Tokyo Dawn Labs has announced the release of its new Molot GE dynamic compressor effect plugin, featuring a modernized concept, extended flexibility, and a generous dose of Rock ’n Roll.

TDR Molot GE

Russian for “Hammer”, Molot is the name of a popular dynamic compressor originally released in 2011 by Vladislav Goncharov.

Molot GE is a particularly characterful dynamic range compressor melding several classic compression mechanisms with sophisticated saturation, creative tone control, and a snappy peak limiter. Whether it be mellow levelling, tight dynamic control, or aggressively vibrant compression, Molot GE covers a remarkable wide range of compression colours. While Molot GE doesn’t emulate any “vintage” device, its sound and behaviour was definitely inspired by their most interesting musical peculiarities. This flexibility makes it suited for almost any source, be it drums asking for more crisp and impact, solidification and enrichment of vocals, or the enhancement of guitar and bass recordings of all types.

As with all TDR plugins, Molot GE employs state of the art audio processing technology keeping unwanted distortion under strict control. An intuitive and well-documented user interface offers quick access to all relevant parameters in a rewarding manner. Several helpers such as the equal loudness bypass and trimming, unlimited undo/redo, optional stepped controls, and many more features help the operator achieve consistent results within a short time.

Molot GE features

  • Musically intriguing compression flavors.
  • Analog style brick wall limiter.
  • Sophisticated saturation section.
  • Creative tone control section.
  • Dual-stage timing section offering control over auto-release behavior.
  • Feedforward and feedback compression types.
  • Crossover based adjustable stereo link.
  • Detailed coloration features such as negative ratios, sidechain phase rotation, and bit-crushing.
  • Different quality modes including zero-latency operation.
  • M/S mode with dedicated width controls.
  • Equal loudness workflow, with equal loudness bypass and equal loudness trim.

Molot GE is on sale at Tokyo Dawn Labs and Plugin Boutique for an intro price of $40 USD / 40 EUR until November 1st, 2020 (regular 50 USD/EUR).

Also available is Molotok, a simplified version of TDR Molot GE.

TDR Molotok

Molotok features 11 musically intriguing compression flavor nuances, different quality modes including zero-latency operation, and high quality signal processing.

Molotok relies on the same algorithms as its larger edition, Molot GE. As with all TDR plugins, Molotok employs state of the art audio processing technology keeping unwanted distortion under strict control.

An intuitive and well documented user interface offers quick access to all relevant parameters in a rewarding manner. Several helpers such as unlimited undo/redo, optional stepped controls, inline help tips and many more features help the operator achieve consistent results within a short time.

Molotok is a free download in VST/VST3, AU and AAX plugin formats for Windows and Mac.