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.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
e. tiberi
July 26, 2023
Dynamite!
It's got that sound of punchy snappy over the top compression. Not good on anything, which Is why it's unreplaceable in certain situations. Big up! Needs resizing and mix knob tho, it's...
Read MoreD. Smith
March 31, 2023
Great Expander
Thanks to great advice from UAD support, I bought this expander. It has also a nice musical saturation when you oversaturate input level.
Read MoreD. Myrick
March 1, 2023
Easy solutions for common problems
De-esse, gate and expand, but one at a time!
Read MoreC. Turbiville
May 29, 2022
Best UA gate for Voice Over
I have a dedicated treated studio for voice over and good mic technic to start, but having a transparent gate for slight noise has been invaluable. The amount of time I save by recording...
Read MoreT. Taivalaho
December 10, 2021
Great for drums
I use it with overheads and drumbus. Dynamite!
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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™
e. tiberi
Dynamite!
It's got that sound of punchy snappy over the top compression. Not good on anything, which Is why it's unreplaceable in certain situations. Big up! Needs resizing and mix knob tho, it's 2023...
D. Smith
Great Expander
Thanks to great advice from UAD support, I bought this expander. It has also a nice musical saturation when you oversaturate input level.
D. Myrick
Easy solutions for common problems
De-esse, gate and expand, but one at a time!
V. Trendel
Amazing !!!
The best Gate plugin \o/
C. Turbiville
Best UA gate for Voice Over
I have a dedicated treated studio for voice over and good mic technic to start, but having a transparent gate for slight noise has been invaluable. The amount of time I save by recording broadcast ready clean voice over to my clients and ad agencies pays for this plugin multiple times over each day.
T. Taivalaho
Great for drums
I use it with overheads and drumbus. Dynamite!
D. Samakli
When recording in an untreated and a little noisy room, this plugin it can save you the day
Sometimes it happens that there are computers with slightly noisier fans and the only solution is a Noise Gate that allows you to set a threshold, Dyna-Mite is the answer to these problems.
P. Spierenburg
Superior on drums
Very good especially as parallel bus plugin.
V. Sgargi
The gate I was looking for
It works great! I use like gate or heavy compressor. It does its job and I always have a great sound.
A. Sooukian
So good that I don't even use it in parallel!
Best ITB drum compressor I've ever used. Love the unique thump and attitude it gives to transients. Very close to a DBX 160, but on steroids, with more attack, pumping and breathing. If you're like me and love pushing compression on drum loops, you will be more than happy to have this crazy comp in your arsenal. This plugin - full of character - is absolutely fantastic. Thanks Softube/UA.
N. Pinto
True dynamite
The most aggressive compressor I've ever seen. Totally indispensable in my studio.
B. Studio
yep!
It's amazing.
D. Fornes Berenguer
Imprescindible en el drum buss
Fantastico para buss en paralelo de bateia , solo como limitador y realce de las cajas ya es una pasada!!!
t. taeksu
대단히 유용한 플러그인
소리를 깨끗하게 만드는 중요 요소
이것은 컴프레스이기도하며 디스토션이기도 하며 이큐가 되기도 한다.
매우 유용한 플러그인t. taeksu
대단히 유용한 플러그인
소리를 깨끗하게 만드는 중요 요소
이것은 컴프레스이기도하며 디스토션이기도 하며 이큐가 되기도 한다.
매우 유용한 플러그인T. Adams
Instant dynamics!
Slammed this on my guitar and instant dynamics! Great pulsing pumping big bottoms on my Strat and a real fatness rapidly achieved. So easy to apply! UA keep up the quality work!
M. Cartwright
like it for kicks, snares, or any other percussion with a fast attack
does a good job of helping kicks and snares jump out. Has some other tricks too, but I like it for drums.
A. Heinzelmann
Punchy Drums
I allways use the Valley People Dyna-mite Plugin on drums. I get very clear an punchy Drums when i use it on the single channels but i use it also on the drum bus to get it glued together. It is also nice on the bass guitar and mix busses.
D. 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!!!
