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> out of curiousity:
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> Did Focusrite emulate the devices and adapt the parameters for each
> model or did they emulate the sound and made it compatible to their
> parameter concept? In other words, can you setup one compressor or EQ
> and switch to other models to look what sounds best or do you have to
> concentrate on favorite models which you know and handle them as if
> they where individual boxes?

They use an emulation package that I won't attempt to explain here  
but it is well documented on line. In very basic terms, they do an  
impulse response test on amps, compressors, etc and model that  
response. Pretty cool stuff and amazingly accurate. You could (and I  
did) take 3 Neve preamps and not be able to tell the difference  
between their emulation and the preamps. In fact, the emulation  
sounded better than one of the preamps! I've not done the same with  
the EQs but I suspect it is similar. I REALLY like the EQ modeling  
and the fact that you can design your own EQ. The hardware connection  
is much simpler to use than screen interfaces although in most cases,  
both are provided.

Loading and switching in between models is easy but not as simple as  
a rack of compressors or EQs only due to switching times. I don't  
find it to be a problem.

Brian