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Slate FG-X

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  • 23-10-2010 10:03pm
    #1
    DamagedTrax
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    after spending on the VCC and being very impressed i decided to splash on FG-X ... all i can say is wow!

    this thing gets you very loud while retaining the transients and even giving you options to manipulate the transients (kind of like a mixture of mild eq and transient designer).

    the compressor is stunning, you can get quite a few db off and its stays transparent.

    metering is spot on too.

    slate_fg-x_big.jpg


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    Neurojazz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭Neurojazz


    I'm still miffed the VCC doesn't work with Ableton... support taking ages :(


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    DamagedTrax
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    theres a beta 3 update due out within the next week thats going to address a lot of problems.


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    digitaldeath
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    DamagedTrax wrote: »
    after spending on the VCC and being very impressed i decided to splash on FG-X ... all i can say is wow!

    this thing gets you very loud while retaining the transients and even giving you options to manipulate the transients (kind of like a mixture of mild eq and transient designer).

    the compressor is stunning, you can get quite a few db off and its stays transparent.

    metering is spot on too.

    slate_fg-x_big.jpg

    Transparent is not a word I'd use really. Ozone is much more transparent and offers more features. However, I'm still waiting for Slate to get back to me after I sent him on a mix I'm working on - looking forward to hearing what he does with FG-X and my mix.


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    DamagedTrax
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    digitaldeath wrote: »
    Transparent is not a word I'd use really.

    eh? the compressor is about as transparent as you can get. you can easily lob off 6/8 db on an entire mix without even hearing it.


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    digitaldeath
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭digitaldeath


    DamagedTrax wrote: »
    eh? the compressor is about as transparent as you can get. you can easily lob off 6/8 db on an entire mix without even hearing it.

    Sorry, I was more referring to FG-X overall and not just its comp. Would love to hear it in conjunction with VCC!


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    trackmixstudio
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    Tried it and didn't like it.
    I found it to mess with the frequency balance of a mix and mush the low mids. It sounded like it was adding some sort of harmonic distortion to generate perceived loudness.
    It gets a lot of love on various forums so maybe it's just me.


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    iquinn
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    trackmixstudio wrote: »
    Tried it and didn't like it.
    I found it to mess with the frequency balance of a mix and mush the low mids. It sounded like it was adding some sort of harmonic distortion to generate perceived loudness.
    It gets a lot of love on various forums so maybe it's just me.

    I tired it out and I felt the same.
    I prefer psp's xenon as a limiter. It did work well on one track(out of 10) though, but I wasn't compelled to buy it.


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    digitaldeath
    Registered Users Posts: 279 ✭✭digitaldeath


    trackmixstudio wrote: »
    Tried it and didn't like it.
    I found it to mess with the frequency balance of a mix and mush the low mids. It sounded like it was adding some sort of harmonic distortion to generate perceived loudness.
    It gets a lot of love on various forums so maybe it's just me.

    Slate's hoping to address this in v2.


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    Neurojazz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭Neurojazz


    Epic fail from support... dragged on for weeks and then they can't even be bothered to link to a working vst demo... So left with an amazing first impression :) - Lost my business!


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