Softube has released version 2.0 of all of their plug-ins. The new version adds AAX 64-bit Native support for use in Pro Tools 11. The plug-ins have also been completely recoded from the ground up for improved efficiency and performance — CPU usage has dropped by as much as 50% in certain plug-ins, meaning up to twice as many instances can run.
CPU usage stats, for a stereo instance of each plug-in, running at 44.1kHz sample rate:
- Acoustic Feedback: -15%
- Active Equalizer: -38%
- Bass Amp Room: -36%
- FET Compressor: -15%
- Focusing Equalizer: -36%
- Metal Amp Room: -10%
- Passive Equalizer: -22%
- Spring Reverb: -19%
- Summit Audio Grand Channel: -40%
- Summit Audio TLA-100A Compressor: -28%
- Summit Audio EQF-100 Full Range Equalizer: -6%
- Tonelux Tilt and Tilt Live: -41% and -57%
- Trident A-Range: -25%
- TSAR-1 Reverb: -13%
- TSAR-1R Reverb: -14%
- Tube Delay: -28%
- Tube-Tech Classic Channel: -50%
- Tube-Tech CL 1B Compressor: -25%
- Tube-Tech ME 1B Mid-Range Equalizer: -23%
- Tube-Tech PE 1C “Pultec” Equalizer: -30%
- Valley People Dyna-mite: -29%