Softube American Class A for Console 1 - Electronic Delivery

Gut-busting drums. Crackling, searing, face-melting guitars. Meaty, punching bass. Rich, up-front vocals. Wide-open, airy, living electronics. If you will it, it is no dream with Softube American Class A. Based on the greatest classics of American mixing console hardware, this channel strip is fast and easy to work with, and brings a truckload of character to the party. Both an expansion to Console 1 and a standalone plug-in, American Class A has it all.

American Hero

The American gear on which this strip is based is perhaps best known for the way it brings out the power and energy of modern rock music; acts such as Radiohead, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters, and Pearl Jam have used similar consoles.

With a shape section featuring gate and transient designing, a stellar four-band EQ with proportional Q and range control, a fascinating compressor design which can be switched between feedback and feed forward operations, and a warm, crunchy output drive section, no modern studio is complete until this sonic option is at hand.

Power and Precision

Drums leap out of the speakers, vocals grab you by the scruff of the neck, guitars spontaneously combust. But the American Class A is also capable of subtlety.

Using the range controls of the EQ to limit the gain boosting and cutting to a half or even a quarter of the starting values, it becomes a high-resolution mastering unit. And running a synth sound through these same hard-rocking controls can result in improved openness and vitality just as easily as increased grunt.

Great Sound, Great Looks, Great Experience

The sonics are not the only area in which the American Class A is world-class. The plug-in also provides state-of-the-art visual feedback, with a large display offering FFT readouts or a waveform view in which you can see the effect your settings are having on your signal in real time.

Console 1 Channel Strip Included

The plug-in also seamlessly integrates with Console 1 as a channel strip, so if you use Console 1 you'll get the added speed and benefit of hands-on analog workflow. Don’t spend another second longing after that ideal sound. Get the American Class A today. Dream big, sound bigger.

FEATURES:

• Console 1 Ready: works as a native plug-in and as an expansion for Softube Console 1, Softube's mixing ecosystem - both versions of American Class A are included in one license
• Amp Room Ready: American Class A can also be used in Amp Room, our pro audio guitar platform, as two separate modules – compressor and equalizer
• Classic American mixing console sound: all the quirks, features, and amazing sound of the original hardware
• A real and complete workhorse replacement for stock DAW mixing tools
• Characteristic stepped EQ with proportional Q values. Gives bold boosts and clean cuts
• Unique compressor design, which can operate in feedback or feed forward topologies
• Cutting-edge graphics and waveform visualizations offer all the information you need
• Shape section has both gate and transient shaper, with all the same tasty analog sound of the strip’s circuitry
• Crunchy drive from the output stage, with controllable character

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

• Mac OS X 10.12 or newer (older OS versions may work but are not tested)
• Windows 64-bit, versions 7, 8 or 10
• Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 X2 or newer
• Screen resolution 1280x800 or larger
• 8 GB RAM or more is recommended, as well as at least 8 GB hard disk space for installation
• Softube account
• iLok account
• Internet access for downloading installer and managing licenses
• iLok generation 2 and up, if you intend to use an iLok dongle for authorizing your plug-ins (note that an iLok dongle is not a requirement)

In theory, any 64-bit VST, VST3, AU, or AAX (11.0.2 or higher) compatible host application should work. However, due to plug-in host differences between DAWs - and their own rigorous testing standards - Softube only officially test their plug-ins and instruments in the most recent versions of Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Live, Studio One, Digital Performer, Reaper and Sonar. Softube plugins are not tested in the non-listed systems, but they most likely work as long as the system requirements are met. They cannot guarantee a solution for issues in unsupported systems.

Please Note: Softube plug-ins support 64-bit hosts only, and a 64-bit OS is required. Therefore, for example, Pro Tools 10.x is no longer supported (contact support for latest 32-bit compatible installers).

Supported sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz, in both mono and stereo.

The most recent maintenance release of the DAW application is recommended.

AAX DSP is not in active development, but older products still support AAX DSP. For legacy TDM/VENUE, please see the Legacy Installers page.