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MOCHA | 13 April 2025 | WiN: 43.1 MB | MAC: 56.5 MB
A saturation, tone shaping, compression machine.
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A saturation, tone shaping, compression machine.
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor – Tame your dynamics with tremendous tone and precise control The supreme tycoon of master bus compression Meticulously modeled by Brainworx after the instantly legendary hardware original, no details have been spared in crafting this digital version of one of the most musical and versatile compressors out there. A well known staple in the music industry, the Shadow Hills compressor easily tames even the most unruly and chaotic transients with flawless control and amazing tone. It’s no wonder that it has been the go-to buss compressor on timeless records by Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Beck, Green Day, Coldplay and countless others.
Perfect for professionals and audio enthusiasts alike, TrackPlug 7 integrates essential tools, including a gate, compressor, 10-band equalizer, transient shaper, tube saturator, and peak limiter. Most modules provide extensive visual feedback, enabling users to monitor and adjust with precision. TrackPlug 7 simplifies complex audio tasks with its intuitive, user-friendly layout and a powerful toolkit for precise sound control. Among its core features, the gate tool allows users to suppress background noise effectively by adjusting threshold and ratio interactively. The compressor provides optimal dynamic control through flexible sidechain modes and a built-in sidechain equalizer, along with realtime gain reduction visualization that enhance precision during compression.
This is just not another compressor in an oversaturated market. This is a dual gain stage feeder with time controls that doesn’t get in the way. This is a classic vari-μ design filled with a gritty groove. This is a high-end clipper with added tonality options. This is your gain stage’s first or final step. This is Tom Hanks with fire. This is Titanic’s parallel universe survival. This is phase free raw gain at its purest form. This is Islander – our take on Handcrafted Labs ingenious parallel tube drive design.
HCL Varis is a mastering grade all tube point-to-point design vari-mu compressor. It includes feedback and feed forward modes, dual-mono, mid-side and stereo link operation, independent pentode / triode signal chain, a sidechain circuit, Edcor input transformers and Carnhill output transformers. Varis can be found in numerous studios around the globe and Gena has done amazing upgrades to the first Varis, which was released over a decade ago. Varis is a modern classic. Or it should be, and we’re not the only ones saying this. Varis is a versatile and extremely flexible unit that easily covers everything you would ever want a compressor to do. Varis is basically four different compressors all packed together for pure tube action – now inside of your DAW.
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Experience unparalleled sonic richness with E-LUX, a premium optical compressor meticulously designed to infuse your vocals and instruments with the ” expensive” sound of high-end tube equipment. Leveraging our proprietary NM2 neural modeling, E-LUX authentically captures the essence of classic tube-driven compression. Experience the lush harmonics and natural compression of esteemed optical compressors, renowned for their use of 5751 and 6922 dual triode vacuum tubes. Offers Compression (3:1) and Limit (10:1) modes with sidechain (80Hz High Pass) and also an “Overdrive” mode pushing the Iron Transformers!