December 18, 2008

Softube's Santa Claus Alter Ego Goes Solid-State with FET Compressor

Linköping, Sweden. Dec 18th 2008 - Softube is shipping the FET Compressor plug-in for both native VST, AU, RTAS as well as the DSP-based TDM and VENUE formats. FET Compressor is available today at the Softube web shop ($279 for the native version and $449 for the TDM/VENUE version, excl. VAT).

When creating FET Compressor, Softube set out to make the most accurate emulation of the most famous solid state compressor, and very much effort has been spent modeling the real hardware to make sure that the emulation sounds exactly the same.

Nothing must stand in the way of the sound. Every single part of the simulation contributes to making this piece unique. The extremely fast attack, all the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) distortion that comes from the different parts of the compressor and the extremely careful way the signal is handled and conditioned throughout the signal chain.

On top of that we have added some useful features that still have that analog sound - but features that would've been hard or even impossible to implement with analog electronics, such as the continuous ratio, parallel compression, detector filtering and lookahead. That way you will be able to get the best of two worlds.

A fully functional 10 day demo can be downloaded from http://www.softube.com.

Get demo here | Buy now ($279 Native, $449 TDM) | Click for more info!

October 22, 2008

Metal Amp Room Updated - Features Amp/Cab Bypass Options and Presets

Four months after the initial release of Metal Amp Room, an updated version 1.1 has been released. The update is available for free for existing users.

Bypass Amp or Cabinets
Have you ever wondered how Metal Amp Room would sound through your real-life 4x12" without the built-in cab sims? Or how the cabinets alone sound on a piano track? Well, you're not alone... By popular demand this feature is now available in version 1.1!

Presets
To demonstrate the wide range of sounds in Metal Amp Room, we have added our favorite office presets.

Metal Amp Room v.1.1 is available as a free upgrade for all users: Download it here!.

NOTE: The web price of Metal Amp Room will increase to $199 on November 7. This will not affect dealer and distributor pricing.

August 27, 2008

Softube Unveils Spring Reverb, featuring Shake function, and Effect Bundle

Linköping, Sweden. Aug 27th 2008 - Softube is shipping the Spring Reverb plug-in for VST, AU, and RTAS. Spring Reverb is available today at the Softube web shop ($99 excl. VAT).

Softube is also announcing the immediate availability of the Effect Bundle plug-in pack, featuring Spring Reverb, Tube Delay, and Acoustic Feedback for VST, AU, and RTAS ($229 excl. VAT full product, $149 to upgrade from one of the plug-ins, $49 from two).

Spring Reverb is an authentic spring reverb recreation that will add vintage character and grit to any audio track. It also includes novel features such as a fully automatable Shake control that will shake the virtual strings around for those thunderous spring effects, and a Tension control that tightens or loosens the springs to cover a wide range of spring reverb sounds.

Features:

Shake control that shakes the springs around
Tension control to shape the spring character and reverb length
Number of spring pairs continuously adjustable from 1 to 3
Tube driver simulation with Bass and Treble in the reverb section

Spring Reverb: Get demo here | Buy now ($99) | Click for more info!
Effect Bundle: Buy now ($229) | Click for more info!

August 11, 2008

Digidesign ships Massive Pack 7, with a massive Softube contribution

We are proud to announce that Acoustic Feedback Deluxe is included in Digidesign's Massive Pack 7. Together with the Acoustic Feedback Deluxe you'll find three more plug-ins that were developed or co-developed by Softube: the Abbey Road Brilliance Pack, Brainworx bx_digital TDM and Flux Epure II TDM.

More info at digidesign.com

July 8, 2008

Softube Ships Tube Delay - A Combined Valve Preamp and Digital Delay Effect

Linköping, Sweden. July 8th 2008 – Softube is now shipping the Tube Delay plug-in for VST, AU and RTAS. Tube Delay is available today at the Softube web shop ($99 excl. VAT).

Tube Delay is a marriage between analog and digital, combining the warmth and natural compression from tubes with the features and versatility of a digital delay. The effect is perfect for fattening vocal tracks, adding slapback echo to drums, getting a gritty delay for guitars or using it just as a dirty tube preamp.

With a vintage style passive EQ and several independent tube stages, Tube Delay sounds great even without the delay effect and is the perfect default plug-in each time you need to give a lifeless track some color.

Features:

Up to 1000 ms delay
Sync tempo to host
Vintage style passive EQ
Tube preamp simulation
Gritty, distorting feedback

Get demo here | Buy now ($99) | Click for more info!

June 19, 2008

Abbey Road Releases Brilliance Pack Developed by Softube

Abbey Road Plug-ins is releasing the Brilliance Pack today. The Brilliance Pack is available for TDM/RTAS/VST/AU at the Abbey Road Plug-ins web shop

Peter Cobbin, Director of Engineering at Abbey Road Studios, says: "Put simply - they're brilliant! I can highly recommend using these EQs on guitars, keyboards and vocals. If you find that +/-10 dB is not enough, do what they did back then - use two of them!"

Click here for more info.

June 5, 2008

Softube Launches Metal Amp Room, the Most Aggressive Plug-In on the Planet

Linköping, Sweden. June 5th 2008 - Softube is shipping the Metal Amp Room plug-in for VST, AU and RTAS. Metal Amp Room is available today at the Softube web shop ($199 excl. VAT).

Metal Amp Room was designed to bring you the most brutal, evil and aggressive sound that is possible to squeeze out of your DAW. It was co-developed with Patrik Jensen (The Haunted) and tailored to his needs. The continuous mic placement from Vintage Amp Room is back, but this time with twin mics with adjustable stereo panning. Get a huge stereo sound with complex adjustable phasing effects, a plain old one-mic-right-against-the-cone, or anything in between. The cabinets were measured in the In Flames studio (previously known as Studio Fredman) by Tue Madsen and Patrik Jensen.

Focusing on usability and sound quality, this is a plug-in that is proud not to include a gazillion amps, effects racks, patch cords, or a blow- dryer. Just two channels, two cabinets, two mics per cabinet, and a wickedly fast noise gate for palm mute galore. Every setting is a setting that will sound good, so it's almost impossible to get a useless sound. Metal Amp Room is a real workhorse, a plug-in that will handle all your metal needs without ever getting in your way.

Get demo here | Buy now ($199) | Click for more info!