


When you’re ready to end the loudness wars and bring real-deal mixes to the table, while maintaining the dynamics and musicality today’s music has been lacking, you’ll know you’re ready for Slate Digital’s FG-X.Unlike a lot of compressors, the gain reduction meter is set to show a very small range of just 3dB by default, which is spot-on for most mastering situations. They know that the mix engineer worked hard to get the right color across the mix, so why alter it? Instead, FG Dynamics aims to maintain that quality, offering up incredibly transparent compression that gives you just the right oomph. What about the FG Dynamics compressor? Slate Digital recognizes that most top-level mastering engineers use very little compression, if any at all. Last up, you can use the “ITP” slider to prevent unwanted distortions or crackles, so you won’t get weird artifacts in your masters because a mix has small bursts of low-frequency energy here and there. And after the Slate Digital Gain maximizer, you’ll want to use the dynamic perception parameter to make your final master sound totally open and punchy. The Detail feature helps you add more clarity and focus – ideal for your buried kick or snare sounds. Use the “Launch” parameter to transparently increase your tracks punch and dynamics, without unbalancing the mix. With Level, you can use the Transient knobs to fine-tune your mix transients. Slate Digital’s FG-X includes the FG Level maximization plug-in and the FG Dynamics compression plug-in. Using “Intelligent Transient Preservation” technology, Slate Digital’s FG-X looks ahead at your mix and optimizes its response based on the transient coming up - it’s not some one-size-fits-all compressor, it’s custom-tailored to make your mix sound its best. This plug-in bundle takes advantage of breakthrough DSP techniques to get your tracks pumping, without causing that lifeless, overly compressed sound. That’s why you need Slate Digital’s FG-X. In fact, they wear out the listener’s ears. You want your masters to sound louder - of course! Today’s “loudness wars,” squash out all the dynamics, make the tracks sound harsh.
