Production master Reid Stefan looks at his best-plugins selection of 2019. Turns out El Rey is one of them!
Watch Stefan put it to test on his tracks.
Watch video reviewSam Inglis has reviewed our Taupe for the March 2019 issue of Sound on Sound, and he has some sweet words for it!
"Acustica Audio have applied their unique sampling technology to the world of magnetic recording media — with impressive results. [...]
It sounds great, with a complex and subtle dynamic response that would be impossible to achieve using conventional processors.
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by Andy Cappellato
"El Rey is an outstanding dynamic processor that shines on all kinds of sources"
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by Dave Edwards
"I've tried every API emulation out there, and PINK2 sets the bar substantially higher than anything else on the market "
Dave Edwards has given our Pink 2 a spin and he was utterly impressed with the results.
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By Sam Inglis
"If you’re an aficionado of SSL-style compression, I suspect you’ll like Sand’s take on it a lot"
Most software emulations of analog devices are created using so-called ‘modelling’ techniques, which attempt to simulate the behavior of individual components or circuit blocks. However, Acustica Audio has long championed an alternative approach called dynamic convolution.
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By Sam Inglis
'Acustica Audio’s White has that elusive quality of making everything sound better, at a wide range of settings.'
'Very occasionally, when you try out a piece of equipment, your instant reaction is ‘Wow, that just sounds like a record!’ It happened to me the first time I used a Neumann U87 — and it happened to me with Acustica’s White.'
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