You may remember that Sknote ran a Kickstarter Campaign to fund AAX DSP plugin development. Well the Kickstarter wasn't successful but it hasn't deterred them and they are now announcing a raft of new AAX DSP plug-ins planned for release in October.
Information is limited and so here is all we know and prices are yet to be announced but Quinto has said that "we will like them", so make of that what you will. As soon as we know more we will update this story.
Sknote EchoTaps
- AAX-DSP for Avid HDX systems and Venue consoles.
- Several models span history of delays:
- Oil Can (the weirdest).
- Tape.
- Bucket Brigade (analog delay).
- Vintage digital (raw and warm).
- Modern Digital (clean).
- Modulation and pitch shifting, rhythms and swing, diffusion, early reflections, delay routing. Multi-mode ducking (with input or ducked-by).
- Available Oct 2016.
Sknote DolA
- DolA is an old “secret trick”. A noise reduction system abused to get high frequency enhancement.
- Simple: set the internal gain and mix.
- Extended with three optional modes.
- AAX-DSP for Avid HDX systems and Venue consoles.
- Extended with three modes.
- Available Oct 2016
Sknote Disto
- A version optimized for Avid HDX systems and Venue consoles.
- DSP system prefers split effects. Disto DSP is lighter, simpler, faster.
- Simple, fast, powerful. A classic.
- Available Oct 2016.
Sknote Percolate
- Percolate is a set of saturation circuits.
- AAX-DSP for Avid HDX systems and Venue consoles.
- Extremely simple interface, ten saturation circuits.
- Add saturation and color to tracks.
- Ten saturation circuits.
- Set the Gain, Mix to the source.
- Available Oct 2016.
Sknote AirDryer
- Just two controls.
- AAX-DSP for Avid HDX systems and Venue consoles.
- Increase or tame peaks.
- Add sustain or remove tails, reverb and resonances.
- An Envelope Modeler. No thresholds.
- Available Oct 2016.
Sknote MicCab
- MicCab is a microphone modeling system.
- AAX-DSP for Avid HDX systems and Venue consoles.
- Track through a transparent chain or synthesize sounds, add flavour from a list of sought-after microphones to add character, color and details.
- Condensers, ribbons, dynamics.
- Select the model, set the Gain, set or automate Proximity.
- Available Oct 2016.
They used an Earthworks measurement mic as a reference with what they describe as "clean audio interface preamps with plenty of headroom to produce these models.