Year / Release Date: 12.2020
Version: v1.9.1
Developer: Crane Song
Developer site: cranesong
Format: AAX
Bit depth: 64bit
Tabletka: cured | R2R
System requirements: The AAX version will run both Native and DSP on PT10 and PT11
Description: Designer Dave Hill created this software with the same attention to detail that he used to create the electronics for ATR Service’s highly publicized “Aria” discrete tape recorders. His deep knowledge of analog electronics, as well as years of experience as a sound engineer, has resulted in a very useful musical plug-in set. The Phoenix II process not only incorporates the non-linear saturation characteristics of the tape itself, but also includes the relationship between analog tape recorder recording / playback electronics and EQ curves. Phoenix II is an application based on HEDD technology and specially designed and optimized for the Avid PT 10 architecture.
Phoenix II has five different analogue tape characteristics. The type is selectable with a switch for easy comparison between types, and the brightness is also selectable with a switch. Gold is a position in which color is approximately flat in frequency response, sapphire is brighter, and opal is warmer in tone. The level control determines the amount of Phoenix II process integrated into the audio signal, and the input control determines “how much you apply tape saturation.” Since the DSP process is level dependent, the input level trim control has been improved and output trim control has been added.
