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Just plugging it in without any processing going on increases the level by 1.5dB. One thing IВ dislike, however, is the fact that FG-Grey isn't level-matched. I'm sure it had its uses in analogue times, but now that we have DAW automation, IВ doubt that many engineers will miss aВ knob for automated fade-outs. For accuracy's sake, IВ should mention that FG-Grey also omits one feature of the original hardware: the auto-fade button. Unlike the hardware, which only has three ratio settings, the lowest being 2:1, FG-Grey can do 1.5:1 for aВ softer type of compression. It's easy to overlook the Auto release button, which typically gets aВ lot of use in mix-bus applications. However, the black knobs with their thin markers are quite hard to read against an almost black background.

The set of controls is standard for aВ VCA compressor - attack, release, threshold and ratio - and FG-Grey is probably the easiest of the three to configure, because the parameter ranges are sensibly chosen. Another addition to all three plug-ins, not present in the original hardware, is aВ Mix knob for instant parallel compression. Like all of the VBC plug-ins, FG-Grey offers aВ variable high-pass filter in the side-chain, which lets you decide how much influence low-frequency mix elements such as bass and kick drum should have over the compression: depending on the musical style, some pumping can actually feel quite nice. Avoiding trade names, obviously, has aВ lot to do with licensing, but it has also given Slate and Gabriel aВ chance to add some features that go beyond the original. While 'grey' refers to the original hardware's colour scheme, the initials 'FG' represent the man who coded these plug-ins, Steven Slate's in-house genius Fabrice Gabriel. You might say that the SSL Buss Compressor started the modern practice of mixing into the compressor rather than applying compression post-mix.ДЇG-Grey is an emulation of the famous SSL 4000 G-Series Buss Compressor - with some added ingredients. Built into aВ state-of-the-art mixing console, the SSL Buss Compressor quickly became an industry standard, not least because it kept clients happy by making their works in progress sound more like finished products. Some say it is also the source of the additional 's' on the word 'buss' I'm not sure about that, but it certainly popularised this spelling. The FG-Grey plug-in is modelled on the SSL 4000 G-Series Buss Compressor that is, arguably, the mother of modern mix-bus compression. Aside from that, there have been no stability issues.

In the initial release, the VST3 versions did not work in Cubase 7 (64-bit), but this was soon fixed in the 1.0.1.6 public beta.

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The VBC bundle is authorised to aВ second-generation iLok USB key and is available for both Mac OS and Windows in Audio Units, VST and VST3 formats (32- and 64-bit) as well as RTAS and AAX1 (32-bit only).

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Virtual Buss Compressors (VBC) is aВ software bundle comprising three plug-ins created in the image of some of the most sought-after hardware mix-bus compressors, plus aВ fourth plug-in that combines all three models in one interface. Slate Digital's answer to this dilemma is to give you not just one compressor but three. Most of us have probably found ourselves wondering whether putting aВ compressor across the mix bus will make things better or worse, and wondering which compressor to use.

Used properly, it can deliver additional loudness, and help to tackle problems commonly associated with mixing in DAWs, applying coherence and 'glue' - yet it can just as easily ruin your mix completely. Mix-bus compression is aВ double-edged sword. You wait ages for aВ Virtual Buss Compressor, and then three come along at once. The three VBC plug-ins can be used individually or together in the FG-Rack plug-in.

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