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Sound Engineer’s Selection
About the KH-COMP1 Signature Compressor
The bespoke compressor like no other, where creativity meets innovation. -- The Koen Heldens KH-COMP1 Signature Compressor is a versatile beast! The unique Hilbert Transformer and the Zero Latency Design will allow for the fastest attack on the market. Great for: literally everything!
About the Edelweiss`72 Channel Strip
The perfectionist’s saviour. -- The Edelweiss`72 channel strip plug-in is a highly dynamic mixing toolchain tailored for picky professionals. Meet a thoughtfully designed plug-in that will improve your mix and give it that final touch it needs to approach dynamic versatility while maintaining sound perfection.
About the Omnitec-67A Vintage Preamp
Motown’s secret sauce. -- This vintage tube preamp turns even the most sterile of signals into a rich-sounding production by introducing lush vintage tube saturation and that 1567A sparkle. From gritty vocals to saturated drums and harmonically complex mixes, this vintage classic with a twist can do it all.
About the RO-140 Vintage Plate Reverb
The best of a vintage classic for ultimate reverb authenticity. -- Modeled on THE classic with 6 different materials, the RO-140 offers a virtually infinite amount of customisation options for limitless creativity, while delivering in our signature vintage style.
Edelweiss`72
Mixing Channel Strip
The Edelweiss ‘72 channel strip plugin really takes your mix to the next level. Meet the highly dynamic mixing toolchain you’ve been searching for and start building up your sound right away. Black Rooster Audio's mixing toolchain has been thoughtfully designed to improve your signal step by step and give it that final touch it needs to approach dynamic and sound perfection. Resolutely tailored for picky professionals, the Edelweiss ‘72 is a top level plugin that easily competes with famous SSL or other channel plug-ins, and stands out as the result of meticulous research for the best sound engineering experience.
Learn more about Edelweiss`72.
KH-COMP1
Original Levelling Amplifier
Creativity and innovation have long been restrained by a set of rules on how music is to be created and how tools are intended to be used. A new generation of mix artists is here to challenge those archaic concepts that rely on the limits of 50-year-old studio gear, while still making use of Black Rooster Audio's beloved vintage classics. The time has come to push the limits of sound and unleash your creativity!
When we first started working with the multi-platinum, award-winning mix engineer, producer and sound enthusiast Koen Heldens on their plugin series, we had no doubt that we were going to produce some extraordinary tools.
Koen is the expert when it comes to producing some of the best and most streamed albums in the hip-hop genre - and while his experience and understanding of music allow him to create and shape the emotional foundation of a song, he also has a deep knowledge of the technical aspects and limitations of each plugin and DAW he holds in his arsenal.
His go-to tools were missing some fine-tuning, so he was in need of a very specific, bespoke compressor solution, that was like no other on the market today. His ideas of process timing, channel linking and sidechain filtering have really pushed the team to come up with an entirely new tool.
The result of countless development hours and listening sessions is a one-of-a-kind, beast of a compressor, that is up to the standards of one of the greatest producers of the moment, and that includes the best levelling amplifier that Black Rooster Audio has developed to date.
Learn more about KH-COMP1.
RO-140
Vintage Plate Reverb
The RO-140 was faithfully modelled after its legendary hardware counterparts, while still remaining a Black Rooster Audio original plug-in at its core. Its plate simulation approach allows users to authentically capture an analogue unit's sound and feel as closely as possible while still including some unexpected twists - just as you'd expect from any kick-ass Black Rooster Audio plug-in.
Achieving the perfect amount and type of reverb for your tracks can make - or break - your mix. Producers now have the ability to mimic any space in their mixes by using this effect, tricking the ear and simulating everything from grandiose width to cosy intimacy. Today's music production uses reverb processors extensively and with ease, but it hasn't always been this way.
Engineers have experimented with foil and metal plates to reproduce costly reverb rooms since the 50s, and while the result sounded good, this technique proved to be time-consuming, expensive and unpredictable. Nevertheless, plate reverberation was extensively used across many 50s and 60s hit songs.
A plate reverb’s original purpose was to emulate reverberant rooms, but the hardware versions that followed have become legends themselves.
The difference between a classic vintage piece of hardware such as the EMT 140 and most modern, purely impulse response based plug-ins is very apparent to any good ear. This is why Black Rooster Audio has physically modelled not one, but six plate reverbs to create the RO-140 - offering maximum authenticity as well as a few unexpected twists.
This versatile plate reverb plug-in allows you to take your productions to the next level by uncovering a new level of detailed audio customization. Not only does it capture the sound of sought-after hardware classics, but it also allows you to create your own sound, with a virtually infinite amount of combinations between plate materials and plate sizes, dampening and pre-delay controls.
Learn more about RO-140.
OmniTec-67A
Vintage Preamp
The OmniTec-67A vintage tube preamp turns even the most sterile of signals into a rich-sounding production by introducing lush vintage tube saturation and that 1567A sparkle. From gritty vocals to saturated drums and harmonically complex mixes, this vintage classic with a twist can do it all.
Motown’s Secret Sauce
Inspired by the famous Altec 1567A, Black Rooster Audio's latest vintage emulation plug-in features lush vintage tube saturation just like its hardware counterpart. It’s the perfect tool to add saturation, harmonics, and subtle distortion to your vocal, bass, and drum tracks.
The original unit was released in the early 1960s as a rack-mounted tube mixer that had a simple two-knob EQ and a whole lot of gain at a whopping 97 dB! Its sound was filled with grit, density, and character, with its signature green plate setting it apart from the rest. This is the unit for that unmistakable raw analog sound!
The 1567A went on to heavily influence the sound of countless Motown hits, from The Supremes to The Temptations, and it was famously used by engineers such as Russ Terrana and Matt Wallace. It is impossible to think of Motown without thinking of the purposefully distorted and oversaturated brass sections, electric piano, bass, and vocals in these songs, which gave them the sound that we all know and love today.
Learn more about OmniTec-67A.
Features
Authentic Circuit Emulation
Black Rooster Audio's real time SPICE type component based circuit simulation approach allows to authentically capture the sound and feel of the analog counterpart in all nuances. All crucial parts of the original circuits including audio transformers, tube stages or passive filter networks have been faithfully modeled.
SSE2 Optimized Code
DSP operations are pipelined using the SSE2 instruction set. This ensures the highest possible performance operation despite very complex computations.
Auto-Adjusted Oversampling for Maximum Audio Transparency
Aliasing artifacts are efficiently attenuated using a low latency linear phase Dolph-Chebyshev poly-phase design. The oversampling is auto-adjusted to your session‘s sample rate to save valuable CPU power while offering the most transparent sound possible.
HighDPI / Retina Support
All their plug-Ins support high pixel density on Mac OSX and Windows to bring you the most enjoyable user experience on high DPI displays. Please refer to your manual to find whether your DAW is HighDPI capable if you‘re working on Windows.
System Requirements
Mac
- Mac OSX 10.9 or newer (M1/M2 supported)
- Intel Core CPU or Apple SIlicon M1/M2 Processor
- 1GB of RAM
- VST, VST3, AU or AAX compatible host (64bit)
- Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels or more
PC
- Windows 7 or newer
- SSE2 compatible processor (Intel Core CPU recommended)
- 1GB of RAM
- VST, VST3 or AAX compatible host
- Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels or more
Please Note: VLA-3A is used as an example.
Activation
1. Go to https://blackroosteraudio.com/en/myaccount/licensemanager or click 'Download' in your Plugin Boutique User Account.
2. Click 'REGISTER NEW ACCOUNT' > If you already have an account, skip to step 5.
3. Enter the required information > Click 'Register'.
4. Go to your email and locate the email from Black Rooster Audio > Click 'ACTIVATE ACCOUNT'.
5. Login to your account.
6. Enter the serial number found within your Plugin Boutique User Account in the 'eCoupon Code' section > Click 'SUBMIT CODE'.
7. Please make note of your newly received 'serial number' > Click on 'Plugin Download' under MyAccount.
8. Download the relevant installer.
PC
1. Run the .exe installer.
2. Click 'I accept the agreement' > 'Next >'.
3. Click 'Next >'.
4. Click 'Next >'.
5. Click 'Next >'.
6. Click 'Next >'.
7. Click 'Install'.
8. Click 'Finish'.
9. Open your DAW and locate VLA-3A.
10. Click the lock icon.
11. Enter your email address and the serial number received previously in your Black Rooster Audio account > Click 'Unlock Plug-In'.
Your software is now activated and ready to use!
Mac
1. Run the .dmg installer.
2. Click 'Continue'.
3. Click 'Continue'.
4. Click 'Continue'.
5. Click 'Agree'.
6. Click 'Continue'.
7. Click 'Install'.
8. Open your DAW and locate VLA-3A.
9. Click the lock icon.
10. Enter your email address and the serial number received previously in your Black Rooster Audio account > Click 'Unlock Plug-In'.
Your software is now activated and ready to use!
