Phil’s Cascade is a plug-in which was modelled on a piece of hardware which was built specially to model a plug-in from. Exploiting the characteristics of vacuum tubes and transformers, what you get out of it is extremely dependent on the interaction of the controls and because of this you really have to try it and listen to the results on the particular audio you happen to be processing.

In this free video tutorial, brought to you with the support of Plugin Alliance, Pro Tools Expert team member Julian Rodgers tries out Phil’s Cascade on elements from a mix demonstrating the saturation elements and the filters available in Phil’s Cascade and how they an colour and shape the sound.

Hear the results in the free video tutorial.