FabFilter

Hello FabFilter,

I just have a bunch of ideas for Pro C3:

Looks: Please Do what you did to Q4, Timeless, R2, etc: dark, elegant, DARK and pro. It is currently office grey, anything but that. Dark and amazing as the other ones. Grey is uninspiring in my humble opinion.

Bypass: it’d be GREAT to have basically the same UI down there as Q4. Bypass button right there, instant access. With no need to open the little window every time to then access the Bypass.

Saturation modes: Q4 saturation modes are MAJESTIC. You really nailed it! I opened old mixes I did with Q3 and replaced every instance with Q4 on the Warm and Subtle settings to taste. Only did THAT, anything else changed in the mix. NIGHT AND DAY! with Q4 substitution over Q3 instances with the same settings (I took the time to perfectly copy every eq move on every instance) the mix sounded Thicker, More Open, More Alive, Punchier, Detailed, just a NICER feeling. I A/B tested with more people and they all agree. And the only change was the saturation modes from Q4. Amazing. Pro C3 SHOULD REALLY HAVE ITS OWN VERSION OF THAT TOO. On top of the unique behaviors and colors that each Style provides.

Styles: I think Better sounding, more “accurate”, more “obvious” and “impactful” sounding styles with more information about each (details, tonal characteristics, strengths, milliseconds, what equipment or problem inspired you to make that style?, what is it actually doing?, what is it based of of?, etc) in the manual should be provided for us the users.

Sidechain: We need a visual confirmation that lets us know instantly that our sidechain moves are active or disactive when we don’t have the whole sidechain window open. Maybe just highlighting the Sidechain window button when we have some sidechain moves going on down there and viceversa when there’s nothing happening down there. Just for peace of mind, screen real estate and time saving purposes.

Replacing C2 with C3 in every instance of our mixes with exactly the same settings with the iterations of Styles and Saturation modes should have the impact that Q4 over Q3 had! Plus every new awesome feature you guys add to it!

Just ideas! Often overlooked but VERY important!