Softube American Class A

API is the big clear American sound and this does it very well. Console 1 was a “where have you been my whole life” addition and getting API for it along with the others was nice. This has a fairly average transient designer included. But the whole strip seems nothing special until you step back and compare the overall tone of it to other options. The Lindell seems a bit flat and the UAD overly polished, this Softube emu sounds great, has little CPU or latency. If you care about overall tone just do it.

Great quality, as you can expect from softube. Easy to use, but lacking presets.