Thanks to Yamaha's Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) technology, the hardware of Rupert Neve Designs has now been successfully emulated in the digital domain, says Steinberg.
"At Yamaha and K's LAB, we apply very strict circuitry modelling if required. This way we can choose how to emulate the sound and tonality of each hardware unit accordingly," comments Toshifumi Kunimoto, general manager of the Corporate Research & Development Centre at Yamaha Corp. "We invest lengths of time to obtain the right sound."
The RND Portico 5033 five-band equaliser comes with three bands of fully parametric filters, each with dedicated gain, centre-frequency, and Q controls as well as one band each of high and low-shelving filters. A global bypass switch and trim control are also available.
The RND Portico 5043 compressor features threshold, ratio, attack, release and gain controls for intricate signal compression. The feed-forward or feed-back compression mode allow users to switch between an aggressive and subtle compression response.
(Jim Evans)
