Goodhertz have released Vulf Compressor Mastering Edition (VCME for short), available at the intro price of $139.00, increasing to $199.00 after the promotion. There’s 25% off for owners of any version of Vulf Compressor.
Of all the things Goodhertz have engineered over the past decade, Vulf Compressor remains one of our most wonderful & unusual algorithms.
It has that sound.
As Vulfpeck’s Jack Stratton put it during our first email exchange on the prototype: “NICE! that special sauce. the way it snaps that snare is the $$$!”
Since its release in 2014, Vulf Compressor has been everywhere: lofi beat tapes to Hollywood film scores — even on Dua Lipa’s vocal chain. Surely, you’ve heard it on some music somewhere. But for all its raw power, Vulf Compressor’s iconic three-main-control design — central to Stratton’s original vision — can be limiting in situations that demand a lighter touch.
As legendary mixer Michael Brauer once said of Vulf Comp: “On the outside, it may look like a Volvo, but under the hood, it’s a monster truck.”
Indeed. But you won’t win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a monster truck.
That’s why Goodhertz are thrilled to announce the official release of Vulf Compressor Mastering Edition (VCME), a new kind of Vulf Compressor — a Vulf Compressor purpose-built for mastering & bus processing.
VCME is cut from the same cloth as the original, yet it unlocks a range of compression that is inaccessible in its predecessor: familiar, yet distinctly refined. It’s not for everyone, and… that’s kind of the point.
Vulf Compressor and VCME are very different plugins built for very different purposes. If you’ve always wanted Vulf-style compression, but with more flexibility and versatility, VCME has got you covered.
Features include:
- Classic Compression Controls – Ratio, threshold, makeup gain, sidechain HPF. VCME retains the vari-mu characteristics of Vulf Compressor but in a way that is easier to dial in if you’re used to a classic compressor control-set.
- Release “Style” Control – Choose your own release character: opto, FET, or anywhere in between.
- Soft Clip – A very special analog soft clipping / saturation section follows the compression stage. Use it to prevent digital overs, add subtle clipping, or apply all-out fuzz and saturation. It has four different modes, each with their own vibe.
- Chino: Hifi, classic tube sound, notes of HendrixRødovre: Round, tube-y, smoothDetroit: Grungy, warm, notes of JamersonMelbourn: Punchy, British, transformer saturation
- Sidechain Tilt – The first of its kind: a completely linear spectral tilt on the sidechain, allowing one to control precisely how the compressor reacts to the frequency spectrum, often eliminating the need for a de-esser or multiband compressor.
- Extensive Stereo / Surround Linking – Support for M/S & surround modes (not yet in Beta #1).
- Transparent Frequency Response – No matter the settings, Vulf Compressor imparts a certain color on everything; here we’ve ensured the frequency spectrum remains completely untouched.
- Light and dark modes
VCME is available to PC and Mac users (VST3, AU and AAX).
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