UNIVERSAL AUDIO API 2500 Bus Compressor

Description

UNIVERSAL AUDIO API 2500 Bus Compressor

The API 2500 Bus Compressor is essential on the stereo bus for top-level sound engineers and music producers. It is considered Paul Wolff's best API design and adds energy, movement, and character to stereo mixes and subgroups like no other compressor. The Universal Audio API 2500 Bus Compressor plug-in for UAD-2 and Apollo is an accurate emulation of it. The only complete emulation of the API 2500. Through the study of "confidential" API schematics, the UA team analyzed two classic API 2500 units, thus creating one of the most accurate models. Tests conducted with Universal Audio artists confirm that the plug-in represents one of the most precise analog emulations made by UA. Designed for Stereo Buses. The Release control offers fixed or variable options. Attack, threshold, and ratio offer musical control across the entire range, making the API 2500 a powerful dynamic regulator for the stereo bus. Tone and Dynamics Modeling. The API 2500 offers three types of compression: Soft, Medium, and Hard. You can further shape the tone with "Old" compression to recall the beloved API 525 or "New" for a modern design. Thrust control for unparalleled punch. The API 2500's Thrust control balances the energy of the high and low frequencies, giving the mix a distinctive punch, superior to any other compressor. Enhances energy and movement. The API 2500's linking parameters allow precise control of L/R dynamic interaction in the mix. Adjust the degree of dependence or independence of the L/R dynamic field to refine the curves using the Shape control.

Specifications

Thrust control for unparalleled punch. The API 2500's Thrust control balances the energy of the high and low frequencies, giving the mix a distinctive punch, superior to any other compressor. Enhances energy and movement. The API 2500's linking parameters allow precise control of L/R dynamic interaction in the mix. Adjust the degree of dependence or independence of the L/R dynamic field to refine the curves using the Shape control.