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Following in the line of vintage analog emulations from Kazrog and Powers Music Group, such as True Iron and True Dynamics (both of which received NAMM TEC Award nominations), True 252 is an emulation of the highly sought after Langevin EQ 252A Graphic Equalizer.
In building this emulation, copious measurements were made of the original hardware in the Powers collection, and every effort has been made to accurately represent it in the digital domain - including the extremely musical EQ curves that inspired the original Motown-style EQ circuit, and gentle natural saturation of the original unit.
This equalizer is incredibly intuitive, and brings life to masters, buses, and individual tracks in a way that feels effortless and immediate.
Features:
Highly accurate emulation of the Langevin 252-A Graphic Equalizer
Gain compensation - maintains the same apparent loudness irrespective of the EQ slider settings.
Continuous gain control - not stepped as with competing plugin emulations of similar EQs.
"Cramping-free" equalization. (More info about EQ cramping, and why it's bad, in this video from Dan Worrall.)
Standard Kazrog preset manager with A/B compare.
Compensated internal bypass.
Separate oversampling settings for realtime and offline processing, adjustable on the fly.
Two UI themes - black and gray - based on the faceplates of the original 252-A and its cosmetic variation, the 270.
System Requirements
Mac
Mac OS X 10.9.5 or higher required
VST3, VST2, AU, AAX (64 bit) compatible host required
Pro Tools 11 or higher required for AAX version
Intel i5 "Ivy Bridge" CPU or better strongly recommended
Apple Silicon status: All current Kazrog plugins are Universal 2 and fully support Apple Silicon (in addition to Intel based Macs.)
Windows
Windows 7 or higher required
VST3, VST2, or AAX (64 bit) compatible host required
Pro Tools 11 or higher required for AAX version
Intel i5 "Ivy Bridge" CPU or better strongly recommended
Version 1.0.1 - January 13, 2023
Apple Silicon Native AAX support (Pro Tools)
Changes to oversampling settings are refreshed on the fly (rather than on session reload.)
Separate offline oversampling settings is disabled in Pro Tools and Logic (these hosts will receive this feature when/if they respond to changes in reported plugin latency mid-session for PDC.)
PluginDoctor support (avoid realtime oversampling settings above 2x for the most stable results.)
Updated all frameworks and SDKs to latest stable versions.
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