Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
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Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
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S. Rodescu
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor
I have demoed the SHMC just before a mastering project,
and i must say that after listening to the mastering presets I was so pleased with the sound, that I just had to buy it !!!
I don't know the hardware but this plug adds warmth and a sense of space in the mixes and loudness without sounding too digital
like the GUI too !!!
Well done Universal Audio !
D. Caruso
Shadow Hillls Compressor Review
As a solo-flexi user I have so many UAD plugins but I can only use a few before I run out of resources. This plug-in only takes 6% CPU so I felt it would be a good investment as I really enjoyed trying it out. This compressor is very transparent and no color added unless you want it.
I actually prefer this one over the Slate compressor that does something strange to the sound in a colored way that turns me off. This is a quality plug-in but for us solo flexi users you cannot find a better compressor. I don't know how they made it work so well with taking only 6% of the solo-flexi's power. I have to say its the best compressor plug-in I've ever purchased. Lots of flexibility, but the sound is just right. Very flexible in its controls.
N. Buj
Great plug !
Very good compressor ! Powerfull and awesome, just magic ! ;)
C. Papastephanou
Fantastic tool
This compressor sounds fantastic, it is now my go to busses and master compressor. It really sounds like a hardware compressor and brings life to the mix. I highly recommend it !
G. Gassert
Master Bus Mojo
All I can say is this plugin makes my master buss glow with just a bit of character I can't do without . I just load the master buss preset and just kiss it a little on the GR meter. My clients Love it too.
K. Cheung
great compressor!!great sound!!!
is very very helpful in mastering,the optical compressor sound great and very smooth.
J. Seabrook
My Secret Weapon
I'm sure glad I have the plugin version, 'cause I'd go broke without how often I'll use this thing in a mix. Drum buss, parallel compression, Master buss, sometimes to squash the crap out of a crazy bass synth, and DEFINITELY on every mastering session. It seems like too many knobs but it's SO simple to use. I just wish the lettering was bigger around the knobs.
L. Puschmann
Nun....
das bisher schwächste Plugin in meiner Uad Sammlung. Wenn ich durch die Presets fahre, höre ich kaum Unterschiede. So ist das wohl bei uns Produzenten Laien. Hier muss man wissen was man tut.
C. Barry
Shadow Hills Mastering plugin
My new secret weapon! Adds lots of nice sheen if you want it and energy into the track. Very versatile. Really great.
A. Pluta
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Plug-In
What can I say... Massive plugin from Brainworx..
Thanks for that UA.
A. Pluta
Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor Plug-In
What can I say... Massive plugin from Brainworx..
Thanks for that UA.
E. Karlsson
perfect glue on the masterbus
love it... makes everthing sit tajt ... like the relathing..
T. Colontonio
Love it!
This is a fantastic compressor I love using on vocals and the master bus... it works magic! Def worth the buy!
C. Allrich
Why The Hate?
I'm not sure why there's so much hate for this plugin in the reviews, equating it to Izotope? good god, ugh.
Look. There are certain tools for certain jobs, and writing off this compressor because it failed at whatever you attempted it on only shows lack of understanding of your appointed skills as an engineer/mixer.
Do I use this on instrument busses? vocals or guitars? Nope.
Slap this on your two-bus, and forget the presets. Set the thresholds on both compressors as needed to just "tuck" the transients back, flip the side-chain on, and flip between Nickel, Iron, and Steel to find the right "glue" for your mix. Now tell me your mix doesn't feel that bit of extra life brought to it.
This is not a plug in for heavy hands, period.
G. Piazza
Very useful & sweet sound
Though it may not match the hardware in the video demo (where drums are slammed over 10dB) that doesn't negate the usefulness of this dual comp. It has a nice sound and color & it is very helpful on mixes and mastering. Great curves, nice transformer sounds, flexible dual comp. Better than the SSL & another recently released VCA/Mu bus comp. A mastering comp should not impart too much alteration on the mix, and this guy is appropriately subtle. I love it, though I wish UA did the coding. They seem to know more about transformer & tube modeling (Vari-Mu please!). Still, full marks from this ITB mastering guy.
R. Otter
Killer
This thing is true Killer. Smash your drums on the bus or Compress your Master file - either way it is my go-to choice for final tweaks. Highly recommend,BUT must be use with head - don't expect Magic,use it reasonably.
J. Antonetty
I wonder in the mix
Shadow Hill has done a tremendous job in creating a compressor that will lift up your music to higher heights, truly the settings on this particular compressor gives you an amazing amount of variation that you can use to color your sound. I have been a musician, singer, songwriter, for 40 years and I can truly say that the shadow Hill compressor plug-in is the way to go. The beautiful thing about this particular plug-in is as with all the plug-ins from universal audio, you just put it on and watch it do its thing. The smoothness of the knobs are really amazing, it's like you can almost grab it with your hand and turn them, even with the mouse its easy.
J. Gilutin
the Shadow know...
I'm a recent convert to the UA family... and I couldn't be happier. The Shadow Hills was one of my custom bundle that I bought and it makes me sound like I'm a genius! If only I could use the plug in on all areas of my life. Thanks UA.. great job!!
A. Sutton
I tried not to like this compressor and at first I didn't!
Why did I try not to like it?
1. Because it looks pretty... and usually that means that it doesn't perform well.
2. Peter Reardon just seemed a little obnoxious to me.
3. It is waay to heavy handed for a master bus.
That being said, this compressor shines on vocals. It really does. I think that is its strongest application actually.
If you would like to hear some vocals processed through this then check out https://soundcloud.com/rialety. "Steppin Out" has Shadow Hills all over it.
R. Mead
Great plug in
It is a great plug in until I upgraded to pro tools 11 and now I can't use it. I wished avid had worked with other third party plug ins before they changed the platform so they won't work. I hope that UA is working on a fix so I can use it and my other UA plugins.