This installer includes all the latest APU Software plug-ins and applications. See the individual product download sections below for separate installers, supported software formats, and user manuals.
This runtime package was planned to be included in the upcoming R2RSYSTEM (currently in the development/review cycle stage). However, the R2RSYSTEM still needs some more months to become long-term reliable. We decided to release this runtime before the full one, otherwise we would need to delay many plugin updates. Once the R2RSYSTEM is released, you will no longer need to install this package.
Smasher is an unprecedented custom modification of the classic Urei 1176 compressor circuit, a unique formula that we stumbled upon while fine-tuning other algorithms. The original 1176 compressor hardware offered a selection of four ratios, but studio engineers soon discovered that pressing them all at once led to a distorted, explosive and highly compressed sound. It’s this “All buttons in” or “British” mode that Smasher was painstakingly designed to recreate. While remaining very close to the original circuitry, the modifications we’ve built into Smasher will add definition to transients and make your tone more aggressive. We love using it to enhance the ambience in drum busses, but there are many more creative uses too. Smasher won’t work on every single track, but where it does, it works magic. Smasher excels at raw and gritty sounds, calling to mind bands like Vulfpeck, The Whitefield Brothers and The Black Keys.
