ACUSTICA AUDIO COLA || VINTAGE CADAC CONSOLE plugin shootout vs Acustica Magenta & Camel on DRUMS 🥁

ACUSTICA AUDIO COLA || VINTAGE CADAC CONSOLE that made ACDC, Queen, Sex Pistols, The Clash & more!! ACUSTICA AUDIO COLA || CADAC G228 VINTAGE CONSOLE || THE best drum punch channel strip plugin shootout The Cadac name has been synonymous with high quality audio mixing consoles for over 50 years; from recording studios, prestigious installs to global concert tours and festivals. Iconic albums such as the Clash’s “London Calling” the Sex Pistols’ “Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols”, AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” and Queen‘s “A Night at the Opera” were all mixed on a Cadac console. So obviously I had to check out the acustica audio plugins that emulate this very sought after gear. Everybody that knows me well enough will know that I love punchy drums and I’ve been told by a few mixing engineers that this acustica cola plugin emulation is one of the best so had to do a plugin review on this one! So ... I have decided to shoot it out on Mixing Wednesdays against my current drum chain which consists mainly of acustica audio camel (calrec and trident b range) and an acustica audio (manley massive passive) includes a compressor plugin shootout as well with the ultra rare cadac a505 vca. The drums in this acustica audio cola review were taken from my debut single (search Settle Petal by Paul Third on spotify) and what better way to utilise the hofa blind test in a plugin comparison with my own tracks. BTW I will also be checking out linear frequency response of the pre’s as well as as the harmonic behaviour (THD NOISE) in plugin doctor. Cadac has been at the heart of countless theatre productions including We Will Rock You, Hairspray, Jersey Boys, Lion King, Chicago and Guys and Dolls. Cadac digital consoles are currently the console of choice for major international touring artists, global music festivals and large-scale installations. From the earliest recording studio desks in the late 1960s, which recorded classic tracks from major international artists, through to the live sound consoles found in prestigious theatres and on global concert tours, Cadac has always set the benchmark for quality. In fact there are few brands that can match Cadac’s unparalleled pedigree in the world of professional audio. In 1967 Clive Green started working with Adrian Kerridge at London’s Lansdowne Studios, working on replacing all the valve parts for an old EMI desk with solid state technology and modifying the desk for 8 track recording. free plugins In 1968 Terry Brown, a sound engineer at Lansdowne and Olympic Studios, was asked by Barry Morgan and Monty Babson to set up the new Morgan Studios. Morgan Studios wanted to buy the designs for the new desk that Clive and Adrian had built for Lansdowne. Clive suggested that it would be a better idea if he built the desk for Terry. Clive together with Adrian, David Bott, an engineer from “TVT”, and Charles Billet of Audix, who made the frames for the desks, formed a separate company – Cadac. The name was derived from the first letter of each of their Christian names; Clive, Adrian, David And Charles – hence Cadac. This was also the beginning of a long relationship between Cadac and Morgan Studios. The new desk was an 8 track split console design with transformer balanced inputs and outputs but no automation. Even today many Cadac recording desks are still in operation in studios all over the world with the last ever studio desk being installed, and still working, at Air Edel Studios in London. This was the start of Cadac dominating the theatre market with nearly 70% of theatre shows using Cadac desks. Performances included: Billy Elliot, We Will Rock You, Hairspray, Jersey Boys, Lion King, and Wicked and on Broadway: 13, Avenue Q, Chicago, Guys and Dolls, Gypsy, Hairspray, Jersey Boys, Lion King, Mary Poppins, Pal Joey, South Pacific and Wicked. The longest continually serving Cadac console in London was on Phantom of the Opera where it was used from 1984 until 2008, providing 24 years continuous service! Not all Cadac consoles were found in recording studios and theatres, they were also the console of choice for concert touring for many internationally acclaimed performers including; Rolling Stones, Van Halen, Franz Ferdinand, Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Status Quo, The Beach Boys, Tom Jones and Bryan Adams.