Softube Trident A Range





Summary

The A-Range plug-in from Softube is the first and only native and TDM plug-in that has been fully endorsed by original designer Malcolm Toft and Trident Audio. The plug-in is a model of a channel on one of the original 13 Trident A-Range consoles. We chose to model channel 15 from the console at Sweet Silence Studio 'B' in Denmark, producer Flemming Rasmussen's favorite channel for recording lead vocals. Flemming also used it for the solo and rhythm guitars on Metallica's "Ride The Lightning" and "Master of Puppets", and Ritchie Blackmore's guitar on the Rainbow albums "Difficult to Cure" and "Bent out of Shape".

Price: $449.00


Product Specification

Native version

  • A Native 64-bit version is under development and will be released as soon as possible!
  • Mac OS X (10.4 or higher for PPC, 10.5 or higher for Intel), Windows XP or higher
  • Mac: Intel or PowerPC processor (G4 or higher), Windows: PIII or higher
  • 512 MB RAM
  • Any VST, AudioUnits or RTAS compatible host application
  • iLok USB key and the latest Pace Interlok drivers

TDM Version

  • Pro Tools | HD Accel with Pro Tools 7.0 or higher
  • System must meet requirements for Pro Tools HD from Digidesign
  • Mac OS X (10.4 or higher for PPC, 10.5 or higher for Intel), Windows XP or higher
  • Mac: Intel or PowerPC processor (G4 or higher), Windows: PIII or higher
  • iLok USB key and the latest Pace Interlok drivers
  • Note: There is no stereo version of the TDM plug-in, due to DSP constraints. Please use multi-mono instead.

TDM CPU Consumption

The TDM/VENUE version of the Trident A-Range takes about 66% (at 44.1-48 kHz) or 69% (at 88.2-96 kHz) of one Accel processor per instance.


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TESTIMONIAL

"I have evaluated the Softube Trident A-Range equaliser plug-in at my studio with some very experienced recording engineers. After exhaustive listening tests with many different instruments and vocals, I am pleased to say that we all agree this is an incredibly accurate software recreation of my original A-Range design from 1971.

It exhibits all of the nuances of tone from the original, right down to the 'saturation' control which emulates the overdriven artifacts from the original when large amounts of equalisation are applied or the input is driven hard.

 

Well done to all the guys at Softube."

Professor Malcolm Toft

Original designer of the A-Range console at Trident Audio Developments

"The A-Range plug-in captures all the tone and energy of the original modules. The Originals are hard to find and maintain but the plug-is easy to use. It's the perfect go to effect for an instant '70's Classic Rock Guitar Tone. This is the perfect solution to the unstable gear of that era. It's easy to use and doesn't go snap crackle in the middle of your session. It seems that the noise and artifacts is the only thing they left out of the plug-in. It works great on Snare Drums and Toms. The Saturation controls add even more tone and circuit compression color for drums. The filters are perfect for getting aggressive with the Eq and then cleaning up the ends of the spectrum. It's not hardware but it's certainly the way I remember these modules."

Joe Chiccarelli

Mixer, Engineer, Producer

(Beck, U2, The Strokes, Elton John, etc.)