PG Optical Compressor
$199 – 3 compressor bundle
Dynamics plug-ins have entered a race in recent years to model the performance characteristics of specific classic compressors from yesteryear. Positive Grid’s approach with their Pro Series Compressor bundle is to create a component-level match of the performance of highly-coveted hardware units but to provide a feature set beyond their ‘limitations’. The Optical Compressor, modelled on the LA2A, provides its Gain and Peak Reduction dials but also component options for Tube, Input and Output Capacitors and Light Source. An extended feature set includes two Release stages and a Mix dial for parallel processing. However, devotees of specialist compressors love them partly because of their limited feature set, so why not simply market this as a flexible Optical compressor, especially as it’s capable of impressive results?