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Sound Techniques Alpha Range Channel
Rediscover the console that crafted the most iconic music of the late 60s and early 70s, the Sound Techniques. Our channel strip has all the tonality and magic of the hardware, brought into the future and now in your DAW.
$64.99
Want to make Iconic Recordings?
Use an iconic console
Only 14 Sound Techniques A-Range* consoles were built, but they were installed in major studios, and in a brief period — 1965 to 1975 — they were used to make the most influential and legendary recordings of the time. Our Alpha Range Channel captures the low end, the punch, the present midrange and glassy highs that are found on your favorite records.
We recreated its unique saturation characteristics, and its one-of-a-kind equalizer, and the ElektraComp VCA channel compressor, visualizers to help you get the sound in your head, and full access to transformers and amplifiers to tweak your Alpha Range even further.
There’s no other console like a Sound Techniques, and this is the only plugin in the world that gives you that sound.
$64.99
- Windows, Mac and Linux Compatible
- VST3, AU, AAX, LV2
- Proprietary licensing system
- Licenses include all future upgrades—you purchase once, forever.
- Recreate the unique sonic signature of an iconic console.
- Get the low-end size and punch of classic 70s albums.
- Smooth and detail the high-end on vocals and drums.
- Add snap and sparkle to snares, kicks and guitars.
- Precisely control saturation for color and texture.
Are you ready to get iconic?
The signature sound of the Sound Techniques console, modeled at component level.
You know the sound: crisp, detailed highs. Punch that pops tracks out of the speakers. A warm, huge low end. It was the essence of iconic recordings made in the late 1960s and early 70s. It was the signature sound of the Sound Techniques recording console.
The Sound Techniques A-Range* was the desk of choice in major studios in England, such as Trident and De Lane Lea, and was the first British recording console ever in the United States, in Sunset Sound’s fabled Studio 2. The biggest artists of this era were cutting their songs on a Sound Techniques, and were willing to fly the Atlantic to do so.
Late 1964
Geoff Frost and John Wood found Sound Techniques studio in Chelsea, London.
1965
The first A-Range console is built and installed in their own Chelsea studio.
1965–71
Fourteen A-Range consoles hand-built in total.
April 1967
The first A-Range is sold to Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood — the first British-designed mixing desk sold in the U.S.
1968
The second U.S. A-Range goes to Elektra Sound Recorders, West Hollywood.
1968
Trident Studios, London installs the first of two Sound Techniques consoles.
Late 1960s
System 12 is introduced, often cited as one of the first compact mixing consoles ever built; roughly 40 units made.
1970
A System 12 is installed at Randy’s Studio 17 in Kingston, Jamaica.
1973
A System 12 bought by the Rolling Stones is operating at Dynamic Sound Studios, Kingston.
1974
Sound Techniques loses the lease on the Chelsea building housing both the studio and console manufacturing; the business effectively ends there.
Now it’s 2026
By 1976, Sound Techniques closed up shop and the brand vanished, forgotten by most of the industry. In 2018, Sound Techniques returned, making new, amazing sounding consoles and hardware. And you’ve heard these recordings as well, with that same signature openness and power.
In 2026, we’re delighted to introduce our Sound Techniques Alpha Range Channel strip. It’s the sound of those iconic studios and records, digitally modeled at component level, and now it’s in your DAW.
2014–16
Danny White purchases the Sound Techniques name and restarts the brand.
2018
The first new Sound Techniques consoles ship under White’s revived company.
2025
Danny White connects with Korneff Audio.
2026
Korneff Audio releases the Sound Techniques Alpha Range plug-in, a channel strip based on the original console. Warm Audio releases the Jude Preamp, a hardware version of the original.
* A-Range is a trademark of Trident Audio Developments (PMI Audio Group).
The Sound Techniques Preamp
A one-of-a-kind design for a signature sound.
The unique design of the Sound Technique preamp gives the Alpha Range strip saturation characteristics that impart size, warmth and sparkle to any sound source. A few clicks on the Mic Gain Preamp are a great start, but you can fine tune the transformers and amplifiers to tailor response to your mix.
01
Polarity Switch
Flips absolute phase at the input stage.
02
Mic / Line Switch
Selects the input stage feeding the transformer.
03
Input Transformer Impedance
Loads the transformer differently for tone.
04
Mic Preamp Gain
Drives the amplifier stage into saturation.
The Sound Techniques EQ
Unconventional, useful and gorgeous.
The Alpha Range EQ is two bands of inductor-based equalization. It’s simple, but there’s a reason everyone wanted to mix on a Sound Techniques.
The high band features sweepable frequencies and a boost and a cut at the same time—it’s a high end “Pultec Trick” that adds air while controlling harshness.
The low end is designed for big bottom end, low mid warmth, and reduced muddiness.
We’ve included a set of high and low pass filters as well.
05
High Frequency Cut
Tames harshness in the high band.
06
High Frequency Selection
Sweepable frequency choice for the high band.
07
Bandwidth Selector
Sets the width of the high band curve — wide, medium or narrow.
08
High Frequency Boost
Adds air on top, usable alongside the cut.
09
Pass Filters
High and low pass filters for both bands.
10
EQ Editor
Opens real time analyser and editor.
11
Low Frequency Selection
Switches the low band between 80 and 150 Hz.
12
Low Boost/Cut
Big bottom end, low mid warmth, less mud.
A Killer Compressor
Modern features hidden in a vintage interface.
The original Sound Techniques consoles had quirky interfaces. We wanted to maintain the look of the original Sound Techniques channels but add some of the features we know modern DAW workflows demand. So we added a compressor.
The ElektraComp is a vintage VCA-based design providing plenty of punch. Easy mode has just two knobs, a Threshold and a Blend (all set for parallel processing). Switch off Easy, and you get access to all the parameters, and a useful display to guide your choices.
13
Compressor Threshold
Sets where the ElektraComp starts working — one of the only two knobs you need in Easy mode.
14
Compressor Blend
Mixes compressed and uncompressed signal, preset for parallel processing.
15
Compressor Editor
Opens compressor visualizer and additional controls.
16
Channel Fader
Sets the channel output level feeding the bus.
17
Compressor In/Out
Bypasses the compressor so you can A/B against the dry channel.
18
Channel Link
Ties channels together for matched stereo compression.
19
Channel Cut
Mutes the channel without disturbing your fader position.
Summing and Saturation
Customize the sound of the console.
A summing bus emulation gives the Alpha Range Channel the full sonic breadth of the console. Comprehensive back panel controls allow for unlimited tweaking of all the amplifier circuits in the channel and resource management.
20
VU Meters
Analog-style ballistics show level and gain reduction.
21
Meter Display
Switches the meters between output level and compressor gain reduction.
22
Output Faders
Set the level into the summing amp stage.
23
Summing Amps
Switches the summing bus emulation in, or bypasses it.
24
L / R Swap
Flips the left and right channels at the output.
25
Fader Link
Ties the two output faders together so they move as one.
Pros talking about the Sound Techniques Alpha Range Channel
Don’t think I’d ever been so excited for a plugin before and it did not disappoint! Been obsessed with the history and sound of the countless records done with Sound Techniques consoles, and having that in a plugin is a dream come true. It’s as warm, punchy and big sounding with a huge round bottom and open top, but it also has a particularly special midrange that I’ve never heard on anything else. For years I’d been searching for that unique snare sound on all those old Sound Techniques and De Lane Lea records and for the first time ever I was able to get it just right on a recent mix using the plugin.
The Alpha Range plugin is one I’ve been waiting on for years, ever since I installed our 36 channel Sound Techniques ZR console. Korneff nailed it. I’m now able to EQ things the way I’m used to without having to put it through the console! It’s my favorite EQ—in or out of the box
Incredible! So many useful and musical options with the Sound Techniques Alpha Range. And that is just using the preamp section!! The top end EQ is like nothing I’ve ever heard before. Combined with the preamp and the compressor, this is a device I’ll be spending hours with deciphering all the musical possibilities. The Sound Techniques is very cool…
The Sound Techniques Alpha Range Channel works with all DAWs
Real customer reviews Sound Techniques Alpha Range Channel
Seriously, after 20 minutes this may be my new favorite plug-in. It does what AIP does for guitars for everything else! I was searching for the right tool to add life to programmed drums (GGD Modern & Massive 2) in a new writing template I am developing. Three words “Drum Bus Butter”🔥
This is by far the most surprising and “jaw dropping” channel strip plugin I’ve ever heard and used. Seriously, I know some analog consoles that sound less analog, and are nowhere near as good as this channel strip.
It instantly became my go-to bus channel strip plugin. Putting this one on a drum bus make it shine !
Did my first mix with it on every channel yesterday. Sounds fucking great.
I haven’t felt like this about the sound of a plugin in about 11 years; there’s an actual kaleidoscope of butterflies in my stomach.
(Yes, that’s what a bunch of ’em gathered together is called. PRETTY.)
Do you remember what it was like when you were still true music fans and took the time to really enjoy music and associate it with special moments in your lives? XY had released a new album, and you were totally excited when you held it in your hands at the local record store, marveling at the cover and reading every line on the back cover. You were filled with joy because you were about to take home what you considered the best music out there. That’s what music was like back when everything was still analogue.
And that’s exactly how a musician and producer like me feels when a new plugin from Korneff Audio comes out. I’m excited and full of joy, and I feel exactly the same as I did back then. A Korneff Audio plugin isn’t just fantastic sound and top quality – it’s a journey through time, refined with today’s best ideas. It’s an experience! André Vard
Korneff Plugin Licensing
Software Based
Korneff Audio uses a software-based licensing system. No USB or hardware dongles, no special drivers are needed.
Four Activations
Our plugins can be activated on up to four (4) machines at the same time.
Connections
An internet connection is required to activate our software. Internet connection required for all demos.
Software Requirements Sound Techniques Alpha Range Channel
Current Version: 0.1.3
Minimum System
Requirements
- Intel, AMD or Apple Silicon i5 quad core processor
- 4GB of RAM
- Mac OSX 10.14 or later
- Windows 7 & Above
- Linux minimum: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or equivalent (x86-64)
- Linux recommended: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or later, Debian 11+, Fedora 36+, or any modern distribution using glibc ≥ 2.28
- Screen res: 1024 x 768 or higher
Supported Plugin
Formats
- Mac 64bit: VST3, AU, AAX
- Windows 64bit: VST3, AAX
- Linux 64bit: VST3, LV2