Arturia Pre V76 - Vintage Preamplifier Plugin (VST/AU/AAX)

If you want to explore the sound that defined 60s pop music, this is the plug-in for you. Combining the accurately emulated V612 EQ and V76 preamp in one unit, you can enjoy that legendary sound in your virtual studio.

From its broadcast origins to its use on some of the best-selling, most enduring records of all time, the V76 preamp has played a pivotal supporting role in the story of pop music. Loved by the engineers and technicians, and incorporated into the iconic REDD mixing consoles, the V76 coveted for that "White Album" sound, every major studio in the world wanted a piece of the action, and tens of thousands of Telefunken preamps were created to meet the demand. These days, due to scarcity and cost, it's practically impossible for most musicians and producers to pick up one of these legendary preamps.

In the same way Arturia built its reputation on recreating legendary, rare synths and keyboards through advanced modelling, they decided to use their TAE® technology to give everyone the chance to experience that legendary V76 sound. By studying its sound and design, right down to the subtleties of each electronic component, they have created a virtual preamp that brings quintessential vintage tone to a whole new generation of musicians.

Features:

• Virtual recreation of vintage German valve preamp
• 73 dB virtual continuous input gain
• +/- 24 dB Output trim level
• Germanium EQ and filter section emulation
• Include bypass and phase Inversion switch
• High Tone Filter
• High Shelf band
• +/- 10dB gain
• 5kHz fixed frequency
• Midrange Bell Filter
• +/- 18 dB gain
• Continuous frequency range from 360Hz to 7.2kHz
• Low Tone Filter
• Low Shelf band
• +/- 10dB gain
• 100Hz fixed frequency
• High Pass Filter
• Cut frequency at 80Hz, 300Hz and 80+300Hz for steeper slope
• 1 and 2 channels plugin versions
• 3 stereo modes
• Stereo Link
• Dual Mono Channels
• Mid/side (M/S) encoding-decoding for advanced stereo processing
• 3 sensibility mode (-18dBFs, -12dBS, -8 dBFs)
• 3 sensibility mode (-18dBFs, -12dBS, -8 dBFs)
• Analog clipping indicated by bright red color
• Comprehensive set of presets
• State-of-the-art TAE® analog modeling

Vintage sound with today's technology
Simply put, preamps were originally created to make signals louder. They would take a low-powered audio signal - from a microphone or instrument, for example - and amplify them so that they were the strong enough for mixing, while minimizing any added noise. North West German Radio were early pioneers of this technology, creating high quality preamps for broadcasting. Enhancing NWGR's design, Telefunken produced the V72, which later evolved into the studio-focused V76, and became a staple in studios around the world.

Fast forward 70 years, and the pro audio industry has changed a little. Superbly transparent, low noise, affordable preamps are included in almost every audio interface. However, the subtle tonal shift that vintage preamps gave to the audio they treated, especially vacuum-tube designs like the V76, are missing today. Arturia wanted to give you the best of both worlds: the ability to color the sound of your modern recorded audio and virtual instruments with the iconic tone of classic studio gear.