Wavegrove – HCL Compressor Bundle (Windows)

HCL Islander v1.3.8

This is the Islander – our interpretation of Handcrafted Labs’ ingenious parallel tube design.

Compressor Features

• Stereo and Mid-side modes, linking or dual mono.
• Two gain controls: one for WET and one for DRY.
• Gain Link function provides feedback of your movements between the
  gain controls, allowing you to blend wet and dry sounds.
• Threshold to control the start of the compressor’s response.
• Attack from 0.2ms to 40ms.
• Release from 50ms to 2000ms.
• VU meters to measure compression.
• Feedback and feedforward sidechain at both 75Hz and 150Hz,
  plus of course full range. Channel selectable and mixable between internal and external inputs
  

Additional Features

• Pro-grade clipper lets you push LUFS to the limit, and beyond.
  
• Different emphasis styles for the wet and dry sides. The wet side saturates for a brighter tone,
  while the dry side saturates for a smoother tone.
  
• Since not everything is completely linear, we’ve also included level calibration.
  
• Control linking lets you control both sides of the compressor
  with just one set of moves.
  
• Delta monitoring lets you hear how the original signal changes.
  
• Oversampling lets you achieve the smoothest possible performance
  at the cost of some performance.

HCL Varis v1.0.7

Varis is a mastering all-tube compressor featuring the Vari-mu point-to-point design. It features feedback and feedforward modes, dual-mono, mid-side and stereo operation, independent pentode/triode signal paths, side-chain circuitry, Edcor input transformers and Carnhill output transformers.

Compressor Features

• Stereo and Mid-side modes, linking or dual mono.
• Volume and separate wet mix.
• Pentode/triode circuit
•  Variable gain accent mode.
• Mu-Differential response and air loop.
• Threshold to control the start of compressor response.
• Attack from 0.2ms to 40ms.
• Release from 100ms to 2000ms.
  

Additional Features

• Since not everything is completely linear, we include level calibration from -24 to +24 dBFS.
  
• Control linking lets you control both sides of the compressor
  with just one set of motions.
  
• Delta monitoring lets you hear how the original signal changes.
  
• Oversampling allows for the smoothest operation possible at the cost of some performance.
  
• 32 presets in total from TTLangen, bManic, and Wavegrove
  
• VU meters for measuring compression.
  
• Variable sidechain from 10 to 1800 Hz with compensation.
  
• Sidechain with internal and external inputs, dynamic high-pass filter
  and low-pass boost with compensation.