NEOLD U17

Description

Plugin Alliance NEOLD U17 (ESD); compressor plugin; based on a rare 1954 compressor developed by Allgemeine Telefon-Fabrik Hamburg; hybrid circuit combining a germanium diode bridge with tube-based, transformer-coupled amplification; integrated soft clipper for transient control and harmonic saturation; Density controls clipping intensity, Emphasis sets the spectral focus of saturation; seamless stereo detector linking between stereo-linked and dual-mono operation; input gain fully level-compensated - functions as threshold; attack and release with manual and auto modes; Torque adjusts knee and ratio of compression, from transparent to aggressive; external and internal sidechain with tilt-style sidechain filter; sidechain monitoring for precise adjustment; mix knob for onboard parallel compression/saturation; VU meter switchable between input, gain reduction and output; scalable user interface