Talk about knocking it out of the park again! Adding a Mono Maker knob, and stereo enhancer are just the icing on the cake of this mother of all mixing console plug ins. The compressor sits beautifully in that range where the 9000J glues and the N adds body, and does both incredibly well. The expander subtly does its job to perfection, as just the right amount of addition to any sound comes out immediately upon dropping this on the channel. Limit your sounds in just the right way, by applying the limiter and make up to perfectly balance the sound and make dialing in the right power to any process a breeze. All the standard high pass & low pass filtering are available by a touch of a knob, and turn of the digital output. New for the 9099 as far as I can tell, is a glow and sheen button that give the low and high shelf a perfect curve to accentuate your most important frequencies to help your high percussions stand out, or get that low end grumble singing a wonderful tune. TMT modeling then makes it all come together, as you apply this to multiple channels, hit random, and watch magic happen. This might just be the best console plug in ever produced, and makes applying all these wonderful tools, a reason why PA is at the top of their game in the VST development world. What a beauty!
just wow!!
★★★★★
by Darek
It took me a few minutes to realize how powerful this new plugin is. It's a no brainer on drum tracks. I can't stop switching it on and off to listen and appreciate the improvement on my drum tracks.....just crazy!!!
Excellent
★★★★★
by Holy grail
The eq section of this channel strip its so beautiful! Crispy hi end!! I love it on guitars and drums! My new go to.
So much detail!
★★★★★
by Zé Poças
This one is just one of the most detailed and unique console channel strips emulations! Really looking forward to keep trying it on different sources!
Control and coloration
★★★★★
by Marcelo A.
It’s an amazing strip channel, not only with unique features never found before in a PA Console channel, but with end results that sound amazing! You may want a different color for a specific channel, what is the beauty of having so many options like the SSL versions, Focusrite, API and others, but this may be a perfect “one stop shop”. The Dynamic section is great, but the EQ is simply smooth and a delight to our ears. Beautifully designed with a great and practical GUI. Definitely a winner! Great job!!!
Amek 9099 is Good!
★★★★★
by StratRat
Wow, what a console! Clear, open and powerful. EQ section is pure Neve. Mental Note are using this for our next album. Give this a test ride. Prepare to be amazed. Great job, Dirk and the team.
9099 - real deal
★★★★★
by Marcello Gualandris
People, this is the real deal ! Not so distorted like Neve, not so clean as SSL. Like Dirk said, somewhere in the middle. Dynamic section - gate, compressor + limiter, maybe that does the magic. Superb on drums. Maybe I fall in love, or maybe that's best TMT console now :)
Wow & Wow
★★★★★
by BluelagoonStudios
Very clean console, the highs are crisp and yet bright, for every plugin I take the same good mastered WAV file, with this plugin (without touching the settings) you hear immediately the shine sound. Normally, I Wrote almost similar review for the Focusrite SC console, but this one is better. Thanks Plugin Alliance.
The Amek 9099 is the holy grail.
★★★★★
by David The Kid
I dont know how but this is about to replace the SSL9000 for me on every single channel. They have much different tones but the top end peak and shelf filters with Sheen on.. magic is happening and the Genelcs are telling me so. Mainly using this on Hiphop and Electronic genres the low shelves and peaks have a very forward and punchy sound to my ears and im in love. The gate with fast, med, and slow overall settings sounds great and yeilds interesting results. The limiter also has a clip mode which sounds awesome when clipping a drum channel. Compressor is amazing too with adjustable attack this thing is a one stop shop and the only thing you would truly need to create incredible mixes!