Powerful Channelstrip for Your Mix: Meet CS-FX by Terry West
In today’s music creation world, an effective and flexible set of audio processing tools is key. Often, when working on a mix, we spend a lot of time searching for and setting up individual plugins for each task: equalization, dynamic processing, saturation, stereo imaging. But what if all the most necessary tools were gathered in one place? It is for such cases that the concept of a channelstrip was created – a virtual effects rack, optimized for working with an individual track.
We are pleased to present you CS-FX from the talented developer Terry West. This VST plugin for Windows is a comprehensive solution that combines a number of powerful tools for detailed control and artistic sound shaping on any channel of your mix. CS-FX is designed with the needs of modern musicians and sound engineers in mind, offering high processing quality and a user-friendly interface.
Features and Functionality
CS-FX is not just a set of effects, it is a holistic ecosystem for audio processing, which allows you to quickly and efficiently achieve the desired result. The plugin contains the following key modules and functions:
- Basic settings and utilities:
- Bypass (Plugin bypass)
- In-Output gain + reset (Input/output level adjustment with the ability to reset)
- Pan/panwide (Standard panning and stereo widening)
- Invert output (Inversion of the output signal phase)
- Left/right phase invert (Independent phase inversion of left and right channels)
- Phase meter (Phase correlation meter)
- Timbre shaping and filtering:
- Bass, Mid, Treble Eq (3-band parametric or shelving equalizer for correcting low, mid and high frequencies)
- Lopass, Hipass (Low and high pass filters to clean the signal from unwanted noise or to form the spectrum)
- Dynamic processing:
- Clipper (Peak limiter)
- Punch mode (A special mode for adding “punch” and attack)
- NY compressor (Soft or hard compressor in the “New York Compression” style with the “Knock” function for additional accent)
- Saturation and harmonics:
- Tape saturator (Imitation of magnetic tape saturation to add warmth and harmonics)
- Low/High exciters (Exciters to enhance the presence and brightness of low and high frequencies)
- Clip Drive (Clipping mode to add aggression and saturation)
- Stereo processing:
- Stereo doubler (Stereo doubling effect for expanding the sound image)
Additional Benefits
- Output 12-6 dB switch (Output level switch to prevent overload)
- 20 presets (20 ready-made presets for quick start or inspiration)
- In-out meters + peakhold. Meters on/off (Visual control of the input/output level with the peak hold function and the ability to disable the indication)
- HQ engine – multicore support (High-quality processing engine with support for multi-core processors for stable and efficient operation)
Thanks to such a rich set of functions, CS-FX from Terry West becomes a universal tool at every stage of working with sound. It allows you not only to correct the technical aspects of the recording, but also to creatively approach the formation of the unique sound of your instruments and vocals. From light saturation and equalization to aggressive compression and clipping – CS-FX provides full control over the character of the signal.
Try CS-FX and see how much more convenient and productive your work on the mix can become when all the necessary tools are at hand, combined in one optimized channelstrip.
