FabFilter Pro-C 2 is a high-quality compressor plugin for the most demanding engineers. Whether you need subtle mastering compression, a direct lead vocal, that magical drum glue, or deep EDM pumping, Pro-C 2 gets the job done with style.

Everything you need

Pro-C 2 offers eight different program-dependent compression styles, with beautiful sound and character. But that's not all! In addition to the classic compressor controls, you also get smooth lookahead, up to 4x oversampling, smart auto gain and release, variable knee, hold, range, external sidechain triggering, variable stereo linking, and mid/side processing, all wrapped in a beautiful Retina user interface.

Beautiful interface and optimized workflow

The completely redesigned interface in FabFilter Pro-C 2 offers insightful metering with real-time displays that will greatly improve workflow. The large animated level/knee display shows exactly when, why, and how compression is applied to the incoming audio. The precise level meters show the exact peak and loudness values, while the circular sidechain input meter makes searching for the perfect threshold setting a trivial task. And the large sidechain EQ control makes it easier than ever to filter the trigger signal however you want.

FabFilter goodies

Of course, you also get all the usual FabFilter advantages: perfectly tuned knobs, interactive MIDI learning, undo/redo, and an A/B switch, smart parameter interpolation for smooth parameter transitions, an extensive help file with interactive help tips, sample-accurate automation, advanced optimization, and much more.

Features

• Eight different compression styles, five of which are new in version 2: Vocal, Mastering, Bus, Punch, and Pumping
• Range adjustment, which limits the maximum applied gain change
• Magnificent Retina interface, with animated level knee displays (optional) and precise peak/loudness metering
• Mix setting, which scales the gain change from 0% to 200%
• Sidechain EQ section, with customizable HP and LP filters, plus an additional freely adjustable filter
• Full-screen mode, which offers a large level display and a sidechain EQ control
• Program-dependent attack and release times
• Large and precise gain change and level meters, with peak and loudness level display. The loudness level complies with the momentary mode of the EBU R128 / ITU-R 1770 standards
• Smooth lookahead (up to 20 ms), which can be enabled/disabled to ensure zero-latency processing
• Retina compatibility on OS X and High DPI compatibility on Windows
• Smart auto gain
• External sidechain triggering
• Hold (up to 500 ms)
• GPU-powered graphics acceleration
• Custom knee, variable from hard knee to soft knee of 72 dB (to enable saturation-like effects)
• Stereo and mono plugins available
• Auto release
• Optional MIDI triggering
• Super-fast attack times
• Supports common Pro Tools hardware control surfaces
• Up to 4x oversampling
• MIDI learning
• Variable stereo linking and mid/side processing, with mid-only, side-only, M > S, and S > M processing.
• Undo/redo and A/B comparison
• Audition Triggering option, which allows users to hear which parts of the audio Pro-C 2 is triggering and how much compression is occurring.
• Smart parameter interpolation
• Multiple interface sizes: Small, Medium, and Large
• Sample-accurate automation of all parameters
• Extensive help file with interactive help tips

System requirements

Mac

• macOS 10.12 or later (Intel or M1 Apple Silicon processor) (64-bit only)
• VST2, VST3, AU, Native AAX

Windows

• Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, or Vista (32 or 64-bit)
• VST2, VST3, Native AAX

Formats

All FabFilter plugins are available in VST, VST3, Audio Units, Native AAX, and AudioSuite formats.