Softube Summit Audio Grand Channel

Let's start this with the confession: I've never used the original hardware. So this review is concerning only the plug-in. I don't have any first-hand experience how well the software version emulates the "real thing"... And I really don't care: the plugin sounds phenomenal and unique in it's own right!

EQF-100 is characteristic and colorful EQ. Although being extremely versatile, I wouldn't use for tracks that need very precise and surgical treatment; but if you have your sources well recorded and the original sound is good, you'll definitely have a great fun with EQF-100. The sound-sculpting possibilities are endless!!

EQF-100 isn't completely transparent: it does have a prominent sonical imprint. Although verbal descriptions are always subjective and obscure, I would call EQF-100 warm, thick, a tad dark, and yes, very "tubey".

TL-100A is your la-2a-style compressor, super easy to use, and always descent sounding. As far as "the tone" is concerned, I'd call it transparent, so if you need some opto-style compression but don't want to alter your original sound, TL-100A will do excellent job

All in all-Softube Summit Audio Grand Channel is wonderful channel strip. It's very analogue and tubey-sounding, with all the convenience that only a software can provide!!

I was an early uptaker of mixing in the box, making productions from start to finish entirely in the computer. In the early days the inbox plugins were struggling to sound 'right'. They sometimes sounded harsh or responded in an unmusical way.
The Summit Audio Grand Channel puts all those 'defects' well and truly in the past. Superb sound, effective and very smooth - highly recommended!