The Softube Podcast: Inside the Minds of Sweden's Plugin Purists

January 9th, 2012 by Trenton

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From hardware emulations to amp simulations, the audio plugins from Sweden’s Softube get recognition. In this special interview recorded at NYC’s Stratosphere Sound, Input/Output podcasters Eli Janney and Geoff Sanoff present an in-depth interview with Softube product manager Niklas Odelholm, and learn what makes these sonic software savants tick.

Listen to the complete 37:20 interview right here.

Input/Output: Softube’s Niklas Odelholm — the Complete Interview by SonicScoop

Softube’s startlingly faithful recreations of channel strips, compressors, EQs, effects, and amp sims have some of everything: well-known classics like the Tube-Tech PE 1C and Trident A-Range EQs, to quirky underground faves like the Valley People Dyna-mite compressor (virtually all available for both Pro Tools HDX AAX DSP and Native VST/AU/AAX/RTAS formats). Odelholm goes in-depth with I/O about the intricacies of how Softube started; why imperfection is often the design goal; the amp modeling process; the art of GUI design; what hardware they choose to emulate and why; how they envision the end user; and more.

So explosive: Softube’s faithfully recreated Valley People Dyna-mite.

Here are all the segments — broken into handy little chunks — so you can jump to your top topics!

Input/Output Podcast: An Interview with Softube’s Niklas Odelholm by SonicScoop

The mighty Softube Passive-Active Pack

Niklas Odelholm in his element.