McDSP - 6034 Ultimate Multi-band HD

The McDSP 6034 Ultimate Multi-band takes every compressor, expander and gate module from the 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip and drops them into a four-band crossover. It's for engineers who want multi-band dynamics with real character, rather than one clinical compressor algorithm copied across four bands.

Different compressors per band

Each band can run its own module, so you can put a slow opto on the low end, something faster on the mids and a de-essing style setting up top. Modules are auditioned on the fly, and the crossover offers several filter slope options to trade steepness against phase behaviour.

The sound

Because each band uses a modelled compressor rather than a generic one, the 6034 colours as it controls. That makes it great for taming boomy bass guitar, smoothing harsh distorted guitars or tightening a drum bus without killing its punch. On a full mix it's more of a character tool than a transparent mastering multi-band.

HD or Native?

HD adds AAX DSP, so it runs on Pro Tools HDX cards and Avid VENUE S6L live consoles as well as natively on your computer. If you don't have HDX hardware, 6034 Ultimate Multi-band Native does the same job for less.

Features

• All compression, expansion and gate modules from the 6050 Ultimate Channel Strip
• Configurable four-band crossover with several slope options
• On-the-fly module auditioning
• Input and output control
• Analogue saturation modelling
• Double precision processing, ultra low latency
• Mono and stereo versions

System requirements

• Version: 7.3
• Mac: macOS 10.13 High Sierra to macOS 26 Tahoe. AAX DSP, AAX Native, AU and VST3. Native on Apple Silicon and Intel
• Windows: Windows 10 and 11. AAX DSP, AAX Native and VST3
• RAM: not specified by McDSP
• Licence: iLok, on an iLok2 or iLok3 USB key, your computer or iLok Cloud (a free iLok account is needed). Two activations per licence

SOUND7 is an authorised McDSP reseller. Digital delivery: licence activation code sent by email.

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