Demo Limitations: No optimizations: more CPU consumption. No A/B and Stereo Mode controls. No Automations, you can’t save the settings. No Audio Render in offline mode.

Tuco Tube Compressor

Tuco compressor is based on vari-mu tube technology with feedback topology. It can be clean, warm, and crisp at the same time. Exhibiting subtle and natural compression at low amounts and plenty of punch at higher settings. And is an original Sonimus development, designed using analog modeling techniques.

Tuco is ideal for drums, vocals, or any tracking instrument and sounds great applied to a whole mix. Due to its “stereo modes” (Dual Mono, Stereo Vintage, Stereo Modern), it can be used for tracking, as well as for mastering.

KEY FEATURES:

All tube vari-mu design.

design. Four compressor modes : Fast Attack Compressor. Slow Attack Compressor Fast Attack Limiter. Slow Attack Limiter.

: Release knob with slow to fast settings. Auto Makeup Gain control. Three stereo modes : Dual Mono, Vintage Stereo, Modern Stereo. Mix control for parallel compression. (two modes). Output tube saturation controlled by a drive knob. A/B switch for a/b comparison. Presets system to create and edit both user and factory presets. Support for HQ screen resolution (Retina). Optimized for real-time usage.



LATEST CUSTOMER REVIEWS

Anonymous (verified owner) Tuco Compressor Petr (verified owner) Tuco Compressor Anonymous (verified owner) The products and service I received at Sonimus was wonderful. Sales and customer service was responsive, helpful, and friendly. Tuco Compressor is a powerful tool that delivers a tight, yet creamy sound. I look forward to abusing this fine plugin on many upcoming tracks. I highly recommend Tuco to any eMusician, producer, sound designer, etc., who’s looking for an organic, punchy sound. It performs perfectly on individual tracks and globally on the whole she-bang. Tuco Compressor andrew.john.atkinson (verified owner) I auditioned a number of vari-mu plugins, and this was my favourite. The drive is not OTT at all, and is in fact very useful. I think this is a great compressor plugin. I certainly use it as a benchmark when comparing the sound of other plugins. Tuco Compressor Eduardo Del Gobbo (verified owner) Excelente Compresor, se comporta como un procesador analógico!! Lo recomiendo totalmente. Tuco Compressor Thomas Demman (verified owner) great comp…congradulations….i own your channel strip…its great too Tuco Compressor

Endorsements

“I like the approach of the TuCo, especially the drive, I’m already using it thoroughly on a new movie mix!” “…I use these plugins ALL THE TIME! Tuco compressor has found its way as a staple on my mix bus, and seems to add some magic dust to my drums… I have nothing negative to say, I love them…” “Plug-in developers Sonimus are already well known for excellent emulations of analog EQs and consoles, but although their first compressor is based on a variable-mu tube circuit as used in the Fairchild 660 and 670, it’s not an emulation of those venerable units. Rather, Tuco shares some of their ‘analog’ sonic characteristics and adds a few useful features.”

Tuco Compressor In-depth

Compressor Mode

Slow Attack Compressor Fast Attack Compressor Slow Attack Limiter Fast Attack Limiter

Stereo Mode

Mono : Processes a stereo input through a mono unit compressor

: Processes a stereo input through a mono unit compressor Stereo Vintage : Feeds the sum of both channels (left and right) into a single unit detector circuit, then applies the same “gain reduction” to each channel. This mode sounds open and wide.

: Feeds the sum of both channels (left and right) into a single unit detector circuit, then applies the same “gain reduction” to each channel. This mode sounds open and wide. Stereo Modern : Each channel (left & right) is processed independently. Combines the two gain-reduced channels into one, resulting in an equal gain reduction for both sides.

: Each channel (left & right) is processed independently. Combines the two gain-reduced channels into one, resulting in an equal gain reduction for both sides. Dual Mono: Each channel is processed independently by two compressor units.

VU Meter Mode

Gain reduction Meter

Input VU Meter

Output VU Meter

Auto Makeup Gain

Auto Makeup Gain (AMG) compensates for volume drop resulting from compression. To activate AMG, click on the “Amount” label. AMG does not modify audio dynamics. Rather, it calculates a gain compensation approximation.

Mix Modes

The Mix Before Output Control: You can blend dry/wet without worrying about matching dry and wet signal volumes.

The Mix After Output Control: You must level the compressed signal using the “output knob” to achieve your desired dry/wet signal ratio.

Controls

Amount : Adjusts the amount of compression. Functions like a “threshold” control.

: Adjusts the amount of compression. Functions like a “threshold” control. Output : Adjusts the compressor’s Make Up Gain.

: Adjusts the compressor’s Make Up Gain. Release : Adjusts the compressor’s release speed: 0: Fast, 10: Slow.

: Adjusts the compressor’s release speed: 0: Fast, 10: Slow. Mix : Mixes the “dry” uncompressed signal with the “wet” compressed one.

: Mixes the “dry” uncompressed signal with the “wet” compressed one. SC HP : Applies a High-Pass Filter to the side chain input signal (useful for bass guitars and/or bass drums).

: Applies a High-Pass Filter to the side chain input signal (useful for bass guitars and/or bass drums). Drive: Adjusts the amount of tube style saturation (When set to zero, saturation is bypassed).

Tuco compressor Specs

Supported platforms

Audio Unit, VST 2.4, VST 3, AAX. All platforms support both 32 and 64-bit operations.

Supported Operating systems

Mac OSX 10.8 or newer

Windows 7 or newer

Technical specifications

Sample Rate Support: up to 192 kHz.

Bit Depth: 64 bits (floating point).

Channels: Mono and Stereo.

Latency: Zero.

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