Again in 2022, Heritage Audio launched its Tubesessor Optical Tube Compressor, a reimagined tackle the basic optical compressor. The {hardware} harnessed a classic sound and pushed it into a contemporary realm – and now, three years on, its been remodeled right into a useful, versatile plugin.
The Tubesessor Optical Tube Compressor plugin permits for “crystal-clear opto-compression” from the consolation of your DAW. Identical to the bodily tech, the plugin lets you toy with sounds paying homage to the Raytheon double triode tube, enabling you to seize refined heat or a full-blown clamour of fuzzy, tube-driven grit.
The plugin additionally has 5 inside side-chain filtering choices, permitting for much more fuzzy experimentation. Whether or not you’re fiddling along with your guitar, bass, drums or vocals, you possibly can unmask sounds so as to add just a little further house and groove to your tracks.
When it comes to controls, the plugin lets you tweak enter acquire, ratio, assault, tube saturation, threshhold and extra. There are additionally SC filter choices to tweak how delicate the Tubesessor plugin is to sure frequencies, in addition to the power to flick between completely different assault/launch settings.
The plugin is supported on Mac and PC, in addition to being suitable with all main DAWs, together with Ableton Stay, Professional Instruments, Logic Professional, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, and extra.
When it comes to worth, the Tubesessor Optical Tube Compressor is obtainable for $99, with the choice of trialing it out for 14 days completely free. There’s additionally an choice to redeem a free Tubesessor Native lifetime license in case you’re a pre-existing i73 PRO proprietor.
Tubesessor Optical Tube Compressor is obtainable now. Nonetheless, in case you already personal the i73 PRO, head to Heritage Audio to declare your free license.
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