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In the case of 60, a single plug-in can take on the characteristics of your choice of 10 different equalisers or compressors, depending on which module is selected from the list at the left. Like Slate Digital’s Virtual Mix Rack, the 6020 Ultimate EQ, 6030 Ultimate Compressor and the 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip draw their inspiration from the popular 500-series ‘Lunchbox’ modular format for hardware processors. With these concerns in mind, Colin and his team have now drawn on their many years of development experience to create a series of plug-ins that embody the sonic virtues of FilterBank and CompressorBank within a very different interface. No matter how sonically faithful it is to the original, calling up a Fairchild preset in a generic compressor plug-in just isn’t the same as opening a big grey window and adjusting the faux Bakelite controls until the needle on a fake VU meter moves just right!

However, the controls that make this power available perhaps represent too much complication for some, and there’s also the undeniable fact that many of us mix as much with our eyes as with our ears. Both are also deceptively powerful, with configuration options that allow them to mimic the behaviour of a wide range of vintage hardware units, as well as to create powerful original designs.

Originally stalwarts of the Pro Tools TDM world, both are now available on all major native formats on both Mac OS and Windows. McDSP’s principal developer Colin McDowell has been in the game longer than most, and if there’s such a thing as a classic plug-in, his FilterBank and CompressorBank definitely belong in that category. With almost 30 separate processing modules available, McDSP’s 6050 promises to be the “ultimate channel strip”.

Slate virtual mix rack settings could not be saved