The feathers of the Windfeather crane are surprisingly light to the touch and will fly away with the slightest breeze. Each master track has the Eiosis Air EQ, which is a super-transparent EQ that I love using on master tracks, Cytomic’s The Glue compressor to glue things together, the Crane Song Phoenix II for any additional saturation, the McDSP F202 for bass management to each surround channel, and the Massey L2007 limiter at the end. Crane chicks of the Timeless Isle sometimes sing a curious song that calms the nerves and soothes the soul. In this video John goes over how to use Phoenix II and uses it on the buss tracks in a heavy rock mix. Their feathers seem to have the ability to lighten spirits, and may have magical properties. The meat of the Windfeathers makes for a savory, if lean, meal. You can also A/B individual tracks or the entire mix to compare your handiwork, choose a pre or post insert. But it also gives you the power to tweak its Drive and Tone controls globally to get the sound you want, whether that means something richer, brighter, smoother, or livelier. The males seem particularly fierce, and will ruffle their feathers to sweep a powerful gust of wind at attackers. HEAT works similarly, processing all audio tracks individually. The matriarchs of the species sing a soothing melody, calming the chicks when they are agitated. The birds seem to have an affinity with the winds, and can smooth down their feathers, allowing them to strike rapidly at predators. Phoenix II uses 32-bit floating point math and has a lower noise floor than the original release.The Windfeather species of crane, found only on the Timeless Isle, are capable of producing brilliant plumage, and are highly protective of their nests. Phoenix II runs both NATIVE and DSP on Avid’s Pro Tools 10 AAX format. When the input trim and output trim controls are at 0 dB, (no change in gain) and no tape process is being added to the sound, the plugin is bit accurate, meaning the output exactly matches the input. This can be useful on material that is hitting close to or at digital zero and on material that has a low recorded level. The input trim can also be used to prevent clipping in the rare cases where clipping may be a problem and bringing up the level of a track for an increased amount of color.

A level control determines the amount of Phoenix II that is integrated into the audio signal and an input trim determines 'how hard you hit the tape.' Because the DSP process is level dependent the input level trim control has been improved and an output trim control has been added. Gold is the position where the color is approximately flat in frequency response, with Sapphire being brighter, and Opal being a warmer tonality. The type is selected with a switch for easy comparison between the types and the brightness is also selected with a switch.

Phoenix II has five different tape-analog characteristics. The Phoenix II process not only incorporates the nonlinear saturation characteristics created by magnetic tape itself, but also includes the interrelation of an analog tape recorder's record/reproduce electronics and equalization curves. Designed to emulate the unique properties of a magnetic tape machine

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