Theres good reason why celebrated mix engineers like Dave Pensado, Bob Horn, and Jack Douglas use the high-end Black Box Analog Design HG-2 tube processor on their mixes.The boutique stereo processors multiple, diverse tube circuits not only make tracks sound richer and fuller, they also make them sound louder, bigger and punchier at the same peak level.Much more than a mere distortion box, the HG-2 can impart subtle harmonic coloration and sparkle without compromising fidelity, or add brilliant saturation that totally changes the character of a sound.
![]() ![]() Black Box Analog Hg-2 Test Series And ParallelPaint Tracks with Different Colors A smorgasbord of assorted tube flavors, HG-2 emulates four different vacuum tube stages combined in series and parallel circuits to color your mix and individual tracks with a wide range of rich and varied harmonics.Separate gain controls for emulated 6U8A pentode and triode tubes are placed in series between buttery virtual transformers warming the plugins input and output. Dial in the perfect blend of pentode and triode tube sweetness, then adjust the Density control to drive both tubes harder without changing their relative balance or the plugins output level, adding more girth and mass. The Calibration menu emulates the effect of an internal trim adjustment in the original hardware unit, instantly modifying the HG-2s high-frequency response to produce Dark, Normal or Bright coloration. An added Air knob lets you control how much high-frequency fairy dust you sprinkle on vocal tracks, string instruments, piano and full mixes. Turning down the Mix control adds back dry signal at the plugins output, combining HG-2s beautiful tube softness and luster with your mixs perfectly preserved detail and punch. ![]() The Saturation circuits output feeds the pentode and triode tubes, giving you a massive combined effect that transforms thin, digital tracks into fat analog beasts. Drench just the bass and low-midrange frequencies in the Saturation circuit to grow a beard on a sterile bass track or add massive body and weight to a kick drum. Crank the pentode gain and dial in some crunchy AX7 tube saturation to make rock guitars sound bigger, louder, richer and in-your-face. Broaden a thin-sounding singers low-midrange band with extra pentode gain, and push the triode tube and Air boost to make their track sparkle and shimmer. HG-2 lets you create the perfect blend of tubes for the best-sounding mixes and individual tracks. Color your world. Activate the fully functional 14-day demo with your Plugin Alliance account today to hear for yourself (no dongle required) FEATURES Faithful emulation of the high-end Black Box Analog Design HG-2 tube processor, with additional digital controlsInput Gain, Density, Calibration, Air and Mixproviding a greatly expanded palette of tube flavors and saturation Modeled transformers and separate gain controls for virtual 6U8A pentode and triode tubes add warmth, body and tube sweetness to thin mixes and sterile mono and stereo tracks Parallel Saturation circuit selects one of two modeled 12AX7 tubesone voiced more aggressively than the otherfor adding tube radiance to scorching overdrive distortion on instrument and vocal tracks Saturation Frequency selector adds generated 12AX7 harmonics to only low or high frequencies or across the entire audio spectrum Calibration menu mimics an internal trim adjustment in the HG-2 hardware to give high frequencies Dark, Normal or Bright coloration New, continuously variable Density control boosts gain equally for virtual pentode and triode tubes while making a compensatory adjustment to output gain New, continuously variable Air control adds silvery sparkle and sweetness above 10 kHz New, continuously variable Input Gain control simultaneously trims gain for all active virtual tube circuits: Saturation, pentode and triode New, continuously variable Mix control adjusts wetdry balance, preserving detail and punch.
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