API^® 2500 Bus Compressor

I was skeptical too..

but having bought the 2500+ in hardware.. well, it is very hard for me to tell the difference between the two. The hw might have a bit more of depth (a hair) in the low end, and the transients and hi-mid are also A LITTLE BIT clearer.. but the plug in is stunning, the difference is not ten times the price. I am thinking in returning the hardware and find a more unique tool because the plug in is so close, it behaves practically the same.

I was skeptical...

Since the 2500 is such an incedibile tool, I was really skeptical about this emulation so... I asked a friend to bring the hardware in my studio and we did a blind test with different settings. This plug-in is so close I had to buy It immediately. it's great, period.

Versatile

Use this on anything, track’s, groups, mixbus & mastering, awesome!

Meaty!!!

I put this on my percussion bus and the section just sing! You can hear the effect of the compression in action, but that's not a bad thing in the case of this plugin as the compression is incredibly musical. I'm lucky enough to have used a real API 2500 Bus Compressor and this plugin sounds just like it. Brilliant!

Produces expected results, which is a good thing!

Can be a little "thick" in the low mids like the hardware so you need to be careful if your mixes often suffer from low-mid build up, but overall it's very good and probably the best emulation out there. The only thing more 2500 than this is the actual hardware. I like the fact UA have now started including functions that aren't on the hardware too like mix controls etc.

Amazing

Love this bus compressor. So useful having the mix control.

Great plug-in

Great plug-in, manages to give precision and character

Unreal!! This is amazing!! Great sound!!! UAD ROCKS!!

Wow, great & flexible compressor.

I have many of the UA compressors. I love this for a simple and flexible compressor with a bit of vibe.

Works great on almost anything: vocals, bass, busses…

It works really well as the integrated extension in Luna - nice to be able to dial it in just in the mix window and use native processing rather than the UA DSP resources.

Its variable compression ratio and switchable options really allow a lot of compression choices from one unit, but it also adds a bit of clean, warm vibe.

API 2500 good to any buss but I recommend drum buss

just put it and 1,2 db GR then magic happen

Excelente.!!

Un glue para el Mixbus , los hace suave y sutil.

The best compressor for Korean traditional drum.

I like this on Janggu sounds. Clean and beautiful.

Been waiting to pull the trigger on this for a while...

Just use it mainly for the mix glue and bus glue as intended and works a charm. spot on.

real

I also own a version of waves, but I feel that UAD is closer to the real thing. Both are wonderful.

Great bus compressor with caractere

I love it in drum bus very clean and powerful

Great bus compressor

Using it through LUNA now all the time, especially for mastering.

Compression with character.

I have worked with this compressor in real life but never owned one personally. I’ve had emulations before that didn’t get it right until now. UA nailed it.

API 2500 BUS COMPRESSOR

AMAZING!!

I lOVE it! my fav VCA comp!

I use waves api2500 . now my dream came true able to use api2500 UAD!

Love it

Good for anything gives it that live juice and power