REQ: Acustica Audio Smoke

Smoke is a “Made in the USA” suite consisting of three different plugins, each an emulation of a rare piece of tube gear dating from the late 1950s to the present day.

A “Made in the USA” plugin suite.

This suite includes emulations of some of the best tube gear ever built for the pro audio market. The “valve sound” is absolutely unparalleled

The preamps in Smoke sound massive and smooth; the EQs and filters are legendary; the Comp is like no other plugin suite out there today. These user-friendly plugins allow you to achieve that classic quality that dominated the airwaves in the 1960’s, without breaking a sweat.

What You Get

The Smoke plugin suite includes:

• Smoke Stereo EQ: A stereo, 4-band, fully-parametric EQ with high and low-pass filters derived from vintage US-made units from the 1960s and 70s. Plus a complete preamp section featuring 5 mono line and 5 mono mic emulations from a famous tube mixer amplifier of the 1960s, and 5 custom mono-stereo preamps derived from historically high-value tube standalone hardware.

• Smoke Comp: A 1950s tube compression amplifier emulation, a real a piece of history, an all-American stalwart of early broadcast and recording studios.

• Smoke Strip: A dual-mono 4-band fully-parametric EQ with High and Low-pass Filters derived from a historic US-made unit from the 60s-70s, the same preamp emulation of Smoke Stereo EQ and finally a 1950s Tube Compression Amplifier emulation, a real a piece of history, an all-American stalwart of early broadcast and recording studios.