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ShamPRESSOR

Optical Compressor · Compress / Limit

The ShamPRESSOR interface: an optical leveling amplifier with a backlit VU meter, Gain, Comp/Limit, Peak Reduction and Meter Select controls.
The actual ShamPRESSOR interface — a real capture of the plugin, not an illustration.

ShamPRESSOR is a smooth optical compressor — the kind of program-dependent gain reduction that glues vocals, bass, and bus mixes together. The optical cell's natural attack and release do the work no static knob can, riding your dynamics with a musicality that feels effortless.

Set Peak Reduction to taste, make up with Gain, and choose Compress for gentle leveling or Limit for a firmer ceiling. A Saturation (Bias) control adds tube-style warmth, blendable with Sat Dry/Wet for parallel grit, while the backlit VU meter shows gain reduction or output at a glance.

Features

  • Optical-cell compression with authentic program-dependent attack & release
  • Compress / Limit mode switch — gentle leveling or firmer ceiling
  • Peak Reduction + make-up Gain — the classic two-knob workflow
  • Saturation (Bias) for tube-style warmth and harmonic color
  • Sat Dry/Wet blend for parallel saturation
  • Output Trim for precise final gain staging
  • Switchable VU Meter — gain reduction or output level
  • Click-free Bypass for true A/B comparison
Peak Reduction
Compression amount
Gain
Make-up output
Compress/Limit
Ratio character mode
Saturation
Tube-style bias warmth
Sat Dry/Wet
Parallel blend
Meter / Trim
VU mode & output trim
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$19.88
One-time · No subscription
All sales final — no refunds · One license, three machines. Key emailed after checkout.

Specifications

FormatVST3 · AU · AAX
PlatformmacOS Universal
Sample RateRuns at your session rate
Bit Depth32-bit float
LatencyZero · no lookahead
License3 seats · your own machines
UpdatesFree, lifetime