{"title":"COMPRESSORS","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"novatron","title":"Novatron - Varitone Tube Compressor","description":"\u003cp\u003eNovatron is an analog-modeled compressor that borrows so many sonic properties from so many different classing hardware units that, ironically, it could only exist in the world of DSP.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LtELJpLsFHk\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\" class=\"video-container\"\u003e\n    \u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith separate in\/out Transformer Saturation, two optional Tone Circuits, and a monstrous compressor with groundbreaking attack and release characteristics, the Novatron produces the same three-dimensional 'solidity' and tone typically reserved for expensive hardware.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kush Plugins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":9230981169204,"sku":"NOVATRON","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2162\/2685\/products\/STORE_-_FOR_CART-CHECKOUT_-_Novatron.png?v=1554249585"},{"product_id":"ar-1","title":"AR-1 - Vintage Mu Compressor","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\" data-wf-id='[\"17a7d12f-35b2-a94d-6fbf-03235144bb8a\"]' data-w-id=\"17a7d12f-35b2-a94d-6fbf-03235144bb8a\"\u003eAR-1 is a variable-mu tube compressor whose roots are in the raucous sound of the rockin’ American 50’s, yet it enjoys a posh, tea-sipping British image thanks to its use at Abbey Road Studios in late 60’s, notably on the later Beatles and earlier Pink Floyd records. Kush painstakingly captured the sweet breakup of AR-1’s beefy tubes being driven into the dirt, then added more than a half dozen significant UI and functional enhancements. The resulting emulation is every bit as chunky as the original, and 10x more flexible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nFBDd7zD9QA\" height=\"100%\" width=\"100%\" class=\"video-container\"\u003e\n    \u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\" data-wf-id='[\"68b416cb-d5ca-eaf3-2825-e58ce88d8697\"]' data-w-id=\"68b416cb-d5ca-eaf3-2825-e58ce88d8697\"\u003eFor starters, you get to see the actual values of the controls (!!!). The release is fully variable (as opposed to stepped) and both attack \u0026amp; release can be set significantly faster than the original hardware, allowing for a much wider range of compressive ‘voices’ and textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\" data-wf-id='[\"68b416cb-d5ca-eaf3-2825-e58ce88d8697\"]' data-w-id=\"68b416cb-d5ca-eaf3-2825-e58ce88d8697\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\" data-wf-id='[\"1036c0f4-ee61-e239-cf63-3cb5b1d74068\"]' data-w-id=\"1036c0f4-ee61-e239-cf63-3cb5b1d74068\"\u003eBut the real magic of AR-1 lies under the hood, with new algorithms that step Kush’s digital compressor technology forward. One of the most common complaints about plugin compressors (and digital sounds in general) is that they’re “too fast”. Even when a plugin’s attack time measures identical to the hardware, it generally sounds markedly different, resulting in transients that are excessively bright while lacking in low end impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\" data-wf-id='[\"3807e0dc-50c2-9aba-44f1-073717318e95\"]' data-w-id=\"3807e0dc-50c2-9aba-44f1-073717318e95\"\u003eKush has addressed this by using our most sensitive measuring equipment — UBK’s ears — to obsessively tune not just the speed, but also the taper of the attack and release. As a result, AR-1 is a gentle beast that’s still capable of cooking a sound to a deliciously charred crisp. ‘Warm’ and ‘Smooth’ – arguably the most overused marketing terms in the audio world – really do apply. So be adventurous, and see where she’ll take you!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kush Plugins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":28829355638836,"sku":"AR-1","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2162\/2685\/products\/STORE_-_FOR_CART-CHECKOUT_-_AR-1.png?v=1574375237"},{"product_id":"silika","title":"SILIKA - Dual Diode Compressor","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"17a7d12f-35b2-a94d-6fbf-03235144bb8a\" data-wf-id='[\"17a7d12f-35b2-a94d-6fbf-03235144bb8a\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\"\u003eAfter 9 years in the plugin game, Kush can finally say without exaggeration that, at least for one particular flavor of vintage compressors that clip beautifully, we have completely closed the Analog\/Digital gap. SILIKA is not ‘close’, it’s not ‘different but just as good’. It’s ‘Sonically Identical’ to the types of hardware it’s modeled after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ciframe class=\"video-container\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ktIP-vLWmc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"68b416cb-d5ca-eaf3-2825-e58ce88d8697\" data-wf-id='[\"68b416cb-d5ca-eaf3-2825-e58ce88d8697\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\"\u003eWhen you drive this plugin’s input, everything melts deliciously. In particular, the high frequencies lay back and spread out without getting edgy, or bright, or even the least bit ‘zingy’. It may get too grindy, but it won’t hurt your ears. Think Led Zeppelin IV’s hazy grunge, and you’ll start to get the idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"1036c0f4-ee61-e239-cf63-3cb5b1d74068\" data-wf-id='[\"1036c0f4-ee61-e239-cf63-3cb5b1d74068\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\"\u003eSILIKA owes its killer sound to an extraordinarily complex harmonic distortion generator, but operationally it’s a relatively simple compressor with a familiar feature set. All of its distortions are controlled with the Input knob, which can be switched and blended to taste. The resulting signal then gets passed to a compressor\/limiter with 4 available ratios, standard Attack\/Release\/Threshold\/Mix controls, and sidechain filtering options which, while simple, allow for a dramatic reshaping of the compressor’s behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-w-id=\"3807e0dc-50c2-9aba-44f1-073717318e95\" data-wf-id='[\"3807e0dc-50c2-9aba-44f1-073717318e95\"]' data-automation-id=\"dyn-item-product-description-2-input\"\u003eIt’s a straightforward plugin with an absolutely killer sound, and represents the dawn of a new era for Kush plugins and digital sonics in general.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kush Plugins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35891750961316,"sku":"SILIKA","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2162\/2685\/products\/STORE-FORCART-CHECKOUT-SILIKA.png?v=1598514719"},{"product_id":"ubk-2","title":"UBK-2 - Movement and Groove","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2012, Kush dropped the UBK-1 into a world where nobody expected plugin compressors to have any kind of special or interesting vibe. Built on faithful models of the strange and aggressive curves Gregory Scott developed for the enigmatic UBK Fatso hardware, UBK-1 was the first plugin to give ITB mixers a movement-and-groove-based tool that encouraged blind turning of a few knobs to quickly get at sounds and textures that tended to be as surprising and novel as they were useful.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUBK-2 takes all of the things that made the original special — one big knob for more-or-less compression tuning, rapid switching thru preset attack-release-knee-ratio curves, analog-voiced saturation — and leaves them all intact, you can use UBK-2 the same way you used UBK-1.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlternatively, you can dive deeper and exert a degree of control over nearly every aspect of the UBK-2’s functions.  3 new compression presets enable styles of compression of not possible with UBK-1, including the very gentle low-ratio Cream for delicate jobs like the mix buss.,  All 8 compression curves can have their baseline attack and release times adjusted faster or slower, and all feature tight Gain Reduction matching between them, so you can freely switch between them while keeping gain reduction and overall gains consistent. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUBK-2 flanks the updated compressor section with two newly-tuned saturation engines, one pre- and one post-compression, each voiced to suit the types of transients it’s likely to be presented with.  An old school. pre-everything 4 band EQ leverages Kush’s new, Magpha-based equalizer algorithms. And all of these linear and non-linear processes can now be monitored via Kush’s signature ‘Tri-Meter’ display, first introduced in the dirt-loving Silika compressor.  This VU meter allows for effortless, at-a-glance monitoring of Input and Output levels, Gain Reduction, or all three at once.  The ability to dial saturation and compression while seeing the impact this has on the movement of the output signal vs. the input signal, and level-match them with ease… Tri-Meter is a deceptively powerful workflow enhancement, consider getting to know it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe hope that UBK-2 represents a massive leap forward from the original, while still retaining the character and ease of use that make the original such a popular and beloved plugin that still holds its own 12 years after its release. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kush Plugins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45837456408798,"sku":"UBK-2","price":199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2162\/2685\/files\/STORE_-_FOR_CART-CHECKOUT_-_UBK-2.png?v=1724720462"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2162\/2685\/collections\/collection_image_plugins_53a0bdc2-20d8-4809-8ea6-067a05821077.webp?v=1785959051","url":"https:\/\/thehouseofkush.com\/collections\/compressors.oembed","provider":"Kush Audio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}