The Vertigo Sound VSM-2 is a creative fully analog Mix and Mastering tool. The VSM offers MS, Blending and two sophisticated coloration generators in 2U size.
The VSM-2 is also available in a “basic version” without harmonic generators. This represents a "All In One"-solution for Mastering studios with no more need to invest in mastering consoles, switching devices, monitor controllers, MS En & de-coders etc.
Like all Vertigo Sound products, the VSM-2 is manufactured to the highest industry standards to guarantee the utmost performance and maximum durability.
VSM-2 Mix Satellite MK2 The VSM-2 Mix Satellite (MK2) now comes with new potentiometers. The noise floor is 4dB lower than the already very low noise Mk1 version.
All controls are stepped excluding 2nd/3rd Drive (Full Version), Mix, level & shape.
VSM-2 Unique Features
VSM-2 Basic:
All analog, latency free processing
Two fully balanced inserts on XLR offering MS En & DE-coding
Level compensated MS En & DE-coding
Insert 1 provides Dry-Wet Mix control "Parallel Compression" for LR and MS
Insert 2 provides "M&S Stereo Width" control
Level compensated AFL Solo for M and S-Signal
All controls can be easily recalled via stepped controls, pointer knobs & fine scales
Hardwire bypass for all and each processing stage
Excellent headroom with up to +30dbu at the Ins & Outs
Level matching of the inputs and outputs
Fast input and output metering plus various clip leds
Color coded switch controls for easy intuitive operation
Superior crafted & anodized front plate in "sun orange" & blue metallic silk screen print
VSM-2 "Full Version" additional features:
Two independent stereo coloration circuits
Stereo & M or S Generation of pure 2nd & 3rd harmonics
Each coloration generator is independently switchable to M, S or LR
Excessive harmonic filtering possibilities for each harmonic generator
RMS LED level control for equal level of harmonic generators
Unique "Track" mode for processing individual instruments
Soft & Hard clip switching capability
The idea behind the VSM-2 The VSM-2 a.k.a. Mix Satellite offers plenty of hugely useful functions for mixing and mastering in one unit.
Of course in daily studio life, even in the worst case scenario, you won't need all the functions of the VSM-2 at once. Carefully spot the problems you want to fix and choose the appropriate processing technique of the VSM-2.
The Mix Satellite allows you to try different processing strategies without any loss of time!
You can switch between conventional Stereo and MS processing within seconds or you can blend the Mix with the unprocessed signal by dialing only one knob.
The Solo M&S Function allows you to listen closely to M or S and to optimize your processing setting!
Technical progress and purity of analogue and digital equipment effectively removed distortion as a stylistic device from the audio engineers' tool repertoire of today.
The VSM-2 Harmonic generators allow you to colour, saturate, enhance, compress, limit or distort your program material! Now you are able to put real analog life into "dead sounds" out of the box. All parameters to create your own kind of musical coloration are on the hand with the Mix Satellite VSM-2!
Technical Specifications
All Ins & Outs electronically balanced
Dynamic Range: 128 db
Frequency response: 10 Hz ... 100 kHz (+- 1 db)
Max. Output Level: + 30 dBu
THD at +28dbu <= 0,003%
Signal to Noise Ratio at + 6 dBu = 104 db (20..20 kHz, unweighted, RMS)
Noise: – 98 dBu (20 Hz – 22 khz – unweighted, RMS) @ 0 db Unity Gain
Power consumption: max 30 Watts
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User Testimonials
"The VSM-2 offers a lot of creativity and flexibility that extends to every piece of gear I own. It was like buying an upgrade for all the other outboard in my studio. I'm doing parallel compression with a Fearn VT-7 or Chandler TG-1. I can do Mid-Side processing with a FATSO, or Daking EQ's, or de-ess the mono content of a mix with a freaking' Voxbox! The list goes on. Other mastering routers do that too, but the fun continues with the distortion generators, which can be used in mastering for the most subtle and targeted ways to add thickness or sparkle, or abused for effect while tracking or mixing. I also appreciate that if you don't need color, you simply bypass those sections, allowing the character of the gear connected to it to come through. It's like a Swiss Army Knife, but it's orange instead of red, and being able to rescue a mix without remixing -- getting a vocal to sit better, or guitars to jump to life is a LOT more exciting to me than a can opener and a toothpick!
I should also say the guys at Vertigo were very helpful, (emailing me to say hi before I even received my unit) and their build quality isnothing short of immaculate. A peak inside reveals what looks like aerospace level construction. A work of art." Brandon Busch Seattle, WA
