Lindell Audio is a company founded in 2010 by Swedish record producer Tobias Lindell, who set out to design recording equipment to satisfy his own way of working in the studio. Over the years, Lindell Audio launched numerous rack-mounted dynamic processors and microphone preamplifiers, eventually focusing more on 500 series modules, all inspired be vintage and highly sought-after analog circuits used in studios, but adding features that didn't exist in the originals. More recently, the company transitioned to creating plug-ins inspired by the same boutique hardware concepts. All plug-ins are distributed by Plugin Alliance.
This latest Lindell Audio plugin is a perfect example of taking the circuit emulation approach to the extreme, combining renowned circuits in a way that ads unique advantages in terms of signal processing. The tight and powerful sound of API (Automated Processes, Inc.) consoles, preamps, and equalizers have made them some of the world’s favorites for creating professional-sounding drums, guitars, synths, and more with attitude and presence. The Lindell Audio 50 Series plugin was developed by Brainworx and Lindell Audio using their own modeling techniques, studying original products from API.
Thanks to Brainworx-patented TMT, users of the Lindell Audio 50 Series can access very convincing models of these classic console modules, including accessing the slight channel-to-channel variances in the values of their analog components. Creatively, the Lindell Audio 50 Series does more than just model a single console by providing an array of choices in its dynamics and EQ sections. Ultimately, users can simply switch in their favorite flavor of the classic 500-series modules modeled and use them in any busses or individual tracks.
Totally designed thinking about the needs of modern music production, users can choose conveniently between three classic EQs — the semi-parametric 50A EQ for three-band processing, the 50B for four bands, and the 60 as a precision graphic EQ for radically reshaping sounds in a way that is as transparent and flexible.
Finally, the VCA compressor models the high-end 2500 series compressor of API, with additional controls to improve upon the original. On top of that, the included FET compressor adds the tone, simplicity, and ease of use of the original 500 series since it is modeled after the acclaimed API 525 compressor.
Overall, the Lindell Audio 50 Series plugin offers 72 different TMT channel emulations, behaving like a real console, with three switchable EQs modeled after the most popular 500- series lunchbox designs; two switchable compressors; classic API noise gate and expander emulation; classic API preamp tone capture with automatic gain compensation; continuously variable THD (Total Harmonic Distortion) and virtual GAIN controls to add colorful saturation and/or simulated analog noise independently or globally.
The plugin also features a scalable user interface to adapt to different screen sizes and workflows, and plenty of preloaded presets providing a useful starting point.
The Lindell Audio 50 Series is available for purchase (as an AAX AudioSuite-, AAX Native-, AU-, VST2-, and VST3-supporting plugin for macOS 10.9 through 11.01 and Windows 7 through 10) at an attractive introductory price of $299.99 USD — rising thereafter to an MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) of $349.00 USD.
A fully functional, 14-day trial of the Lindell Audio 50 Series is available to anyone registering for a free Plugin Alliance account.
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