Equalizers & Trident A-Range Bundle

The Equalizers & Trident A-Range Bundle combines Equalizers with the legendary Trident A-Range equalizer. Equalizers is a modern EQ packed with features such as dynamic bands, draggable curves, full M/S and L/R routing, and the unique ability to host modeled Softube EQs within it—allowing the Trident A-Range to be used with additional modern tools like EQ curves, a frequency analyzer, and extra bands.

The Trident A-Range, created with original designer Malcolm Toft, is a faithful model of the rare analog console—only thirteen were ever built. Known for its musical, sometimes unpredictable character, it features four bands of EQ, high and low pass filters, and a dedicated saturation control. Used on classic recordings by David Bowie, Queen, Metallica, and more, it delivers a unique blend of precision and vibe that makes it as much an instrument as an equalizer. Together, these plug-ins offer the ultimate pairing of vintage color and modern control.

Equalizers

Equalizers is a modern equalizer with all the bells and whistles. It features a super- optimized CPU, colorful and draggable curves, dynamic bands, individual channel control (mid, side, left, right), and more. With more to come.

A unique element of Equalizers, however, is the ability to load modeled Softube equalizer plug-ins within the plug-in. For example, loading Trident A-Range within Equalizers gives not only the full Trident A-Range experience but also modern features like EQ curves, a frequency analyzer, or even an extra band.

With Equalizers, users get the best of both: corrective and vibey equalizing in one plug-in for an ultra-fast workflow.

Features

• Vintage and modern equalizing combined
• A modern EQ with the ability to load vintage EQs
• Modern EQ bands with all the bells and whistles
• Dynamic bands
• Fully flexible M/S L/R routing

Learn more about Equalizers.

Trident A-Range

The Trident A-Range equalizer 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 works of art equal to those that were originally recorded on the A-Range – David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, Queen, Elton John, the list goes on…

It is sometimes said that one of the disadvantages of digital mixing and recording is that the happy accidents one could experience with analog gear just don’t happen in the DAW. People saying that clearly haven’t tried Softube’s Trident A-Range equalizer.

Because the Trident A-Range is not only a tremendously nice sounding and highly characteristic equalizer. Its four frequency bands also have a way of integrating in sometimes rather unpredictable ways. More often than not you will find that the equalizer ends up giving you something even better than you may have expected when you made a certain setting. In this sense, the Trident A-Range is more of a musical instrument than a strictly scientific tool. We think this is one of the major reasons it has been used on so many great classic rock albums and why it’s still one of the most coveted pieces of audio equipment around.

Only thirteen A-Range consoles were ever built, and the Softube plug-in version is a very exact model of channel 15 of the Trident A-Range at Sweet Silence Studio ‘B’ in Denmark. This is producer Flemming Rasmussen’s favorite channel for recording lead vocals. Flemming also used it for the solo and rhythm guitars on Metallica’s “Ride The Lightning” and “Master of Puppets”, as well as Ritchie Blackmore’s guitar on the Rainbow albums “Difficult to Cure” and “Bent out of Shape”.

The A-Range channel features four bands of equalization plus high and low pass filters. By driving the console hot, it is possible to get it to distort with a hairy and effective saturation that is just right in some situations, and just wrong in others! We added a separate Saturation control to let you choose easily. Turn it down for clean (and less CPU draw), and up for the sound of a Trident A-Range hard at work.

Only thirteen A-Range consoles were ever built, and the Softube plug-in version is a very exact model of channel 15 of the Trident A-Range at Sweet Silence Studio ‘B’ in Denmark. This is producer Flemming Rasmussen’s favorite channel for recording lead vocals. Flemming also used it for the solo and rhythm guitars on Metallica’s “Ride The Lightning” and “Master of Puppets”, as well as Ritchie Blackmore’s guitar on the Rainbow albums “Difficult to Cure” and “Bent out of Shape”.

The A-Range channel features four bands of equalization plus high and low pass filters. By driving the console hot, it is possible to get it to distort with a hairy and effective saturation that is just right in some situations, and just wrong in others! We added a separate Saturation control to let you choose easily. Turn it down for clean (and less CPU draw), and up for the sound of a Trident A-Range hard at work.

Features:

• EQ with a will of its own
• Created together with original designer Professor Malcolm Toft
• Each and every component carefully modeled
• Saturation control
• Very CPU friendly