Noise Engineering Polydactyl Versio | Platform Episode 11 | Dynamics Processing

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"It's always a joy when a new Versio firmware comes out. But this time, it's not an effect. Well, it can be, if you have a few 'tame' sources in your rack that could need some grit. If I understand correctly, Polydactyl wasn't really planned, it's more like a labour of love. When dynamics processing came to the brand new Legio platform, Noise Engineering decided it would be uncool to exclude Versio owners. This was also a great opportunity to do multiband compression because Versio has more knobs and CV inputs. Librae Legio is intended as 'end of chain glue', a master bus compressor. Polydactyl is targeted to sculpt individual modules or a submix. So this video inevitably dives into the area of sound engineering. Please note I am not a pro, just sharing what I've learned so far. Let's face it, us - modular people - have to make our sounds from scratch, we need to do the final mix and make sure it sounds good on most speakers. These modules can be a lot of help.

When I was about to finish this video, a Legio module came to my doorstep. So I needed to do some more recording and editing (tough job) to compare the two. More about Legio coming soon!

As usual, Polydactyl can be flashed into your Versio for free. It's completely up to you if you keep it there. A dedicated module is coming out on August 25th. Completely new with Versio? My personal favorite top 4 is Desmodus, Melotus, Imitor and a generic Versio for the less permanent jobs. A friendly warning: Versio and Legio are 'fly traps' or 'honey pots'. It usually doesn't end with just one module..."