Cytomic Announces “The Glue” Bus Compressor Effect Plugin

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Product
Name: The Glue
Version: 1.0

* Accurate analog model of famous British mix bus compressor of the 80’s
* Ultra-fast attack time of up to 0.01 mS
* Range knob to naturally control the maximum compression applied
* Peak Clip to optionally hard limit transients
* DSP coded using C++ and assembler, Interface coded using the Juce framework (C++)

Availability
First Quarter 2009.
Online sales from www.cytomic.com
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Price (not inc sales tax / vat)
USD 99

Classification
Effects, Dynamics (Compressor / Limiter)
Mastering Processing
Side-chain Processing
4-in, 2-out Stereo Compressor (second stereo input for external side-chain processing)

Format
Windows Effect: VST, RTAS
Mac OSX Universal Binary Effect: VST, RTAS, Audio Unit

Meters
Gain reduction meter (dB) 0 to -20
Peak clip led

Parameters
Threshold (dB): 0 to -40
Range (dB): 0 to Full (-oo)
Makeup (dB): 0 to 40
Attack (mS): 0.01, 0.1, 0.3, 1, 3, 10, 30
Ratio: 2, 4, 10
Release (S): 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.2, Auto
Compression In (Switch): On, Off
Mix (%): Dry 0 to Wet 100
Peak Clip (Switch): On, Off
Side-chain HP (Hz): Off, 20 to 2000
External Side-chain In (Switch): On, Off

About Cytomic
Cytomic was formed in December 2007 by Andrew Simper as a company dedicated to producing DSP plugins using analog modelling based on quality algorithms, with a focus on ease of use and reasonable pricing. Andrew has been Head DSP Developer for FXpansion for the past 4 years, where he coded the effects for Guru and BFD2, and created the D-CAM: Synth Squad (to be released Q2 2009). Cytomic software is currently in use by top musicians and has already featured on number one singles on Beatport.