About

Kiive Audio is a Canadian plugin company, creating analog modeled plugins with top-of-the-line GUIs so you can have the look and sounds of your favorite analog gear!

Products

    • $199$49.99
    • Kiive Audio
    • Tape Face
    • ★★★★★
    • Tape Face is an analog emulation of a classic Irish tape machine with a few added features to give you versatility in every mix!
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      • NEW!
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    • $149$49.99
    • Kiive Audio
    • Xtressor
    • ★★★★★
    • A faithful emulation of a contemporary classic. In-your-face analog compression that’s always smooth, whether it’s smashing drum busses or taming harsh vocals.
      • Creative FX
      • Hardware Emulations
      • M/S Inside
      • NEW!
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Recent Articles

A guide to VCA Compressors

by Plugin Alliance

Hear how the Individual characteristics, settings, and special features of VCA compressor reshape the sound of the drum track from Dave Abbruzzese.

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Recent Reviews

  • Koen Heldens

    Koen Heldens

    Mixing Engineer (XXXTentacion, Trippie Redd, Swae Lee)

    The hardware version has been a longtime favorite of mine, and the new Xtressor finds itself at the top of my dynamics list in my DAW. It reacts flawlessly, similar to classics such as the 1176 or LA2-A. Its side-chain filters aid in removing low-end information that triggers compression when it's not needed, and I’m a big fan of saturation, and the distortion modes help me achieve that fine line of saturation I’m always looking to add. On vocals, I love to use the warmth control for tape compactness.

  • Jesse Ray Ernster

    Jesse Ray Ernster

    Grammy-winning Mixing Engineer (Kanye West, UMI, Burna Boy)

    MAN this thing is sick! Gets so chubby and fat, and then I flip the ips switch and it’s the PERFECT top end! Tape Face is the best tape sim. Hand Down!

  • Eddie Lucciola

    Eddie Lucciola

    Kiive Audio

    I felt like there weren’t enough emulations out there. I wanted to improve on the original analog hardware by adding essential features such as Mid/Side processing, and dual mono, as well as adding a bunch of extra features you can’t really find on other compressor plugins.

    The Xtressor makes an excellent addition to any compressor arsenal, offering 8 different compressors in 1 plugin. Each of its 8 ratios offers the sound of a completely different compressor.