It’s just that now you can abuse it if you wanted. It breaks up in a really unusual way that might be good on snares, but it too is best used as a subtle tone shaper, as the original Desk plugins used it. Go ahead and push it, but you’ll be happiest if you keep this one subtle too. There is no ‘clip point’ to it, it’s one continuous curve whatever the setting, so don’t go too saturated by mistake expecting to hear a clipping edge appear-it won’t.

Push it to see what the tone is, then dial it back to use as a subtle enhancement. The Overdrive control is what you’d think it is, but Airwindows style-articulate and fluid beyond what most software can do, thanks to the very latest generation of anti-aliasing algorithms. If you wanted to take BussColors (which already imitates a large format analog console exactly) and say, now let us model the wiring harness or longer mic cables or lower the power to the whole console, Desk3 is capable of making those kinds of adjustments, either on the 2-buss or on individual channels or busses (including busses you weren’t including BussColors instances on). The ultimate Airwindows saturation yet, and 96K ready.ĭesk3 works really well as two things- as a ‘generic analog console sound’ with a really slick fat overdrive that can run 96K where BussColors can’t, and as a ‘internal mixer stage’. Unique modes of analog overload give the ultimate dial-a-warm. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.ĭesk takes the original ‘Desk’ plugins to a new level. Desk is a free console emulation VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by Airwindows.

Mac free console emulator