32C Channel Plugin

[madmaxmiller]

What if you drive it a little harder. So put in a slightly stronger signal…

But that's just one component of the original console. I guess no one thinks that it alone can get 32C sound. That's why we have the Mixbus 32C.

Personally, I rely on Harrison's statement. It's just a channel plugin. Other candies can be found in the Mixbus 32C DAW. But definitely quality stuff.

I'll do some more testing for sure. However, driving it harder I expect making it even more unlikely to cancel out between the two. Hotter signals also, but I wanted a "real" world scenario for the first run, hence -6dB. Also, if you want to proof/disproof something you need to limit the scope first. The guy in the video was fiddling with the compressor also and whatnot, while the question was: is the 32C EQ different from any stock EQ? So I put EQ vs EQ as clean as possible.

Next thing I'll test: "null" or cancel out as much as possible one setting, then changing the neighbouring freq/gain knobs on 32C and trying to match this in ReaEQ's respective dials without touching the former one. This is when the push-pull of an analogue circuitry comes into play, changing frequencies, Qs and gains of the whole ever so slightly when touching one of the dials. If the 32C EQ does this (and ReaEQ doesn't) it must be impossible to null (or get it to the same low level as with one dial only) and hard to match even if I use all available dials on ReaEQ.

After that I might use the actual built-in EQ of a Mixbus32C instance and do the same tests.
Finally I could put Mixbus32C versus AVA 32C Channel Strip to check what Ben said - if there's a gain/dithering problem with the plugin. These two should Null perfectly with all settings.

Again: All tools are freely available and everyone is invited to try it out themselves. We all know how easy it is to get the "desired" result in an experiment while subconsciously messing up method and apparatus to comply. That's why peer reviews exist, otherwise scientists could just make a YT video and declare this truth.

Cheers, MMM

P.S.: If someone owns the real hardware strip and checks it vs the 32C software -  that would be interesting, too - it wouldn't null I guess as there are too many other components like ADC/DAC in the path, but how close can you get?