Compressors

Want to combine the freedom to choose EQs and compressors with the convenience of a single plug‑in? PSP may have the answer...

Compression can do radically different things to the sound of a snare drum, depending on how it's set up. In this episode, Mike Senior explores three ways in which a compressor can help bring your snare tracks to life.

Is this modelled vari-mu compressor as easy on the ear as it is on the eye?

Can this 'New York–style compression' recapture the experience of sending audio out to a UREI 1176 in 'all buttons in' mode, smashing the crap out of it and blending it back under the dry signal?

Is this unassuming plug-in a great leap forward in mastering compression?

Based on a classic design and bursting with transformers, the Successor from Heritage Audio combines a vintage sound with serious flexibility.

This clever design rethinks many aspects of compressors that we've long taken for granted.

We take a look at the first in a new, more affordable range of products from BAE.

We put this versatile homage to the classic British bus compressor through its paces.

Buzz update a characterful concept to create a compressor that's capable of both vintage and modern sounds.

We put BLA’s feature-rich and keenly priced 1176-style compressor to the test.

More than a mere makeover, this 10th anniversary limited edition processor adds some useful functionality to the original BC1 design.

Retro set their sights on modernising a classic design from the golden age of recording — did they hit their target?

We check out API’s 500-series version of the 2500 bus compressor.

This combination of Pultec-inspired stereo mastering EQ and VCA bus compressor could earn its keep in a wide range of situations.

The latest vintage-styled plug-in from Sonimus is a neat compressor with a vari-mu flavour.

These modules can be mixed and matched to create a versatile, high-quality, Neve-esque channel strip for an impressive price.

You’d be forgiven for thinking the world doesn’t need another expensive vari-mu compressor. But you might just be wrong...

Golden Age Project’s quest to bring classic designs within reach of the masses continues, with this affordable take on the LA-2A.

With dual compressor stages and dual-band, boost-only EQ, the novel Magnum-K shows that high-end outboard needn’t be retro.

Combining aspects of two classics from the golden age of hardware design, this compressor is really rather special.