The multiplicity resides in the addition of three separate filters, again similar to those found in Decimort. There's only one distortion element in the signal path - aВ preamp stage similar to that found in Decimort, offering an emulation of analogue 'diode clipping' distortion, with Threshold and Knee controls. It's billed as aВ multiвЂ‘band plugвЂ‘in, but isn't, at least as IВ understand the term. Ugly, but mostly in aВ good way.Дevastor likewise sounds like aВ sinister figure from aВ JK Rowling book, but is actually aВ distortion effect. All manner of fizzing, ringing, clanging and crunching effects can be applied to almost anything drums are the most obvious candidate, but if, like me, you retain aВ weird nostalgia for the sound you got by plugging your first electric guitar into the mic socket on your parents' music system, the preamp distortion will get you surprisingly close. Not being lucky enough to own an MPC60 or similar, IВ can't vouch for Decimort's accuracy in emulating classic samplers, but IВ was very impressed by the sheer range of nasty noises that you can make. These are followed by an antiвЂ‘aliasing filterВ and aВ conventional resonantВ filter that offers all the standard filterВ responses. The signal path begins with aВ preamp control, which imparts aВ crunchy, solidвЂ‘state clipping distortion when you ramp it up, before the left and right channels pass through independent but linkable bitвЂ‘depth and sampleвЂ‘rate reduction stages (I'mВ unsure why you'd ever want to unlink them, personally). There are still samplers and drum machines from the '80s that command high prices because of the particular brand of crunchiness they impart to the source, and of all the innumerable 'bit crushing' effects, no two ever seem to sound quite the same.Д16's Decimort is the first such plugвЂ‘in I've encountered that includes presets emulating the sound of classic hardware like the Akai MPC60, Emu Emulator, Casio FZ1 and so forth. Reducing the bit depth and sample rate of aВ digitised signal is aВ fairly simple business, so it's aВ source of constant wonder that it can yield such individual and widely varied results. D16 appear to be less interested in your classic Neves and Pultecs, and more in the design quirks and technological limitations that gave older electronic instruments their individual qualities.

D16 Group are aВ Polish development team whose plugвЂ‘ins have an oldвЂ‘school flavour, but their Silver Line effects and processors stand out from the crowd of vintage emulations.

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