Antelope Audio Blonder Tongue Audio Baton Tube Graphic EQ Plug-in - Electronic Delivery

Product Description

Enter the Antelope time machine for a trip back to 1959! Antelope Audio present a faithful emulation of the Blonder-Tongue Laboratories Audio Baton – an all-tube graphic equalizer so rare and special, it has an actual album named after it. Time-appropriate looks aside, the Antelope Audio Blonder Tongue Audio Baton Tube Graphic EQ Plug-in boasted seven separate amplifiers tuned to distinct frequencies, followed by high- and low-pass filters running in parallel, with their outputs routed to separate level controls. The frequency choices are such as to correspond to actual notes and octaves on the piano keyboard, hence its presence above the red-and-white vertical stripes. They move up and down with the turning of the rotary controls, visualizing boosts and cuts. This way, a frequency response curve is graphically overlaid on top of the colorful stripes where each frequency region is distinctly colored. In terms of audio character, the Audio Baton compares favorably to other great equalizers of the era. Think a cross between the rare Altec 9073A “Motown” graphic equalizer and the famed Pultec tube-amplified make-up gain stage. Antelope Audio’s team of DSP and electrical engineers recreated the Blonder-Tongue Audio Baton EQ in its entirety, exclusively for the Synergy Core FX processing platform. The one change we added is purely cosmetic – a Magic Eye peak meter on the upper right, which we felt enhances this unique equalizer’s late 50’s aesthetic and provides useful visual feedback.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Mac

• Apple Mac 2015 or newer, with Intel or Apple Silicon processor
• Minimum: Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave (Recommended 11 Big Sur or higher)
• Memory (RAM): 8 GB minimum (16 GB or more recommended)
• VST3, AU, and AAX formats

Windows

• Windows 10/11 (64-bit) with latest Microsoft Updates
• Memory (RAM): 8 GB minimum (16 GB or more recommended)
• CPU: Minimum Intel Core i3 or AMD Ryzen 1000 (Higher recommended)
• VST3 and AAX formats