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支持系统：Windows 

音源厂商：http://www.cranesong.com/phoenix_II.html

独立安装程序 PC

文件大小：3MB

设计师 Dave Hill 在精心打造这款软件时，一如他为 ATR Service 备受赞誉的"Aria"分立磁带录音机打造电子元件时一样注重细节。他对模拟电子技术的深入了解，以及数十年的录音工程师经验，催生了一套非常实用且富有音乐性的插件。Phoenix II 不仅融合了磁带本身产生的非线性饱和特性，还融入了模拟磁带录音机的录音/重放电子元件和均衡曲线之间的相互关系。Phoenix II 是一款基于 HEDD 技术的应用程序，并专门针对 Avid 的 PT 10 架构进行了设计和优化。

Phoenix II 拥有五种不同的磁带模拟特性，可通过开关选择类型以便于比较，亮度也可通过开关选择。金色代表频率响应近似平坦的位置，蓝宝石代表更明亮的颜色，而蛋白石代表更温暖的色调。电平控制决定了 Phoenix II 处理融入音频信号的量，而输入微调则决定了"磁带的敲击力度"。由于 DSP 处理依赖于电平，因此改进了输入电平微调控制，并添加了输出微调控制。

输入微调还可用于在极少数可能出现削波问题的情况下防止削波，并提高音轨的电平以增强音色。这对于接近或处于数字零点的素材以及录制电平较低的素材非常有用。当输入微调和输出微调控制为 0dB（增益无变化）且未对声音添加任何磁带处理时，该插件具有比特精度，这意味着输出与输入完全匹配。

Phoenix II 包含五种不同的音色：

* Luminescent 是五种音色中最中性的音色。Iridescent 具有类似的磁性，但低音和中音更饱满。 （此插件与 HEDD-192 上的磁带旋钮最为相似。）
* Radiant 的特点是压缩曲线更具侵略性。
* Dark Essence 则更具侵略性。（其效果是一种频率范围更广的色彩——当用于人声时，Dark Essence 可以通过增加信号其余部分的响度来减少嘶嘶声问题。）
* Luster 的启动比其他四个处理过程更温和，但当处理过程达到最大程度时，其侵略性会与 Dark Essence 一样强。

Designer Dave Hill has crafted this software with the same attention to detail he used to create the electronics for ATR Service's much heralded "Aria" discrete tape recorders. His intimate knowledge of analog electronics, as well as decades of experience as a recording engineer has spawned a very useful, musical suite of plug-ins. The Phoenix II process not only incorporates the nonlinear saturation characteristics created by magnetic tape itself, but also includes the interrelation of an analog tape recorder's record/reproduce electronics and equalization curves. Phoenix II is a ground-up application derived from HEDD technology, and specifically engineered and optimized for Avid's PT 10 architecture.

Phoenix II has five different tape-analog characteristics, The type is selected with a switch for easy comparison between the types, and the brightness is also selected with a switch. Gold is the position where the color is approximately flat in frequency response, with Sapphire being a brighter, and Opal being a warmer tonality. A level control determines the amount of the Phoenix II process integrated into the audio signal, and an input trim determines "how hard you hit the tape." Because the DSP process is level dependent, the input level trim control has been improved and an output trim control has been added.

The input trim can also be used to prevent clipping in the rare cases where clipping may be a problem and bringing up the level of a track for an increased amount of color. This can be useful on material that is hitting close to or at digital zero and on material that has a low recorded level. When the input trim and output trim controls are at 0dB, (no change in gain) and no tape process is being added to the sound, the plug-in is bit accurate, meaning the output exactly matches the input.

The Phoenix II contains five separate flavors:

* Luminescent is the most neutral sounding process of the five. Iridescent has a similar magnetic character, but with a fatter bottom and midrange. (This plug-in is the most similar to the tape knob on HEDD-192.)
* Radiant is characterized by a more aggressive compression curve
* Dark Essence is even more aggressive. (The effect is a color with a wider frequency range-when used on a vocal Dark Essence can reduce sibilance problems by increasing the apparent loudness of the rest of the signal.)
* Luster starts more gently than the other four processes, but becomes as aggressive as Dark Essence when the process is at full scale.