Plugins / Dark Matter
Character
Morph between six classic compressors
Turn the big CHARACTER knob to slide from Clean through VCA Bus, FET Punch, Opto and Tube Opto to Vari-Mu, or anywhere in between. Click a name to jump straight to it.
GRAVITY is one-knob glue. It pulls threshold, ratio and knee together while the level stays the same. HEAT slides the character towards the warmer models the harder it's hit, like gear running hot.
Six characters
From clean to glued
AUTO makeup is loudness-matched, so louder never fools you.
Clean & VCA Bus
Transparent control and tight bus glue.
Master · Mix bus · Drum busFET Punch & Opto
Fast attitude for drums, smooth levelling for vocals.
Drums · Vocals · BassTube Opto & Vari-Mu
Thick, warm and slow. Saturation follows the character.
Vocals · Buses · MasterPro features
Built for real mixes
Sidechain from the track or an external input, with a high-pass filter so kicks and 808s don't over-trigger it. Work in stereo, mid/side, mid only or sides only.
Lookahead catches peaks cleanly, T-SHIELD lets the first few milliseconds of each hit through, and release can lock to the song tempo. DELTA lets you hear only what's being removed.
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Inside the plugin
Specifications
Tech specs
| Formats | VST3 and standalone (Windows). AU and VST3 for macOS coming soon |
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| Presets | 67 factory presets by source and genre |
| Characters | Clean, VCA Bus, FET Punch, Opto, Tube Opto, Vari-Mu |
| Extras | GRAVITY, HEAT, AUTO makeup, sidechain with HPF, mid/side, lookahead, T-SHIELD, tempo-synced release, saturation, DELTA, LISTEN, A/B, Clip Guard |
| Oversampling | 1×, 2×, 4× or 8× |
| Window | Resizable from 70% to 150% |
| Licence | Activate on 2 computers. Deactivate and move it any time from your account |
| System requirements | Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), VST3 host. Final requirements TBC |