The new A-Console takes your mixing experience to new heights with an array of powerful enhancements and additional features. Designed to emulate the tonal characteristics of one of the most iconic American hardware consoles, this update expands the plugin’s flexibility and sound-shaping capabilities like never before. Let the sound talk and enrich all your tracks, groups and master buss with one single Console Preamp plugin.
What’s New in V1.1?
Extra Features Panel: Access new tools for enhanced control and optimal tonal versatility.
Parallel Processing: Blend dry and processed signals seamlessly for greater creative possibilities for new mix knob.
Output Knob: Fine-tune output levels for precise mix adjustments.
Distortion Generator: Add rich analog-style harmonic distortion to your tracks for new Trim As Drv button.
Filters Pre & Post: Flexible filter placement options to shape your sound prior or after harmonic enhancement.
Meter Positions: Customize meter placement to suit your workflow through ideal tracking.
New Oversampling Mode: Ensure pristine sound quality even at extreme processing levels, up to x16.
Many Bug Fixes: Enjoy the smoothest and most reliable performance with low CPU usage.
Why Choose A-Console?
A-Console offers a robust software engine that provides a rich, three-dimensional sound, effortlessly adding punch, smoothness, and clarity to your tracks. With intuitive controls and two crosstalk modes—Vintage and Modern—you can achieve distinct tonal characteristics tailored to your production style.
Designed for use on every channel track and buss group, A-Console delivers professional-grade tonal shaping and enhancement, ensuring your mixes stand out with unparalleled sonic quality.
Upgrade to V1.1 today and unlock the ultimate console emulation experience.
Andre Watson (verified owner) –
This is a great plugin, the summing capabilities are great. However, I’d like for there to be more channels to sum to, as if the channels are bussing out to a 16 track, 24 track or two 24 track tape machines. I was disappointed when I couldn’t sum past 8 channels.
Joshua Steffen (verified owner) –
This is an absolute must have plugin. I’m using it with the Universal Audio API channel strip, inserted right after the Studer A-800 plugin and before the API channel strip. Just as you would coming from tape into a console for mixing. The bus emulation I have on every mix bus including the first insert of the master bus. It’s really brought magic to my mixes. The ability to “drive” the buses as you increase your channel levels is fantastic, it’s just like using an analog console. The ability to use the fader for saturation adjustment on the channel emulation is stellar! It’s great on every channel regardless of the source material. That drive and saturation just adds another level of glue to everything. I can’t recommend this enough, do yourself a favor and buy it. You will not have any regrets. I swear by it now and it’s on everything I’m mixing now.
Kilian Horvath (verified owner) –
This one is a killer! If you’re looking for punch, but also warmth and bigness, this is it. I’m thrilled with how defined the low end becomes! Highly recommended.
Michael (verified owner) –
A-Console is one of my go to plugs for that classic analog grit!
(verified owner) –
It does what it needs to do. The saturation is 👌🏽
Luis Parra (verified owner) –
I am still a growing producer, I have been using A-Console for a year and it is one of the plugins that takes your sound to a high level, it is impressive what can be achieved, thanks Sonimus!!!!
Dennis U. (verified owner) –
I wish I had bought this years ago. Great for optimizing a signal chain. Lovely console saturation too.
KEN H. (verified owner) –
Nice warm vibes, got the A-EQ as a freebie with my order too – bonus!
Alexander Lausch (verified owner) –
This plugin slaps. Easy to use, low cpu cost, the breakup in drive mode is gorgeous. I use it all over the place and clients love the results.
Roy Heflin (verified owner) –
Paolo (verified owner) –
The plugin is wonderful, I always use it to give punch to my mixes.
Mark S. (verified owner) –
Love the ability to group channels together and have global settings. Sound quality is fantastic. I would say to add changing the oversampling globally too.
Gerald Thibault (verified owner) –
A vintage sound sensation, ease of use and impeccable quality.
Oliver Deckenhoff (verified owner) –
Great plugin, adds a nice punch to the mix. Using it on the end of every channel like I mix into a console works really well for me. It adds that little spark after I did my mixing decisions. Sounds amazing and is full silicone compatible :-)
Maxter El de la magia (verified owner) –
It’s the color I need for my productions, that analog flavor of Sonimus is unique, A-Console 10/10
Gabriel Castellar (verified owner) –
Very rarely do I say this but, I had a gut feeling Sonimus-A Console was the plug-in that was missing in my mix! I’ve always thought that all I needed was a better Tape Machine plug-in to give my mix more of an analog and smoother sound, but I was wrong! What I needed was the sound of a pushed console. I especially loved the sound of the Fat button with Drums. Lastly, what I think is most important is that it worked well with any channel strip plug in I put after it. That is in my opinion the hardest thing for me as a mixer to figure out. However I really appreciate that you can drive this console! Thanks guys!
ade humph –
Brilliant emulation with low cpu drain… keep em coming..
Pavel C. (verified owner) –
Thanks! Great
Paul B. (verified owner) –
Excellent console plugin – I have the N-Console too and they both do an excellent job of imparting the two famous console flavors across tracks, buses and full mixes. Well-designed interfaces, easy to use and get the most out of. Sonimus really know their stuff!
Anonymous (verified owner) –
took arisk on this – already have teh waves NLS -it works well and adds nice air and space
Louis Gonzales (verified owner) –
Kayse Reurti (verified owner) –
Wow good Analog summing, API emulation !!! I love this !!!
Vadim Uhov (verified owner) –
I have VCC Slate Digital, the A-Console sounds more transparent and open, I’m very pleased, and most importantly, I can work on an old 10.9.5 system
Anonymous (verified owner) –
I was skeptical of all the positive reviews on the Sonimus website. And the fact you can’t demo the plugin is very weird. However, I decided to buy it after hearing YouTube demos and I’m very satisfied. It sounds very musical and runs smoothly in my M1 Pro mac. In addition it is priced reasonably. I recommend this console emulation 100%.
ade humphreys (verified owner) –
Said I would buy this and did another exellent job…. brilliant
Luis Parra (verified owner) –
Thanks to SONIMUS for this excellent tool, it has helped me improve processes and simplify the mixing process, thank you!!!
mrmarkkeating@gmail.com Keating (verified owner) –
Love this plugin, what a great sound
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Along with N-Console, and of course depending on the material at hand, this is my permanent full-fledged console emulation of choice, and probably will stay like that for a loooong while. I absolutely love using this all across tracks and buses, especially with the “Warm” mode turned on. The way it treats the transients on drums, and pick attacks on guitars and bass is breathtaking! The only option I’d love to see added, is the ability to set the oversampling for all loaded instances (both bus and channel), and maybe separate options for offline rendering and real-time would also be amazing. Kudos!
Michael B. (verified owner) –
Great plugin! Definitely worth adding it to your mix.
Patrik (verified owner) –
Great plugin. Subtle bur quite notable effect when you put it on channels and buses as it adds some beautiful harmonics. Hoping for an update to the Satson so it matches this plugin and works on Apple Silicon :-) Happy customer!!
Gianluigi Alterio (verified owner) –
Great plugin at a low price!
Verified Buyer (verified owner) –
A very good plugin. Adds a subtle warmth on your tracks. Highly recommended, you will not regret it!!
Verified Buyer (verified owner) –
Great plugin I have so many plugins my plugins have plugins lol but this plugin is very transparent great job
Federico M. (verified owner) –
On every mix!
Robert Horn (verified owner) –
Are you kidding with this plugin??!! It’s my favorite purchase in a long time! You guys actually made digital sound like analog! Whatever you’re doing over there please don’t change! This thing is a better button.
Austen Albano (verified owner) –
This is amazing
Mike Kravets (verified owner) –
Cool plugin, I’m using it on the mixes, which needs some high mid presence, and a bit of punch, good is to have N-Console and A-Console, and switch in between these flavors to catch the sweet spot ;)
Nicolas C. (verified owner) –
Great sounding plugins and easy to use!
Anthony Lee (verified owner) –
I have both A-Console & N-Console now. The way I use them is that ‘A’ is my ‘tracking’ console sound – this creates the punch and that lovely pillowy API sound on each track. Those tracks then go to a new project with ‘N’ as the mixing console – giving a more subtle colouring but the lovely depth and clarity. Well done to sonimus for such amazing console emulations.
Pedro Rodriguez (verified owner) –
It adds that finishing touch to any mix or bus, best of all is how good it makes everything sound, especially if you’re after an open clean analog sound.
Louis Wilson –
As with all Sonimus Gear A-Console results are excellent and musical sounding 5 Stars on this one
Anonymous One (verified owner) –
Amazing!
Luiz Moreira (verified owner) –
I love A-Console! It’s been on every one of my mixes since it came out!
Henry Hirzel (verified owner) –
Great pallet for creating a mix.
Kyron Vance (verified owner) –
The sound is soft, punchy and clear. A-console emulation glues all tracks and adds depth. Great option to get American sound!
Antonio Fontan (verified owner) –
This is an awesome plugin with the analog workflow itb that I’ve always wanted! Colorful saturation and a helpful gain staging tool. Really looking forward to the N-Console!
nicholas (verified owner) –
I’ve switched from a big brand analog summing mixer to these console emulations without second guessing it. It’s fast, fun and sound great.
rojhmusic (verified owner) –
Sounds great and definitely gets you there faster.
Drew Harris (verified owner) –
This is actually a review for the A Console plug, but I guess it falls into the same category! Until recently I used outboard gear mainly! I started using NLS by Waves and then Heat by Avid! Fast forward and now I’m all in the box and my mixes were definitely missing that glue! Without needing hardware these plugins are the best in the business and worth every penny! UAD is finally catching up so I’m eager to see their new plugin? Cheers!!
dave b. (verified owner) –
Like most of us, I have 400-500 plugins installed on my Mac, and my search for tools that make my recordings have an enveloping visceral warmth in a digital environment has led me to buy many. or most, of the console emulation strips. Some are excellent, with all the things they can do, but usually I’m looking for a simpler plugin that makes EQ and compression unnecessary.
I have Britson and Satson, as well as Burnley 73, but none of them work anymore with a Mac M1 running OS Ventura. So I was interested in the new Sonimus M1 compatible console strip, A – Console. The $49 price was of course excellent.
I have used it on several mixes so far and not even delved into the grouping feature, and it is the most “ah,finally!!” tool I have. The saturation algorithm, the simplicity, the summing are perfect and my “enveloping visceral warmth” is immediately there. As soon as A- Console is engaged as per their guidelines, I find myself removing many other plugins that are no longer needed. If I can get a killer mix with only a handful of plugins I’m delighted. A – Console does that.
Keiren Lomax (verified owner) –
Great new work flow, Ive been using Britson and Satson since day one and A-console takes Sonimus to a new level. The saturation sounds amazing and the filters are silky smooth.
Stefan (verified owner) –
Great tool! Made mixing a lot easier and puts some flesh on the bones. Amazing sound, perfect workflow and brings my mixes to the next level. Well done Sonimus!!!
Andrea clo (verified owner) –
Adam C. (verified owner) –
An incredible leap in GUI design, and additional oversampling has made Sonimus’s two other consoles redundant for me. Great punchy sound and a night and day difference between mixes with and without this on the channels.
Just wish the old two were updated to the this level of fidelity!!!
Pablo Governatori (verified owner) –
A-Console me ayuda a sonar más analogico en un entorno totalmente digital, lima las asperezas creadas por los unos y ceros en todo el rango de frecuencias.
William Frady (verified owner) –
Absolutely phenomenal console plugin, very much a case of cumulative saturation but it helps mixes breathe and have a depth and sheen to them that’s hard to describe. A-Console is one of those I didn’t really know I needed until I had it pique my interest. This lives on my client mixes currently and I find it difficult to consider a workflow without it.
The simulated analog summing for the master grouping is also absolutely stellar and adds a sense of cohesion to a mix. Get it, you’ll love it.
Ken Brite (verified owner) –
Mikhail (verified owner) –
Magic plugin! It is a pity that it is difficult to use it already at the end of the chain (or existing projects) due to the fact that it has a little equalization. It would be cool if you could turn it off and use only one saturate.
zmeyrecordz (verified owner) –
Amaizing! You did it again! Thank you for this very cool console!
changyup (verified owner) –
I’m an engineer in Korea. I bought A console this time and applied it to each group, and I was a little surprised that the color applied to the sound was much deeper than I expected. It’s a new experience. I think I’ll use it often
Gennady Pugachev (verified owner) –
The Best Company!!!!!
Nicolas M. (verified owner) –
Great sounding console emulation. More punch in the lowend, more precise himids, nice saturation and compression when pushed hard. I love it .
5 stars for the great sound, 4 stars for the workflow and missing options:
– Vumeter should be before the compensation gain in trim mode, to be able to see how hard we hit the console. Actually unusable when fader is in trim mode.
– Missing a user defined setting when opening an instance
– missing the ability to choose specific oversamplings for both realtime and offline rendering to optimize .
Despite that, A-Console sounds so great I couldn’t mix without it as the first instance on every track and buss
Great job Sonimus !
Don (verified owner) –
Great stuff – It’s making its way onto everything I am working on!
David B. (verified owner) –
Another amazing plugin from Sonimus, I already own Satson and use it in most of my mixes. This new console emulation brings something different, with punch and attitude. great work guys!
Drew (verified owner) –
Another absolutely quality console tool from Sonimus.
Anthony W. (verified owner) –
Just popped an instance at the top of each channel of an old project out of curiosity – wow, this will be a massive lift in sonic output from my humble little studio – Fantastic Plugin – Thanks. Woody.
Gerard Civat (verified owner) –
Michele Ruggiero (verified owner) –
Very nice plugin for the price . It would be nice to have a simple 3 bands EQ after the filters , before the output .
S B. (verified owner) –
First rate plugin developer. Excellent support. I have most of their plugins and they never disappoint.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
As a long time user of britson console emulation, I couldn’t help but support these guys who have singlehandedly transformed daw recording. The a-console is next level even though I thought there was no next level. Intuitive and very easy to dial in. The transformation from ok sounding to three dimensional glory is nothing short of other worldly and.. tiny CPU footprint. I’ve never used a real API desk but if it sounded like this, I wish I had. If you are serious about your music, don’t mess around, get the a-console and hear the results.
Phillippe, long time songwriter producer and MOBO Nominee.
Martijn van Dongen (verified owner) –
Awesome! I love it ! Great vibe!
Anonymous (verified owner) –
It’s tight! in your face kinda sound but with the same glue and depth, sonimus summing plugins are famous for..
Gideon van Oel (verified owner) –
A welcome addition to the console emulations in my DAW.
The use of Britson and Statson has improved my songs hugely, sonically. Nice touch on A-console: buss and channel in one instance. No big console pro myself I can only say A-console has a more open character and is, as are all Sonimus plug-ins, very good value for money.
Ronny G. (verified owner) –
Got this bad boy the other day and put it in a mix. I find Sonimus makes great sounding plugins, now including this A-Console. I will be working it into my mix workflow for sure.
Sergii Kushnir (verified owner) –
incredible product for a very fair price!
LEONID (verified owner) –
Guys! You have done an amazing thing again! Sounds amazing, just like all your products! They are my favorites!
Eric Recourt (verified owner) –
I love the A-Console. Definitely has the expected punch and girth. I really appreciate how you’re bringing the concept you started with Britson and Satson into the new era with the added grouping features and having the channel and bus components all in one plugin. Very nicely done. Props.
Eric L. (verified owner) –
I use a Sonimus console on every one of my mixes, and choose between Satson and Britson depending on the vibe I’m looking for. I’m really excited that they have created the A-Console. The new layout for this console is a big improvement over the other two. The metering is great, and the Master Control, especially, is so much more fun to use. I hope that Sonimus will update the other two for a similar GUI on the Master Channels. Sonically, the console is sweet and clear when used with the needle in the black, and get’s nice and thick if pushed up into the red. I’m glad I purchased the A-Console and I’m glad to have it in my Sonimus arsenal.
Anonymous (verified owner) –
Eirik Hasselberg (verified owner) –
By far their best console. Use the low and hi cut to clean up your mix and add punch, depth and clarity. My new go to for that extra few % to my songs.
Laurent B. (verified owner) –
I like Sonimus console emulation since the first time I wa using Satson. A-Console is my new “go to” plugin inserted across all the individual and bus tracks it adds the depth and coloration of analog gear. As the CPU load is pretty low, I use the plugins on each track both to shape the sound with the filters and for gain staging.
paolo (verified owner) –
sounds great. m1 full compatibility. My new go to
Jürgen Weber (verified owner) –
Andres M. (verified owner) –
I love it, especially when you upload it and it starts to color the sound, congratulations, an excellent job.