A plug-in that replicates a renown studio compressor with unprecedented accuracy.
The Tube-Tech CL 1B Compressor is a true studio classic, heard on tons and tons of records for the past
20 years. Like its hardware counterpart, the Tube-Tech CL 1B native plug-in sounds soft, smooth, groovy and can compress an
insane amount of dB's without sounding bad.
This version requires no DSP hardware but uses the same outstanding modeling
technology and algorithms as the famous Tube-Tech CL 1B plug-in for TDM and PowerCore (distributed by TC Electronic). The
sound is of course just as fantastic as its predecessor. With this unprecedented accuracy, down to details such as the precise
VU meter behaviour, the Tube-Tech CL 1B plug-in is definitely in a league of its own.
The CL 1B plug-ins by Softube
are the only Tube-Tech plug-ins that are fully endorsed by Tube-Tech.
About the CL 1B
The hardware CL 1B differs from many other compressors in that the gainreduction element is made from a nonsemiconductor component,
which in itself has a very low harmonic distortion and none of the nonlinearity problems involved when using most semiconductor
elements. All parts of these equally important design choices have of course been painstakingly modeled when creating the
CL 1B plugin.
Another thing that is special about the CL 1B is the Attack/Release Select switch which allows the user
to switch between a manual and a fixed attack/release setting, but also makes it possible for the user to combine both the
fixed and manual settings. This gives a feature not normally obtained in other compressors: In the combined mode the attack
and release controls makes it possible to obtain complex program dependent releasetime slopes where a fast peak results in
a fast release and vice versa.
Compression controls
• Gain: Up to +30 dB of make-up gain
• Ratio: Continuous ratio control from 2:1 to 10:1
• Threshold: Continuous threshold control from +20 dB to -40 dB
• Attack: From 0.5 to 300 milliseconds
• Release: From 0.05 to 10 seconds
Attack/release select
The Tube-Tech CL 1B features a unique attack/release switch. The switch has three different positions:
• Fixed: In the fixed mode, the attack time is set to 1 millisecond and the release is set to 50 milliseconds
• Manual: In the manual mode, the attack and release controls work as normal
• Fix./man: In the fix./man. mode, the release control works as in manual mode. The attack, however, is fixed to a fast
attack and the attack knob turns into a delay for the release time.
NOTE: Requires iLok USB key. It is not included
in the Softube installer, but can be downloaded from www.ilok.com
Softube Tube-Tech CL 1B Compressor Plug-in- Native Features:
- Classic Tube-Tech sound in your computer
- Created together with the designers at Lydkraft/Tube-Tech
- Each and every component carefully modeled
- Fix./man. mode for breaking traditional compression boundaries
- External sidechain control
- A seriously great looking GUI!
- Very CPU friendly
Get the sound of a true studio classic in you mix!
Softube Tube-Tech CL 1B Compressor Plug-in- Native Specifications:
- System requirements
- Mac OS X (10.4 or higher), Windows XP or higher
- S Mac: Intel
or PowerPC processor (G3 or higher), Windows: PIII or higher
- 512 MB RAM
- Any VST, AudioUnits or RTAS compatible
host application
- iLok USB key and the latest Pace Interlok drivers