The high- frequency sheen is accompanied by a low frequency "glue", and although you can drive the compression hard if you want to, there's plenty of flavour even at gentle settings.įG-Grey is also pretty coloured, which isn't something we would associate with the SSL Buss Compressor on which it's based, and there might be a good reason for that: Slate has bolted a model of a Neve input transformer onto its recreation. FG-Mu has the most character and is just beautiful across drum overheads, drum sub mixes and overall mixes. It's when you start compressing, though, that the personality of each compressor really comes through. FG-Red is the most neutral, but even that one still pushes a slight upper-mid enhancement. This is most obvious with FG-Mu, which imparts an enhancer-like high-frequency sheen, and FG-Grey, where the mids feel slightly scooped.
"FG-Mu imparts an enhancer-like high-frequency sheen"Īll three VBC plugins have an audible effect on the input signal even when they appear to be delivering zero gain reduction. You also get independent Gain make up (again, not a feature of the 670).įinally, FG-Mu can also switch between linked stereo and dual mono modes, the latter featuring separate controls (including a high-pass filter) for each channel. However, Attack and Release are handled by individual controls rather than the six time-constant options of the 670. Slate have also stuck with the independent input level and threshold controls. Of note, however, is that the limiter circuit from the actual Red 3 isn't included.įairchild's valve-based 670 operates in both Mid/Side and stereo modes, and both are included on the FG-Mu. Aside from that, the Red boasts a very similar set of controls to the FG-Grey: Attack, Release (with Auto setting), Threshold and Ratio, along with switchable metering (In, Out and Gain Reduction).
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The compressors themselves are all pretty straightforward, and if you've used the hardware equivalents (or any good software emulations), the control sets will hold no surprises - although they do take advantage of more accurate incremental parameter changes, of course.įor FG-Grey, this means adjustable Attack, Release (with Auto option), Threshold, Ratio, and Gain make up with switchable metering (In, Out and Gain Reduction).įG-Red's famed transformer circuit includes adjustable drive level.