Acidgrooves The Protector

Acidgrooves has announced The Protector, a limiting compressor plug-in with Entropy Technology, the patent pending technology brings to the Audio Plug-In world one of the characteristics of analog hardware that provides them with some of their unique sound qualities: the passage of time.

“The Protector was designed by our team to provide with you with an easy way of controlling the maximum output level of any channel” say the Groovesters.

At its heart lives a transparent compressor which only kicks in when the signal exceeds your specified maximum output level, bringing your signal back to usable levels.

This compressor was designed to maintain the dynamic energy of your sounds and to provide you with a transparent alternative for limiting any channel output.

The Protector features

  • Limiting Compressor.
  • Designed for transparency.
  • The signal will remain unaltered, and only if it exceeds the set threshold the compressor will kick in.
  • Compressor Activity Led.
  • Maximum Output Level.
  • Up to 64x oversample.
  • 2 Entropy Sound Technologies: Time Arrow Decay & Unique Sound Processing.
  • A / B Setups, DSP bypass.
  • Built In Limiter.
  • Circuit modelled.

The Protector for Windows and Mac (32/64-bit VST/AU) is available to purchase for the introductory price of $25 USD until May 31st, 2013 (regular $30 USD).

More information: Acidgrooves