DaD Valve

AAX DSP, Pro Tools HDX Compatible

DUY DaD Valve was the first ever digital simulator of the classical valve sound for digital workstations.

If I have to choose a favorite it is probably DUY DaD Valve, which faultlessly mimics the warmth and roundness of glowing tubes, yet of course no added noise.
Chris Porter · Producer and engineerGeorge Michael, David Bowie, Elton John, Tina Turner, Take That, Pet Shop BoysGrammy-nominated producer2003 · More from the experts who chose DUY

In the press

Tube Mic Pre: DUY DaD Valve

In his Hard Disk Life mixing column, the engineer lists the chain he uses to emulate an analogue tracking session. DaD Valve is his tube mic pre and DaD Tape his tape stage, named alongside Waves and McDSP.

Digidesign DigiZine · Charles Dye2002-04 · Read the archived original · What the press wrote about DUY, 1997 onwards
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DUY DaD Valve can be purchased individually or as part of other bundles, such as the EverPack, the Analog Bundle or the DUY Essentials Bundle.


MAIN FEATURES:

-Real valve sound, with its classic warmth, within the digital domain, and with characteristics and control impossible to achieve in conventional valve systems.

-Simulation of the most common valve types -triode, tetrode and pentode-, with a full range of biasing and operating levels.

-Optimized responses for the 38 most common families of acoustic and electronic musical instruments. Also suitable for the processing of any kind of sound: music, effects and voices.

-Propietary system based on physical modelling providing absolute and independent control over both spectral and dynamic responses, with a total of 1600 different configurations.

-Easy and intuitive user interface.

-High signal to noise ratio due to high-quality internal resolution.

-Easily updateable and expandable.

AAX DSP, Pro Tools HDX Compatible

Runs natively on Pro Tools HDX DSP cards for zero-latency processing, ideal for tracking, live sessions and high-channel-count mixes.