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92 | TRIDENT A-RANGE
just put it in the OFF position and all saturation
circuits will be de-activated.
The A-Range console was actually designed to have
very little distortion, but it was nevertheless pos-
sible to crank up the input volume and equalization
bands to make it distort, an effect that has been of
much use in lots of recordings. The actual amount of
saturation depended heavily on the audio material
and amplification before the console, so we added
the Saturation knob to make things easier for you.
If all bands are set to zero gain, Saturation on its
default position (12 o’clock) and Output Volume
on 0 dB, the A-Range plug-in will have unity gain.
About the Trident A-Range
The plug-in version of the A-Range is modeled
after a channel on one of the original 13 Trident
A-Range consoles. This particular channel strip is
channel number 15 from Sweet Silence Studio ‘B’ in
Denmark and was borrowed from Danish producer
Flemming Rasmussen. The A-Range console has
been in Rasmussen’s care for a long time and used
by Flemming Rasmussen when recording albums
such as Metallica’s Ride the Lightning , Master of
Puppets and ... And Justice for All .
The A-Range channel features four bands of
equalization and high and low pass filters, the
sound of the filters are often referred to as “colorful”
and “musical”. When running a hot enough signal
through the original unit and boosting the bands it
is possible to get it to distort, the sound is a hairy
and effective saturation that is just right in some
situation and just wrong in others! Even though the
unit was never designed to distort, it has definitely
been used this way by renowned producers and we
thought it was only appropriate to stay true to the
original unit and add the satura-
tion to the plug-in as an option!
User Interface
The layout of the A-Range equal-
izer is simple and easy. You have
four different bands of equaliza-
tion, with a frequency selector
knob and a gain fader each. Low
and High Pass filters can be
activated by pressing the off-white
buttons, and a handy Phase Invert
switch is found on the right side
of the panel. The Saturation knob
engages the console saturation,
and is best used as a subtle effect.
If you don’t wish to get saturation,