• Output Extender. Assuming you’re already set up with an interface, the Solaris can perform
several tasks. You can use it as your master output from the DAW and it can provide an extra
set of analog outs fed from your interface’s digital outputs. You can make the Solaris your DAC
for analog processing. So if you’re running a bunch of analog outboard to process mix
components you can feed them to the Solaris to convert them, process them and then record
them back in through your A-D Converter, like the Crane Song HEDD.
• That NY Compression Trick. You’ve probably heard of NY or parallel compression, where you
take a parallel feed of your drums and maybe the bass, EQ and compress them together and
then blend that signal back into the mix.
Of course you can approach this old school trick within your DAW, but there’s nothing like
doing this the analog way. Solaris’ dual output architecture allows you to do that. You buss your
rhythm parts to the Solaris so you have level control on one set of outputs and then you can
route the secondary outputs to your analog parallel processing.
• A Mastering DAC
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