Dope (non-dongle) Opto-Compressor?

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Hi y'all,

Am I dumb or is there no decent opto-compressor which do not cost to many bucks or isn't dongle-ed?
I loved the Variety of Sound ones and Blockfish but switched to 64-bit (yes, I'm aware of jbride but do not want to use it). Softube's Summit Audio TLA-100A Compressor is hot but dongle-ed. Any ideas?

Thanks
rabbit in a hole

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I have T-Racks Opto compressor for sale in the Market Place :wink:

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If you go for the bx_opto,there is Plugin Alliance survey to get a $25 voucher

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZKG5XPF

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Plugin Alliance Acme Opticom XLA-3 Lovley tone and compression.

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nineofkings wrote:bx_opto, and it's on sale too https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... _opto.html
sick opto hands down

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Make sure to also check out the Free/Donationware Nomad Factory Bus Driver:

http://store.dontcrack.com/product_info ... ts_id=2237
Play it by ear

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Softube Summit Audio TLA-100A opto compressor is activated through a digital iLok account. Don't need a dongle for Softube pluggies!

And I have the Grand Channel and the compressor is amazing.

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"Preamps have literally one job: when you turn up the gain, it gets louder." Jamcat, talking about presmp-emulation plugins.

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I adore the bx opto here and recommend it unreservedly.

I used to like ik but the bx kills it for me as it has a detection filter and parallel mode, as well as being able to do smooth fast attacks if needed which is rare for a software comp. 9/10

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U-He Presswerk for me, also its very versitile.

Also i am selling a licence of IK Multimedia White 2A is one of the best softwore compressors imo. Its modeled on optical compressor. Does great job for vocal, leads ect.

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Also..

DC8C2 (Classic Opto Compressor preset)
Waves Renaissance Compressor (Opto mode)
Nomad Factory Studio Channel SC226 (Under-rated plugin)
A good LA2A emulation (NI VC2A, T-Racks White 2A)
Play it by ear

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I'm a big fan of the bx_opto and the T-Racks Optical Compressor which I've successful mastered a mix through a little while back.

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/troptocomp/
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... _opto.html

For you're legacy LA-2A types, I also like the T-Racks offering as well as the CLA series, which are my personal favourite.

http://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/trwhite2a/
http://www.waves.com/plugins/cla-2a-compressor-limiter

There is also an Native Instruments variation, which I haven't checked out, but i can't imagine it being terrible,NI has great quality stuff really. And Plugin Alliance have a new one which sounds quite amazing also. Its based on a hardware unit that offers its own variation to the LA-2A style of optical compression.

http://www.native-instruments.com/en/pr ... cts/vc-2a/
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/prod ... xla-3.html

All are great processors, none of them requiring dongles

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Thanks for all those suggestions. I will try different setups next weeekend.
rabbit in a hole

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Bx Opto all the way!!

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