Trident A-Range; Foreword By Malcolm Toft; Background - Softube VST User Manual

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Trident A-Range

Foreword by Malcolm Toft

I have evaluated the Softube Trident A-
Range equaliser plug-in at my studio with
some very experienced recording engineers.
After exhaustive listening tests with many
different instruments and vocals, I am pleased
to say that we all agree this is an incredibly
accurate software recreation of my original
A-Range design from 1971.
It exhibits all of the nuances of tone from the
original, right down to the 'saturation' control
which emulates the overdriven artifacts from
the original when large amounts of equalisa-
tion are applied or the input is driven hard.
Well done to all the guys at Softube.
Professor Malcolm Toft
Original designer of the Trident A-Range
console
Torquay, Devon, England
December 17, 2009

Background

The Trident™ A-Range® is a legendary
piece of equipment. As only thirteen A-Range
consoles were ever made, it remains a holy grail for
sound engineers and producers around the world
that hope to create equal works of art to those that
were originally recorded on the A-Range – David
Bowie's Ziggy Stardust, Queen, Elton John, the list
goes on...
The A-Range was originally designed in the early
70's for Trident Studios in London by Malcolm
Toft and Barry Porter. Toft was employed as a
sound engineer at Trident Studios and when the
studio needed a 24 track recording console, he
started Trident Audio Developments to design
and build the Trident A-Range. Other products
followed and found their way to studios around the
world. Toft remains active to this day, developing
products under the Trident name.
The A-Range plug-in from Softube is the first and
only native plug-in that has been fully endorsed by
Toft and Trident Audio.
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