If you haven't had a chance to mess with this thing - GET IT!!!
 
I have just about every ITB compressor you can think of - Waves SSL, API, Chandler/EMI, UAD, Stillwell, etc... and "The Glue" absolutely blows me away.  For a 2-buss compressor this thing is stunning - blows the doors of the Waves SSL stuff and it's not even close.   It's modeled after the SSL 4000 but IMHO (and many others), absolutely blows away the Waves SSL.  I bought the Waves SSL bundle a while back and was just never impressed with the compressor - it's compression characterstics are nice but it kills the stereo image.  I demo'd the UAD Buss Comp (also modeled after the SSL buss comp) and it didn't blow me away so I never bought it.  I have now found the answer!
 
Soooooooooo nice folks and it's $99.  Trust me, I don't care how many compressors you have - this is one you want in your arsenal.
 
I'm in NO WAY affiliated with these guys - just a mega/super fan after running a few of my mixes through this thing.  Right now I use my Portico 5043 into this thing into my UAD Precision Limiter on my 2-buss and could not be happier with the results.
 
www.cytomic.com
 
There's a massive thread over on Gearslutz on this thing - rave reviews (and how I found about it):  http://www.gearslutz.com/board/new-product-alert/363849-cytomic-announces-glue-bus-compressor-effect-plugin.html
 

 
Enjoy!

62+ views and no one else has tried this? :)

They have a trial download on the site if you are interested...

There's a million page thread over at KVR.. The Dev is always refering to it as a mastering compressor for some reason; So many people use it for tracking (and especially drum busses ) The non-linearities are stricktly in the detector section and how it's applied to the gain reduction/transfer curve. ( the dev has also stated that he isn't doing any saturation or analog harmonic distortions ).

I think the best feature is the range knob.. Only a few in the box comps have anything like it ; you can have super fast attacks and still not squash the **** out of things . There was also a thread at gearsluts where they tested for aliasing on lots of plugs and it ( the glue ) was very good at the 2:1 setting and , did this W/O any over sampling .


Basically , you're right , it seems to be real nice .  I am able to get most of what I do with what I have , so , You're not helping me to contain my G.A.S  with this thread !!!! STOP IT ALREADY  Ken !!!

Cheers

62+ views and no one else has tried this? :)

Too many Ozoners here. We've already got a great mastering compressor and it's hard to imagine anything being so much better as to justify unseating Ozone as our go-to maximizer. Nevertheless, I did give it a try a while back (out of curiosity after reading about it on GS) and you're absolutely right: it is excellent. Good enough to cough up 99 bucks for? Yes, and a bargain at that price. Good enough to replace Ozone? Mmm, for me, no.

Call yourself a gear whore ???  I think not !!!  The one who dies with the most comps wins !!! LOL  Of course your right bit ; If what you have ain't broken ....




By the way , This bad boy is new on the scene recently also so , and is pretty dam amazing fer the $$$$$









http://www.stillwellaudio.com/?page_id=342

True, it's good to have more than one compressor. I have a few of them and tend to use each one for different purposes. If I were to count how many times I've used any particular compressor in projects, the frontrunner would probably be the Kjearhus Classic Compressor. It gets used on almost every vocal track. And it's free - if you can still find it since the demise of Kjearhus.

D.J. ESPO


Call yourself a gear whore ???  I think not !!!  The one who dies with the most comps wins !!! LOL  Of course your right bit ; If what you have ain't broken ....




By the way , This bad boy is new on the scene recently also so , and is pretty dam amazing fer the $$$$$









http://www.stillwellaudio.com/?page_id=342

+10
 

Tried it a while back  , while ninagree with you concerning the compressor yu mentionned : being better than waves is an easy thing , waves is just a joke (on the ssl bus) but it's way  under my duende ssl bus comp !!

if you need a mastering grade comp : ssl duende X comp is a beast !!

I like the Stillwell Bombardier over The Glue; probably just a matter of personal preference though.  They are both excellent.

D.J. Espo is right about the KVR thread.  The Glue is kinda old news but the thread is always on the first or second page of the effects forum.  That many people can't be wrong.

I dunno.  I have been checking out Glue a few times here and there and it hasn't really knocked me out yet.
I have so many that are as good or better, maybe I'm just not easily excited anymore lol