CupTone vol. 1

Product Description

This release is essentially a re-packaging of all of my ‘pass-through’ programs that are included in many of my other releases. For example, with my compressor releases I always include a program sampled through the compressor, without any compression. They are used to give some subtle tone which can stack from multiple uses across your mix to provide a ‘sheen’ like what you’d get with real hardware signal chains.

The main idea behind this release was to get all of my current pass-through tone programs (except for the AX-102 ones) working with one skin/gui, which would allow selecting them all by clicking buttons on the skin. This allows quick selection between all of these tone programs, and also provides a nice looking skin for them.

Note-  Because most of these programs do already exist in some of my other releases, you can get a discount if you own some of them. If you own at least FOUR of the following, email me (either directly or using the contact form here at the site) telling me what you own and I’ll get you a discount coupon code: any of my compressor releases, any of my ‘Mixing Filter Pack’ releases, Cassette Deck 1 or 3, Casspressors, or Dual Springs (the JVC/SpaceXpander one). If you  own four of those you can get four USD off. For any number you own over four, you can get that many USD off. So if you own 9 total, you get 9 USD off of the price of this release. It can go up to around $17 off if you own everything that has one of these programs. Please be patient, it could take me up to a day to get back to you with the coupon code.

Here’s what is included (bullet points represent programs, and everything was sampled in stereo unless noted):

Console/Desk channels:

• UA8000 channels 1-2 (called ‘Baltec’ in Mixing Filter Pack 1)

• UA8000 channels 3-4 (this is the same desk but different channels)

• 4k (called ‘Brown’ in Mixing Filter Pack 2)

Preamps:

• 1066 N (from Mixing Filter Pack 2)

Compressor pass-throughs (named as in my comp releases):

• S-609A

• C254-E

• C660 A (normal amount of input drive, all C600 are mono samples)

• C660 B (same hardware as ‘A’ but was driven hotter)

• C660 C (driven even hotter than ‘B’)

• C660 D (had a **76 comp driving the E** 660, and another after it)

• Flucti-Mew

• Flucti-Mew Special

• SmackVU

• 4k-Crush

• Slick-9k

• CW2 Buscomp (has normal and ‘crunch’ models)

• Lunchpail (actually contains 4 models, different amounts of drive)

• Rayphlex (includes normal and bass phase enhancement modes)

• Rayphlex OD (used the starved tube mode on the comp for harmonics)

• CW76 Rev F (contains 3 models, the third is mono, see notes below)

• CW76 Rev D (mono)

Filters (all of these were sampled in mono):

• Hycor

• Yourei 546

• Yourei 565T

• Yourei 565T (hotter and with output transformer switched on)
  

• Wyte (2 models, 1=EQ/filters off, 2=EQ/filters ON but flat)

• Raybon (2 models, 1=EQ/filters off, 2=EQ/filters ON but flat)

• Smaltec

Cassette Decks:

• Tascam 122 mk3

• A.D.S. C3

• Marantz 4020

Spring Reverb:

• JVC Nivico Spring

Some notes- At the time of release for this collection, the ‘CW2 Buscomp’ compressor has not been released yet, so the tone program for it here is new. The same is true of both CW76 tone programs. The Flucti-Mew special program will always remain unique to this release (making it the only such program). It was created by taking the samples from the Flucti special compressor (from Flucti release), and removing the compression from them to create a linear tone program. The ‘crunch’ mode setting/model in the CW2 Buscomp program was made the same way, by removing compression from those samples. That one will be included in that compressor release, when it comes out.

The RevF CW76 program contains 3 models-

1) normal input level for both RevF **76 comps in a stereo setup.

2) the same setup driven hotter.

3) one **76 going into the other, producing a mono sample.

The ‘bass phase enhancer’ setting for the Rayphlex program turns on a mode from the hardware which is designed to create a subtle enhancement of bass frequencies by manipulating the phase of those frequencies.

These programs do all have updates that are at least currently only found in this release, when compared to their appearances in the releases they’re originally found in. The updates are mostly subtle but do improve everything, overall. Eventually I may bring these updates over to those other releases but it’s not a priority.

There are 32 programs altogether, and some have a ‘selector’ control which switches between different sampled models, for a total of 41 sampled models altogether!

This library is available in 44.1, 48, 88.2, and 96khz sample rates (you get all 4 sample rates when purchasing). Special thanks to Max for creating the skin!