Then, last year, I tried McDSP's APB‑16 - you can find my review online at - and I changed my mind. If I couldn't always make crushed room mics sound good, or I had to laboriously automate fader moves to make vocals sit in the mix, I took that as a reflection on my own limited abilities rather than any inherent problem with plug‑in compression. Speaking for myself, I've been mixing 'in the box' forever, and if I'm honest, had stopped wondering whether it might not be perfect. The practical advantages of instant recall and go-anywhere portability are obvious - and as plug‑ins get better and better, any sonic advantage that analogue outboard has gets narrower and narrower. Mixing 'in the box' is a classic case in point. Convenience usually wins in the end, and when it does, we tend to look for ways to rationalise it. McDSP's software-configured analogue processing system now has new hardware and software options - and support for more DAWs.Įngineers are often forced to trade off quality against convenience.

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