Hello guys,
I am so excited to share this with you. Two weeks ago, i made a contact with guys at Alctron, directly through web page and said i would like to order a sample of this thing as i am interested in further cooperation if the thing sounds okay. They responded quickly and said they can send me one for about 150 euros, included shipping. The retail price in Aliexpres and similar sites is about 500 euros. Only way is to send money directly to their bank account, no PayPal, no any other option. So i said, what to hell, i'll give it a try.
The thing arrived today, and i am amazed! I don't have original to compare it to, but i have an emulation of original on my Liquid Channel, Liquid Mix, Waves Scheps 73, T-Racks vst versions.
I compared eq curves through analyzer, and it does the same thing as the plugins. More less same curves, even though the plugins differ a bit in bandwidth and dips. The only difference with the Alctron is that mid range behaves more like high shelf in a way, but it could be that original hardware does that same curve, it doesn't mean plugins are right.
Saturation. Well it's perfect, it does the magic 1073 should do, and it does it beautifully. I have used 1073 in the past and Alctron does the same exact thing to the low end as the original. I hate expression fat, but it is fat. Even tho eq is off, eq curve is totally flat through analyzer, it does something to add weight to the low end.
I noticed that the High potentiometer eq should be at -0.5db, and Mid at -1db to make the curve totally flat with eq engaged. But VST plugins have the curve of their own just engaged.
Input impedance selector does what it's supposed to do, and impacts the sound of an SM57 for example marvelously, adding different character.
Otherwise, it's quiet and has lots of gain.
I treat you with some pics, tell me what you think. Do you think there are some improvements to be made?
I am so excited to share this with you. Two weeks ago, i made a contact with guys at Alctron, directly through web page and said i would like to order a sample of this thing as i am interested in further cooperation if the thing sounds okay. They responded quickly and said they can send me one for about 150 euros, included shipping. The retail price in Aliexpres and similar sites is about 500 euros. Only way is to send money directly to their bank account, no PayPal, no any other option. So i said, what to hell, i'll give it a try.
The thing arrived today, and i am amazed! I don't have original to compare it to, but i have an emulation of original on my Liquid Channel, Liquid Mix, Waves Scheps 73, T-Racks vst versions.
I compared eq curves through analyzer, and it does the same thing as the plugins. More less same curves, even though the plugins differ a bit in bandwidth and dips. The only difference with the Alctron is that mid range behaves more like high shelf in a way, but it could be that original hardware does that same curve, it doesn't mean plugins are right.
Saturation. Well it's perfect, it does the magic 1073 should do, and it does it beautifully. I have used 1073 in the past and Alctron does the same exact thing to the low end as the original. I hate expression fat, but it is fat. Even tho eq is off, eq curve is totally flat through analyzer, it does something to add weight to the low end.
I noticed that the High potentiometer eq should be at -0.5db, and Mid at -1db to make the curve totally flat with eq engaged. But VST plugins have the curve of their own just engaged.
Input impedance selector does what it's supposed to do, and impacts the sound of an SM57 for example marvelously, adding different character.
Otherwise, it's quiet and has lots of gain.
I treat you with some pics, tell me what you think. Do you think there are some improvements to be made?
