Orra Audio has released Orra Press ($49), a multi-module serial compressor plugin for macOS and Windows. We are taking a closer look at the plugin and giving away two free licenses, kindly provided for BPB readers by Orra Audio.
We recently covered Orra Tone Zone, the developer’s free tonal curve corrector, and Orra Press moves into a different part of the mixing chain. It is a commercial dynamics plugin with six reorderable slots and six compressor engines.
Each slot in Orra Press can host one of six engines: Classic VCA, Optical, FET, Multiband, Spectral, or Limiter. You can use them in any order, duplicate the same engine across multiple slots, and move the cards around with arrow buttons without losing the settings.
That workflow makes a lot of sense if you like multi-stage compression. Basically, instead of opening one compressor for peak control, another for tone, a multiband processor for cleanup, and a limiter at the end, Orra Press lets you keep the whole chain in one window.
The Classic engine is a feedforward VCA-style compressor with stereo-linked peak detection, while Optical uses program-dependent release behavior for smoother leveling. FET is the aggressive option, with fast attack, input-driven engagement, saturation that scales with gain reduction, and an ALL mode for harder compression.
The Multiband engine uses a four-band linear-phase FIR crossover network with draggable crossover handles and threshold lines on the spectrum. The Spectral engine works in the FFT domain and targets narrow resonant peaks, which should be useful for de-harshing vocals, taming snare ring, or making room for another element without broadly ducking the signal.
The Limiter engine is designed for final peak control, with true-peak ISP detection, LUFS metering, soft clipping, lookahead, and Clean, Warm, and Smash styles. The limiter also offers 4x, 8x, and 16x quality tiers for mastering-style use.
Another interesting feature is Orra Link, the included sidechain sender plugin. Every slot in Orra Press has its own independent sidechain source, and Orra Link provides 36 channels that can feed any Press instance in the project.
That means you could duck the bass from the kick in one slot, then use a vocal to trigger spectral compression on a melody bus in another slot, all inside the same instance. The developer’s walkthrough video shows this kind of setup in action.
It really separates Orra Press from a typical compressor bundle.
There are also A/B/C/D snapshots for comparing four complete plugin states, per-slot oversampling, Mix controls for parallel compression, contextual help within the interface, and 16 factory presets covering vocals, drums, bass, master bus, parallel compression, and spectral utility tasks.
Orra Press costs $49 and includes a lifetime V1 license, plus the Orra Link companion plugin. A full-featured 14-day demo is available, and no credit card is required.
Orra Press is available in VST3, AU, and AAX formats for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon) and Windows.
The Giveaway
Orra Audio is also giving away two Orra Press licenses to BPB readers. To enter the giveaway, download the Orra Press demo and leave a comment below.
We will announce two lucky winners on this page on Friday, May 29th.
More info: Orra Press (download demo + leave a comment below to enter the giveaway)
Last Updated on May 25, 2026 by Tomislav Zlatic.
