Fulfilling a multitude of utilitarian, corrective and creative mixing roles, the compressor plugin is one of the most fundamental and frequently called-on tools in music production. To be a successful ...

It’s amazing how many different spins have been put on the compressor plugin. We’ve had emulations of hardware models, new forward-thinking designs and one-knob processors, and now comes AOM’s Nu ...

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: When we think of desirable compression plugins our attention often turns to rare flavour-filled hardware emulations. Good examples would be valve designs based on the Fairchild 670 ...

Kiive Audio's Xtressor NUKE is a free, streamlined compressor plugin that captures the essence of the legendary Empirical Labs Distressor. Designed for simplicity, it offers just two knobs (Input and ...