Led by the release of T-Console, our console emulations have recently been updated to a new version with new and exciting features.

In this article, we will give you an overview of everything new in A, N, and T-Console and explain how these updates can help your creative process. Let’s dive in.

Extra Settings Panel

Firstly, Introduced with N-Console, the Extra Settings Panel introduces some long-awaited and asked-for features by many Sonimus console emulation users. It lets you quickly modify the plugin’s behavior to adapt to your workflow. It can be accessed by clicking on the cogwheel icon next to the fader, and it includes a Trim As Drive switch, Meter and Filtering position controls, output control and a mix knob.

Trim As Drive Switch

This switch allows you to change the behavior of the fader and turn it into a saturator or drive knob instead of a gain control. The more we push the fader, the more saturation the console will produce. You can go from subtle saturation to heavy distortion from the console preamp. The great thing about it is that you don’t have to worry about compensating the output; this feature automatically compensates for it as you increase the gain. This way, the plugin’s output won’t change, no matter how saturated the signal gets.

Meter and Filtering Position

These two switches allow you to customize the plugin to your preferences and workflow.

The Meter Pre changes where the VU meter is located in the signal flow. By default the plugin shows the levels post saturation of the console emulating how it’s found on a real analogue desk. Turning the switch places the VU meter before the saturation, providing a reading of the signal before entering the saturation circuit. By doing this you can adjust the signal levels coming into the plugin before hitting any of the saturation of the console, acting like the clip gain of your DAW.

The Filter Pre switch moves the position of the high- and low-pass filters before saturation. This option lets you clean the signal from unwanted frequencies before the console’s saturation enriches your audio.

Output control

While the plugin has been designed to help gain stage your tracks accurately, you might want to have finer control over your console output, primarily if you use it as a distortion unit. That’s why we have added the output control knob in the Extra Settings panel. This way, you can have complete control of your audio signal throughout your chain.

Mix knob

Finally, the Mix knob gives the icing on the cake. Together with the Trim As Drive switch, this knob provides the ability to blend the saturated and clean signal from one single place. Perfect for creating parallel processing without leaving the console.

Oversampling Modes

In modern digital audio processing, oversampling has become a look-after feature on every plugin. It allows us to process the audio signal at a higher sample rate than the original audio, removing any aliasing effect caused by adding harmonics in our audio. In Sonimus, we wanted to take it further and allow mixing and live engineers who require the highest audio quality for their event to take advantage of this process. We introduced two oversampling modes: low Latency and Minimum Phase.

Low Latency is intended for live sessions when high-quality audio and real-time processing are paramount. It achieves nearly zero latency (around three samples) with low CPU consumption, imperceptibly altering the audio phase while maintaining a good sound quality.

Linear Phase mode is recommended for mixing and mastering in the studio. It produces audio with an unaltered phase, utilizing linear phase oversampling to achieve the highest-quality audio possible.

These new features and many inner plugin improvements have brought A, N, and T-Console plugins to the same page regarding possibilities, workflows, and audio quality. The upcoming and highly anticipated Satson update will wrap up the current Console Emulation lineup, adding all these new features to the classic and beloved Satson sound.

Stay tuned for this and all the latest releases planned for 2025.

Happy mixing!