JST Gain Reduction Plugin - Applications on Harsh Vocals.mp3. FireFly Analog Style Bus Compressor - [Ableton FL Studio Logic Pro X Cubase Free Plugin Trial].mp3. Gain Reduction Deluxe is a vocal compressor plugin by producer Joey Sturgis. This plugin is intended for vocalists, musicians, engineers, mixers, and all audio production people alike! This compressor will instantly give you mix-ready sounding vocals with little to no effort, just insert the plugin on your track and you’re ready to go.

Joey Sturgis is a successful metal producer, part of the team behind the URM Academy, and of course the man behind the Joey Sturgis Tones, his plugin development arm. My previous was recently published on Bedroom Producers Blog. (on sale for $35.40) is a vocal compressor, but could equally be applied to other instruments for a gritty compression effect.

The overarching theme with this effect is that it gives you results quickly. The plugin comes with a streamlined control scheme in order to get you to a mix-ready vocal with as little messing about as possible. Starting with the GUI, the plugin has a hardware look, styled like an old, gritty, beat up hardware processor.

Complete with masking tape and etched-in labels, this thing looks like it’s survived a nuclear blast and is still compressing. Post-apocalyptic visuals aside, the layout is straightforward and contains few controls. The central part of the interface hosts the VU meter which shows the gain reduction being applied. The meter lights up when the plugin is turned on, controlled by an on-off flip switch on the top left. As soon as the plugin is engaged, its gritty sound character becomes apparent.

This is in no way a transparent compressor. You’re getting a hefty amount of very pleasing saturation along the way. There is no threshold dial on this plugin. Instead, the threshold is at a set level. By adjusting the input level on the top right of the interface, you can control how hard your audio is pressed into the threshold.

The “Slay” control is effectively the ratio parameter and governs the amount of compression applied. There is a scratch mark on the GUI that indicates the default setting of 100%, which can be backed off as required. I quite like that the default setting is quite aggressive. Ummy video downloader license key. It’s further reinforcement of the fact that this plugin is doing a lot with only a few controls.

The manual states that the compressor’s internal signal detector has a high-pass filter applied to it, so the compressor is not reacting to bass frequencies. “Gain” is a make-up gain control and by default is set to +27 dB. Along with gain, saturation is also applied, and by pushing the value beyond the default position, more noticeable distortion occurs. If you are processing a vocal track with even a minor amount of grit to it, this sounds fantastic, as it smooths out the vocal and makes it more prominent.