elysia• mpressor

Amazing compressor, but suffers from ancient UA approach to design.

This one star review is NOT for the sound of the plugin itself -- this is a fantastic-sounding plugin. The one star is for the fact that it has no wet/dry, you can't see the values of what you're adjusting, and there's no side chain. The Plugin Alliance version has two of these things (annoyingly, no wet/dry for some reason), so I ended up buying it on sale as well, so I can use it in a way that's, you know, modern. I've said this many times and will say it again as an absolute truth: UAD is in the dark ages with many of its GUIs and features: When you can't see or punch in the values of what you need, don't have a wet/dry mix control, and/or don't have a side chain input available. Time to get with the 21st century, UAD! I stopped buying their plugs a while back because of this, and encourage others to get the Plugin Alliance version instead so you can at least have some of the extra features that they give you. Sorry to be a downer, but reality is reality. :-)