SSF Vortices is an audio character mixer designed to emulate and accentuate the saturation-compression effects and frequency response of vintage analog consoles and tape machines.

Vortices was designed to offer a compact mixing environment with the characteristic sound coloration of vintage analog gear. The frequency response of vintage mixing consoles tends to de-emphasize higher frequencies and produce a rounder tone. I find this to be really nice for reducing harshness from FMd and digital source material - the response makes them sound smoother and less fatiguing on the ear and imposes an inherent glue and polished sound upon a mix.

Featuring:

6 channel Mono Mixer including 4 attenuated inputs with tape saturation and level control, hard limiting and high frequency tone shaping.

• VC Panning on Channels 1 & 4
• VC Cross-Fading on Channel 2 & 3
• 2 Auxiliary Mono inputs
• Stereo Output
• Direct Cross-Fader Output

8 channel Stereo Mixer (4 stereo pairs) including 3 attenuated inputs with lighter coloration, hard limiting and a brighter frequency response.

• L>R Normalized to accommodate mono signals
• 1 Auxiliary Stereo input
• Stereo Output
• Master Mix Output
• Stereo Jack Master Mix Output on the back of the PCB
• V-CV Expander included. Adds level/saturation control for all attenuated mixer channels.

WARNING: Vortices must be in EXP mode when using V-CV.

Please read the V-CV section in the manual for more details