Put it on the slateĪll three of Slate's new plugins make worthy additions to VMR, offering a fresh take on analogue-style audio processing. However, a little Intensity (up to 20%) livens up loops and submixes nicely. In all cases, keeping the Intensity to around 30-40% achieves the best results by far and on fully mixed material, extra care is required to avoid pumping. On both synth and electric bass, the Present Tone setting adds real bite, while the other two Tone settings increase weight. As the manual says, a little goes a long way.

On mixed drum material, high Intensity settings can easily suck the life out of the signal, and once again, playing it safe pays dividends in the form of a more energetic sound.

For isolated kick and snare drums, light Intensity settings bring up the tail, but as you wind the intensity up, transients are increasingly squashed and the Tone setting simply focuses this effect towards its designated frequencies. Clearly, FG-Bomber is one of those 'black box' processors, but it's one capable of doing good things to a range of sources when handled with care.

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