Not a deal breaker but I know some people really like that effect. They told me it would be coming in a future update though. For example the FG-116 cant have all ratio buttons pressed in for that “over-saturation” effect the original 1176 is known for having. So even if you are running on a old computer, you should be able to use VMR with no problems. They seem to have done a really good job of optimizing it. I ran about 20 or so different instances of VMR and my CPU was almost unfazed by it. And I even added Revival on my master buss which gave the mix a whole a lot of depth and when it comes to Metal, it does a great job of getting things sounding heavy without overdoing it. My drums were punchier and cut through better. It simply does the job better than other plugins, and sounds better while doing it. Guitars need some EQing? Both EQ’s are great and the hardware they are based are well known for sounding great on guitars, both acoustic and electric, clean or distorted.īy the end of my testing, pretty much every single track had VMR as my main channel strip. Having trouble getting your drums to punch through? Some parallel compression with the FG-116 will remedy that. And it adds it in a way that I have only heard analog gear do thus far. If there is one thing that I have noticed with this plugin over any other plugin I have ever used, is that this is the first time I have ever heard a plugin add “depth” to the mix. I plan to get more scientific about it but that’s for another time. Let me say right off the bat, when it comes to the sound and feel of those pieces of analog gear, VMR is king. I am pretty familiar with the hardware the first 3 modules are emulating, and even more familiar with the dozen or so plugins out there that are trying to emulate them. And you should totally go get it right now. Thickness adds warmth, punch, body, and fatness.” Oh, and I should mention it’s FREE. Shimmer adds depth, clarity, space, width, and air like you’ve never heard.

I think Slate explains it best: “Revival borrows aspects of tubes, tape, transformers, and world class analog filters to create two processes.

The 5th module, called Revival, is a little different from the rest. The 4th module is the FG-401, which is not based off any one particular piece of gear – it’s more like a Frankenstein plugin compressor with different parts of it modeled off different pieces of gear. The FG-N is based off a Neve 1073 EQ, FG-S is based off a SSL 4000 console EQ, and the FG-116 is an FET compressor based off the Universal Audio 1176.

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