I've definitely had great experiences in both worlds — analog summing and ITB mixing — but find myself happier now for the first time with true sampled analog summing for the sonics and the gain-staging convenience it provides in the box. I'm greedy, I always wanted the best of both worlds, I wanted my cake AND eat it... now you can too.

For the very first time in the box you can now have Dangerous Summing profiles on all 16/24/48/124 or 256 channels inside your DAW thanks to AnalogXAi and modern Black Box Sampling Techniques ;-) We sampled all 16 Channels of this famous summing unit and we also captured the X-Transformer, Paralimiter and Harmonics eelements of the unit to bring you an full suit of profiles to let loose on your digital / now analog productions ;-)

The Dangerous 2-Bus+ is a 16-channel analogue summing mixer designed from the ground up with innovative audio processors to add colour and musicality to a mix.

The Dangerous 2-Bus+ includes three processors called Harmonics, Paralimit and X-former which affect the summed signal differently. Harmonics as its name suggests is a tuned harmonic distortion generator which is routed in parallel and is set with a Blend to control the amount of processing applied. The Paralimit is a parallel FET limiter designed to add punch and life without affecting the natural dynamic of the signal. X-former engages a pair of custom transformers and lets you control how much saturation is the applied to the core.

Although the 2-Bus+ features powerful colour options, it remains at its heart a clean and expensive sound associated with the original 2-Bus, giving the user entire control over the colouration (or lack of) as an artistic choice rather than by default.

Dangerous 2-bus+ Summing Profiles feature:
All 16 inputs sampled separately
Transformer with Saturation profile
FET Limiter sampled
Harmonics Emphasis Sampled

The Paralimit feature. According to the manufacturer, it’s a FET limiter “set on stun” and, as the name suggests, it’s a parallel process: the compressed signal is sent to the mix using the Paralimit knob on the front panel. To my ears it sounds like the processed signal is first filtered by adding a lot of mid range and treble, then smashed by the limiter. The result is very refreshing on drums, acoustic guitar, vocals and so on — in short, any instrument that could benefit from some extra mid–range and treble energy without sounding ‘pokey’. The result is akin to that of a harmonic enhancer such as the Aphex Aural Exciter, but it’s smoother-sounding than that, and it’s very seductive — I wouldn’t mind having it available on all 16 channels! (Source https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/dangerous-mus...)

The Dangerous 2–Bus+ profiles is a perfect digital sampled rendition of an amazing active summing mixer, and the three analogue tone processors act as ‘vitamin injectors’ for stereo stems or the entire mix: super–clean sonics, FET–limited sound, or transformer saturation, the choice is yours.

home page: https://analogxai.company.site/products/Dangerous-Music-2-Bus-Analog-Summing-Profiles-NAM-GEN

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