Native Instruments Vari Comp

Overall, NI and Softube have done a great job here, and although we've seen many EQP-1A style emulations before, multiband passives are less common. The variable-mu design is less common still, and it's great to see all three in a fully native form, free from any proprietary system such as Guitar Rig or the UAD format.

Softube teamed up with hardware manufacturers Summit Audio to model the latters classic TLA-100A Tube Levelling Amplifier, a fairly ubiquitous processor in professional studios the world over. What sets this one apart is the way that it effortlessly tames the dynamics of vocals and ordinarily tricky instruments like acoustic guitars. This is partly due to the silky valve-levelling/soft-knee design, wherein the compression gradually increases as the input level pushes the threshold, and partly due to the simple control design enabling quick and easy adjustments. Softube have also added a useful Saturation control, allowing you to pump up the character of the processing without having to actually overdrive the input (as was the case with the original); and a Low Cut filter for treating more bass-heavy signals.

Native Instruments Vari Comp

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I admit, at first glance it looks about as exciting as a grey box with a smaller black box in it could look. But the Sonoris Mastering Compressor is above all that GUI one-upmanship, airily delivering sonic quality that will definitely impress your ears. With up to 8x oversampling, the ability to separate colouration from dynamics with simple controls, A/B toggling, sidechain filtering and variable stereo linking, this as transparent and classy as software compression sounds.

There are plenty of excellent analog variable-mu/tube compressors and plugin emulations of such compressors. With so many options to choose from, I've compiled what I consider to be the 11 best variable-mu/tube compressor emulations plugins.

What is a variable-mu compressor?

Officially licensed and created in partnership with Summit Audio, this Softube plugin is about as close as you'll get to this world-renowned hardware compressor without having to buy one for yourself. This plugin offers some of the best-emulated variable-mu/tube compression available, from the sonic character and controls to the user interface itself.

This program-dependent compressor practically does the job for you and offers soft and warm distortion if you drive it super hard. Adjust the Gain, Gain Reduction, and Attack and Release time parameters to your liking and enjoy the marvellous sound of this excellent variable-mu compressor plugin.

Klanghelm's MJUC is an ultra-versatile variable-mu compressor plugin. With extensive research and development spanning practically all variable-mu compression implementations, the MJUC has been ultimately developed with 3 distinctly magnificent tube-compressor algorithms.

This plugin is a remarkably faithful emulation of the 660 and works tremendously well for mixing and mastering. With the exceptional compression transparency of the original, Pulsar Audio's Mu is a top performer when it comes to variable-mu compressor plugin emulations.

Whether the compression task on a drum bus, acoustic guitar, vocal, snare drum or even the master channel, you can count on the Pulsar Audio Mu to deliver the transparent yet warm results we have come to expect from world-class variable-mu compressors.

This variable-mu compressor plugin provides true vintage analog sound and feel. The United Plugins Royal Compressor sounds like the real deal, from the pleasing saturation to the gentle program-dependent compression.

Native Instruments makes superb virtual instruments and audio plugins, so it should be no surprise to see the Vari Comp on this list. This all-purpose 2-channel compressor is super user-friendly and sounds incredible on individual tracks and buses alike. Transparent compression with subtle analog character is made simple with NI's Vari Comp.

Dial in the straightforward controls and hear the sound of the 670 and Vari-Mu clearly with this superb plugin. This is true with or without any gain reduction taking place. Smooth, warm, aggressive; whatever style of vari-mu compression you're after, the FG-Mu has a preset for it. 75035a25d1