VCA Compressor

About

VCA Compressor is a dynamics plugin by Softube. It models a 1970s-era compressor and adds new ratios, parallel compression and detector filtering. It has a Sidechain section with punch, filter and external gain controls. Dry/Wet and Drive controls add harmonic content, and Stereo Link switches between linked and Unlinked Dual Mono gain reduction.

What it sounds like

It keeps the hard knee compression curve and the harmonic content added in the gain stages of the original hardware. It keeps the RMS level detection and feed-forward gain reduction of the original.

Features

• Modeled on a 1970s-era compressor
• New ratios added
• Parallel compression
• Detector filtering
• Sidechain section with punch, filter, and external gain
• Dry/Wet and Drive controls
• Stereo Link and Unlinked Dual Mono modes
• High Frequency Make-up feature

Good for

• Snare drums
• Guitars
• Bass
• hip hop
• pop