Mint is a suite consisting of four different plugins emulating a very rare, solid state console called GL2112 built by a talented engineer from a well-known Swiss company in the late 1970s.
Mint
is the second in our new series of Boutique Collection Acqua plugins.
These aim to reproduce the essence of truly unique gear: those
elusive, extremely hard-to-find devices, of which very few units were
ever built and/or whose traces have almost been lost in the mists of
time.
The centerpiece of this project is the recreation of an iconic vintage analog console module assembled with the best elements that Swiss technology had to offer at that time. We were able to sample such an exclusive unit thanks to the invaluable contribution of Oxygen Recording Studio and of guitarist, producer and sound engineer Paride Lanciani, the current owner of this priceless piece of equipment.
- Mint
EQ:
A 4-band EQ with bass cut, as well as a peculiar double 80-16000 Hz
for the mids). 8 solid state line preamps from the 8 channels
derived from the GL2112 console.
- Mint
Comp:
A solid state compressor/limiter featuring 3 different switchable
dynamic processor emulations (the original model called Comp 1; a
more aggressive “Frankenstein” mode created by Acustica called
Comp2; and finally, the limiter) with preamp emulation.
- Mint
Pre:
16 line preamplifiers, 16 mic preamplifiers and two stereo buses to
recreate the same sound as the original console: a powerful,
colorful sound that can be pushed to evolve into a range of
distortions whose musicality is unmatched. And to make this section
even more interesting, two extra preamp emulations have been added
by Acustica.
- Mint Channel Strip: A 4 band equalizer, a compressor/limiter with 3 different switchable modes, and a complete preamp section.
