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Fairchild 660-inspired tube compressor with classic time constants, adjustable ratio and knee, sidechain filtering and parallel compression.
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Straightforward bus compressor designed to add glue and punch to drums, groups and mixes, with selectable attack and release times plus sidechain filtering.
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Simple passive-style tone shaping plugin with controls for brightness, low-mid body and clean output gain.
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Advanced spectrum and stereo analysis plugin with mid/side, left/right and transient/tone views, sidechain comparison and detailed stereo metering.
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24-band dynamic EQ with flexible filter shapes, per-band dynamics, sidechaining, mid/side processing and selectable phase modes.
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Headphone monitoring plugin that simulates studios and consumer playback systems while providing calibration profiles for hundreds of headphone models.
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Smart resonance-control plugin that dynamically tames harsh frequencies and spikes while preserving the character of the source.
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Pultec-style EQ with simultaneous low-frequency boost and cut, high-frequency shaping, plus tube and transformer colour.
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Vocal de-esser and sibilance shaper designed to tame harsh S and SH sounds with adjustable sensitivity, reduction and smoothing.
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Pitch-aware vocal EQ that tracks the sung fundamental and harmonics, letting you add or reduce weight, focus and clarity as the pitch changes.
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Bus compressor inspired by classic British consoles, with parallel compression, sidechain filtering, auto makeup gain and project-wide multi-instance control.
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Spectral tone-matching plugin that compares your mix to target curves or reference tracks, with corrective EQ and per-band saturation.
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SSL-inspired bus compressor designed to add punch and cohesion, with parallel compression, sidechain filtering and automatic makeup gain.
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Three-band upwards and downwards compressor with built-in distortion for adding density, punch and aggressive character to sounds.
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Aggressive sampler-inspired slam compressor with vinyl noise, converter drive and selectable sample-grade settings for gritty, crushed textures.
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Tilt EQ for quickly balancing warmth and brightness, with adjustable frequency range, mid/side processing, filters and harmonic drive.
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Harmonic and subharmonic generator that adds weight and character by independently shaping the fundamental, sub, second and third harmonics without heavily affecting dynamics.
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Dynamic spectrum EQ that uses FFT processing to control resonances across the frequency spectrum with up to 24 linear-phase bands.
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Image unavailableAnalog Obsession - LAEA
solid-state optical compressor from Analog Obsession designed for smooth gain reduction, clean output control and optional limiting, with sidechain high-pass and external sidechain modes for flexible dynamics processing.
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Image unavailableBig Man Labs - Big Max Zero
ultra-low-latency brickwall limiter designed for clean, real-time peak control, loudness and mix protection, with multiple limiting modes, oversampling, gain matching, delta monitoring and low-distortion processing.
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spectral resonance suppression plugin that uses hundreds of compression bands, sidechain input, freeze, delta monitoring, gating and tilt EQ to tame harsh frequencies or isolate resonances for creative sound design.
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Image unavailableGaruc Audio - Deess-ertic Lite
transparent de-esser plugin designed to reduce harsh sibilance in vocals, instruments or full mixes while preserving clarity, detail and natural tone.
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Image unavailableKojima Audio - BandMatrix
6-band sidechain dynamics plugin that lets you apply targeted compression, expansion and ducking across specific frequency bands, making it useful for controlling kick and bass clashes, vocal space and creative inter-band movement.
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4-band multiband dynamics plugin that combines upward and downward compression, per-band clipping, analyzer-based crossover editing, LUFS metering, oversampling and level matching for detailed mix and mastering control.
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10 pluginsThe Sample Flipping Toolkit
Chop, stretch, pitch and rearrange your samples into something new.
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10 pluginsDust, Warmth & Wobble
Tape colour, sampler grit and pitch drift for sounds with a little history.
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10 pluginsSoulful Keys
Characterful pianos, electric keys and organs, with tremolo to bring them to life.
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10 pluginsMake Your Drums Knock
Shape the attack, add weight and glue your drums together.
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10 pluginsOdd Ingredients
Unusual instruments, unexpected textures and effects for your next happy accident.
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10 pluginsSpace & Atmosphere
Build depth and atmosphere with echoes, reverbs, granular textures and evolving pads.
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