Crane Song Phoenix II - Manual (Page 3)

The Phoenix II contains five different flavors:
Luminescent is the most neutral sounding process of the five.
Iridescent has a similar magnetic character, but with a fatter bottom and midrange.
(This flavor is the most similar to the tape knob on HEDD-192.)
Radiant is characterized by a more aggressive compression curve
Dark Essence is even more aggressive. (The effect is a color with a wider
frequency range-when used on a vocal Dark Essence can reduce sibilance
problems by increasing the apparent loudness of the rest of the signal.)
Luster starts more gently than the other four processes, but becomes as
aggressive as Dark Essence when the process is at full scale.
Running within Avid’s AAX architecture, Phoenix is very DSP efficient. It will run approximately
27 instances of a plug-in on a single DSP chip (HD system at 44.1 kHz sample rate).
This will
be greatly increased in the next release
Phoenix’s color is dependant on signal level, program material and sample rate. A higher
sample rate results in smother sounds
The Phoenix II plug-in provides a wide range of choices to make your digital world sound
warmer, fatter, and more analog. The plug-ins can be somewhat subtle, but the cumulative
affect when used on a number of tracks can bring back the warmth and richness which only
analog recording has been able to provide.
Phoenix II is multi-mono, and will work multi mono in stereo and 5.1.
As of July 2012 Phoenix II does not read Phoenix I settings, this is being working on, watch the
download site for updates