Waves NLS doesn't have the EQ or dynamics sections as it's just the desk, so they can't be directly compared. bx_console may not be the first plugin to model channel variance, but it is the first to do so for the entire set of strip components. Having said all that, I bet Dirk and his team did a great job." 'Slate Digital CTO Fabrice Gabriel and I studied these consoles inside and out. We get a bit of relief by using an adapter like Blue Cat Patchwork or MB-7 to host the VST versions. The biggest issue has been release dates that were publish and not fulfilled. The Slate Digital VIRTUAL CONSOLE COLLECTION brings the sound of 5 of the world´s top analog consoles into your DAW workstation. Actually there are some AAX plugins by Slate but we're waiting on the VCC and the FXG plugs to get an AAX version. I think this variance is a cute feature for marketing, but for sound, it's all about replicating those mixbuss amps and making sure the channel emulation has a true dynamic nonlinear representation of the hardware. Now in 2011, Slate once again stirs up the analog summing world, this time in the digital domain. I'm looking at my old API channel files that we ran signal with back from 2010. then that's a problem channel that should be fixed! A well maintained Neve or SSL or API should have consistent channels.
But I think people would be underwhelmed. We could always add it in an update, an "auto variance" which would reflect different channels.
".We did consider offering this in VCC, but in every desk the variances were so minimal (unless the channel was messed up) and we didn't feel it was a useful feature.