API® 2500 Bus Compressor
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API 2500 Bus Compressor
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T. Prilesky
Awesome. Very impressed.
Sounds big and controls instruments very well. Adds a ton of attitude to drums, great for mastering... This is my favourite compressor from UAD so far, and I'm using it on all sorts of things. Demo it and you will end up buying it.
g. gorevalex
Best!
Great plug-in!!!
g. gorevalex
Отличный плагин!
Лучшая эмуляция API 2500!
g. gorevalex
Отличный плагин!
Лучшая эмуляция api 2500!
T. Gustafsson
API 2500 Bus Compressor
Be WARNED! this is a highly addictive plugin. not only on bus channels but on individual tracks to. Sound better than anything else I´ve come close to.
B. Miranda
Great distortion characteristics
I have used the hardware version and fell in love with it right away. The plugin is pretty darn close, and I love how crazy I can compress audio with it.
C. Simpson
A beast of a plugin
I bought this one after demo'ing it for an hour. It's as powerful as a plugin can get. It adds strength to drums and had a tightness to it that makes it stand out in a mix. Strap this on a drum group and parallel an 1176 with "All buttons" in and it sounds pretty damn slick.
Thanks UAD. You did something really good with this one.
V. Sychov
Excellent!
My go-to bus compressor now!
P. King
Pretty darn close to the real thing.
I've had the hardware 2500 for a number of years now as my main stereo is compressor. I tested out the waves version and the UAD version and decided on the UAD one. It's REALLY close to the original. I've switched between the plugin and the hardware in sessions and they perform the same and sound almost identical.
The only spot the plugin lacks is the sonic 'bloom' the original has when boosting the makeup gain knob.
J. Lesueur
Almost like the real thing
It sounds almost exactly like an API 2500 compressor. I'd say we're 90% there. It does have the API attitude, but doesn't have the tone. The bass is much bigger and tighter in the hardware, and dense mixes tend to collapse when compressed hard on the software, which doesn't happen with the hardware. However, I have to admit UA did a great job and for a fraction of the cost of a real 2500, it's up to you to decide if the difference is worth it or not (probably worth it if you're doing some mastering though).
T. Lash
Game Changer
Beautiful sounding on drum and mix buss.
d. danieli
API 2500
as for me, the best hardware bus compressor and now best software bus compressor ever
R. Persson
Best-
Best-
S. Durkan
Dat Magic
I bought a 3 plug in package recently, and for some reason chose the Dangerous BAX Collection as my third option. I was at that point where I knew I wanted the SVT, and the AMS Verb...and thought why the hell not try the BAX. THE NEXT DAY, I demoed the API 2500 and instantly had the most intense buyers remorse!
This thing sounds so good on everything. I run it on the 2 bus, the drum bus, guitar bus...the list goes on. Not to mention all the amazing features, the mix knob being my favorite for that sweet parallel compression.
I immediately emailed UAD and begged them to swap the license for the BAX for the API 2500, a week went by and I was sad....UNTIL I GOT AN EMAIL CONFIRMING THE SWITCH HAPPENED. Endless thanks to UAD for making amazing products and helping out a customer who made a thoughtless decision due to an itchy trigger finger.
This thing rules.
A. Harin
PI 2500 Bus Compressor
simply efficient
a. infantino
great plug-in
best api 2500 emulation
P. Allen
Simply Amazing!
Instantly my go to compressor for buses.
D. Miller
Drum spank!
It's great on everything, but especially great on drums. Get that pop that you know and love!
A. Tebeleff
Great Sound
My favorite plug-in. Killer for synths!
D. Klee
Awesome
Great work from UAD best emulation, works really fine for me.