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Here's how it works

There's a point in every mix where the parts are right but the whole isn't breathing as one yet. The VTC closes that gap – it pulls a mix together until it stops sounding like tracks and starts sounding like a record.

It does this the old way: an all-tube Vari-Mu signal path, the same principle behind the legendary Fairchild 670. But where vintage units can feel temperamental, the VTC is built to be effortless.

What can the VTC do with your music?

• It compresses your mix and glues it together.
• It clears up the bass and low midrange and gives it definition.
• It adds a golden finish to your sound.

Even at high compression, the liveliness and micro-dynamics are preserved. The VTC matches your music. With its 'gilded' tube sound and beautifully soft compression, it merges a mix into a homogeneous whole.

The VTC suits the mix bus, solo instruments and subgroups.

For the accurate reproduction of all settings, every control is equipped with 42 steps.
By default the VTC runs as a linked stereo pair. Switch the link off and the two channels work independently – for two separate mono signals.

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Why the sounds gel together so well

Built on the Vari-Mu principle – the same used in the Fairchild 670 – the VTC has a distinct, musical character that already puts the finishing touch on many mixes.

Many hours of fitting, listening and testing went into the VTC.
It starts compressing very gently and only tightens its grip as you push it harder. A high-pass filter in the analysis circuit reduces the influence of low frequencies on the compression. Together with the right attack and release settings, this lets the VTC compress a full mix without audible pumping – even at up to 6 dB of gain reduction.

Why it adds that golden finish

Per channel, the signal passes through 3 transformers and 4 triode tubes.

Why does that matter? Tubes – especially triodes – add overtones the ear perceives as pleasant, and help the individual sound sources stand out more clearly. Instruments gain presence. Transformers convert current into a magnetic field and back again, and their gentle non-linearity adds a pleasing saturation before the signal ever reaches the compression stage. The bass becomes tidier and more defined; the treble is pleasantly rounded off.

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