Ableton Live 9 includes some exciting new device developments, made in partnership with Cytomic. Cytomic's Glue Compressor is now a native device in Live 9, featuring a new GUI and expanded sidechaining options. Additionally, we worked with Cytomic on new filter algorithms for EQ8. Here's Cytomic's Andrew Simper on the new filters:'The new algorithm for EQ 8 is an analog model of a linear SVF circuit, and as such shares the excellent noise performance, as well as ultra smooth modulation properties, of the ideal circuit. The cutoff of EQ 8 can be swept smoothly with automation without the horrible artefacts of commonly used EQ algorithms.' Ableton live packs torrent.
Cytomic 'The Glue' VST - Best ITB Compressor I've Ever Used!If you haven't had a chance to mess with this thing - GET IT!!!I have just about every ITB compressor you can think of - Waves SSL, API, Chandler/EMI, UAD, Stillwell, etc. And 'The Glue' absolutely blows me away. For a 2-buss compressor this thing is stunning - blows the doors of the Waves SSL stuff and it's not even close. It's modeled after the SSL 4000 but IMHO (and many others), absolutely blows away the Waves SSL. I bought the Waves SSL bundle a while back and was just never impressed with the compressor - it's compression characterstics are nice but it kills the stereo image. I demo'd the UAD Buss Comp (also modeled after the SSL buss comp) and it didn't blow me away so I never bought it.
I have now found the answer!Soooooooooo nice folks and it's $99. Trust me, I don't care how many compressors you have - this is one you want in your arsenal.I'm in NO WAY affiliated with these guys - just a mega/super fan after running a few of my mixes through this thing. Right now I use my Portico 5043 into this thing into my UAD Precision Limiter on my 2-buss and could not be happier with the results.There's a massive thread over on Gearslutz on this thing - rave reviews (and how I found about it):Enjoy!
There's a million page thread over at KVR. The Dev is always refering to it as a mastering compressor for some reason; So many people use it for tracking (and especially drum busses ) The non-linearities are stricktly in the detector section and how it's applied to the gain reduction/transfer curve. ( the dev has also stated that he isn't doing any saturation or analog harmonic distortions ).I think the best feature is the range knob. Only a few in the box comps have anything like it; you can have super fast attacks and still not squash the. out of things. There was also a thread at gearsluts where they tested for aliasing on lots of plugs and it ( the glue ) was very good at the 2:1 setting and, did this W/O any over sampling.Basically, you're right, it seems to be real nice.
I am able to get most of what I do with what I have, so, You're not helping me to contain my G.A.S with this thread!!!! STOP IT ALREADY Ken!!!Cheers. JonbouyThere seem to be some good plugs in this area currently and I'll definitely check this one out.I currently use the UAD Precision Bus Comp in this role when I want clean and lean and of all things Bootsy's freeware Density MkII for added fat there.I'm not unhappy with either but it is a cool place in the chain to add some sweetness and I'll definitely give it a look see on that recommendationI agree that Density is a nice quick hit for a compressor - and it has side-chaining. It does the job often for that simple taming, and does seem to have a nice quality to it.Frankly for a freebie, it's quite impressive. M@ B+1 ^^^^ Always was curious how Sonar's 4K Buss Comp fairs in comparison?
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I use the 4K a lot and like how it sounds with small amounts of GR on the mix buss. Is the difference significant? Thanks.If the OP is still out there, perhaps he can chime in with some thoughts in regards to the comparison.
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For me, however, overall I think the Glue fairs better 'musically' than the PC4K bus comp, especially when sidechaining. To my ears, the PC4K seems slow and sloppy. The PC4K's release times are a little funky when compared to the Glue. It may be related to the threshold and gain-reduction differences between the two; I don't know for sure. All things being equal, the Glue delivers a bit more gain reduction at the same values when compared to the PC4K. This perhaps makes it sound a bit 'tighter,' more glue-like? At this time,I have only demo'ed it, but will buy it soon.
I was thinking it would go on sale on Black Friday/Cyber Monday, but it did not. Just like Valhalla, Cytomic's plugins are fixed at their asking price. This is fine because they're both quality, no marketing hype, no-frills-just-work plugins. Most everyone can still buy into them and be happy. On a unrelated but still-related topic, let me refer to an interesting review I read about the various LA-2A emulations out there, including the CA-2A.
Overall, a great read. But one item of importance is the reviewer's take on the CA-2A (see page 4).
He notes that it is not a good emulation, despite what the marketing hype of Cakewalk otherwise suggests. I think the PC4K kind of fell into this trap as well. With the CA-2A, there is no emulated representation of the saturation curve, all of which is present in the real-deal-Holyfield LA-2A. So what was the point of the CA-2A? In the review, actual audio snippets compare the various plugins. The CA-2A is on the 'meh' side.
Kind of lame, IMO. So a $99 plugin on sale for $49 during the first week of December?
I was very interested and ready to toss down my $49 for the CA-2A, but I didn't after reading that review. So the moral of the story? Not all pricing structures are created equal, and sometimes less is more. Back on topic.while I agree that Ozone may be the end-all-be-all final mastering suite, I think having the Glue, or another good comp on the master bus helps bring it all together before the maximizers, the enhancers, and the limiters. Also, I like bringing back old threads!