recreating focusrite AIR in Ableton Live

[pennywize]

Hi everyone, I think it's my first topic here on this forum and I'm afraid I'm starting with a dumb question

I own a Focusrite 18i20 3rd gen and I love the AIR effect (it's not a proper effect, as far as could read online) on my vocals, I'd like to recreate it directly in ableton live and I'm wondering how. I wasn't able to find anything on google and I tried asking chatgpt, but it sounds a bit off, so maybe other fellow humans could help me. I found in Live a preset called airyvocal, but it's missing the saturated part.

I own Live 12.2.

Thanks in advance

[tobeyg]

Found this in Focusrite’s website:

ISA 110 circuitry
Air packs an additional punch by closely emulating not just the sound, but the circuitry of the original ISA 110 mic preamp from the Focusrite Studio Console.

Improved input impedance
In addition to the 4dB boost at 24kHz provided by the all-analogue filters, Clarett⁺ and Red interfaces also switch the input impedance when Air is engaged, from 6.2kΩ to 2.2kΩ. This change in impedance alters the complex interaction between the microphone and the input circuitry of the preamp, which can completely change the character of the sound you capture, especially with older ribbon and dynamic microphones. For Line and Instrument inputs, the impedance remains the same and only the frequency response changes, with a 4dB boost at 24kHz.

Not sure what the characteristics of the ISA preamp is, but you can at least to try boost 4dB at 24kHz with an EQ and potentially look for plugins that emulate the ISA or just try to emulate the character (if it’s saturated for example) with the devices of Live.

[tobeyg]

This plugin probably solves it: https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... te_sc.html

[pottering]

Saturator set to Analog Clip can do the saturation part (together with that Airy Vocal preset).

(If it is not a vocal I think you can turn off the band 1 low cut in the Airy Vocal preset.)