Eplex7 DSP releases Cardiam D-142k vacuum tube passive parametric equalizer VST plugin for Windows

17th November 2022 - KVR Audio News

Eplex7 DSP has released Cardiam D-142k, a vacuum tube passive parametric equalizer VST plugin for Windows.

The Eplex7 DSP team explains:

The Cardiam D-142k is inspired by classic American coil and vacuum tube equalizers from the 50s and 60s. It is characterized by a soft "passive style" sound in the middle, highs and transients. Liquid and warm tones. During its development, we used advanced methods of emulating individual circuits / blocks as well as sampling analog hardware.

We removed all common ailments of digital analog emulations to the maximum (known) extent possible using technologies:

Ø - Zero harshness technology.

Clean Analog Top +Transients technology.

Hybrid Analog sampling + nonlinear algorithmic circuit emulation.

Vacuum tube emulation technology.

In our labs, we've developed a believable tube sound emulation to turn digital crisp sound into a fat, round, colorful and pleasing signal. We use advanced mathematical and DSP methods. We believe that this combination provides the best ratio of analog sound quality, software stability, and natural sound.

The equalizer is suitable for mixing from the most modern genres of electronic music that need to add warmth, fatness and rounding/softening to all genres of live music. It is especially suitable for mixing, of course it can also be used for mastering. It can be used with drums (electronic and acoustic), synthesizers, vocals, pianos, guitars, percussion, on submix tracks, etc.

Features:

3x passive boost / cut circuits w. selectable bandwidth Q, boost / cut amount and frequency:
- Low Frequency boost / cut circuit 10 to 180 Hz.
- Mid Frequency boost / cut 800 to 6000 Hz.
- High frequency boost / cut 11 to 22kHz.
- Low (bass) cut – 0 to 1,5kHz.
Device input (can control amount of color / saturation too).
Vacuum tube circuit with Warmth, Power and Saturation parameters.
High Frequency cut with very smooth liquid organic tone.
Input / Output Coil transformer On/Off switch - the isolation transformer is used in analog devices to separate the circuit from the surrounding world - the sound is not transmitted by a cable but by electromagnetic induction between two windings of the coil - it is mainly used to protect against overvoltages, interference, etc. In addition to functional reasons, however, transformers color the sound nicely, softening highs and transients.
Ø - Zero harshness technology.
Clean Analog Top + Transients technology.
Hybrid Analog sampling + nonlinear algorithmic circuit emulation.
Vacuum tube emulation technology.