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Review Summary
Mac: Host software that supports AAX Native, Audio Units (32-bit), RTAS, VST (32-bit) or VST 3 plug-in formats
PC: Host software that supports AAX Native, RTAS, VST (32-bit) or VST 3 plug-in formats
+10db Compressor is meticulously modeled after one of the industries most iconic hardware compressors. Unless you refuse to listen to any music after Beethoven, you most certainly have heard this unit in action. Best yet, this is the first time this hardware unit has been available in plugin format. +10db Compressor is the first of it's kind channel strip plugin. This plugin is modelled after a very highly sought after compressor hardware unit. They didn't just use the hardware unit for inspiration, they dug in deep and made sure that it sounded just like the original.
Why Did They Model This Unit?
Here's the deal. It seems like everybody is modelling hardware these days, but they wanted to do something a little different. They didn't want to model any hardware units that have been done a million times. They 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 team up with producer/mixer David Bendeth. He just happened to have a few of these in his rack, so he sent them one to pour over. Unless you stopped listening to music after "Johnny B Goode" then you have most definitely heard this hardware unit many times. Think of Led Zeppelin drums.
A Few Extra Features
Since they weren't bound by the limits of the analog hardware, they took the liberty of adding a couple features that make this even more powerful than the original hardware. For one, they added a "Dry Pass-through" knob that makes parallel compression super easy, without having to set up extra buses.