OverEasy VCA Compressor with PeakStop Limiting
The black-boxed VCA compressor to which Arturia's VCA-65 plug-in pays tribute is a bona fide legend. Its snappy response, toasty push, and adaptive dynamics detection continue to make this unit a first-call comp for drums, bass, and vocals in studios all over the world. The Arturia VCA-65 and its hardware equivalent are characterized by a soft-edged clip on bass guitar and a punchy, pillowy attack on drums and acoustic instruments — a far cry from the tubby bloom common to the tube compressors of its day. The "A" revision of this revered compressor is prized for its PeakStop Limiter and OverEasy soft knee — together, these make the Comp VCA-65 as gentle or imposing as your track demands. Slam a rhythm guitar or snare drum into it and hear those transients pop like magic; or simply feed your song's lead vocal into it and hear the VCA-65 shear off those rough peaks much like a real hardware front end. The Arturia VCA-65's fully scalable 4K graphics offer high-resolution control of its knobs and features, wherever it resides in your session. Arturia has expanded on the original hardware by giving the VCA-65 plug-in powerful onboard sidechain controls to preserve bass or clarity as you clamp down on dynamics, as well as onboard stereo, dual-mono, and mid-side detection modes to suit any style of music you work in. Here at Sweetwater, we have found the wet-dry Mix knob useful for unlocking parallel compression effects directly from the plug-in.
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Component-level TAE modeling
With the Comp VCA-65 plug-in, software engineers at Arturia have taken a legendary vintage compressor and reincarnated it as a turbocharged modern piece of software. The VCA-65 compressor is underpinned by the company's proprietary TAE (True Analog Emulation) modeling technology, which enables Arturia to emulate the sound and behavior of real-world audio circuits, right down to the component level, to re-create accurate software manifestations of these world-class devices in the digital realm. As their modeling techniques delve into core components, Arturia is also able to isolate the specific quirks and character of the original hardware. With the Comp VCA-65's TAE architecture, you'll enjoy an accurate reproduction of a famous voltage-controlled compressor design, without the price tag or channel limitations of hardware.
Arturia Comp VCA-65 Compressor Plug-in Features:
- Based on a legendary voltage-controlled studio compressor
- Advanced TAE analog modeling re-creates the character and nuances of the original hardware
- Preserves the original layout of the hardware unit
- PeakStop Limiter and OverEasy soft knee make the Comp VCA-65 as gentle or imposing as your track demands
- Wet/dry Mix knob unlocks parallel compression effects
- Advanced side-chain functionality dramatically improves on the original design
- Side-chain external sources, or use the plug-ins onboard EQ
- Powerful stereo, dual-mono, and mid-side modes
- Time Warp function offsets the attack time of the compression
- 4K scalable graphical interface
- Hover tooltips give you hints for dialing in a winning mix