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 FM’d 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