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down the road. You’ll be surprised how quickly you can work in the analog environment.
TIP: Try mixing without any plug-ins. Many mixing engineers used to working in the box depend on plug-ins to get their mixes
to come together, but when you mix in the analog realm some of those plug-ins might be holding your original sounds back.
Deinstantiate all of them and get a cool balance happening in the analog environment. Now see if you’d like to change any of
the original sounds with your plug-in processors. Many users find they use far fewer when mixing with the active summing
amps in the 2-BUS+.
TRY OUT SOME REAL ANALOG COLOR
Once you’ve got a decent balance together, go ahead and dial in some color with the unique on-board analog circuits.
Engage
Harmonics
by pressing the button so it lights up, and then turn the knob clockwise to increase the effect. Do the same
for
Paralimit
and
X-Former
, blending all three colors to taste.
Try “Flip” to change the order of
Harmonics
and
Paralimit
.
MEET THE TONE CIRCUITS
Harmonics
is a totally unique analog saturation circuit that adds the perfect blend of even and odd harmonics to your mix or
stem. At subtle settings, the sound will gently glow. Turn it up for more obvious distortion! (Note: This is shaped distortion, not
the same thing as turning a guitar amp up to 11).
Paralimit
is inspired by the famous Urei 1176 Limiting Amplifier with all of its ratio buttons pushed in at once, a cool insider trick
that generates an explosive sound. Blend
Paralimit
into the full mix or to any stem assigned to 13-14 or 15-16.
X-Former
inserts a pair of customized CineMag transformers across the mix buss and lets you drive the core with a very unique
circuit developed by our masterful designer, Chris Muth. Listen closely for a tightening of the low-end and increased richness in
the mids as you drive it harder.
TRY SOME INSTANT RE-PATCHING
Because
Harmonics
and
Paralimit
are instantly assignable (independently or together) to channels 13-14 and 15-16, you can
choose to take them off the mix buss and use them on channel pairs.
The FLIP button changes the order of
Harmonics
and
Paralimit
when they’re assigned to the mix buss or to a channel pair
together. Flipping them allows for different interactions between the two circuits.
TIP: The
Paralimit
circuit gives you incredibly high-quality analog parallel compression processing. Famously used by the top pro
mixers, blending in a bit of “squashed” signal with the original signal adds umph, sustain and energy to your mixes. Try blending
Paralimit
into a drum stem for huge drum sounds, or try a little on a vocal to get an edgy tone happening.
RELAX AND ENJOY
With the 2-BUS+ you’re using the best analog summing mixer available. Your ears will thank you, and so will your clients. Take
your time getting to know its high-fidelity sound, its powerful tone circuits, and most of all take time to enjoy mixing in the
analog environment. Many claim that analog mixing takes the stress and fatigue out of digital work, that they are more relaxed
and energized throughout even the longest mixing sessions. We think you’ll agree.
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