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I watched a bit. It starts out with the assumption of 0 knowledge on the viewer's parts and builds from there; appears to be a decent video.

Wondering though why they didn't create a standalone version.

Felt bad about the pun (but not bad enough to edit it out). So here's the break down from the YouTube page.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Welcome to my comprehensive 10-hour guide on mastering the art of audio compression! Get the free resources and cheat sheets that go with the course: https://mastering.com/cb-resources-lp... In this video I'll walk you through the ins and outs of using a compressor like a pro, sharing all the techniques and secrets that professional engineers use in their day-to-day workflow. From understanding the basics to mastering advanced techniques, this video is your one-stop shop for all things compression. Here are the chapters: Intro 0:00:00 What Is A Compressor? 0:01:25 Why Do We Need Compression? (The Four Goals) 0:03:52 What is Dynamic Range (The Peaks and Valleys of Sound) 0:13:40 What Does Compression Sound Like? 0:24:44 Wrapping Up (Compression Big Ideas) 0:31:45 Why Can't I Hear Compression? 0:33:40 Anatomy Of A Compressor (Overview) 0:40:59 Threshold and Ratio 0:53:54 Attack and Release 1:06:56 Makeup Gain 1:21:22 Sidechain 1:28:19 Knee, Range, Hold, and Lookahead 1:37:18 Putting It All Together 1:55:44 Wrapping Up (Anatomy of a Compressor) 2:08:33 The Main Styles of Compression 2:10:20 How to Set Up Your Compressor 2:13:40 How to Make an Instrument "Consistent" 2:19:51 How to Make an Instrument "Thick" 2:41:47 How to Make an Instrument "Punchy" 2:53:45 How to Make an Instrument "Groove" 3:05:44 How to Create "Depth" 3:21:59 How to Create "Headroom" 3:37:52 How to Turn Down "Room Sound" 3:52:04 Using The Styles to Achieve the 4 Goals of Compression 3:59:24 What Does Over-Compression Sound Like? 4:14:18 How to Compress ANY Instrument 4:35:44 Wrapping Up (Styles of Compression) 4:53:35 How Fast Are Peaks? 4:54:45 How to Use Serial Compression 5:06:43 How to Use Parallel Compression 5:23:05 How to Use Sidechain Compression 5:41:46 Over vs. Under Compression 5:53:57 How to Know if a Compressor is Helping 6:06:51 Wrap Up (Essential Tips and Tricks) 6:11:07 How to Compress an ENTIRE Mix (Overview) 6:12:33 Phase 1 - Pre-Mix 6:16:20 Phase 2 - Mix Bus 6:45:12 Phase 3 - Balance 7:02:26 Phase 4 - Glue 7:16:43 Phase 5 - Enhance 7:34:28 Phase 6 - Fix 7:51:14 Limiting Your Mix (Mastering) 8:01:57 Analog-ing Your Mix (Saturation) 8:16:03 Where Should I Place My Compressor? 8:42:10 How do I Compress the Low End? 8:51:11 Why Is Compression Making My Home Recordings Sound Worse? 9:01:25 How Do I Compress Different Genres? 9:15:38 What are the Common Analog Compressors? 9:26:10 Recap - The Peak and Valley Technique 9:38:32 Outro 10:01:37

10hrs - this must be the expanded course. I'll get my hat.

If only it identified which synth (within Attracktive) was associated with the patch... kind of a major (IMHO) faux pas otherwise it's pretty cool.

Makes sense for a beta - easy to implement, easy to disable the plugin partially or entirely when beta ends. I'm curious as to what system/methodology they'll finally decide on when officially released.

Cudo's on your austere utilitarian work ethic. I certainly was more productive when I had fewer plugins. One of these days I may adopt a similar attitude... A day may come when my desire for plugins fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of deal forum fellowship, but it is not this day. Note this does not mean I will participate on this deal, but I join my plugin scrounging brothers and sisters in other deals for the day is yet young and my wallet has not yet faltered!!

I never did get a reply from Plugin Boutique or Audio Damage about the sale applying to upgrades. Which I guess is, in a way, an answer.

That's what I thought but the email I received today said that it was the last day. "The final day of our 20th Anniversary Sale is upon us!" Maybe they forgot August has 31 days ?

Sales end today, Aug 30th!!

These and other things lead me to assume that UAD's development team is MAC based. No offense intended to my MAC using brethren. Note on iLok - I'm a PC user and I don't have issues with iLok (and haven't since Windows 98) but as they say YMMV.

It's currently also $35 at https://www.audiodeluxe.com/products/audio-plugins/united-plugins-transmutator Is $35 the usual running price for this plugin? As opposed the MSRP of $69. At one point AudioDeluxe had it for $12, maybe it was an introductory price... (United Plugins does have killer intro prices on their plugins) Don't have a pressing need for this at the moment so I'm going to wait till BF to see if it hits a similar price.

Interesting... and slightly disappointing. I've had to deal with kind of issue with apps written with older programming SDKs. Most likely to bite you if you have one of the smaller 4K monitors and need to use text scaling so that menus and program text isn't microscopic. A fix not mentioned is to downgrade your display resolution (for example to 1920 x 1080) so that your scaling is set to 100%. It sucks to spend extra money on a high resolution monitor and then not use it that way, but on my last day gig it was the only fix for an app that many people were required to run to do their job. Thankfully not my issue, hopefully not yours. Note if you try to move the VST3 plugin out from the "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\uaudio_polymax.vst3" folder you'll have a different kind of blury issue because the plugin stores its resources in under "C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\uaudio_polymax.vst3\Contents\Resources" instead of any of the standard Windows locations.

Congrats! If I could get it for $14 I'd grab it. At $39 I'll have to pass.

Not likely. According to https://musicsoftwaredeals.com/price-history/gem-comp76-compressor-limiter-by-overloud/ this is the lowest Comp76 has been on sale for and the sale is only at AudioDeluxe not at Overloud. Overloud doesn't have a history (as far as checking my emails back several years reveals) of having Labor Day sales.

2 minutes of checking things online reveal that while Plamen has some nice features (both have a somewhat similar GUI and a multiband approach) Saturn offers a more features (saturation types, modulation, drive on top of saturation, etc.) for approximately $110 additional (at this moment in time) more. https://www.fabfilter.com/help/saturn/using/bandcontrols https://www.fabfilter.com/products/saturn-2-multiband-distortion-saturation-plug-in as such I personally don't consider them all that similar. Getting Plamen might obsolete my various preamp type plugins. The real question is does Plamen offer something you need that merit the current price of $17 to $19 to add it to your collection. Not dissing Plamen but if price is the only qualifying factor and you can live without VST3 you can pick up Omicide (a 4 band distortion plugin) for free at https://ohmsweet.ohmforce.com/pages/legacy-ohmicide

^ and it's $10 cheaper that the UAD version. I found multiple reviews that rated Overloud Gem Comp76 higher that the UAD version. e.g. https://integraudio.com/best-fet-compressor-plugins/ or http://indierecordingdepot.com/t/re-aaron-narace-overloud-1176-and-uad-1176/3797

I now have a Labor Day coupon in my cart that drops the price by another $50 to $299

If you're signing up under the Artist's subscription you might as well get a free month...

I have not tried it but based on the video demo it has been on my wannabuy list...

I bought it at PluginBoutique. So $5 extra for the freebie.

Looks like it. Softube deals tend to be short lived, I missed out on a couple because I was either late to the party or I was waffling on whether to pony up or not. Good thing is Softube has frequent sales so eventually it'll be on sale again, maybe on BF.

I've had my UA account for a while - with nothing in it i.e. no plugins or hardware. I might have signed up just to get on their newsletter list. Once I installed the plugin via UA Connect it took moments for the discount to hit my UA account. Maybe it takes longer if you've just created a new account? Dunno if that applies to you, etc. just making speculations with no data.

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