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New York City, NY – American manufacturer Kush Audio is unveiling its first software product: the UBK-1, a groundbreaking three-stage dynamics processor with simultaneous serial and parallel audio paths that open up unprecedented levels of control over a sound’s shape, tone, and harmonic character.
The processor has three engines - Saturation, Compression, and Density. Five meticulously tweaked compressor curves are provided, all based on the popular UBK FATSO hardware. A high pass (HP) sidechain filter with an unusually wide frequency sweep allows for unorthodox shapes of compression. Two “Tele†style rockers control the wet/dry Mixes, and feature several optimized preset positions as well as fully variable operation. A Headroom control simultaneously adjusts the sidechain level of all three engines without affecting the plugin’s output level. At the end of the chain, the Density engine adds an additional frequency-selective compressor/harmonic saturator, with a switch for targeting the mids or highs. The cumulative effect of these three engines is a thickness and musicality typically associated with expensive analog processing.
“I'm an analog guy, so I wanted to create a plug-in with an intuitively simple but deep interface that bends sound and inspires my creativity the way my hardware does,†said designer Gregory Scott. â€I’m proud to say that this thing delivers in spades, on all fronts.â€
The UBK-1 will be available in RTAS, AU and VST for Mac and PC. Mac RTAS is available immediately, with other versions expected by the end of 2011. The $299 selling price includes one master license valid for all available formats and platforms.