Redline Preamp For Mac

Unlike many other saturation plugins, Redline Preamp does not really limit to just one analogue device.

Instead the developers have captured the essence of what makes analogue gear sound so, well, analogue and provide controls to sculpt the effect to your liking.

You can use it for subtle coloration and high-class grunge, from vintage and tape emulation to warming and fattening of digital mixes.

Let’s talk gear for a second. All analogue equipment—whether it be an expensive high-end analogue equalizer or that prized vintage preamp - creates so-called harmonic distortion.

In contrast to what the term suggests (and what emotions may pop into your mind when you hear the word distortion), the harmonic kind of distortion is often perceived as pleasing. In fact it is an important factor of what makes vintage analogue gear sound so magical.

Depending on its character it can add punch, body, sheen—whatever you prefer to call it—to an audio signal.

At the heart of Redline Preamp lies a flexible algorithm that can emulate most kinds of harmonic distortion, and thus the inherent character of most analogue, tape or tube equipment.

While it has not been modeled after any particular piece of gear it can do a wide range of convincing analogue emulations. Detailed control over even and odd harmonics, frequency-dependent saturation, and soft clipping allows you to turn Redline Preamp into a vintage console channel, a 15ips multitrack recorder, a musical tube preamp, and everything in between.