Results for compressor and limiter

audioMIDI has announced a new “No-Brainer” deal: Nomad Factory British Bundle, a virtual recreation of the Equalizer and Master Bus Compressor/Limiter which were part of a well known ‘British’ mixing console.

Designed to improve the quality of digital sound recordings, this plug-ins provide a simple and functional “vintage-style” interface, as well as low CPU consumption for lightening-fast processing.

The British MLC-2269 is a simple and elegant Master Compressor Limiter (MCL). The British MCL-2269 is the perfect choice for a truly “British-Style” vintage compression sound by adding warmth and vintage compression to your music.
British MLC-2269 features

• Master Compressor Limiter (MLC) modeled from the legendary 2254 compressor
• Input and Output level controls
• Vintage Compressor section
• Vintage Limiter Section
• Phase reverse switch
• Overload ‘Clipper’ softknee limiter
• Vintage Gain Reduction VU Meters
• Windows XP / Vista32 and Mac OS X (Intel & PPC) supported
• VST, AU and RTAS supported
• 24 bit / 192 kHz supported

The British “Nomad-EQ” NEQ-1972 is a simple and elegant “British-Style” four-band equalizer with a lowpass and highpass filters. The NEQ-1972 provides ± 18 dB of gain and switchable High-Q settings. The British “Nomad-EQ” NEQ-1972 is the perfect choice for a truly “British-Style” vintage EQ sound by adding an exceptional tone and character to your music.

British “Nomad-EQ” NEQ-1972 features

• Vintage Equalizer modeled from the classic 1081 EQ module
• High Pass and Low Pass filters 24 dB/octave
• 4-band equalizer with Frequency, Gain and Shapes controls
• Boost / Cut up to 18 dB
• Phase reverse switch
• Vintage switch control
• Modern Light Meters
• Windows XP / Vista32 and Mac OS X (Intel & PPC) supported
• VST, AU and RTAS supported
• 24 bit / 192 kHz supported

The Nomad Factory British Bundle is now available to purchase for $30 USD (90% off) from audioMIDI.

More information: audioMIDI

Waves has released the Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection, a bundle of six application-specific audio plug-ins, created in collaboration with Grammy®-winning mixing engineer Chris Lord-Alge.

For over 20 years, Chris Lord-Alge has been the mixing engineer of choice for rock & roll royalty. The Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection gives you an all-access pass to CLA’s hard-hitting, radio-ready sound.

Chris Lord-Alge on the CLA Artist Signature Collection:

CLA Bass — From sub-shaking smooth sounds to Mr. Buzzsaw, CLA Bass is just what the doctor ordered. The plug-in was designed to help you lay down a solid foundation for any song. It gives you six essential effects: bass, treble, compression, sub, distortion, and chorus/flange. Whether you want it to rip, roar, growl, bark, or cut, CLA Bass delivers.

CLA Drums — One of my favorite activities is to work on drums. When creating the CLA Drums plug-in, I had one thing in mind: Anyone who uses it can get a great drum sound for any song and any mix and just have fun! There are six different modes: Kick, Snare, Toms, Overheads, Room and, of course, my favorite, Cowbell. There are three color-coded presets for bass EQ, treble EQ, compression, and reverb, plus a noise gate so you can even get rid of leakage. The faders let you control the amount of each effect and, especially important for drums, we’ve included a phase switch so you can find the best setting for the kit.

CLA Effects — CLA Effects does it all. Filtered vocal? Check. Telephone FX? Check. John Lennon “I Am the Walrus” vocal distortion? Check and double check. Multiple delays with tape phasing? You got it. Reverb, tape slap, and long echo all at once? Yes, yes, and yes. One of my favorite features is the echo throw section: Hit the throw button and add long delays to just the words you want, with one click! And to top it all off, all tempos are matched to the session BPM, cutting out all the guesswork.

CLA Vocals — The most important part of any song is the vocals. The CLA Vocals plug-in makes this part of mixing an absolute joy. I have taken the very best settings which I use in my everyday mixes and crafted them into this chain. It works great on all styles of singers and, best of all, they will want that sound every time! You also get three flavors of the top six effects you need: the right amount of bass, treble, compression, reverb, delay, and chorusing/doubling.

CLA Guitars — Two words describe the CLA Guitars plug-in: Instant Gratification. Every time I plug in my axe, I just can’t stop playing! It delivers the guitar sounds I’ve used on tracks from Green Day to Daughtry, quickly and easily. It’s like a guitar toolbox with all the necessary combinations. The plug-in features three modes—Clean, Crunch, and Heavy—with DI and Re-amping modes for each. You get three color-coded presets for the six most important effects, for the perfect blend of bass, treble, compression, reverb, delay, and chorusing/doubling.

CLA Unplugged — CLA Unplugged is a dream box of reverb effects plus great hi-res EQ and compression for complex sounds. I always loved the Aerosmith “Dream On” vocal reverb with the really long pre-delay. And I wanted a plug-in that you could also put on strings, piano, acoustic guitars, and nylon guitar solos. This plug-in was designed to give you limitless reverb and delay possibilities, and the smoothest EQ curve around.

The Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection is available to purchase in native formats for $830 USD.

More information: Waves / Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection

Stillwell Audio has released Bombardier, a buss compressor effect plug-in for Windows and Mac.

Bombardier is our most ambitious project to date – a premium quality buss compressor, tailored for smooth and musical processing of complex audio such as drum groups, vocal stems and your full stereo mix, lending a controllable sense of weight, fluidity and cohesion.

Bombardier gives a nod to the non-linear and frequency-variant subtleties of a wide range of Grade-A hardware buss compressors, and should you wish these can be pushed almost into the realms of a character compressor.

Bombardier features

• Due to its RMS compression engine, Bombardier is ideally suited to final mixdown and mastering usage, as well as for those who like to set up buss dynamics first and then mix ‘into’ the buss compressor.
• New and unique ‘bomb’ processing algorithm which, when selected, gives attack and release settings that are effectively instantaneous while yielding exceptionally smooth gain reduction. Bomb mode is sure to become a firm favourite with mastering engineers the world over, but can also give extremely satisfying results in single track and buss applications.
• Five different and highly effective pre-emphasis filter modes vary Bombardier’s response to the frequency spectrum and are key to preserving transparency during full-mix compression.
• Very flexible, offering forward/feedback topologies, variable and automatic release behaviours, sidechain operation, parallel processing and variable gain reduction range limiting.
• Choosing appropriate settings for the task at hand is critical to getting the best out of Bombardier, so a full range of well chosen presets are provided.

Bombardier is available to purchase as an effect plug-in for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) priced at $59 USD. A Reaper-only/non-commercial use license is available for $39 USD.

More information: Stillwell Audio / Bombardier

de la Mancha has released revision B of GTO & GTX, a bundle of compressor effect plug-ins for Windows.

GTO and GTX are a pair of vintage style ‘character’ compressors, designed like their muscle car name-sakes for brute power, pure speed and to make a loud noise. They have everything you’d expect in a thorough-bred compressor, but are tuned for maximum control and ease of use, each with their own unique vintage colouring on top.

Changes in GTO & GTX Revision B

• Added option to chose from 2 attack/release curves with the SHAPE toggle.
• Added peak meter hold time control, using the screw on the meter to adjust sensitivity.
• Noise level is now dynamic to output level plus random element, was previously static.
• Added a ground loop to remove the 60Hz mains hum.
• Fixed bug where zero release time would disable the sidechain.
• Internal sidechain only versions for hosts that don’t allow multi-input plugins.
• Meter selection isn’t now saved with preset.
• GTX is a less intense shade of blue.

GTO & GTX are currently available to purchase in the Vintage Colouring Bundle Group Buy, where you can buy a bundle of 5 plugins for $21 USD if 20 or more participants sign up before April 30, 2010. The regular price for GTO & GTX is $29 USD.

More information: de la Mancha / GTO & GTX

Universal Audio has released version 5.6.0 of the software for UAD powered plug-ins.

UAD v5.6.0 includes the new Manley Massive Passive EQ and Precision Enhancer Hz plug-ins for UAD-2, enhancements for the now officially-sanctioned EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator plug-in (formerly Plate 140), and significant performance improvements for Windows users.

UAD Software v5.6.0

• New UAD-2 Manley Massive Passive & Massive Passive Mastering plug-ins.
• New UAD-2 Precision Enhancer Hz plug-in.
• New UAD Plate 140 is now UAD EMT 140 Classic Plate Reverberator, featuring additional controls (free for Plate 140 owners).
• (Win) UAD-2 Driver enhancements significantly improve host CPU performance and address CPU spiking.
• (4K Channel Strip) Minor Q control revisions now better reflect the reference hardware.
• (FATSO Sr.) Minor Attack and Release control revisions now better reflect the reference hardware.
• UAD-2 Firmware update resolves reboot and “Error 74” issues.
• (Cooper Time Cube) Coils setting in automation now matches GUI value.
• (Mac) Apple WaveBurner (v1.6.x) no longer crashes on quit.
• (RTAS-Win) Resolved issue saving custom RTAS presets from within some UAD plug-ins.

More information: Universal Audio

Variety Of Sound has announced NastyVCS, a virtual console strip effect plug-in for Windows.

Bootsy writes:

I’m really proud to announce the NastyVCS virtual console strip which finally brings the beloved “nasty” signal coloration series onto the next level.

Build entirely new around an opto-electric style compression unit, NastyVCS offers everything you need to shape your channels dynamics and tone. It offers a dedicated input stage featuring crunchy pre-amp saturation and a brickwall safety limiter in the output stage while everything is set up to work in zero latency and so to have it available for hassle free tracking and mixing. Two dedicated filters can be used in either the audio path or in the compressors sidechain which can be external as well. Wether pre or post compression, the equalizer section offers four interacting coloring tools with very well-selected musical sounding curves. The concept gets rounded by a phase alignment tool which can be used for coloring purposes as well.

NastyVCS is scheduled for release in spring 2010 as freeware for PC and VST compatible hosts.

More information: Variety Of Sound