Silk- free sample pack

Rupert Neve Designs' criminally discontinued Portico II Channel is such a dream of a channel strip for getting some actual work done. You'll come for the silk, but you'll stay for the 4 band EQ that grabs beautifully, the excellent VCA compressor with feedback and feed forward modes, and the extremely clutch de-ess feature in the upper mids that goes from 800Hz to 16kHz that works a treat on everything from taming vocal sibilance, keeping hats and overheads under control, "unboxing" a room, controlling drum ring, managing the honk of electric guitars. Its natural, transformer balanced box tone is "forward" and-- dare I say-- API-esque enough that tracks run through it just "work." If you wish you could get 8 of these together but can't, we offer the next best thing.