V2 requires a paid upgrade of $370 to bump it up to 32 channels. Our test results would most certainly be cross platform, however.Īt this point in its product life, Duende has two software versions: V2, for G4/G5 processors using OS X 10.4, and V3 for Intelbased Macs. My friend and fellow engineer Will Hensley and I tested the Duende Mini on a few Mac system configurations, from Tiger up to Snow Leopard to test its might. Mind you, their intention for the C series was to emulate the 4000 E and G Series EQ’s and channel strips, so it’s not as if this is false advertising. It should be noted first and foremost that the channel strip and G Buss Compressor are based on the digital C Series console’s channel strip NOT a direct emulation of the 4000G+ channel strip (look to the Waves SSL Bundle for the official emulation of this, or UAD for the unofficial one). There are a few paid upgrades, which give you more instances, which I’ll lay out in detail shortly. Out of the box, Duende Mini gives you 16 mono (or 8 stereo) instances of the SSL Channel Strip. SSL listened to their user base who wanted the power of the Duende in a more portable package, and they delivered.įrom the pro who wants some extra horsepower with that distinctive British tone to the hobbyist/prosumer looking to add something classic to their mixes without breaking the bank, the Duende Mini gives a working engineer flexible tools to make great sounding mixes in their favorite DAW while being small enough to be truly portable. Its original inception as a 1RU FireWire DSP box with a couple of SSL plug-ins has expanded beyond basic emulations and provides more powerful DSP to boot.
While Duende has been around for a while now, it is a product that is growing and changing. Perfect for smoothing, controlling and adding presence to any source material.The Duende Mini, in short, is SSL‘s magical sound housed in a 1/3 rack sized metal box that houses 4 proprietary DSP chips the size of an average external hard drive. The plug-in also features High and Low Pass Filters which can also be applied to the side chain. Both the Compressor and Gate/Expander sections feature fast/slow attack switches and independent side chains. The Compressor can be switched between soft and hard knee. The Dynamics section offers separate Compressor and Gate/Expander. The whole EQ can be switched between E & G Series characteristics and can be applied to the dynamics side chain. The EQ section is a classic 4-band design with parametric LMF & HMF and shelving LF & HF sections (LF & HF switch to Bell). The SSL Native Channel Strip 2 Plug-in delivers the legendary tone, features and workflow of an SSL 9000K console channel strip, now featuring SSL's proprietary 'Anti-Cramping' technology and external Side Chain input.
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