True Valve Emulation Plugin
G-Sonique Neovintage Valve System VA645 VST plugin.
10 April 2025
The Valve System VA645 is a realistic simulation of a vacuum tube (also called a valve in the UK). Tubes are known for being able to transform a sharp digital sound into a soft, rounded one with pleasant round transients, but also add colour, energy, liveliness and especially density and fatness. Vacuum tubes They add a series of higher harmonics to the sound, including the first harmonic which creates an excellent fatness of the sound, also significantly saturates and rounds the sound depending on the input volume and the type of incoming signal.
Many plug-ins try to mimic the behaviour of tubes, but instead they only create digital saturation, which adds a lot of ugly digital aliasing/digital harmonics, i.e. digital dirt, which is accentuated when mastering at higher volumes.
It’s been over 17 years since we released our first tube plug-in, Pultronic. During that time, we’ve done extensive research and experimentation, trying to create a tube simulation as faithful as possible to the original analogue tubes, which will enhance the sound and not add unpleasant digital harshness, but on the contrary, soften the buzz, round off sharp digital transients and make the sound more velvety.
TOP FEATURES:
Input volume knob – for setting the input volume and at the same time the level of saturation, distortion and coloration + rounding of transients
Pentode knob
Triode knob for setting the behaviour of the vacuum tube
Tube voltage knob
Selector of tube type: modern, old vintage, soviet (each has a different sound and reacts differently to different types of input signals)
Analogue hiss knob
LP Cut
Output volume
More information: https://www.g-sonique.com/valvesystemva645.html
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