+10db Compressor is meticulously modeled after one of the industry's most iconic hardware compressors. Unless you refuse to listen to music after Beethoven, you have surely heard this unit in action. Better yet, this is the first time this hardware unit has been available in plugin format.

+10db Compressor is the first channel plugin of its kind. This plugin is based on a highly sought-after hardware compressor unit. We didn't just use the hardware unit as inspiration, we delved deep and made sure it sounded like the original.

Why did we model this unit?

Here's the deal. It seems like everyone is modeling hardware these days, but we wanted to do something a little different. We didn't want to model any hardware unit that has been done a million times. We wanted to do something that had never been done before but has been an icon in the recording industry, and the only way to do that was to partner with producer/mixer David Bendeth. It just so happened that he had a few of these on his rack, so he sent us one to dump.

Unless you stopped listening to music after "Johnny B Goode", you have definitely heard this hardware unit many times. Think of Led Zeppelin's drums.

To get this same compressor in hardware, you would not only have to pay over $2,000 to get one, but you would also have to deal with all the other hassles of using analog hardware. For a very small fraction of the price, you can get the same sound in a much more convenient software format. There really are no hassles (unless you live in Alaska and need a room heater)

Some additional features

Since we were not limited by the limitations of analog hardware, we took the liberty of adding a couple of features that make it even more powerful than the original hardware. On one hand, we added a "Dry Passthrough" knob that makes parallel compression very easy, without having to set up additional buses.

System Requirements

Available Formats

• Windows (32/64): VST2, VST3, RTAS, Native AAX
• Mac (32/64): AU, VST2, VST3, RTAS, Native AAX