of ****. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 ...and actually activating and using stuff on the American takes it to 9%. What a joke. Well, I would laugh if it weren't so sad. HARD PASS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Cormier Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Is it just me or does pretty much every Softube plugin eat CPU? I love Amproom but it takes ages to load and the hit on CPU is atrocious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecode 101 Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) yes. i am always perplexed by the CPU hit of softube plugins. but they do sound amazing. about as real ans the real thing can get. I just keep rendering to audio as I work. Edited December 10, 2023 by telecode 101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSMcGuitar Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Had to bite on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zo Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 Hit the support , since their update with the wrapper and resize it doubled !! Liteeraly , might be oversampling or some but i asked them , and finally tolled back to old versions ... Amproom also , i m stiking with the old one , as for synth i skipped for cpu hit also, old ones are ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telecode 101 Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 I got them all as part of volume collection. They sound greatly. Heavy on CPU yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundwise Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 The only Softube plugin I'm not ready to give up is Celestion Speaker Shaper (granted, room is turned off). Just for the sake of convenience. All other plugins by this company that I own or have tried don't come close to competing products in terms of ... well, every aspect, from tone (aka processing results) to CPU optimization (AS IF!). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jngnz Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) The Softube Spring Reverb is really good and lives on my spring reverb bus. Apart from that, now that you mention it, I pretty much don't use any of my 20-25 Softube plugins. Including the Weiss Deess that I just bought without demoing like an idiot. Might throw that on a master or drum bus every once in a while just so it doesn't feel like wasted money... edit: actually, I use their transient shaper ALL THE TIME. That's another good one. Edited December 10, 2023 by jngnz 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSMcGuitar Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 This sounds pretty nice on a drum bus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Cormier Posted December 10, 2023 Share Posted December 10, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, RSMcGuitar said: This sounds pretty nice on a drum bus. What's the CPU hit on the drum bus? Edited December 10, 2023 by Marc Cormier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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