Delivers Iconic VCA Compressor Punch
The Universal Audio UAD dbx 160 puts the sound of one of the most revered studio workhorses squarely within your grasp. The 160 has long been the pro engineer's secret weapon for adding muscular punch to drums, and it's the industry-standard tool for creating in-your-face acoustic guitar tracks. Want to add fatness to bass guitar, drum buses, or synths? If so, fire up this compressor/limiter plug-in. It's a surefire way to beef up anything you run through it — with zero obvious compression artifacts. The UAD dbx 160 also includes a bevy of modern features not present on the original hardware, such as a Mix control for easy parallel compression and a sidechain filter for taming low-frequency pumping. Every studio needs a solid VCA-style compressor in its arsenal, and the Universal Audio UAD dbx 160 is a spot-on re-creation of one of the most fabled hardware comps ever built.
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Versatile VCA-style compression
The original hardware dbx 160 is famous for the grabby, low-frequency glue it imparts to synths, bass guitars, drum buses, and more. The engineers here at Sweetwater have found that the UAD dbx 160 plug-in emulates its predecessor's behavior, not to mention its unmistakable nonlinear character, with spot-on precision. You get the same controls and straightforward metering as the hardware unit, enabling you to infuse an elusive fatness into everything you instantiate it on. The UAD dbx 160 can get pretty mean if you want it to, goosing guitar and vocal tracks with a healthy dose of aggressive bite.
Leveled up with modern features
The Universal Audio UAD dbx 160 includes several enhancements that aren't present on the original hardware. For starters, you get graphic enhancements and improved VU metering. You also get a Mix control for dead-simple parallel compression. A sidechain filter is also on tap, enabling you to tame the compressor's low-end pumping with more aggressive settings.
Universal Audio UAD dbx 160 Compressor/Limiter Plug-in Features:
- Emulates the sound of the revered dbx 160 hardware compressor/limiter
- Great for adding punch to drums and creating in-your-face acoustic guitar tracks
- A surefire way to add muscle to tracks without obvious compression artifacts
- Control layout and straightforward metering based on the original hardware unit
- Mix control supplies easy parallel compression
- Sidechain filter tames low-frequency pumping with aggressive settings
