Compressors

Black Rooster Audio’s latest plug-in has been designed for producers, engineers and sound designers “who demand vintage tone with modern workflow”.

The latest arrival to Overloud’s Gem Series plug-in range faithfully recreates not one, but three versions of the iconic dbx 160.

T-Compressor Mk2 introduces a new multi-stage design that allows users to chain up to three sets of independent compressor settings, zero-latency processing, improved saturation modes and more.

Originally launched over a decade ago as a limited-edition download, Acustica’s Pearl delivers a meticulous recreation of one of the rarest Italian broadcast processors ever built.

Arturia’s flagship effects bundle has expanded once again, and is now available in two different sizes. 

Nomad Factory have just announced the official release of Blue Tubes v4, a complete modernisation of their long-standing Blue Tubes plug-in series.

Designed to eliminate the guesswork from mixing, Waveform Compressor features a dynamic waveform display that shows users exactly how their audio signal is being impacted by their compression settings. 

Acon Digital have just announced that their flagship transparent limiter plug-in — which forms a part of their Mix & Mastering Suite bundle — will be free for anyone to download until 1 March 2026.

The HA-609A plug-in uses component-level modelling to faithfully recreate the sound and performance of the hardware, and is being offered as a free download to those who own the hardware version or one of the company’s i73 PRO audio interfaces.

As its name suggests, the Brick Lane MC4 comes equipped with four channels of Cranborne’s clever PWM compression, and offers a versatile selection of routing options.