Free | Win Mac Linux | 45 MB

A lookahead compressor/limiter that’s soft as a lamb.
Lamb was made with these goals in mind:
Sound as clean as possible and as dirty as desired.
Give the user full control over the character with the minimum amount of knobs.

Features:

The following features set it apart from other compressor/limiters:

Use it as a brickwall limiter, a compressor, a leveler, a waveshaper/clipper or anything in between.
As long as the ratio is inf:1, the lookahead is 100% and the output gain is 0dB, the output will not exceed the threshold1.
When the attack, release, release hold and adaptive release are all at their minimum value, you get a waveshaper/clipper.
When adaptive release is at 100%, you get a leveler.

Adjust the shape of the attack and release.
The inspiration for this came from a video by Dan Worrall.
When shape is at 0, the curve is a slice of pure sine.

No discontinuities in the derivative of the gain reduction.
The gain never abruptly changes direction, resulting in a smoother sound, even at short attack and release times.

Release hold eliminates distortion while keeping most of the level.
Release hold prevents the gain from coming up if it needs to go back down again soon.
You control how soon is soon.
Here’s a gain reduction graph with and without it:

Adaptive release (optionally) prevents pumping.
With adaptive release, the gain won’t rush up too much when there is a quiet part after a big peak, but it will still react quickly to transients.
The first couple of dB of release have the speed you set with the release knob, after that it slows down.
The adaptive release slider controls how many dBs will release fast and how much it will slow down afterwards.
If you DO want obvious pumping, just turn adaptive release off!

Exact attack and release times allow you to easily match any breathing to the tempo of your track.
In most compressors and limiters, the times describe how long it takes to do “most” of the gain change.
In lamb, 500 ms corresponds to exactly 1/4 note at 120 BPM.

Adjust the amount of stereo linkage.
Most limiters are fully stereo linked. This makes sense, since you don’t want the stereo image to shift.
However, if the asymmetry in gain reduction is small and short enough, you won’t notice any shift in stereo image.
(Partially) unlinking left and right can sometimes sound more natural, because a loud sound on one side won’t make the other side duck in level.
Slower changes in gain reduction, caused by adaptive release, are always fully linked.
You can set the amount of linkage for transients as needed.

Choose between fixed or minimum latency.
In most case, you can leave this at fixed, but if you want to use lamb live or for tracking, you can set it to minimum.
The latency is always reported to the host.

Downsides:

There are two main downsides to this plugin:

Heavy on the CPU.
Because of the advanced algorithm, this plugin is quite heavy.
I have done everything in my power to make it lighter, from writing a highly optimized sliding minimum algorithm
to writing an N dimensional memoization function.
If you are good at math or computer science and want to help me optimize it more, open an issue, or better yet a PR!
Long latency.
The clean sound of this plugin is partially made possible by a copious amount of lookahead.
In fixed latency mode, the latency is 100ms.
In minimum latency mode, the latency depends on the attack, release hold and lookahead parameters.

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Lambv2.0  ( 45 MB )

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Vocal Compressor is a simple compressor plugin optimized for speech and singing voice.

It is heavily inspired by how mastering limiters work and features the same kind of lookahead (about 1ms) and program dependency but in a soft knee compression context. Additionally, the “HF Sens” sidechain filter allows you to fine-tune the sensitivity to high frequencies. It is similar to what you can find on the back of a famous optical compressor.

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Bertom_VocalCompressor_1.0.1  ( 20 MB )

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Free | Win Mac Linux | 22 MB

POP Sound Shaper from Cut Through Recordings provides advanced dynamic control for your productions. Compression and a soft clipper provide emphasis while preserving transients, and set attack and release times guarantee precision. You can select the amount of compression and the threshold, as well as adjust the “Thump” and “Air” tone settings to perfect your track. Enjoy the effortless process of achieving the desired pop sound. The POP Sound Shaper from Cut Through Recordings allows you to precisely customize your productions.

Control attack and release times, compression levels, and adjust tone settings to create the desired pop sound quickly and easily. Push the boundaries of your craftsmanship, and take your tracks to the next level.

Windows, macOS, Linuc VST VST3 LV2 AU AAX

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YS Vox is Audio plugin for adding effects to voice and instruments. Update of the stereo version of “YS-VOX” This version – Two Mono has independent settings for channels, and can also work in Mid-Side mode. In the “in-1m” mode (mono input – the sum of the left and right channels), all settings parameters are doubled (6 bands for each channel in the “in-2m” mode and 12 EQ bands for processing a mono signal in the “in-1m” mode).

If you use the settings of only one channel in mono mode, the processing will occur in parallel with the unprocessed second channel (this only applies to equalization, saturation and dynamics). The delay, reverb and presence effects also work in stereo mode for each channel) You can also load different impulses for the left and right channels.

This option is more suitable for more experienced users, less experienced ones should start with the updated stereo version of the plugin. Please NOTE that the impulse loader module does not work in MacOs versions, it only works in Windows.

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YS-Vox_v_1.25  ( 151 MB )

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Powerful Compressor without any Complexity

Powerful yet simple tool for quick compression

TL EasyComp is an excellent proof that effective compressor performance can be achieved without complicated adjustments and a large number of controls.

With only three knobs on board, this plug-in compressor perfectly manages fast audio processing using automatic algorithms. It allows you to easily handle virtually any mix in just a couple of clicks.

Featuring automatic Vocal Mode, this compressor enables you to instantly bring vocal parts or speech to the forefront of the mix.

Flexible visual interface with multiple display modes allows you to fully monitor audio signal dynamics, while straightforward, realistic controls enable you to get started without any confusion or hassle.

TL EasyComp – Powerful yet simple tool for quick compression
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EasyComp Unit – Prefect tool for Quick Compression
With only three knobs to control the compressor, TL EasyComp is perfect for quick compression when fine-tuning of multiple parameters is not required. Using automatic algorithms, this easy-to-use yet effective unit allows you to quickly achieve the desired effect when processing an audio signal. At the same time, an efficient algorithm of Vocal Mode will allow you to bring vocals to the front of the mix with just one click.

Animated Visual Display for real time monitoring | TL EasyComp

Animated Visual Display feature will allow you to track in detail the changes made when working with the plugin. Real-time visualization of the input, output and gain reduction allows you to track exactly what changes you have made when adjusting a particular parameter. This feature makes working with audio signal as visual as possible.

Accessibility Features

With a fully scalable interface and the option to customize the info shown on the display, you can arrange your TL EasyComp workspace in the most convenient way possible.

The lightest DSP ensures minimal CPU usage: you can handle multiple plug-in instances without any visible load on your device.

No DAW? No Problem! TL EasyComp comes in both VST and Standalone formats, so you don’t necessarily need a DAW to utilize all its features.

Totally customizible interface | TL EasyComp
Powerful yet simple tool for quick compression | TL EasyComp

System Requirements:
TL EasyComp comes in 64-bit VST / VST3 / AU / Standalone.

Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 or Vista (64-bit only);
macOS 10.13 or higher (64-bit only);
Ubuntu 18 or higher (64-bit only);

ToneLib-EasyComp-v2.0.0  ( 69 MB )

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zam-plugins is a collection of LV2/LADSPA/VST/JACK audio plugins for sound processing developed in-house at ZamAudio. The default settings and almost every slider is calibrated to standard ranges. A big thankyou to falktx for writing Distrho Plugin Framework. It has enabled me to make these GUIs for zam-plugins quickly and neatly. Also thanks to mira, nphilipp, adi, edogawa and Haskellfant who helped package the software for different distros!

Plugins:

ZaMaximX2:

One of the best plugins in the series, this acts as a brickwall limiter for mastering in its default state, but can also be tweaked to raise the average level as a stereo maximizer without ever clipping. Sounds musical even with rough treatment. (Based on DSP found in a DAFX’02 paper).

ZamAutoSat:

An automatic saturation plugin, has been known to provide smooth levelling to live mic channels.
You can apply this plugin generously without affecting the tone.

ZamComp:

A powerful mono compressor strip. Adds real beef to a kick or snare drum with the right settings.

ZamCompX2:

Stereo version of ZamComp with knee slew control.

ZamEQ2:

Two band parametric equaliser with high and low shelving circuits.

ZamGEQ31:

31 band graphic equaliser, good for eq of live spaces, removing unwanted noise from a track etc.

ZamHeadX2:

HRTF acoustic filtering plugin for directional sound.

ZamPhono:

A collection of phono filters for restoring vinyl records, or preparing to cut new ones.

ZamGate:

Gate plugin for ducking low gain sounds.

ZamGateX2:

Gate plugin for ducking low gain sounds, stereo version.

ZamTube:

Wicked distortion effect. Wave digital filter physical model of a triode tube amplifier stage, with modelled tone stacks from real guitar amplifiers (thanks D. Yeh et al).

ZamDelay:

A simple feedback delay unit with sync-to-host BPM feature and filter.

ZamDynamicEQ:

A dynamic equalizer that changes its gain based on detecting a narrow band of frequencies. Can be tuned to alter other frequency ranges on-the-fly.

ZaMultiComp:

Mono multiband compressor, with 3 adjustable bands.

ZaMultiCompX2:

Flagship of zam-plugins:
Stereo version of ZaMultiComp, with individual threshold controls for each band and real-time visualisation of comp curves.

Ever since I got the ZaMultiCompX2 plugin, I have never used (other) compressor. It has independent gain control attack and release with knee makes it versatile and superior. You can make it a dinosaurs and eat up annoying frequency and use it as a way of EQ.

ZamVerb, ZamNoise and ZamSynth:

zam-plugins-4.3-win64  ( 105 MB )

zam-plugins-4.3-win32  ( 119 MB )

zam-plugins-4.3-macos-universal  ( 200 MB )

zam-plugins-4.3-macos-intel  ( 119 MB )

zam-plugins-4.3-linux-x86_64  ( 37 MB )

zam-plugins-4.3-linux-riscv64.  ( 38 MB )

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“YS – Vintage Channel Strip 20th” mixer channel strip plugin contains a basic set of mixing tools. Compressor – Expander – Peak Limiter, Equalizer, Panning and Room Emulator.

Saturation with even harmonics (Saturate) Light “toning-warming” makes the sound softer by removing the 6 kHz harshness (Warm) Panning can be done in the usual way by selecting linear or -3 dB Pan Law or frequency-dependent by lowering the low frequencies with a cutoff filter with the addition of the Haas effect with a short delay of less than 1 ms (approximate distance between the ears) Fader “Distance” lowers the volume and lowers the high frequencies, and also reduces the delay for room emulation (PreDelay) for a more natural feeling of distance of the sound source.

Each device can be downloaded separately. The plugin has stereo and mono versions. Compressor and equalizer also in the two-mono version for individual adjustment of the left and right channel or central and side (Mid-Side).

The two-mono equalizer can work in stereo, two mono and as central and side (Mid-Side) modes. Random – random selection 1-24 to add differences in settings between channels will give a more voluminous sound, the Play button turns on automatic switching of random channel selection, thereby eliminating static and adding liveliness of perception.

The LUFS volume meter will give the opportunity for orientation to stay in the right balance. For ease of comparison, the meter shows the input and output signals. Drive – adds harmonics for color. Noise adds noise – artifacts not statically, but in dynamics. The knob is double and one part adds white noise left-right LR, and the second pink noise Mid-Side. center and side.

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YS-_Vintage_Channel_Strip_20th_v_1.04  ( 114 MB )

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April 2024 | macOS/windows | 35MB/68MB | VST3

ZL Audio makes audio plugins and audio processing tools.

Included are:

ZLEqualizer: equalizer plugin
ZLWarm: distortion/saturation plugin
ZLCompressor: compressor plugin
ZLLMakeup: loudness make-up plugin
ZLLMatch: loudness matching plugin
ZLInflator: distortion/saturation plugin

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ZL_Audio_Plugins_April_2024_macOS  ( 68 MB )

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A VERSATILE PLUGIN, DEVELOPED WITH THE AURALEAK MUSIC BAND.

Features

Compression Modes
Clean Mode: Soft compression with 5ms attack and 250ms release.
Scream Mode: Hard compression with 1.8ms attack and 150ms release.
Threshold: Amount of compression you want.

Saturation: Add saturation to disort your vocals.
Sibilance: How much “ess” you want in your vocal signal.
Waveform Visualizer: See what you are doing to the audio.

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Atlas_Auraleak_VocalComp-v1.0.0  ( 21 MB )

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Bedroom Comp MkII is a VCA / Opto compressor.

Elevate your sound to new heights with the Bedroom Comp MkII. With a perfect blend of VCA and Opto compression models, this plugin gives you precise control and an analog touch for a polished and professional sound.

Dual Compression Models, Singular Excellence: Experience the best of both worlds with VCA and Opto compression models, seamlessly selectable in the Bedroom Comp MkII. Tailor your sound with finesse, whether you need quick and surgical or vintage and smooth compression.

Total Control at Your Fingertips: Craft your audio with precision using adjustable Attack, Release, Threshold, Ratio, Input Gain, and Output Gain controls. The Bedroom Comp MkII puts you in charge, allowing you to sculpt your tracks with expert finesse.

Frequency Focus and Knee Flexibility: Refine your compression with the integrated highpass filter for targeted frequency response. Plus, the Knee control adds versatility by modulating the relationship between threshold and ratio in a non-linear way, offering compression that behaves like an analog device.

Effortless Interface, Effortless Sound: Navigate your audio journey seamlessly with the Bedroom Comp MkII’s intuitive interface. Spend less time tweaking and more time creating, all while achieving a refined and professional sound.

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viator-bedroom-comp-mac.component  ( 29 MB )

viator-bedroom-comp-mac.vst3  ( 29 MB )

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