Smack VU Compressor NEBULA

Team ARCADiA | 19 January 2026 | 86.75 MB

An early VCA based compressor, considered by many to be among the best of its type for drums, bass, vocals, and more. It’s not without its detractors, with some considering it to be a simple one trick pony, mainly due to the original hardware’s lack of adjustable attack and release controls. The Nebula programs I’ve made here do have added attack and release controls, making it much more flexible. By default the programs load on settings that represent the hardware closest. From there you can adjust the controls and get different behaviors that weren’t possible with the original hardware, while retaining the rest of the original characteristics that got the original labeled a character piece.

VU Compressor v1.1.0 MAC

CHEPE | 29 November 2023 | 310MB

Four iconic compressors built into one beautiful & intuitive plugin.

Designed to mimic producer Sam Pura’s favorite Class A limiting amplifiers, our VU Compressor packs all the punch of the real deal with all the flexibility of modern plugin design. Load one instance of the VU Compressor to get access to 4 different legendary 60’s compressors with THD modeling and accurate harmonics. The included presets are battle-tested for the biggest sounds possible, but our no-nonsense interface allows you to dial in any of the incredible sounds you expect from these compressors, and might even inspire you to take them somewhere new.

VU Compressor v1.0.3 WiN

DEMBERTO | 28 October 2022 | 109MB

Four iconic compressors built into one beautiful & intuitive plugin.

Designed to mimic producer Sam Pura’s favorite Class A limiting amplifiers, our VU Compressor packs all the punch of the real deal with all the flexibility of modern plugin design. Load one instance of the VU Compressor to get access to 4 different legendary 60’s compressors with THD modeling and accurate harmonics. The included presets are battle-tested for the biggest sounds possible, but our no-nonsense interface allows you to dial in any of the incredible sounds you expect from these compressors, and might even inspire you to take them somewhere new.

VU Compressor v1.0.6 WiN MAC

DEMBERTO | 18 December 2022 | WiN: 97.9 MB | MAC: 114.01 MB

Four iconic compressors built into one beautiful & intuitive plugin.

Designed to mimic producer Sam Pura’s favorite Class A limiting amplifiers, our VU Compressor packs all the punch of the real deal with all the flexibility of modern plugin design. Load one instance of the VU Compressor to get access to 4 different legendary 60’s compressors with THD modeling and accurate harmonics. The included presets are battle-tested for the biggest sounds possible, but our no-nonsense interface allows you to dial in any of the incredible sounds you expect from these compressors, and might even inspire you to take them somewhere new.