Variety Of Sound has announced an update to its contemporary exciter build around a parallel analog equalizer design. ThrillseekerXTC mkIII comes with VST3 support and some improvements.
It takes our hearing sensitivity into account especially regarding the perception of audio transients, masking effects and loudness. ThrillseekerXTC offers frequency boosting on three individual parallel bands with pre-selected frequency ranges for the low, mid and high frequency spectrum. The mid band also performs compression by an opto-electrical circuit. A dedicated output stage adds further idiosyncrasies typically found in transformer coupled tube stages.
ThrillseekerXTC is all about adding weight, vibe and attitude back to the sound. It delivers all the character of an analog signal path and provides what digital processing usually is hard pushed to, including a rich low-end experience and that vibrant expensive top-end.
Changes in ThrillseekerXTC mkIII
- Decoupling EQ from DRIVE/MOJO controls – the latter now controls a dedicated downstream output amplifier stage.
- Improved overall THD performance featuring effectively distortion-free compression for the mid-range as well as a silky top-end.
- Updated components, two new audio transformer circuits introduced, new inductor based (LC) filter network.
ThrillseekerXTC mkIII is a free download for Windows (VST/VST3).
More information: Variety Of Sound
