There are a lot of compressor plugins of this type on the market, but what makes this plugin stand out is the very useful side chain options and adjustable release.....great plugin...period
Opto
★★★★★
by Noiland
Magic :)
Red stuff
★★★★★
by Labby
Before I tested the opto I was skeptical about the necessity of this Plugin, there are so many different compressors at the market. But when I was concerned with it, I understood the special effort I needed to have in some situations. But tell me how can you describe a sound? Test it and find out!
Surprisingly Excellent
★★★★★
by Donald W Avera
I got a ridiculously good deal on this plugin. Up until now, I've always been happy with Ableton's Compressor. It's always "done the job" in the past. The bx_opto is a different animal altogether. I used to have a UA-LA-610 hardware channel strip, and the bx_opto kind of reminds me of the 610's compressor....super smooth, transparent, dead simple to use. It sounds great on whatever I throw at it. It's kind of hard to make the bx_opto sound bad, really. Had I known it worked as well as it does, I would have picked it up sooner!
Great Compressor...
★★★★★
by J_R_G
Great sounding opto compressor. It's not trying to emulate any specific classic hardware.. in fact it does have its own unique sound, highly musical. It's replaced my favorite emulations of the LA2A/3A and I'm only reaching for this one. It's really all I need.
Favorite Red
★★★★★
by Alex Hepting
This compressor's design let you focus not only on the dynamic quality but also coloration / transparence of your sound. The included vu meter comes very handy. Tighten up, or round up or just make it pump.
Clean as can be
★★★★★
by Off-Beat
bx nailed the opto compressor topic with the bx_opto so much that I upgraded from the pedal version, that I got for free, to the slightly more versatile 'full' version, just to say thank you to Plugin Alliance. No matter how you push _opto, you barely ever hear it working. Amazing. Thanks!
Beautiful Sonic Character
★★★★★
by J
Unexpectedly surprised how musical this sounds on the master bus. Notes just bloom yet transients retain their punchiness. This compressor has easily become one of my favourite plugin discoveries. It's very simple to use and just sounds superb. This is everything I hoped NI's Vari-Comp would be. It breathes life into everything.
Very nice for vocals
★★★★★
by Sappho192
Simple and clean compressor makes me handle the vocal easily. Indeed brainworx!
nice on warm instruments
★★★★★
by Niels Dettenbach
The red interface color might have influenced me further, but i really like this comp on typical "warm" instruments / sounds. Very slight compression on pianos, organs and wurlies sounds just awesome and even synth sounds could get nice dynamic textures.