Dangerous Music 2 Bus+

To add colour and character to your mixes, the design team at Dangerous have created three completely unique fully analogue circuits: Harmonics, Paralimit and X-Former. Because these circuits are hardwired into the 2-BUS+ (pronounced "Tuh Bass Plass"), you get a versatile selection of analogue colouration without having to leave the lush yet open mixing environment.

Harmonics - Add the euphoric sound of an analogue circuit on the edge of distortion to the entire mix, or just a single channel pair. Care has been taken to find the perfect balance of even and odd harmonics. This effect is applied in parallel with the unprocessed signal. The "STIMULATE" control allows you to adjust exactly how much of it you want. The treble shimmers subtly, the bass growls pleasantly and the whole sound is warmed up a little in a way that only a genuine analogue circuit can do.

Paralimit - A FET limiter set to the right. An original Chris Muth design inspired by the famous 1176 Limiting Amplifier on "All Buttons in": a ratio to infinity and analogue sparkle in the highs. With its "BLEND" control and assignment switches, the Paralimit enables parallel compression in the simplest and most direct way, in stereo, at analogue level, on the whole mix or just on one stereo channel pair - a flexible setup that would otherwise require complex cabling, meticulous level balancing and a not inconsiderable amount of outboard gear.

X-former - Last in the path is a pair of custom Cinemag transformers, characterised by Chris Muth's utterly unique approach to driving the transformer into saturation. Switch it on to get the solid, punchy sound that makes old consoles so popular - and then turn in the "SATURATE" knob to drive the transformer more and more into saturation in a way that only the 2-BUS+ can. The X-former is all about having just the right amount of colouration of a classic analogue console available when you need it.