Compressors

Arturia's Winter Sale is now live, with savings of 50% available across their range of individual software instruments, effects, and preset packs.

A selection of Universal Audio's renowned plug-ins are now available to purchase individually, or as part of three new bundles, without the need for any UA hardware. 

This 500-series module offers the same signal path as the Bluey rackmount compressor in a fraction of the space. 

Waves' latest channel strip promises to accurately recreate the circuit behaviour of carefully selected vintage valve-based hardware.

Softube's latest plug-in bundle offers authentic recreations of three legendary analogue compressors. 

The updated version of the VTC allows the device to be used as a saturation effect with the compressor section bypassed, and introduces some enhancements to the unit's circuitry. 

Sound Skulptor's MU524 500-series module promises to deliver the characterful sound of a vintage compressor at a surprisingly affordable price point.

FireMaximizer combines a clipper and saturator with two limiter modes, and allows users to blend continuously between them using an X/Y pad. 

Acustica Audio's latest channel strip plug-in offers a combination of saturation, EQ, and compression, and allows users to combine sections to provide dynamic EQ facilities. 

McDSP have announced that all new APB-16 units will now come equipped with a USB-C connector and support for Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4 ports on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs.

Frap Audio's first release offers a mono compressor and expander with some useful side-chain functionality in a double-width 500-series module.

Acustica Audio have released Arctic, a free mix bus processing plug-in which combines compression, limiting and saturation.

Sonible's latest plug-in aims to provide users with a quick and simple way to apply limiting to their source material, whilst removing the complication of adjusting multiple parameters.

Gainlab Audio have released Dictator Graphite, a limited edition version of their stereo valve compressor.

Gainlab Audio's latest device couples a valve microphone preamp with an optical compressor that features an interesting "double slope" design.