The Phoenix II process not only incorporates the nonlinear saturation characteristics created by magnetic tape itself, but also includes the interrelation of an analog tape recorder's record/reproduce electronics and equalization curves. His intimate knowledge of analog electronics, as well as decades of experience as a recording engineer has spawned a very useful, musical suite of plug-ins.
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The plug-ins can be somewhat subtle, but the cumulative affect when used on a number of tracks can bring back the warmth and richness which only analog recording has been able to provide.Designer Dave Hill has crafted this software with the same attention to detail he used to create the electronics for ATR Service's much heralded "Aria" discrete tape recorders. The Phoenix plug-in suite provides a wide range of choices to make your digital world sound warmer, fatter, and more analog. A higher sample rate results in smother sounds. Phoenix’s color is dependant on signal level, program material and sample rate. It will run approximately twenty instances of a plug-in on a single DSP chip (HD system at 44.1 kHz sample rate). Running within Digidesign’s TDM architecture, Phoenix is very DSP efficient.
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Luminescent is the most neutral sounding process of the five.The Phoenix suite contains five separate plug-ins: When the input trim is at 0dB, (no change in gain) and no tape process is being added to the sound, the plug-in is bit accurate, meaning the output exactly matches the input. This can be useful on material that is hitting close to or at digital zero. The input trim can also be used to prevent clipping in the rare cases where clipping may be a problem. A level control determines the amount of the Phoenix process integrated into the audio signal, and an input trim determines “how hard you hit the tape.” Because the DSP process is level dependent, reducing the input level will also cause a change in sound. The Gold button is the position where the color is approximately flat in frequency response, with Sapphire being a brighter, and Opal being a warmer tonality. The Phoenix suite is not merely a downscaled version of the Crane Song HEDD processor, but a ground-up application derived from HEDD technology, and specifically engineered and optimized for Digidesign’s TDM architecture.įive different TDM plug-ins emulate different tape characteristics, each one incorporating a color change button allowing three choices to modify the process. The Phoenix process not only incorporates the nonlinear saturation characteristics created by magnetic tape itself, but also includes the interrelation of an analog tape recorder’s record/reproduce electronics and equalization curves.
Designer Dave Hill has crafted this software with the same attention to detail he used to create the electronics for ATR Service’s much heralded “Aria” discrete tape recorders. Phoenix is Crane Song’s suite of TDM only plug-ins designed to emulate the unique properties of a magnetic tape machine.