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1.4. Arturia's secret ingredient: TAE®
TAE® (True Analog Emulation) is Arturia's outstanding technology dedicated to the digital
reproduction of analogue circuits used in vintage synthesizers.
TAE®’s software algorithms result in spot-on emulation of analogue hardware. This is why
1973-Pre offers an unparalleled quality of sound, as do all of Arturia’s virtual synthesizers
and plug-ins.
1.5. Arturia's approach to Comp VCA-65
Our goal was to accurately model the sound of this famous vintage compressor unit, the
successor to the first and most successful VCA compressor ever. Of course, being an Arturia
product, it was not enough to simply model the vintage hardware and call it done. We
wanted to push the envelope, so we also added some tasteful new features that honor the
original while making it more useful in a modern context.
The unit emulated here was an evolution of that first VCA compressor. It's no surprise that
it shared most of the characteristics that made its predecessor famous, while introducing
some welcomed new features, like a soft compression curve, an Auto Mode which allows
Attack and Release parameters to be dependent on the program material, and even a rough
Peak Limiter.
Linear Frequency spectrum of a well known software synthesizer
Linear frequency spectrum of an oscillator modeled with TAE®
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