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The knee setting refers to how a compressor transitions between non-compressed and compressed states, with soft or hard as the usual settings. A soft knee setting allows for more gradual compression ...

As a special Valentine's gift, Universal Audio is giving away a free version of its classic 1176 peak limiter/compressor plugin. We have all the details here on how to get it and use it in your mixes!

PLUGIN WEEK 2025: When we think of desirable compression plugins our attention often turns to rare flavour-filled hardware emulations. Good examples would be valve designs based on the Fairchild 670 ...