Further development of DEEP plugins

[evankiljoyParticipant]

I am looking at an SQ6 to become my audio interface (via SoundGrid) and control surface. The thing that has really brought me to the SQ series as a console is its FPGA engine and DEEP plugins. I hear from A&H staff that further DEEP plugins are going to be released in the future but is there any indication of what we can expect?

If this is the right place to make recommendations then I’d like to suggest the following:
– Neve 1073/1081/1093 (I guess you could split the preamp modelling and EQ modelling into their respective sections)
– Neve TG12413 & 2254E limiter and compressor
– Pultec EQP-1A
– Teletronix LA3A
– API 550A & 550B

TBH, it’s mainly the Neve preamp and eq modelling that would be most useful. Anyone else have any suggestions?

[JohnParticipant]

I would give my balls for an API 2500, a 33609 or a 4K (any serious bus compressor).

Ps. Just a typo, but the TG1234 was a custom unit by EMI, not Neve.

I hope they up their DEEP game soon.

[evankiljoyParticipant]

Ahh right! The only time I’ve used the 12413s is in an old EMI Neve console so that’d be my confusion.

[jes89Participant]

+1 and fairchild 660/670

[evankiljoyParticipant]

Ohhhh, a 660/670 would be really nice.

Maybe a Shure Level-Loc too…

[ianhindParticipant]

The only things that’ll you’ll have a chance of seeing on any SQ-Series will be ported over from the dLive consoles.

dLive FX & Processing

[evankiljoyParticipant]

Those dLive effects alone would be a great upgrade. I’ve had communication from A&H themselves saying that there are further SQ series DEEP plugins coming, whether or not that just means the dLive ones being ported across or processors further to that I’m not sure. Do the dLive series have the DEEP compressors/GEQ and Tube Preamp options that the SQ series have?

[ScottParticipant]

Yes, dLive has the preamps, compressors GEQs, and a really nice FX library. It has an additional preamp, and compressor model, and many additional FX that are presently not available on the SQ. I’m hoping that A&H ports over the OptTronic compressor model to the SQ series.

[evankiljoyParticipant]

Wow, just checked out the OptTronik compressor on the dLive Director, how close is it to an LA2A?… But at least it looks great! So does the Ducker, that would be very handy in a recording context too. The Dual Tube preamp looks nice, how does it differ to the Tube Stage sound?

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