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It’s on point — A+. Some people use it to disrupt the power. I find it cleans everything up. Especially after you turn it off.
This has been on all my mixes since Tchad Blake told me about it. Shockingly good.
Love this thing! Fixes out-of-tune singers, drummers with no sense of time. It’s very threatening.
Just like everyone else, I wanted my guitars to be as huge as Randy Staub’s. This plugin does all that and more.
I went deep on the analog modeling with SITRAL, and you can feel it. Crank the input, lean into the EQ, slam the output. It doesn’t fall apart or get ugly. Just like the real thing.”
Korneff Audio’s SITRAL W295 EQs are truly awesome. I’ve been incorporating them into my workflow and I love what they do to guitars and vocals in particular. They have tons of great midrange character without sounding harsh. I also love the impeccably detailed modeling of every step of the circuit and the option to tweak every variable down to the transformers. The W295 EQ is the type of plugin that’s hard to make sound bad. Korneff Audio knocked it out of the park!
This plug-in made me want to overuse it as soon as I started playing with it, in a good way. It sounds so good and reminds me of the strange sounding hifi electronics we used to hotrod to use in the studio. Loads of fun, and really is its own thing.
Actually, every plug Korneff does is a winner. I like to mix with a kinda matrix of parallel and serial busses, bleeding things a lot, sending opposite instruments to different shared effects.
Especially when working with beats, ambient pads, and sequencers, I use Micro Digital Reverberator and The Echoleffe Tape Delay as tasty verb and delay FX, returning them through the A.I.P to tweak their tones. Then I like to set up Talkback Limiter on an effect send, set to strong to severe compression — smash ’n’ grab — all wet, then send small amounts of either dry instruments or their effects to the TL, adjusting the return level to taste!
This plugin gets right to the point. It’s got the right amount of tools to get the job done. When you need a fast, fun channel strip, this is it.
I’ve been using the Level-Loc all over my mixes. It nails the sound of the hardware but it’s even more useful.
I didn’t want to make another tape emulation… that road is well traveled. What I DID want was something that gave me the vibe — warmth, compression, sparkle — but without being bound to the physics of analog tape. Just the good stuff. The result just made things sound better. More musical. So I kept using it. Even after a year of tinkering, it still hasn’t worn off.
I’ve been listening to the Level-Loc on Tchad Blake records for year, and now there’s a thing that does that thing. It’s going into my mix template.
I’ve had so much fun with the Shure Level-Loc over the years. Today I’m pinching myself watching the Korneff Audio plugin appear on my monitor and hearing the magic.
I’ve just started using it and what a powerhouse!
Mercy, it’s good! Great tool for quickly adding flavor when used as a snare and BGV return for unique slap, ambiance, and gritty warmth.
Korneff Audio plugins to me are really exciting and fun to work with. The Talkback Limiter sits nicely in parallel on my drum busses. The Pawn Shop Compressor can handle pretty much anything from drums all the way to vocals. And the AIP is just on another level as far as I’m concerned. It never leaves my guitar busses. Just a really solid variety of sounds that are really fun to use.
I love this thing. I’m already using your SITRAL all over the place and replacing various other EQ’s. Super straightforward to use and, like all of your plugins, the interface is a pleasure to tweak.
Korneff Audio plugins are a perfect blend of creativity and sonic excellence—unique tools that inspire innovation while delivering outstanding sound quality.
Been reaching for the new Korneff SITRAL EQ a lot — it’s officially my go-to for electric guitars. It already sounded great, but they really took it to another level with the tilt and transformers/ saturation features. Effortless tone, every time.
Finally!! Been using the beta in secret all this year. Just an awesome sound unlike anything else I have. Love the midrange and the top is so pleasing.
I don’t think it possible to be disappointed with this SITRAL eq.
Rarely does an all in one plugin come along that is an adequate replacement for what you already use. I usually have an EQ doing some filtering and cutting, multiband to tighten up the low end, some saturation, and I love compressing guitars too.. this legitimately replaced 4 or more plugins I’m usually stacking up on my guitar tracks, and DOES IT BETTER. And the Insufferable Midrange Filter is the thing-I-didn’t-know-I-was-missing, and now idk what I’d do without it. Channel strip on steroids. I love it
The AIP is my new go-to for guitar processing and I’ve used it on every song I’ve mixed since it was released. Everything I need is right there in one place and it sounds fantastic. It’s so easy to dial in a great tone using the various tools in this powerful plugin. Do yourself a favor and pick this up!
Dan’s plugins give me a totally different flavor than anything else out there. They sound great, are super easy and fun to use, and give you that “wow” factor that can turn a dull sound into something super exciting the second you instantiate them.
I’m a “compress” on the way in kinda guy with vocals, but even so, Pawn Shop Comp takes everything up a level. That last sweet bit of compression to make them pop, and then cranking the preamp and bias knobs make everything stand out over the sea of guitar layers and synths.
Beyond vocals.. snare or kick need some smack? What’s better than some dirty tube compression? Warm up your dull guitars? Got it covered. Def obsessed with using this guy.
Not only is the Pawn Shop compressor powerful and punchy, it’s also packed with a myriad of extremely useful tone selections!
In addition, as an owner of an SSL 4000 E series console, I can say 1st hand Korneff Audio NAILED the talkback limiter! Well done guys!!
Its hard to explain what ‘Analog’ feels like to an individual that may have only ever come into contact with plugins and starter interfaces. Analog in its best state solves multiple problems and encourages characteristics of the source tone in an unpredictable and musical way.
AIP is as close to that experience in a plugin as i’ve ever had in recent times. Its really enjoyable to be able to trust something and not have to over analyse (as can happen with some brands that aren’t telling the whole truth)
AIP is a go to for encouraging tones into shapes we enjoy listening to.
You have done it again! From the moment I tried it I’ve been really loving it. So useful and a fresh approach. You can tell this comes from Dan’s many years experience making killer records. Innovative and professional tools. Love the Talkback!!
Chocolate Milk is essential. I recently put it on a rough mix which I liked for its musical content, but this rough had a certain boxiness and upper midrange “pain factor.” In a couple of minutes I turned the rawest punk rock live show cassette into smooth makeout music. well, in terms of spectral balance at least. In the case of my rough, it now sounds a lot more like music!
I love Chocolate Milk! It has not left my bass chain since I tried it. It gives a glue-like tape saturation and compression without taking anything away – like Hi-Fi Tape. With no latency it’s on my live bass rig as well, and that Froth knob on slaps and pops is salted butter.
This surprising little Microverb from Korneff is absolutely fantastic. My classic Klark-Teknik DN 780 Just Died on me but this verb is the perfect replacement for it. The Gated Verbs are a wonderful reminder of a great musical time gone by, This is a very welcome & flavorful tool to my arsenal, Thx Lads, you’ve done it yet again & I salute you…
The sound and feel of Korneff Audio’s Talkback Limiter are unmistakable and indispensable in my workflow. It’s ridiculous and one of a kind.
The WOW Thing is a powerful tone box. Its uncanny ability to create space in a mix while retaining punch and character is fantastic, just like my favorite analog gear.
The pawn shop comp kicks all the ass. Feels like the real thing. Does exactly want I want it to do. Love it on drums. Has been getting plenty of work on recent mixes. For the price this thing is a no-brainer.
My favorite thing about the Pawn Shop Comp is just how ridiculously hard I can push it without everything falling apart. Whether I want clean, pumpy, or totally annihilated, I know PSC will deliver.
INSTANT MAINSTAY ON DRUMS. 10 years of flip flopping on other reverbs is over, thank goodness. The other thing this is for me is a great vocal reverb. I’m always dialing in pre-delay, and I love short, thick reverbs. Honestly, I used this on guitars the other day just to see, and I kept it. It’s SO EASY to dial in, you’re not wasting time searching, just turn it and burn it!
My goal for a long time now is to make a frictionless-as-possible studio…. Where someone comes up with an idea and then it’s basically a lubed-up waterslide to completion. Things like this, the MDR is definitely aligned with my guiding principles. Every mix will have an instance of it somewhere.
I wanted to let you know I’ve been working for a solid week now using the AIP and Pawn Shop. Excellent, excellent work. It’s weird: rarely do I have a single plugin or channel strip or the like that can absolutely transform audio to where I want it, in just a few steps, mind you, but AIP nails it. Like, every time! Crikey. I’m so impressed. And it doesn’t hog the cpu or anything. I… think I’m in love. With a plugin.
It’s mistake to think of the Pawn Shop Comp as just a compressor. “The front side” is definitely a great sounding compressor, but where it really separates itself from the pack is as a tool to sculpt audio. “The other side” of this plugin is what makes it so much more than just a compressor.
Pawn Shop Comp is full of analog colour, it has been incredible for so many instruments, especially drums. With Dan putting his amazing electronics knowledge into the tweakable elements of the plugin, it has made this such a versatile compressor for me.
The pawn shop compressor has become my go to plugin on every project. I’m not sure how I ever mixed without it, especially on drums! Thanks Dan for making mixing so much easier.
Korneff Plugin Licensing
Software Based
Korneff Audio uses a software-based licensing system. No USB or hardware dongles, no special drivers are needed.
Four Activations
Our plugins can be activated on up to four (4) machines at the same time.
Connections
An internet connection is required to activate our software. Internet connection required for all demos.
Software Requirements: SITRAL Klangfilter W295
Current Version: 1.0.1
Minimum System Requirements
- Intel, AMD or Apple Silicon i5 quad core processor
- 4GB of RAM
- Mac OSX 10.14 or later
- Windows 7 & Above
- Linux minimum: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or equivalent (x86-64)
- Linux recommended: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later, Debian 11+, Fedora 36+, or any modern distribution using glibc ≥ 2.28
- Screen res: 1024 x 768 or higher
Supported Plugin Formats
- Mac 64bit: VST3, AU, AAX
- Windows 64bit: VST3, AAX
- Linux 64bit: VST3, LV2
