Empirical Labs’ first success story came to be when their founder, Dave Derr, inspired by some of the most legendary compressors, such as the 1176 and the LA-2A, combined everything he liked about them creating the Distressor. Distressor is one of the best compressors to process vocals, guitars, bass guitars, drums, and much more, thanks … Read more
We’ve talked a lot about the different compressor types and plugins, going from optical compressors to FET compressors, and now a very undermentioned but still pretty important, the diode bridge compressors. Diode Bridge compressors are the most colourful, they’re vastly versatile and great to make any audio signal sound punchy, creamy, and thick. In this … Read more
The Teletronix LA-2A is an all-time classic program-dependent optical compressor originally released by Teletronix in the ’60s. The patented technology went from Teletronix to Babcock Engineering and was finally purchased by the son of Universal Audio founder, Bill Putnam jr. This is a one-of-a-kind compressor because of its ingenious optical compression design. Since this meticulously … Read more
From the classical musings of romantic era musicians to modern EDM sound stages, the piano has been the face of music since its invention. A great digital piano plugin for producing is almost a necessity. What digital pianos tend to struggle with, however, is realism. By the nature of the instrument’s popularity, nearly every human … Read more
Sonible smart:comp FabFilter Pro-C2 AI Compression ✅ ❌ Trial FREE 30-Day Trial ❌ Auto-Gain ✅ ✅ Sidechain ❌ ✅ Compression Styles ❌ 8 Compresion styles Price $179 $155 (40% Student discount available) Sonible smart:comp Review While “smart” plugins used to be just a trend, plugins like Gulfoss and Soothe 2 have proven that the idea … Read more