Compressor VST Plugins

Faithful and unique emulation of an old German broadcast compressor/limiter unit U73b. The device was often used for mastering between 1960 and 1980. It is an all tube vary-mu compressor/limiter with adjustable release time option. We kept the circuit exactly as it was originally designed and only added input and output gain (before and right after compressor circuit) to help with proper adjustment of the compression. The plugin effect has been also supplemented with a VU meter and selectable side-chaining. U73b is great for mastering, mixing drums, bass, guitar, vocals and voice overs. Controls The compressor’s controls are very easy, but the effect of this unique device is audible at the same moment you turn it on:

• Compressor/Limiter switch – is the upper U73b knob and it switches between Compressor mode (Kompr), Bypass (Durchschalt) and Limiter mode (Begr). The compressor mode has lower threshold setting and very gentle increasing ratio, in opposite, the limiter mode provides higher threshold setting with higher ratio but still with smooth knee.
• Release time – the first three positions offer fixed release time, the other three positions (marked red) provide adjustable program content dependent release time option.
• IN – adjust input gain before the compressor/limiter circuit
• OUT – adjust output gain after the compressor/limiter circuit.
• Key input – selects the signal source used for controlling the gain reduction
• HPF – U73b is a vintage device and as such it may not meet present mastering demands. We added a bass management button that simply switches between original sound and desired modern sound (without low frequencies bypass).

Dynamics Control and Frequency Balance at your Fingertips

MB-Control is a three-band multiband compressor that makes multiband compression simple and effective, providing you full control over the dynamics of your tracks, or even full mixes & masters, letting you control the frequency balance of your music with ease.

It comes with multiple quality-of-life features that help you make the right move in seconds, such as per-band auto gain, tempo-synchronized release, auto attack & release, and more.

This is why dialing in the right amount of compression is as simple as turning down the threshold and letting MB-Control do its thing!

Why use MB-Control?

Multiband Compression is already a hard concept to wrap ones’ head around, and 99% of multiband compressors are way too complicated to use & understand, with way too many controls for each band, too many built-in features that make you spend more time than you should looking for the perfect setting, and so on.

MB-Control is designed to provide a lot of useful features while still keeping the workflow simple:

Its per-band Auto Gain keeps you from having to constantly level-match. Auto attack & release parameters have been designed to work on 99% of audio sources. And if you want the compression to follow the groove of the song, simply enable tempo-sync and set the time interval. It’s that easy!

Key Features

• Activate on 3 devices simultaneously!
• High-Resolution Processing: Experience pristine audio quality with 4x and 8x oversampling options. These settings ensure your sound is processed with the utmost clarity, minimizing digital artifacts and reducing aliasing for a cleaner, more authentic audio experience.
• Intelligent Dynamics Control: Equipped with an automatic makeup gain feature, THR MB-Control adeptly balances the output level, ensuring consistent volume and dynamics across different bands.
• Tempo-Synced Release: Seamlessly integrate your compression with the rhythm of your track. Our tempo-synced release option allows the compressor to breathe in time with your music, adding a musical quality to the dynamics.
• Automatic Attack and Release Times: Simplify your workflow with auto attack and release settings. These adaptive parameters adjust based on the incoming audio, ensuring optimal compression for every situation.
• Tonal Versatility: Each band comes with its own subtle distortion feature, offering a touch of harmonic richness and warmth, perfect for adding character and depth to your mixes, while also ensuring that the output volume doesn’t change.
• Precise Mix Control: Dial in the perfect balance with dedicated mix controls for each band. This feature allows for intricate blending of compressed and uncompressed signals, providing flexibility and creative freedom.
• Solo and Bypass Options: Fine-tune your sound with solo and bypass controls for each band. Isolate bands for focused adjustments, or quickly compare your processed and original signals.
• External Sidechain Support: Enhance your dynamic control with external sidechain capabilities. This feature allows for advanced compression techniques, such as ducking and pumping effects, tailored to your creative needs.

Add Life To Your Tracks

Here’s a little secret: compression, limiting, and overdrive are all the same thing—and all of them can beused to add energy and excitement to your music. Invigorate is a deconstructed compressor, limiter, andoverdrive distortion fine-tuned to add life to your mix, drum bus, or any other element. The intuitivedesign allows you to effortlessly morph from pumping compression, through hard-hitting limiting, torich distortion while dialing in the perfect sound with the prominent MIX control. The result isguaranteed to bring your mix forward and giveit the energy you’re expecting from a finished record.

Features:

• Unique Radar control allows you to dial in the perfect amount of gain while morphing fromcompression, through limiting, to distortion.
• Prominent MIX knob allows you to dial in just the rightamount of character.
• Single gain curve for all three effects makes it easy to dial in just the right sound.
• SHAPE, SQUASH, and GATE controls for the gain curve give the perfect amount of control overyour tone.
• An aggressive level detector makes the compression pump and breathe when desired.
• Oversampling and Anti-aliasing assure clean sonics with no digital aliasing

Introducing clarity on demand.

Smooth Operator combines equalization, spectral compression and resonance suppression into a singular creative experience that’s instant and intuitive. Use it to perfect your tonal balance and add a touch of ‘hifi’.

Our spectral detection algorithm adapts to your audio 44,100 times per second and automatically eliminates fatigued frequencies. This gives you full control to shape your signal and bring out more definition.

Highlights:

• Brings out clarity and smoothness across instruments, vocals and mix busses.
• Allows for creative tone shaping without artifacts or harsh resonances.
• Intelligent algorithm that automatically detects and resolves fatigued frequencies.

What is Spectral Processing.

The easiest way to understand Spectral Processing is to think of it as manipulating the building blocks that make up a digital signal – rather than the actual signal.

Our algorithm uses Fast Fourier Transform – or FFT – to break the incoming audio into tiny particles, which are analyzed and processed separately, before being put back together as audio. This all happens in realtime and allows for a much more surgical approach to resonance detection and rebalancing than what would be possible with traditional audio effects.

While most spectral tools focus on audio restoration, we wanted Smooth Operator to be all about creative expression. The plugin is meant for shaping your tone.

Use it to compress, EQ and ‘purify’ in one simple process – and know that Smooth Operator has your back when it comes to automatically eliminating artifacts.

Smooth Operator comes loaded with 63 presets created by friends of BABY Audio – including:

• Preston Reid (Ciara, Toni Braxton, Lil Uzi Vert)
• David Nakaji (Post Malone, Aminé, Lil Eazzyy)
• Rob Kleiner (David Guetta, Sia, Britney Spears, Giorgio Moroder)
• Steven Holness (Adele, Jason Derulo, Paul Weller)
• Neenah (Winne, Mr. Probz, Nana Fofie, Joe Budden)

Display options.

• Switch between three color modes (Pink / Green / Blue)
• Plugin window fully resizable

Intense Power. Perfect Punch.

Puncher 2 is a Multi-FX plug-in that will add instant power and punch to your tracks.

In terms of compression, this is the all in one tool you’ve been dreaming of. Packed into its compact design you will find 3 different effects. A Transient Shaper, Multiband Compressor and Parallel Compressor. It allows you to combine the power of these 3 amazing tools to create a brand new, unique and powerful sound. Puncher 2 not only allows you to to control the amount of the applied effect, but it also allows you to control the effect itself. Offering advanced options for each effect you can fine-tune every aspect as much as you like. Inside Puncher 2 you will also find 48 configured presets made for various genres and instruments.

Puncher 2 is designed to give you absolute tonal control of transient energy so that you can customize and shape those sounds.

Rather than have 3 separate units, Puncher 2 has the 3 elements you need to give your mix that clear extra punch, all in one compact plugin.

Transient Shaper

The ‘Transients’ section lets you shape the transients and sustain of your tracks. The main mix control lets you set the intensity of the effect, while the advanced settings give you control over the stereo linking, bandwidth and envelope length of the detection signal, as well as the maximum boost overage or cut that you want to apply to your signal’s transients or sustain.

Multiband Compressor

The ‘Multiband’ section divides your track into 4 bands with subtractive IIR filters, creating a real-time linear phase Multiband split. Every band has its own compressor that applies logarithmic attack and release directly to the required gain reduction value, instead of to the detection signal, smoothing out the compression effect in an analogue fashion.

Parallel Compressor

The Parallel section lets you apply smooth parallel compression to even out the dynamics in your track in a very natural way, or create a powerful compression effect. You can also reduce the dynamic range without reduction to the peak level. The compressor has a continuous RMS time control and a knee width control that will let you fine-tune the compressor’s sensitivity to react aggressive and digital, or silky and analogue. By adding a parallel compressor to work with the Multiband band compressor this increases the effective compression ratio and makes the processing more obvious and effective.

In addition to expanding transient peaks, Puncher 2 allows you to shape the frequency response of the transient as well as the sustain signal. Innovations in technology bring new possibilities to customize the sound, plus a new ease of use to achieve the same sought-after results once only achieved by bulky, expensive and complex hardware. Designed with an easily understood and operational interface, Puncher 2 is a compact Multi FX plugin capable of delivering pin drop clarity as well as the hardest most intense punch to your mix.

Features

• Attack and release transient shaping
• Real-time linear phase Multiband compression
• Variable RMS parallel compression
• Built-in preset manager
• Before/after dynamics wave display
• Smoothed out bypass controls
• Resizable user interface

Presets Include

• 9 Instrument Presets (guitar,brass,string,piano)
• 8 Drum Presets (deep house,dub,rock,trap)
• 9 Bass Synth Presets
• 7 Synth Lead Presets
• 11 Synth Presets by Genre (ambient, hip-hop, future bass)
• 6 vocal presets

The FG-Stress is a digital replication of one of the industry’s most highly coveted analog compressors, the Empirical Labs Distressor.

Every aspect of the Distressor has been modeled, which is no simple task due to the Distressor’s unique topology where every ratio is essentially a different compressor! Like the hardware in which it models, the FG-Stress can mimic the tone of some of the industry’s most famous compressors like punchy VCAs, fat tube compressors, and even vintage opto units.

After two years of development, we are so proud of how precisely the software can match the hardware.

Features

• Compressor module for the Virtual Mix Rack (basic rack included)
• Software module of one of the most coveted compressor
• Eight unique ratios including 10:1 “Opto” ratio
• Every ratio emulates a different compressor
• Detector options to customize compression tone
• Three different audio paths options to add color and warmth
• HP filter for the audio path
• HP filter for the detector path
• Mix Knob

Unlock Unparalleled Powers.

Parallel processing plays a fundamental part in getting a “big” mix sound. By processing multiple copies of the same track and blending them together, you can add more punch to a mix — in a more natural-sounding way.

It’s like teamwork: Multiple copies of the same track – each focused on doing one specific job – can achieve more together than a single copy being processed to death on its own.

Parallel Aggressor is based on this simple concept.

The plugin splits your audio into three equal parts:

• Dry – Your original signal
• Spank – A heavily compressed duplicate
• Heat – A heavily saturated duplicate

Work the duplicates hard! Then combine all three signals to squeeze every drop of sonic juice out of your track.

Great sound – great simplicity.

You’re probably using parallel processing all over your mixes already. But Parallel Aggressor is designed to give you the maximum sonic impact with the lowest possible track count. No extra busses or mix faders needed.

As with all our plugins, we’ve engineered Parallel Aggressor to inject its own sonic flavor into your mix.

The plugin is designed to make the small decisions internally, while leaving the big decisions to you.

PARALLEL ENGINE 1: SPANK

Spank offers an addictively punchy compression algorithm, designed to adapt to your audio signal. It begins where our I Heart NY plugin ended, with improvements in sound quality, signal detection and flexibility.

Style injection buttons: Extra Punch, Extra Smack, Sidechain Filter, Mono

PARALLEL ENGINE 2: HEAT

Heat is a warm, analog modeled, saturation algorithm with an aggressive bite. It is based on our tape saturator from Super VHS, but has been rewritten and optimized for the Parallel Aggressor release.

Style injection buttons: Extra Hot, Tone, HP Filter, LP Filter

AUTO GAIN:

Auto Gain ensures that the combined output of the plugin’s three signals roughly matches the input/dry level. This allows you to experiment with different internal mix balances while keeping a consistent plugin output.

PRESETS:

Parallel Aggressor comes loaded with 25 presets created by BABY Audio and some friends of the house:

• KurtCurt (Grammy nominated engineer for 2 Chainz, Diamond D, Wiz Khalifa).
• Anthony Saffery (Billboard #1 producer for Portugal. The Man, Dirty Vegas, Cornershop).

Dark Mode

Grey Mode

Light Mode

What the Workflow looks like:

• Balance the three parallel signals from the main level mixer.
• Use the Spank and Heat knobs to dial-up the firepower of the parallel engines.
• The meters help you set the right amount of Spank and Heat for any audio signal. (Dial the main Spank/Heat knobs until the meters peak right before the orange line).
• The style knobs inject desirable sonic flavors into the parallel engines. Engage multiple at once.
• The solo buttons let you monitor each parallel signal individually for fine-tuning purposes.
• Turn on Auto Gain to get a consistent plugin output, roughly matching the input level.
• Output sets the global output level (post Auto Gain).
• Switch between three different color schemes by clicking the top left icon.

Notable User: Damien Lewis – Grammy Awarded Producer/Mixer for Rihanna, Beyoncé, Timbaland
“Parallel Aggressor takes parallel compression to another level. I’m not sure what’s under the hood but it’s magic and I always love what it does to my drums and instrument busses.”

EQ, Compression and Saturation Plugin

Whether you’re recording basic tracks or adding the final touches on your mix, the Symphony ECS Channel Strip offers a simple but comprehensive EQ, compression and saturation for enhancing your tracks with minimum fuss and maximum results.

EQ – The Channel Strip’s EQ is based on vintage 1970’s hardware EQ that’s simple but potent, so you can dial in your sound with ease. Switch the high pass filter to the compressor sidechain for aggressive compression without pumping.

Compressor – With parameters tuned by legendary mixer Bob Clearmountain, the compressor offers foolproof gain reduction with just the essential controls. Parallel compression is easy using the included Mix knob.

Saturation – Add the finishing touch to your sound with variable levels of saturation, from subtle volume-boosting through crunchy and exciting to full-on crush.

Flexible Workflows with Symphony Desktop – The ECS Channel Strip runs both on Symphony Desktop on-board hardware DSP and as a native plugin in your DAW, opening an array of innovative and flexible workflows. Commit to your processing with Print FX mode or set up DualPath monitoring for zero-latency recording with the ECS Channel Strip.

Features

• Channel Strip format offers multiple effects in one plugin
• Vintage-modelled 3-band EQ
• Clearmountain-tuned Compressor with Auto Makeup
• Saturation from subtle gain to warm crush
• Flexible High-Pass
• DualPath flexibility with Symphony Desktop

Instant Energy, Depth & Character

Escalator is a combination of compression, saturation & distortion that allows you to quickly colour your sound with a variety of flavours.

Instantly energize your sound with the turn of a knob. Apply lighter settings to get thicker sounds without the mud or ‘crank it’ for a more aggressive sound without all that harshness.

Key Features

• The lower value ranges saturate your sound while maintaining the transients
• As the value range increases, the more Saturation and Softclipping is applied. Pinning the transients in place and focusing the overall dynamic range
• The more extreme value range will start to apply a distortion to your overall signal

Roelof Klop
“Escalator has replaced almost all my saturation plugins. It’s not only easier to use, but it sounds amazing, rich and full!”

Julian Kuchler
“Escalator is an amazing tool! Super easy and fast to add unique thickness and punch to your mixes.”

LFOTool is an FX utility plug-in. It empowers music producers to create tremolo, auto-pan, trance-gate, side-chain compressor simulation, and dubstep-type wobble effects with minimal effort.

MIDI Compatible
LFOTool will process incoming audio as well as generate a MIDI message stream for controlling other instruments.

Endless LFO Power
This unique plug-in also allows users to sculpt custom LFO curves and shapes and comes equipped with dozens of presets to achieve desired results quickly.

Fast and easy to use
Consistent with other products in Xfer Records’ software lineup, LFOTool is coded entirely in C++ in order to minimize the CPU load during operation.

MAIN FEATURES

• LFO with customizable point+tension-curve editor, 12 graphs in a preset (switchable via MIDI notes or automation)
• Up to 4 graphs simultaneously (Cutoff/Reso/Pan)
• Graph preset shapes from a drop-down menu, able to save your own
• Both macOS and Windows versions included
• 2+64 bit VST, AudioUnit, and AAX support
• Can optionally send MIDI CC out to control other softsynths, effects, or external hardware which responds to MIDI CC messages.
• BPM (with optional swing) or Hz LFO rate control
• Sample-accurate sync
• Dozens of presets included

The most legendary opto-compressor in the history of recorded music.

We spent over a year modeling every peak, curve, and sonic nuance with unparalleled accuracy. Add incredible warmth & tone to your tracks within seconds.

Every Little Detail

We spent over a year measuring, analyzing, and obsessing over every aspect of the 2A. From its characteristic saturation to the magic of the T4 optical attenuator to the signature release response—we spared no expense.

Start With The Best

Because every 2A is different, we started with the best. We listened to a ton of units until we found one that captured all the warmth & tone we knew producers would love. FG-2A captures the warmest, most musical opto compressor we’ve ever heard.

The New Standard

There are lots of 2A plugins out there—no one gets it right. With saturation that’s peak-for-peak accurate to the original hardware, nobody else comes close to FG-2A.

IA-LA1 Compressor Plugin

Our IA-LA1 compressor plugin is designed to be super responsive. It comes with a transparent algorithm that introduces no distortion or artefacts. But if coloration is required we have the THD control, which introduces a gentle dynamic distortion adding extra warmth and depth.

IA-LA1 comes with accurate level meters and a gain reduction meter giving a clear visual of the compression being applied. Get perfect compression in less time with our IA-LA1 compressor plugin.

IA-LA1 Compressor Plugin Features

• Automatic compression – no need to set attack and release times.
• THD – Total Harmonic Distortion, adds extra warm and depth.
• Preset manager – Save and load custom presets.
• Input gain – Push the audio louder before entering compression.
• Make up gain – Increase to compensate for any loss of loudness from the compression.
• High definition resizable GUI.

Easy Compression

IA-LA1 is a simple to use Compressor plugin. Threshold and Make up gain are the two main controls. The threshold represents the level at which compression will start to affect the audio. Anything over the threshold is compressed, which reduces the dynamic range of the audio. The threshold is shown as an orange line on the input meter, compression will start to happen when the audio level goes above this line. Now use the Make up gain to compensate for any loss in loudness. That’s it! Get perfect compression every time with just these two controls. No need to set an attack or release like on many other compressors.

Meet your new compressor plugin. Initial Audio IA-LA1 Compressor.

+10db Compressor is meticulously modelled after one of the industries most iconic hardware compressors.

Unless you refuse to listen to any music after Beethoven, you most certainly have heard this unit in action. Best yet, this is the first time this hardware unit has been available in plugin format.

+10db Compressor is the first of it’s kind channel strip plugin. This plugin is modelled after a very highly sought after compressor hardware unit. We didn’t just use the hardware unit for inspiration, we dug in deep and made sure that it sounded just like the original.

Why Did We Model This Unit?

Here’s the deal. It seems like everybody is modelling hardware these days, but we wanted to do something a little different. We didn’t want to model any hardware units that have been done a million times. We wanted to do something that had never been done before but has been an icon in the recording industry, and the only way to do that was to team up with producer/mixer David Bendeth. He just happened to have a few of these in his rack, so he sent us one to pour over.

Unless you stopped listening to music after “Johnny B Goode” then you have most definitely heard this hardware unit many many times. Think of Led Zeppelin drums.

In order to get this same compressor in hardware, not only would you have to pay over $2,000 to get one, but you’d have to deal with all the other drawbacks of using analog hardware. For a very small fraction of the price, you can get that same sound in the much more convenient software format. There are really no downsides (unless you live in Alaska an need a room heater)

A Few Extra Features

Since we weren’t bound by the limits of the analog hardware, we took the liberty of adding a couple features that make this even more powerful than the original hardware. For one, we added a “Dry Passthrough” knob that makes parallel compression super easy, without having to set up extra buses.

Sound BIG Instantly

BIGGIFIER by Aden is a powerful one-knob that delivers an instant and addictive shot to the metaphorical arm of any sound. Jack up that wimpy kick, beef up the faintest of vocals and juice any flaccid sample into a BIG, fat, room-filling sound. Don’t be afraid to keep cranking up that knob until you hit maximum Bigness. The fact that it’s so insanely simple and quick to use and the quality of the output so high, across a range of modes, makes this a must-have tool for both the most seasoned producers out there, as well as those just starting to explore sound design and production. 

Designed by artist, songwriter and producer Jonas Aden in conjunction with WA Production, the BIGGIFIER has been a long-time coming. Having released records on labels including Spinnin, Musical Freedom, Hexagon, Heldeep and STMPD, Jonas has also fine-tuned his production skills across a slew of stellar collaborations with Brooks, Mesto and Mike Williams and remixes for Katy Perry, Zedd, Tiesto, Jonas Blue and Rita Ora. All the while, behind the scenes, Jonas’ co-writing and production credits include industry titans Martin Garrix, Alan Walker & ASAP Rocky.

Not content with just becoming a revered artist and seasoned producer in his own right, for years, Jonas has made it his mission to provide as much help and support to the wider music community as possible. As well as giving away his signature sample packs as free downloads on his website, and creating over 70 in-depth production tutorial videos on his YouTube channel, last year Jonas also gave away $10,000 of his own money to support two upcoming producers as part of the inaugural Aden Award.

Needless to say, Jonas has earned the respect and trust of music producers across the globe – a claim that is backed up by immense stats with over 30 million views and nearing 2 million hours of watch-time on his YouTube channel; hundreds of thousands of subscribers and followers across his social media channels and of course many many millions of streams across his music catalogue of releases co-writes and productions.

Since first discovering music as a young boy, Jonas has worked with music production software almost every-single-day of his life. It follows that it has been a long-held dream of Jonas’ to release his very own signature plugin. And so when the concept materialised in Jonas’ mind late one winter’s evening last year, Jonas engaged the team at WA Production to help him bring it to life. 

5 Ways To Get Big

Everyone knows that weak and weedy production can destroy an otherwise great track, so the challenge is to constantly aim for bigger and better. That’s where Biggifier excels, with a pure and simple one-knob concept, designed to take the stress out of production and take your individual instrument parts to the next level. Most of the hard work is being done behind the scenes, with each of the 5 modes tailored to a specific type of processing, with some genuinely genius transformations to get your music slamming, right out of the gate.

Secret Signal Chains

Biggifier houses 5 bespoke signal chains for making any type of audio fatter, wider and juicer. Some of these modes are based on tried-and-tested concepts like chorus, reverb and overdrive but each has been given that special Jonas Aden twist. Secret settings under the hood push these once-familiar processing tools into territory that will breathe new life into your productions.

Witness the Bigness

The BIGGIFIER is ludicrously simple to use and the interface allows you to easily make tweaks to the processing so that every element is personal to you and your music. Utilise the Mix and Length dials to shape the effects further. So whether you want a subtle thickening of your synth line, or a harder-hitting kick, there’s a perfect setting in BIGGIFIER to get you the sound you desire as quickly as possible… the rest is up to you.

Input, Output & Mix

With adjustable gain levels, the live input and output meters show exactly what’s happening to the signal as it travels through the plugin in real time. The input fader also features a safety-limiter. Crank the Bigness dial up and you’ll see the Output meter start to show the strain as the glass starts to crack. Choose to combine the processed signal with your original raw audio via the Mix ratio control, allowing you to dial in parallel processing effects.

Presets

The many included presets will speed up your search for the perfect starting point to begin beefing up elements of your track. These factory options can be used on guitars, bass, drums, synths, vocals and any kind of audio. The presets include everything from subtle thickening to more full-on transformation effects.

Features

• Designed by JONAS ADEN
• Artist curated bespoke FX chains
• 5 distinct BIGGIFIER modes with Length control
• Focus on easy operation
• Adjustable input and output gain
• Responsive & CPU friendly 
• Factory presets
• Full PDF Manual & Tutorial video

Presenting the superstar compressor plugin.

With powerful controls and an intuitive interface, this exclusive artist-collaboration allows you to effortlessly fashion the dynamic range of your audio signals, whilst simultaneously adding characterful punch and presence. Presser is developed in collaboration with producer and YouTube remake legend Aiden Kenway. The plugin features signature processing chains from his productions, not only transforming dynamics, but also sculpting the character of audio. Whether you’re looking to shape transients, add bite, or glue together an entire mix, Presser has you covered, in just one plugin.

About Aiden Kenway

Redefining the producer space during his career as an educator and YouTuber, Aiden Kenway trains his 240,000 subscribers in the art of music production. His hit-making music tutorials include over 150 song deconstructions. Using FL Studio, he breaks down and remakes popular rap and hip-hop songs and has accumulated a staggering 20 million views. His rapid ascent has led him to meet and work with many of today’s top producers for artists such as Lil Uzi Vert, Drake and Travis Scott. Aiden continues to lead a new generation of music producers, expanding the boundaries of sound design and music production.

Character

The GLUE control changes the behaviour of the compressor’s detector and processor. When set to 0%, Presser will act as a fast peak compressor, taming transients. At 100%, the compression model will behave like a classic bus compressor, providing more sustained changes and a smoother sound. Use the PUNCH dial to introduce transient punch using a built in dynamic equaliser. Kicks, snares, basslines and more can be made snappier and tighter with this control. HEAT adds analog style saturation both pre and post compressor, introducing harmonics and sonic artefacts. Adjust the dial from subtle warmth to gritty overdrive.

Detector

The CHANNEL LINK dial allows you to choose whether the stereo channels will be processed independently or together. This feature allows for greater control over the compressor’s behaviour, enabling subtly different processing on each channel or preservation of the stereo image. HIGH-PASS controls the frequency of a high pass filter for detection. This helps to reduce the unwanted pumping effect of more delicate compression settings. It’s a common technique to SIDECHAIN a compressor to a different audio trigger. Of course we had to include it as part of Presser, but with a special twist. The variable control can be set to any level between 0% (normal compression) and 100% (sidechain input only), making for some creative sidechain possibilities.

The Basics, Done Right

With all the compressor controls you know and love, Presser is the first compressor plugin you should fire up. As well as Aiden Kenway’s innovative additions, it features all the basic compression parameters you need for everyday use. This makes Presser a versatile and powerful tool for shaping the dynamic range of a wide range of different types of audio. Ratio, Threshold, Attack, Release and Makeup Gain controls are all present and correct, allowing you to fine-tune the compressor’s behaviour to suit the needs of the signal and the desired creative effect.

Input, Output, Mix, Bypass & Limiter

Choose to mix the compressed signal with your original raw audio via the MIX ratio control, allowing you to dial down the wet / dry for parallel compression effects. Click the LIMITER button to limit the output of the plugin. Push more signal into the limiter using the OUTPUT setting, resulting in more limiting and a louder result. The BYPASS control is smoothed to be as click and pop free as possible for unhindered A/B testing.

Visual Feedback

The live visuals of the interface meters show exactly what’s happening to the signal as it travels through the compression stages in real time. This allows for accurate monitoring at every step of the chain.

Presets

With many included artist-curated presets, it’s easy to find an ideal starting point for your compression session. Named and categorised, these presets can be applied to all sorts of audio and include everything from subtle shaping to more complex chains with heavily processed compression effects. W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!

Features

• Artist curated plugin from Aiden Kenway
• Creative compressor with Glue, Punch & Heat
• Advanced Detector options
• Flexible compression stages
• Standard parameters for everyday use
• Resizable interface
• Pop & click free bypass
• A/B/Copy for comparing settings
• Responsive & CPU friendly
• Artist-curated factory presets

Complexer 2 is a dynamics powerhouse, letting you take complete control of your track.

Three Processors – Six Modes

Complexer 2 features three independently controlled dynamics processors, each with a choice of six different modes: Upward and downward compressors, upward and downward expanders, a limiter, and a gate.

Each of the three stages can be processed in a variety of different configurations, including parallel chaining, stereo and mid/side, and multi-band.

Dynamics Chaining

Complexer 2 lets you run the three dynamic processors through a configurable chain. You can have all three in series, or run two in parallel with the third either before or after.

Full Control

Each of the processors feature a vast amount of control. Along with the familiar attack, hold and release, each processor has an advanced look-ahead section to capture peaks ahead of time.

There are also three detection modes: peak, RMS and average. Peak is perfect for limiting, and RMS allows smooth detection – great for compression.

Each processor can also be controlled via an external sidechain.

Multiband

With Complexer 2, you can run each of the processors in their own adjustable frequency band. Not limited to just compression, you can also do multi-band limiting, expanding, and gating, allowing effects ranging from mixing and mastering applications, to creative effects.

Mid/Side and Stereo

There are two separate modes specifically for stereo dynamics processing – mid/side, and stereo.

In stereo mode, you can process the left and right channels independently, and in mid/side mode, you can apply different dynamics to the mid or side channels of the audio.

Mixing: Magnified

Italian brothers, Alessandro & Andrea Vinai, are known for their hands-in-the-air Big Room EDM sound. Coming together as a music production duo over a decade ago, they are currently signed to Spinnin’ Records and dominate the Beatport charts. In their careers as DJs they host sell-out club nights and pack in partygoers from all around the globe. Now they finally bring their production talents and distinctive sound to the software realm, with this versatile compression plugin. Over a year in development, this innovative collaboration with W. A. Production brings a piece of VINAI into your own studio.

5-band Compressor: The 5-band compressor passes your audio through low, low-mid, mid, mid-high and high bands, all with adjustable crossovers. Each band has its own tweakable threshold level and make-up gain dial. These settings give an unparalleled level of control to your compressed signal. Intuitively drag the threshold levels and frequency crossover points to shape your sound, all whilst watching the real-time frequency analyser display the results of your adjustments.

Surgical Shaping: Each of the 5 bands has an optional surgical shaping section to control the specifics for that particular band. Solo it, mute it, adjust the RMS, the Attack and Release or tilt the Mid / Side information.

Upward & Downward Compression: With independent controls, upward and downward compression can be dialled in simultaneously – up to 200%. This allows for sound-shaping fixes, such as balancing vocal levels or clamping down on drum transients whilst simultaneously bringing up the level of the room ambience. Using these two types of compression also offers up creative possibilities, emphasising the splashy explosiveness of transients or creating room tone out of thin air.

Time: For a quick and easy way to scale up the attack and release times of all of the 5 different bands, use the Time dial. This applies timing changes across the board, useful for previewing what might happen with the more surgical per-band attack and release settings.

Limiter: No need to use a third party limiter as XTT’s built in Brickwall Limiter adds unique saturation to the signal, without introducing unwanted distortion. It’s transparent behaviour can be dialled in with an adjustable Boost setting, to ensure that your outgoing audio is as punchy and loud as possible without sacrificing the fidelity of the sound.

Linked In & Out Faders: Gain staging is a really important factor in effective plugin processing. With that in mind, the Input and Output faders can be linked, so that you can tame the signal going into XTT whilst simultaneously keeping control of the output volume. The meters allow accurate visualization of the incoming and outgoing signal whilst you finesse your settings. Keeping a close eye on the meters whilst you tweak your compression values makes it easy to preserve the theoretical loudness of the sound.

Bypass & Master Mix: The bypass control is smoothed to be as click and pop free as possible for unhindered A/B testing. Choose to mix the compressed signal with your original raw audio via the central Mix ratio control, allowing you to dial down the compression ratio for parallel effects.

Visual Feedback: The real-time frequency display shows exactly what’s happening to the signal as it travels through each stage of the compressor in real time. This allows for accurate monitoring for each of the 5 bands and at every step of the signal chain.

Presets: With many included presets, it’s easy to find the perfect starting point for your own compression adventures. All with distinct uses and expertly-designed settings, these presets can be used on all sorts of different audio to instantly preview a wide range of creative effects. They include everything from subtle shaping to more full-on saturated compression. And of course, you can save your own settings too.

W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!

Features:

• Designed by VINAI
• Artist curated processing
• Upward & Downward multiband compression with surgical shaping
• Linked Input & Output faders for accurate gain staging
• 5 adjustable frequency bands with threshold and makeup gain
• Detailed per-band shaping: RMS, Attack / Release, Mid / Side
• Scalable Time dial
• Transparent brickwall limiter
• Real-time frequency display
• Pop & click free bypass
• Responsive & CPU friendly
• Factory presets
• Full PDF Manual & Tutorial video

SphereComp – A dual mode compressor plugin

W. A. Production has created the perfect way to approach and achieve proper compression. All producers know compression can either be an award-winning tool if used properly, or it can totally destroy your mix. Audio students are introduced to compression and most are left confused or scared to death of it. SphereComp is capable of catering to the seasoned pro and the beginner.

To get the same results you get with SphereComp you would have to spend thousands of dollars in high end rack gear, invest time getting acquainted, making adjustments over and over until you get the result you want. Not to mention installation and routing your patch bay. Breathe a sigh of relief. Don’t dread compression. Embrace it.

What is dual – mode?

Dual mode allows YOU to switch from peak compression (regular mode) to RMS compression (buss mode).

If you route your drum tracks (or any other group of tracks) into a group track, you are able to compress this group as a whole. Tying or “gluing” the individual elements to perform as one. The Buss mode is designed especially for that, It reacts to the RMS (root mean square) or the average of the signal, creating a smooth and musical compression. Regular mode reacts to the peaks of the signal, with it, you are able to dynamically shape the individual tracks. Keep in mind that some individual tracks will benefit much more from RMS compression and some groups or mixes will benefit more from peak compression, so experiment and see what works best for your track

Features

• Input – Control the input gain by +/- 15dB.
• Threshold – Threshold (dB), when the signal level exceeds the threshold the compressor goes into action.
• Ratio – (ratio/1) As an example, a 3:1 ratio means that for every 3dB the input signal exceeds the threshold, only 1dB will be allowed to pass by the compressor.
• Output – Control the output gain by +/- 15dB.

Now that you have your set your levels as a basic start, lets adjust the timing and behavior. When you’re done, you can come back and fine tune everything to make your track seat perfectly in the mix.

• Buss – Switch between Regular mode (peak compression) and Buss mode (RMS compression).
• Attack – Time in milliseconds that it will take for the compressor to reach its destination gain reduction, after the signal has crossed the threshold.
• Release – Time in milliseconds that it will take for the compressor to reach 0 gain reduction after the signal returned below the threshold.
• Auto Gain – Auto Gain matches the output volume to input volume automatically.
• Stereo – Switch between stereo and mono modes.
• Punch – Parallel processing to add punch to the signal before the compression stage.
• Saturate – Add tube style saturation to the compressed signal.
• Clean – Make the compressor sound as clean as possible. If Punch or Saturate are on, it will reduce their effect giving you different timbre options.
• Side Chain – Signal from the right channel input goes to the detector and the signal from the left channel input goes to the compressor.
• Soft Clipping – Use to round the signal when it approaches 0.0dB and ensures it does not exceed it.
• Bypass – Allows you to engage and disengage the compressor.
• Dry/Wet – Mixes between the processed signal and the input signal creating a parallel compression effect, which leaves the peaks untouched while boosting the lower part of the signal.

To help you out there are also 45 presets that focus on individual instruments and drum sounds as well as groups, mix buss and mastering presets.

This is yet another way W.A. Production has made it easy for you to learn as you go. See what the pro’s do and make your own modifications. And as if that wasn’t enough to get you excited and ready to master compression, you will find pro tips and tricks inside the manual. That’s right, we weren’t going to just leave ya hanging to figure it out for yourself. There is a manual to assist you with getting started and getting the most out of Sphere Comp.

Be done with complicated compressors from creators who spent more time on the graphics than the functionality of the plug in. W.A. Production are real producers making real plug ins. We know how it is, and we make it how it should be.

MTurboComp is the ultimate (not-only) compressor, which emulates most of the classic vintage analogue compressors. Unbelievable sound, uniquely fast workflow, tons of additional features. And you can design your own super-compressors with it!

Compression Reinvented for Easier and Faster Workflow

MTurboComp obviously speeds up the workflow tremendously by providing access to so many classic compressors in a single click. But it doesn’t stop there. Compressors are one of the most overused tools of any audio engineer, yet they are still based on designs and controls decades old, making them so hard to use. How about controlling the amount of compression? Such a basic task, yet almost impossible without changing output level making any decisions almost impossible.

So we took the liberty to set a new standard. All of the compressors MTurboComp emulates have almost the same GUI, so that you always know what to do. They do have the controls the originals did, but they have far more than that: Compression to control amount of compression with minimum changes to output level, Saturation to get additional character, Dry/wet control for parallel compression, and finall, side-chain input, detector high-pass, low-pass and a peak filters, so that you can easily tune the compressor to your audio material. The classic Melda goodies such as automatic gain compensation, safety limiter, mid/side processing and A-H snapshots are included of course.

Emulations Designed by Machine Learning

Developers usually simulate the vintage compressors by analyzing the circuits and test signals. That way it takes a long time to emulate a single compressor and it is prone to all kinds of errors. We took a very different approach – we designed a dynamics processor so versatile, that it could simulate almost anything. And we definitely didn’t dare to set it up manually afterwards – we let the computers do that for us!

It took the computers a long time and didn’t spare us days of listening tests and manual work, but it still got us to a great emulation of more than a dozen classic compressors in a record time :). They don’t sound exactly the same, after all not even the originals don’t sound exactly the same to one another. But maybe MTurboComp sounds better then the originals. Just try and listen for yourself.

Design your Own Super-Compressor!

Well, perhaps you don’t like something about the vintage tools. MTurboComp lets you change them. Or even better, it lets you invent new dynamics processors. With 4 level detectors running in parallel, each following the input or side-chain and having all kinds of settings and transformation curves, a fully featured dynamic equalizer and 2 saturators you can do a lot… almost anything if you count in the modulators. So how about listening to both the input and the side-chain at the same time? Or following different parts of the spectrum with different settings? Perhaps you can come up with much better ideas!

Features

• The most advanced user interface on the market – stylable, resizable, GPU accelerated
• Dual user interface, easy screen for beginners, edit screen for professionals
• Unique visualisation engine with classic meters and time graphs
• Unique generalized dynamic detector
• Parallel compression using dry/wet control
• Unique temporary gain feature
• 8 exceptionally versatile modulators
• 32 multiparameters
• M/S, single channel, up to 8 channels surround processing…
• Automatic gain compensation (AGC)
• Safety limiter
• Adjustable up-sampling 1x-16x
• MIDI controllers with MIDI learn
• 64-bit processing and an unlimited sampling rate
• Extremely fast, optimized for newest AVX capable processors
• Global preset management and online preset exchange
• Supports VST, VST3, AU and AAX interfaces on Windows & Mac, both 32-bit and 64-bit
• No dongle nor internet access is required for activation
• Free-for-life updates

What is MO-TT?

MO-TT, ‘MOre than oTT’, is the first true recreation of the iconic OTT Preset in Ableton’s Multiband Dynamics processor—a sound quickly prized by producers to make tracks sound brighter, fuller, and larger than life. But the original OTT suffered from several limitations. It took a lot of work to customize your sound, and you could only use it in Ableton – Until now.

A One-to-one Reproduction of Ott

Our engineers studied OTT obsessively, teasing out every sonic characteristic until they fully captured its legendary sound. We figured out why other attempts to recreate OTT were never able to capture its elusive lightning in a bottle. And then we went even further by adding new ways for producers to shape their sound.

All New Features

Want that classic OTT sound? Or massive, demonic low end? What about adding vast, spacious presence to vocals? Use Quick Set Modes to instantly dial in the sound you want: OTT, Hip-Hop, or Vox. Adjust finely the behavior of the dynamics and transients by flipping through Classic, Smooth, or Smack Timing Styles. And tweak your sound as much as you want without ever breaking the preset thanks to Global Macros.

Liberate Your Tone

You’re no longer limited to simply controlling the overall amount of the effect: MO-TT lets you dial in the amount of compression for each frequency band. And you can shape your mix to perfection thanks to the additional High Pass and Low Pass bands.

Get to Know MO-TT

MO-TT offers Easy and Advanced views that put you in the driver’s seat.

Easy

Advanced