At the top, there’s an LED bulb, which displays the amount of “drive” applied to the Preamp. The controls on both the FG-73 and the FG-76 are simple and easy to understand. I especially liked the look of the FG-76, with its slightly industrial, minimal design. Both the FG-73 & the FG-76 have a GUI with a distinctively retro look. I’m happy to report they got back to me in a timely manner and helped me out to install the plug-ins.īoth the FG-76 and the FG-73 are designed to be used as modules inside Slate Digital’s Virtual Mix Rack, so it’s necessary to have the Virtual Mix Rack installed on your system. Since it was my first time activating and installing plug-ins on an iLok, I had to contact Slate Digital’s support team.

The Slate Digital Plug-ins require an iLok2, so the first thing I had to do before testing these plug-ins out was pick one up from my local tech shop. The Virtual Preamp Collection (VPC) was designed to be used with Slate Digital’s VMS ONE Hardware Mic Preamp, but it can be used with onboard preamps and the Virtual Mix Rack to add classic color and vibe to tracks and mixes. The modeling algorithm is completely dynamic, and recreates every aspect of the preamp circuit from mild coloration to full on saturation and distortion. Each preamp has been modeled using a state of the art modeling technology to recreate the tone of the famous circuits. The Virtual Preamp Collection gives the authentic tone of two vintage microphone preamps to your DAW. Would these preamps really be able to add enough flavor and vibe to justify adding them into a producer’s arsenal? I decided to put them to the test and find out… The FG-73 models a famous discrete solid state British preamp, and the FG-76 is modeled after a famous classic tube preamp.

The Virtual Preamp Collection is Slate Digital’s latest offering and the first preamp modulation they’ve produced.

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