In either mode, switches independently activate the Optical (modeled opto-electronic) and Discrete (modeled-VCA) compressors in each channel, letting you use one or the other, or both simultaneously.Īs hinted in the introduction, each channel also provides a switchable 90 Hz highpass filter in its sidechain that affects the channel’s two compressor sections simultaneously use it to reduce pumping and preserve punch on mixes and bass-heavy instruments such as kick drum.Ī three-way Transformer Select Switch in each channel allows you to select virtual nickel, iron or steel output transformers in turn (independently for each channel in dual-mono mode). The plug-in’s two channels can be operated either independently (in dual-mono mode) or linked for stereo processing, wherein all knobs and switches in the left channel-save for the switch that selects its meter’s source-control both channels. Spectral coloring and compression-curve ganging in one go! In each channel, a sidechain filter and separate switch for swapping three virtual output transformers, respectively, alter the compressor’s frequency sensitivity and tone (frequency response and distortion characteristics). The first in line uses a modeled opto-electronic gain control element and the second emulates a discrete VCA design (operating in feed-forward mode) that puts on the final squeeze.
Like the same-named hardware compressor it models-a high-end analog beauty that’ll set you back almost eight grand-the plug-in features two compressors chained in series. In one sense, the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor plug-in is a twofer.
Each channel of the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor features a modeled opto and VCA compressor, three virtual output transformers and a sidechain filter-all independently selectable.
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