Audio Plugin Testing
Hi, and welcome to something I hope is helpful to you — some simple testing of audio plugins which you can use for comparing, or just to find out more about each one.
UAD Tube-Tech CL 1B
Tube-Tech says their optical compressor is smooth and musical. Well, it works on music, so I guess it’s musical. And it’s a compressor, so I guess it’s smooth.
Brainworx Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
Brainworx developed the UAD Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor plugin, and this is their own release of it.
UAD Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
Two compressors, three switchable transformers and the plugin weighs considerably less than the 35 lb. (about 16 kg) hardware unit.
SoundToys Decapitator
If you have never tried SoundToys Decapitator, there’s no time like the present!
Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor
The history of the RS-124 is fascinating. If you google “EMI RS-124” you will find out about the original Altec, engineers who actually could solder, and a whole range of interesting things. But I am talking about the history …
UAD Neve 33609
If you own a radio station and you need to control the dynamics of your broadcast before it goes over the airwaves, this is what you need. Wait, what?
UAD Neve 2254
The Neve 2254 was first produced in 1969 (a year before the 1073!) and installed in the original Neve 80 series consoles.