Overview
Saffire PRO 40 includes the Focusrite plugin suite, produced by the same team that who developed Novation's nio FX rack and Saffire PRO 40 Control. They provide the perfect upgrade from your standard sequencer effects with all-new Focusrite Compression, Reverb, Gating and EQ VST/AU plug-ins, for use in the mix.
Each plug-in has a host of pre-sets that provide a reasonable starting point, delivering suitable solutions for the chosen sound source. Having selected a preset, you can then go on to finely tune these settings.
The compressor and gate have been modeled on the Focusrite's hardware devices, using the measurement of custom optos to achieve the signature Focusrite sound. (All Focusrite optos are tuned by ear, just like in the old days of analog design, ensuring a faithful recreation of those classic vintage 1960s optical compressors.)
With the same signature as the original Focusrite EQ curves. Focusrite's R&D team used state-of-the-art numerical transform techniques to create an authentic response across the entire audible frequency spectrum for this software EQ.
The Reverb is based on classic algorithmic studio reverb designs.
System Requirements
Mac OS
• Power PC G4/G5 or Intel Mac
• Mac OS 10.4.11 or higher
• 512 MB RAM
• XVGA [High Colour 1024x768]
Windows
• Windows XP* or Vista (All Versions)
• Pentium III 600 MHz CPU or faster**
• 512 MB RAM
• XVGA [High Colour 1024x768]
Supported Formats
• Windows - VST
• Mac OS - VST, Audio Unit
* Windows XP users are advised to use Windows XP2 or higher
** 1GHz CPU recommended
