You might ask, doesn’t sharing processing defeat the purpose of having an external DSP box? Well, it’s easy to say that looking at a list of specs, but in practice (and certainly in my experiences with digital audio), this is not the case. What this means to you: V3, once it goes beyond 32 channels, allows the processing to be shared between the host’s processor and Duende’s DSP chips, giving you many more instances of the plugins than just the DSP alone.
The most significant addition to V3 is what SSL calls “hybrid core processing engine.” V3 starts at 32 instances and allows for even more instances with paid upgrades allowing 64 and 128 channels cost $119 and $229, respectively.
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V2 requires a paid upgrade of $370 to bump it up to 32 channels.
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Our test results would most certainly be cross platform, however.Īt this point in its product life, Duende has two software versions: V2, for G4/G5 processors using OS X 10.4, and V3 for Intelbased Macs. My friend and fellow engineer Will Hensley and I tested the Duende Mini on a few Mac system configurations, from Tiger up to Snow Leopard to test its might. Mind you, their intention for the C series was to emulate the 4000 E and G Series EQ’s and channel strips, so it’s not as if this is false advertising. It should be noted first and foremost that the channel strip and G Buss Compressor are based on the digital C Series console’s channel strip NOT a direct emulation of the 4000G+ channel strip (look to the Waves SSL Bundle for the official emulation of this, or UAD for the unofficial one). There are a few paid upgrades, which give you more instances, which I’ll lay out in detail shortly. Out of the box, Duende Mini gives you 16 mono (or 8 stereo) instances of the SSL Channel Strip.
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SSL listened to their user base who wanted the power of the Duende in a more portable package, and they delivered.įrom the pro who wants some extra horsepower with that distinctive British tone to the hobbyist/prosumer looking to add something classic to their mixes without breaking the bank, the Duende Mini gives a working engineer flexible tools to make great sounding mixes in their favorite DAW while being small enough to be truly portable. Its original inception as a 1RU FireWire DSP box with a couple of SSL plug-ins has expanded beyond basic emulations and provides more powerful DSP to boot. While Duende has been around for a while now, it is a product that is growing and changing. The Duende Mini, in short, is SSL‘s magical sound housed in a 1/3 rack sized metal box that houses 4 proprietary DSP chips the size of an average external hard drive.
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