Variety Of Sound has released Density mkII, a new version of the Bus Compressor offering smooth and versatile dynamic processing on the stereo bus. It's available for Windows as a VST effect plug-in and it is free.
Density mkII isn't modeled after any specific outboard gear but rather incorporates some proven dynamic shaping approaches from the past, combined in a seamless fashion with some much more modern concepts in audio processing - the best of both worlds.
Density mkII was primarily designed to work in a typical stereo audio group mixing situation or while summing and to glue all things together in an unobtrusive way. Yet it's capable of signal colouring, but in a subtle and pleasant way, and can also perform quite different tasks (i.e. it's very versatile).
At a glance:
- Perform ultra smooth 2-bus compression.
- Master difficult to handle audio dynamics.
- Manage mid/side dynamic processing in a true two channel layout.
- Apply dynamic range adjustments easily.
Plug-in specification:
- Zero latency processing, no phase alterations.
- Performance crucial parts are written in assembler.
- Completely SSE optimized.
