Plug-ins
Newfangled Audio Invigorate – A Real-World Review
Reviewer Barry Rudolph discovers that Newfangled Audio’s Invigorate is much more than a stereo compressor/limiter.
Compressor
New Products
Heritage Audio Tubesessor Optical Tube Compressor Debuts
Heritage Audio has introduced the new Tubesessor, a modern-day take on the traditional optical tube compressor.
Plug-ins
Plugin Alliance Neold U17 – A Real-World Review
Mike Levine puts the Plugin Alliance Neold U17 'secret compressor' emulation to the test in this Real-World Review.
New Products
Sonible Smart:Comp 2 – Product of the Week
Smart:Comp 2 is the follow-up to Sonible's original Smart:Comp compressor plug-in, released in 2019.
Plug-ins
Neold V76U73 Preamp/Compressor Plug-in — A Real-World Review
New plug-in house Neold has released its V76U73,which emulates vintage Telefunken preamp and compressor/limiters. What did our reviewer discover? Find out here!
New Products
Hazelrigg Industries VNE Compressor Debuts
The VNE Compressor is a new, handcrafted, single-channel compressor from D.W. Fearn | Hazelrigg Industries.
New Products
Product of the Week: API Select
The all-new Select line includes an all-tube mic pre, tube compressor,, solid-state compressor and a 2-channel, 4-band EQ.
New Products
Solid State Logic Debuts LMC+ Plug-in
Solid State Logic has introduced LMC+, a new plug-in based on the company’s 4000 series console’s compressor.
New Products
Product of the Week: Plugin Alliance Lindell Audio 50 Series
The famous API processor sound, modeled and placed in a modular channel-strip format, stereo or mono, with Channel and Buss options.
New Products
Product of the Week: Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor
Continuing its relationship with Abbey Road Studios, Waves models and re-creates rare RS124 Compressor for new plug-in, then adds a few bonus features.
Product Reviews
Revive Audio ART VLA Custom Modification – A Real-World Review
Rob Tavaglione tried out Revive Audio’s mail-in modification service on an ART Pro VLA compressor and was impressed with the results, noting, “In many...
The Wire
For Today’s Fast Workflow It’s the New Analog Daking Comp II for Musical-Sounding Compression with Minimal Setup
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: TransAudio Group, U.S. distributor of the world’s finest professional recording equipment, is pleased to announce the release of Geoff Daking’s new...
Music Production
Blackstone Sets Up SSL SiX
Adam Blackstone, go-to musical director, recently integrated Solid State Logic’s SiX SuperAnalogue desktop mixing console into his workflow.
Product Reviews
Softube Summit Audio Grand Channel – A Real-World Review
Producer/engineer Rich Tozzoli and friends recently put Softube's Summit Audio Grand Channel Plug-In to the test while recording in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Here's...
Outboard-Gear
Review: Drawmer 1970 Dual FET Compressor and Pre-Amplifier
Update to Famed 1960 Trades in Tubes for All-Solid-State Circuitry
New Products
New Product: The API 2500+ Stereo Bus Compressor
The API 2500 debuted in 2002 and became an instant classic, bringing an analog warmth to the stereo bus in the emerging digital productions....
New Products
Product of the Week: Drawmer 1970 Dual FET Compressor/Preamplifier
Owing its heritage to the hugely successful 1960 Mic Preamp/Vacuum Tube Compressor, the 1970 Dual FET Compressor/Preamplifier from Drawmer expands on the feature set...
The Wire
Drawmer Introduces the 1970 Dual FET Compressor and Pre-Amp at NAMM
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Drawmer has expanded the breadth and depth of its compression offerings with the new Drawmer 1970 Dual FET Compressor and Pre-Amp....
Product Reviews
Universal Audio UAD 175B & 176 Tube Compressor Plug-In Collection – A Real-World Review
By Rich Tozzoli. PSN reviewer/TV composer Rich Tozzoli puts the plug-ins to the test and loves the glowing results.
New Products
Product of the Week: Sonible smart:comp
Software keeps getting smarter. At the rate it’s going, it may be controlling us someday. But for now, we thankfully still have the upper...
Product Reviews
UK Sound 1173 Mic Pre Compressor – A Real-World Review
By Rob Tavaglione. The 1173 brings the best of both worlds into a single unit, offering a Neve-style 1073 preamp and Universal Audio 1176...
Music Production
Paczosa Sticks with Manley Glue
10-time Grammy-winner Gary Paczosa considers his signal chain.
Reviews
Review: Manley Nu Mu
By Barry Rudolph. Stereo Limiter/Compressor with Wide Range, Solid Performance
Profiles
Chris Tabron: The Producer’s Guide to Mixing
Or, the Mixer’s Guide to Producing: Inside the Creative Mind of Chris Tabron. By Anthony Savona.
Reviews
Review: Highland Dynamics BG2 Compressor
Barry Rudolph looks at the BG2, a fully transformer-balanced vari-mu compressor with automatic leveling capability.
Product Reviews
Review: Daking FET III Compressor
By Rob Tavaglione. At $2,200 list, the FET III is a professional piece in price as well as design and function.
news
Understanding Compressors and Compression
Compression is one of the most common processes in all audio work, yet the compressor is one of the least understood and most misused...
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