Valley People Dyna-mite™
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A legendary, one-of-a-kind dynamics processor.
Designed in conjunction with Softube, the Dyna-mite limiter/gate/expander plug-in for UAD-2 hardware and Apollo interfaces is a dead-on emulation of this classic — even enigmatic — dynamics processor.
Valley People’s roots go back to the 1950s, with the ambitious analog designs of the legendary Paul Buff, who founded the historic PAL studio in southern California. The Dyna-mite was Buff’s last design for Valley People, and it’s arguably his most famous.Now you can:
Crush, craft, and mutilate with one of the most versatile dynamic processors ever created
Use the Limit feature to bring out the smack of a drum or make an acoustic guitar more percussive
Dial in the Gate function to clamp down signals while leaving transients untouched
Use De-ess mode to control harsh consonants and subdue unwanted artifacts from hard compression
“The Valley People Dyna-mite plug-in puts an amazing front end on the attack of a snare or a tambourine that really makes it speak in a mix.”
– Joe Chiccarelli (The Strokes, U2, Jason Mraz, Morrissey)Customer Reviews
J. Mills
December 19, 2015
Swiss army knife of dynamic proc
Like previous reviews, I am no longer porting out to my hardware Dyna-mites. Softube/UAD got it just right. It is so simple and intuitive to make Dyna-mites point up weak dynamics or level...
Read MoreE. Ramazanoiglu
August 9, 2014
Nailed it
My hardware dynamites are now off in my rack...nuff said Nice job!
Read MoreJ. Moreland
August 8, 2014
Aptly Named
I've actually recorded and mixed with most of the compressors UA makes plug-in versions of and happily use theirs instead of the real things (because they sound that good). But I've never...
Read MoreM. Ilbert
July 27, 2014
Loving it!
The best thing for getting lame drums to explode!! And the gate works really well too. Well done Softube and great UAD to get the Swedes on board :-)
Read MoreB. Joseph
July 24, 2014
My new favorite compressor
This is truly a marvelous compressor. I have tried it, and loved it, on everything except vocals. I’ll be taking the final plunge and strapping the Dyna-mite across my vocal today. This...
Read MoreC. Mcdonald
July 24, 2014
Producer/songwriter
I love using the Dyna-mite compressor on my Clavinet parts it really helps bring out the attack. The sound I get "pops" out and lets you hear the groove with the bass player.
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Key Feature
Unique and versatile, the Dyna-mite has its own well deserved spot in the pro audio hall of fame
Use it to limit, expand, gate or de-ess, with a wide range of uses
Limiter goes from abusively squashing to a transient enhancing spikiness
Switch on de-ess mode to keep control of harsh consonants while limiting
Expander/gate goes from strict and tight to subtly expanding by softening the soft sounds and bringing the louder sounds forward
Ultra fast attack time
Modes Display shows quick help and parameter values
Models entire electronic path
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Customer Reviews
Valley People Dyna-mite™
J. Mills
Swiss army knife of dynamic proc
Like previous reviews, I am no longer porting out to my hardware Dyna-mites. Softube/UAD got it just right. It is so simple and intuitive to make Dyna-mites point up weak dynamics or level out the overly peaky. In addition, I used it to separate the kick and snare out of an all in one drum track from a band's club date. Just like the hardware unit can.
E. Ramazanoiglu
Nailed it
My hardware dynamites are now off in my rack...nuff said
Nice job!J. Moreland
Aptly Named
I've actually recorded and mixed with most of the compressors UA makes plug-in versions of and happily use theirs instead of the real things (because they sound that good). But I've never used the Valley People Dyna-mite and God, what a sound I've been missing out on. This thing does for drums what nothing else they offer can. Kick, snare and toms pop in a way I just can't get with an 1176 (my previous go-to for that task). The attack of the drums are brought front and center and the extraneous noises stay in the background. Not pumping and breathing - popping and receding. Just awesome.
M. Ilbert
Loving it!
The best thing for getting lame drums to explode!!
And the gate works really well too.
Well done Softube and great UAD to get the Swedes on board :-)B. Joseph
My new favorite compressor
This is truly a marvelous compressor. I have tried it, and loved it, on everything except vocals. I’ll be taking the final plunge and strapping the Dyna-mite across my vocal today. This compressor is a diverse and truly useful tool for my arsenal. Nothing but fun!
C. Mcdonald
Producer/songwriter
I love using the Dyna-mite compressor on my Clavinet parts it really helps bring out the attack. The sound I get "pops" out and lets you hear the groove with the bass player.
F. Pilz
a wonderful gate/expander
As i´m mostly doing narration, the Dyna-mite does a wonderful job as a gate/expander.
Works really great and sounds very natural.
A bit expensive using the Dynamite ONLY as a gate, but playing around a bit will show, what else it could do for me :-)C. Soulos
Always wanted one of these gems
It captures that late 70s LA sound I always liked.
Works on el pno and gtr too.
My only criticisms?
Not enough presets
Not enough tutorial
CheersD. Wilson
Valley People Dynamite
I've used it on drum tracks, I've used it on vocal tracks. Another great UA plug-in.
M. Hermann
Secret weapon
This dynamic tool is my secret weapon for any kind of extreme and obvious compression/limiting. Really great!!!
D. Webb
Wow. Just wow.
UAD makes a lot of great plugins. This one was like finding a Pearl of Great Price. This adds tremendous life and control to nearly everything thrown at it. DSP memory friendly, too. It shoves to the forefront or buries in the background; controls transients and or finds them if they are missing. Excellent job, folks! This hidden jem has found an appreciative audience. Thank You!
C. Paschall
Aggressive!!
I came across this guy when looking for some aggressive drum parallel compression. Wow. Took about 30 seconds for me to go buy it. A sound all it’s own for sure.
UAD User
Near flawless gate!
Doing voice over work in a less than perfect environment made me seek a good noise gate. Tried so many,both hardware and software.....then at George Whittam's urging,and after discovering a UAD coupon,went ahead and got the Dynamite. Just the ticket! The gate works great.......and I haven't even tried the other features....they will be the GRAVY!
M. Vergeade
So creative !
Of course you can use it like a traditional compressor , as good as others are , but you can try such differents and unexpected things with this magical tool ! A great idea to have made a plug-in of this nice hardware !
J. Beck
Difficult to put into words
I haven't had the good fortune of using one of the hardware models, but this plug-in is in a class all on its own. Would definitely recommend watching the video on how to use it because it's not immediately intuitive, but once you get it... the level of character and clarity this brings to pretty much anything you put it on is astonishing. It gives life, movement and color to individual tracks like you could never imagine! The gate mode is really what makes this thing an above and beyond plug-in though... the sound shaping possibilities are wild! Tend to use it for rounding out for signals that are taking up just a little too much space and wouldn't react pleasantly to more EQ'ing. A+
C. Mayr
my favorite tool not only for drums
for Drums the dynamite is my go for it tool. But I like him too on clean E-Guitars especially when the guitars were tracking on DI mode to domesticate the attacks. Give the Dynamite a chance and try it with difference applications and you know what I mean !
S. Gough
Crazy Drum Sounds
Awesome drum parallel smash track. Makes the drums sound huge. Great for crushing rooms when they aren't as exciting as they should be.
p. meeks
Valley people dynamite compressor is dynamite.
This dynamic processor is so smooth it is incredible. I have used it hundreds of times on many different tracks and it works absolutely great. It is very very quiet and does a Number of different jobs as it was designed to. I have used the Valley People Dyn-a-mite in hardware studios that do you not have plug-ins and this performs and sounds just like the those, it Uses very little DSP. I can put it in many tracks if needed, as I want. If you don't have it ..., ....you better get it.
V. François
the (near) perfect/ exp/ gate
Need a huge change in your dynamic ? this is the best comp. Just lacking as the other UAD an external key or side chain
F. Batiste III
Trash, Control, or Expand
If you wanna fatten up a bass or synth, trash a drum loop for parallel compression, shorten or lengthen sustain, give this a try. Once you get used to the controls you will begin to see the power of this compressor/limiter.