Black Rooster

Accurately modeled after the 'black' version of a classic and sought-after VCA compressor the sc-5 opens up a whole world of versatility: you're going for super gentle compression to sweeten up the signal on your masterbuss? You're looking for a colorful or smashed sound on your drum buss? You want to tame lively and dynamic material? The BlackAsh SC-5 handles it all.

Accurately modeled after the original 70s blue-faced version of a classic and sought-after VCA compressor the sc-5 opens up a whole world of versatility: gentle compression to sweeten the signal on your master buss, distorted smashed-up sound on your drum buss, or taming lively and dynamic material. The full-blown set of parameters allows you to dial in just the right setting for your application while always maintaining its own pleasant and characteristic tone.

Original signature compressor by Koen Heldens. Hilbert detector, invertible sidechain, zero latency, transparent dynamics.

A vari-mu tube compressor plugin inspired by the Altec 436C. Creamy, gluing compression for mix bus, drums and vocals.

LA-2A opto compressor plugin with sidechain, 3 cells, mix and make-up gain. Smooth vocal, bass and bus leveling.

Vintage opto compressor plugin inspired by the Teletronix LA-3A. Faster, brighter leveling for vocals, drums and guitars.

Vintage FET compressor plugin inspired by the UREI 1176. Fast, punchy, aggressive compression for drums, bass and vocals.

Vintage tube compressor plugin modelled on 50s–70s tube leveling amplifiers. Warm glue for vocals, bass, drums and bus.

Discontinued

Opto compressor plugin inspired by the Teletronix LA-2A. Smooth, program-dependent leveling for vocals, bass and bus.

A vintage channel strip plugin combining an expander, 5-band M/S EQ, compressor and limiter with K-metering for mixing and mastering.

A modern vocal chain plugin: EQ, compressor, reverb, echo and stereo width in one channel strip for fast, clean vocal mixing.

Vintage channel strip plugin combining VHL-3C filters, the VEQ-5 & VEQ-1P Pultec EQs and the VTC-2 tube compressor.

Koen Heldens signature semi-parametric 5-band EQ plugin with per-band saturation and M/S. Colour vocals, bus and masters.

A vintage program equalizer plugin inspired by the Pultec EQP-1A. Low-end weight, silky highs, the Pultec trick on bass.

A vintage mid-range equalizer plugin inspired by the Pultec MEQ-5. Sweeten vocals, guitars and keys across 200Hz–7kHz.

Vintage tube preamp plugin inspired by the Altec 1567A. Motown grit, saturation and 3-band EQ for vocals, bass, drums.

Vintage preamp plugin inspired by the Neve 1073. Add transformer weight, THD and sheen to vocals, guitars and drums.

A Neve 1073-style vintage preamp with a Pre Drive multiplier and sweepable high-pass for heavy saturation.

A free guitar amp head plugin inspired by the Orange Tiny Terror. Clean, crunch and lead tones with built-in cab sim.

A guitar and bass preamp/DI plugin inspired by the Tech 21 SansAmp GT2. Clean, crunch and metal tones plus cab sim.

Vintage plate reverb plugin inspired by the EMT 140. Six plate materials for lush vocals, snappy snares and mix glue.

A free vintage gold-plate reverb plugin inspired by the EMT 140. Warm, mellow plate tails on vocals and drums.

Vintage tape echo inspired by the Roland RE-201 Space Echo. Warm multi-head delay and spring reverb for dub and guitars.

A free vintage high/low pass filter plugin inspired by the Pultec HLF-3C. Clean up your mix bus, kill rumble and harshness.

Tape saturation plugin inspired by Studer reel-to-reel machines. Add warmth, glue and analog grit to drums, vocals and bus.

A vintage spring reverb plugin with six classic spring tanks. Drip, twang and dub splash for guitars, vocals and synths.

A free drum transient and sustain shaper. Add punch to snares, tune weight into kicks and revive dull close-mic'd drums.