Kit Plugins NP A67 (Digital Download)

The first plugin in the Norman Petty Collection is Norman’s custom modded Altec 1567A. This component was part of a larger mixing console used by Norman in the late 1950's to record countless artists. It features the smooth, silky saturation found on many fifties vocal tracks — with the ability to drive saturation in a specific frequency band or engage high-pass or low-pass filters.

For over sixty years, Norman Petty’s personal studio sat untouched. Home to his work with Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, and a host of other rock pioneers, this unique space in Clovis, New Mexico was eventually abandoned when Petty moved to a larger building. Now, thanks to our industry-leading intensive modeling process, you can get the unique harmonic saturation of his custom modded gear in your DAW.

Features

NP A67 faithfully captures the distinctive sonic character of a custom‑modified Altec 1567A tube mixer/preamp used at Norman Petty Studios...

• Tube Saturation & Drive: Input controls emulate tube distortion when pushed toward 0 dB, mirroring the natural compression of the original mixers.
  
• Analog Texture: Optional hum recreates generator noise from vintage components.
  
• EQ Additions: While the Bass and Treble mimic vintage tone stacks, the Mid-
• Peaking Band is a modern tweak—introduced to augment tonal shaping without deviating from the original’s character.
  
• Flexible Filters: HP (High-Pass) and LP (Low-Pass) Filters, based on a customized
• Pultec-style circuit with resonant peak, provide studio‑grade control to focus or tame frequencies.
  
• Input and Output Trims (+/-36dB): Gain-stage in and out of the plugin.
  
• Input Gain (inf → 0 dB): Drives the tube stage; nearing 0 dB adds distortion/saturation.
  
• Mix: Parallel wet/dry blending for subtle to full processing balance control.
  
• Output Gain (0 dB → inf): Post‑gain attenuation.
  
• Bass EQ (0–10): Emulates lows of vintage tube tone.
  
• Mid-Peaking EQ Band (–12 to +12 dB @ 200 Hz–2.5 kHz): Provides extended equalization control (not on the original units).
  
• Treble EQ (0–10): Adds high-end sheen.
  
• High‑Pass Filter: Off, or 20 Hz–1 kHz cutoff.
  
• Low‑Pass Filter: 4 kHz–20 kHz, or Off.
  
• Analog Hum (Off, 1, 2, 3): Adds subtle tube-aged hiss.
  

System Requirements

• A FREE iLok account and iLok License Manager installation is required.
• Activation support for iLok Cloud or iLok gen 2 or 3 keys, and Machine (host computer).
• 2 activations are provided per license purchase for use.
• macOS 10.14 or above (Intel, and M-Series).
• Windows 7 or above (Intel i3, AMD Quad-Core, or later).
• A 64-bit operating system and DAW is required.
• A Compatible DAW or Host is required for AAX, AU, and VST3 formats use (64-bit only).
• Minimum 4 GB RAM and 4 GB free disk space.

Plug-In Formats

• VST3 (Steinberg Virtual Studio Technology 3).
• AU (macOS Audio Unit).
• AAX (Avid Audio Extension).