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 ...

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Digidesign's Smack! is a compressor/limiter plug-in designed specifically for music applications. It is capable of accommodating virtually any kind of audio material. Smack! features three compression ...

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 ...