Plugin Boutique is offering an 87% discount on Solid State Logic’s saturating valve-style compressor plugin as part of its Mastering Month promotion.
A fully-featured mono or stereo channel compressor, X-ValveComp comes with a full set of classic channel compressor controls and an added ‘valve’ emulation stage.
The valve emulation stage sits after the compressor in the signal path and adds a variable degree of primarily 2nd order harmonic saturation and distortion that thickens and colours the sound. The compressor can be switched between Peak or RMS modes and has a full set of controls including; Threshold, Ratio, Knee, Attack, Release and Hold. There are Input and Output Meters with separate kick down compression amount indication and Input and Output Level controls. There’s a Gain Make Up control and switched Auto Gain Make Up mode.
A dedicated wet/dry mix control facilitates parallel compression. Side Chain input, high and low pass filters can be used to trigger compression. X-ValveComp can be automated via standard DAW Automation data and has A&B Preset ‘slots’ with an A/B switch for easy comparison of two different combinations of settings.
Regularly priced $119 USD, X-ValveComp for Windows and Mac (VST/VST3, AU and AAX) is on sale for only $14.99 USD until June 1st, 2025.
More information: Solid State Logic / X-ValveComp
