Research and Development - VCM Technology - Yamaha Corporation
He played a chord. D minor 9. The sound didn’t just sustain; it evolved . It generated overtones that weren’t there a second ago. He looked at the CPU meter—2%. Impossible. The real CS-80 was famously unstable, its oscillators drifting out of tune as it warmed up. This plugin was doing the same thing.
: A tape machine simulator that emulates four legendary open-reel recorders: Swiss '70 , Swiss '78 , Swiss '85 , and American '70 . It allows users to mix and match different recording and playback deck characteristics independently.
The choruses in this collection do not sound like a Juno-60 or a Boss CE-2. They are sharper, glassier, and more "hollow" in a musical way. If you want that specific Tears for Fears or Pre-Madonna Michael Jackson vocal sound, you cannot get it from an analog chorus pedal. You need the Yamaha algorithm.
The heart of the collection is the VCM Compressor 376. It is not a clone of an LA-2A or an 1176; it is decidedly Yamaha . The original PM1000 (Professional Mixer 1000) was a modular console known for its transformer-balanced inputs and discrete transistor amplifiers. The 376 captures the limiter section from that console.