Magix Analogue Modeling Suite VST Plugin
Plug-Ins: am-track, am-pulse, am-phibia

The Analogue Modelling Suite provides you with first-class audio tools based on replicas of classic circuit designs. This includes a high quality analogue compressor (am-track) with optional simulation of a studio tape machine's saturation effect, a transient designer (am-pulse) for influencing the signal envelope of percussive audio material and a tube pre-amp/channel strip (am-phibia).

"am-track" is a combination of an analogue compressor and a tape simulator in one single device. It is primarily used for so-called "tracking", i.e. editing individual channel strips or subgroup signals. Compression can be executed either as modern or "vintage". With emulation of the tape machine sound, typical aspects of the large, saturated sound characteristics of the magnetic recording for the hard disk studio can be made reality at low costs and high quality.

"am-pulse" is a "transient modeler", a creative tool for editing envelope and sustain processes on percussive or dynamic signals. Furthermore, the signal can be subtly "analogued" or considerably distorted by modulating the subsequent tube saturation and treble exciter sections.

"am-phibia" is a tube amplifier/channel strip. It combines an optical compressor with a pre and post filter unit. As a result of the various different filter circuits, the device can be varied to a large extent and used as a vocal pre-amp, tube guitar amplifier or to create "warmer" sound characteristics according to the input signal and audio style. With this tool, the sky's the limit to your creativity.

The plug-ins of the Analogue Modelling Suite recognize the number of incoming signals and can function automatically in mono to reduce processor strain by preventing the sending of another signal for calculation. 

About Magix VST Plugins
Magix VST Plugins are now available for other VST-enabled audio products for the first time.  These plugins, formerly only available within Sequoia or Samplitude, enjoy an excellent reputation within the studio scene.  The following programs are available as VST plug-ins:

Analogue Modelling Suite
-Includes am-track analogue compressor, am-pulse transient designer and am-phibia pre-amp / channel strip.
-First-class audio tools based on replicas of classic  circuit designs 

Vintage Effects Suite
-Includes CORVEX, ECOX and FILTOX.
-Provides highly-effective sound editing with chorus / flanger, echo / delay and  multimode filter plug-in 

VariVerb Pro (VARIable reVERB)
-High-quality reverb plug-in that runs on an algorithmic basis

These high-quality plug-ins will help you add the final touch to your entire mix or individual tracks by enabling precise editing, and will enhance your audiotechnical virtuosity.  Numerous professional features as well as intuitive handling of each individual application make AM Suite, VE Suite and VariVerb Pro an interesting tool for novices and the professional music producer alike.

When opened, all MAGIX VST plug-ins have a global display bar at the top for managing the presets as well as for further settings, called the "Console".  AA popup menu containing the current preset is located behind the display, thus enabling selection. Small up/down buttons for clicking through the presets are situated on the right.

Presets can be loaded and saved in so-called programs or banks. These terms are VST-specific. Programs are individual presets while a bank contains the entire preset memory.  In accordance with the VST standard, for instance, you can change the entire memory of the plug-in by changing individual presets, replacing them with other saved ones, or saving the entire bank.

You can return the presets to their initial settings by clicking on the "Reset" button.  Bypass-Switch: Routes the signal directly to the output instead and bypasses processing. Internally, processing is continued so that you can toggle between processed and unprocessed material anytime.

A/B comparison
Very useful for trying out settings. The controller setting "A" memory is normally activated when the interface is opened.  As this is the initial status, "B" also contains the same settings. If you want to try out an alternative setting, simply press the "B" button: it contains the "initial" setting when opened. If you want to transfer the settings of "A" to "B" while testing, simply press the copy button between the two letters.
"?"-Button
Opens the plug-in online help.

Parameter smoothing
Each plug-in offers soft controlling. Pot settings are softly faded internally from the old value to the new one. This is particularly noticeable when playing in live mode. Due to performance reasons, switches (e.g. on/off) and some settings of VariVerb Pro that change delay times directly or indirectly are exempt from this action.

Pot controls
Some controllers snap to the middle setting, which may be useful for quickly returning to a "neutral" status. It is extremely difficult to adjust the fine settings within close proximity of this snap point. You can temporarily deactivate this snap mode by holding the shift key before touching the controller. You can use the mouse wheel to adjust the controllers. A combination of the mouse wheel and shift key reduces the increase/decrease by factor ten. Regarding the controller movement please note that all plug-ins follow the host settings regarding linear or circular mouse movement. You can usually choose whether you prefer up/down or a circular movement to adjust the value.

System Requirements:
CPU Speed 1.5 GHz
512 MB RAM
Free Hard Disk Space 5MB
Graphics card: Min.resolution 1024x768 with 16-bit high-color
16-bit sound card
CD-ROM Drive
Windows 2000/XP/Vista