Universal Audio API 2500 Bus Compressor Plug-In, Download

Add Hit-Making Glue to your Mixes & Subgroups
The API 2500 Bus Compressor plug-in gives you the same unmatched punch and energy of API's flagship limiter, a permanent fixture on the stereo bus of the world's top engineers and producers.

Get the Only End-to-End API 2500 Emulation
With exclusive access to API's schematics, UA analyzed two classic "golden unit" API 2500s. Working together with API's engineers, we scrutinized every facet of the plug-in against its analog counterpart, giving you the definitive representation of this iconic compressor.

Easily Shape Tone & Dynamics
The API 2500 gives you three custom-voiced compression Knees - Soft, Medium, or Hard. You can shape the tone further with two compression types. "Old" gives you characterful peak-detection harkening back to API's highly-coveted 525, or "New" gives you a modern feed-forward sound.

Get Unmatched Punch with Thrust
Taken from their Paragon series of consoles, the API 2500's Thrust control evens out the high and low frequency energy -so neither triggers the compressor more than the other. This gives you a tight hallmark API punch beyond any other compressor.

Enhance Energy & Motion
Most compressors only allow you to turn left/right linking on or off. The API 2500 Bus Compressor Link parameters allow for precision control of your mix's L/R dynamic interaction. Set exactly how much dependence or independence you want for your L/R spatial dynamics, and hone your dynamic contours even further with the Shape control.