{"product_id":"antelope-audio-vp-brainiac-ii","title":"Antelope Audio VP Brainiac II","description":"\u003cp\u003eModeled after one of the most unique and complex compressor\/limiter designs of the 20th century, the Gain Brain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis original unit has the heavy transient-grabbing abilities of aggressive limiters yet it remains musical and undetectable due to its unique proprietary gain reduction element.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIn Use\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany consider Vari-Mu designs to be the ultimate tube compressors due to their ability to apply massive amounts of gain reduction yet remain musical and undetectable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn that same respect, the Gain Brain offers those very same qualities but in the realm of VCA designs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe benefits of being a VCA-based circuit include an attack and release times faster than any tube compressor can offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe VP BRAINIAC II is ideal for fast transient grabbing of dynamic vocals, drums, and other acoustic \u0026amp; percussive instruments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLineage \u0026amp; Circuitry\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst introduced in 1971 by Allison Research, the Gain Brain was a revolutionary development in FET variable-ratio-limiter technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater the design was reconstructed around the Valley TA101 VCA, which gave birth to the Valley People Gain Brain II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Gain Brain II was a solution to a common problem in dynamic processors at the time of its creation, applying enormous fast-grabbing compression but remaining musical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis was achieved by a proprietary gain reduction design for a program-dependent response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unique limiter uses the principles of linear integration to analyze the complexity of incoming waveforms and vary the response of its gain reduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe true genius of this design is that all this complexity is controlled by the same well-recognized controls of standard compressors - Gain, Ratio, Attack, Release, and Threshold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat allows it to be easily integrated in the system of any modern engineer\/producer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntelope Audio found one of these well-preserved analog pieces and carefully emulated every single component to create the perfect synergy of analog sound and digital functionality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey accurately recreated its unique Release Mode switch, which changes the response of the Release between \"Linear\" \u0026amp; \"Logarithmic\" for more musical results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the unique hidden functions of the Gain Brain II is its peak reversion correction circuitry, which compensates for the loss of low-end during heavy compression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntelope carefully emulated every single aspect of this circuit and included it in our VP BRAINIAC II – a true digital representation of the Gain Brain II.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNew Side-Chaining Functionality\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAntelope can now offer external side-chaining functionality for real-time effects in the Synergy Core library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo enable side-chaining with VP BRAINIAC II switch to \"key mode\" and select the key input source you want to chain the effect with.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Antelope","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503138902239,"sku":"ANT-VPB2","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/5173\/6636\/files\/VP_Brainiac_II_Gui1.jpg?v=1782733764","url":"https:\/\/pluginfox.com\/products\/antelope-audio-vp-brainiac-ii","provider":"PluginFox","version":"1.0","type":"link"}