KVR Audio

kmonkey · Post by **kmonkey** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 9:19 am

BFunKu wrote:Like I said many pages ago the Molot compressor has more character and character like NO other compressor I have ever used hardware or software! That says a lot considering I've used hundreds of compressors both hardware and software with lots of character in my life. Not to mention the Molot compressor just sounds damn Great and it really does sound like a vintage analog compressor. The developer of the Molot compressor could of very easily made it commercial release.

I totally agree in every word. Softube CL1B is 400$ and this Molot compressor is amazing, even more versatile and i am finding it better then CL1b (still like CL1B it's unique too).

tetsuneko · Post by **tetsuneko** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 10:19 am

Molot is wonderful, thanks and kudos to the developer!

One question - can you make a separate VST version for OSX with only russian labels?

BTW how did you make that VU? It looks superb (is it using subpixel rendering??)

Evan · Post by **Evan** » Mon Apr 11, 2011 11:10 am

It's not very CPU heavy really... at 2x upsampling (bottom-right knob) it hovers around 1% CPU use on my dual-core i3 laptop. It's half a percent with no upsampling (1X) and less than 2.5% with 8x. How is that CPU heavy?

vladg · Post by **vladg** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:43 pm

Thanks a lot for your kindly replies! I was busy a lot last month to do something useful with this plugin.

vaisnava wrote:Is there a way to re-skin this thing? It is really dark.

http://vladgsound.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/molot.jpg

Check this:

http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/molot-miro/

Only Windows version is there but soon I'll update for Mac too.

For Mac users:

jackrabbit wrote:...not showing up in live on my mac.

Spitfire31 wrote:...the Mac VST test version is rejected by Twisted Wave 1.9.1 and DSP Quattro 3.5.1 and doesn't appear in either Live 7 or the latest Plogue Bidule. AFAIK...

I didn't have a time to do something with this test version but I have plans to make VST fully working on Mac.

tetsuneko wrote:One question - can you make a separate VST version for OSX with only russian labels?

I think I should make the EN/RU switch working in Mac version (now it works only on Windows).

tetsuneko wrote:BTW how did you make that VU? It looks superb (is it using subpixel rendering??)

No. I did real photos (see http://vladgsound.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/04b.jpg), image processing and got 141 images of meter animation. I'm not GUI expert so I did it very straightforward.

NAS wrote:
BFunKu wrote:The developer of the Molot compressor could of very easily made it commercial release.
...it is rather CPU heavy, a factor that currently still plays in commercial releases

It is possible to do some kind of "Molot Pro" commercial version with manual SSE2 optimizations to reduce CPU usage (and some another features). In current version there's no optimizations in DSP code.

Cintronic · Post by **Cintronic** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:39 pm

vladg wrote: I didn't have a time to do something with this test version but I have plans to make VST fully working on Mac.

Great to hear, thanks

would try Au but not a huge fan of password installer system

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 6:52 am

I think the new GUI is definitely better and adds a more professional finish!
The LIMIT light looks better on the original but apart from that great job Miro!!

b4serenity · Post by **b4serenity** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:25 pm

Very nice improvement. I like the look of the older darker version but the lighter version provices more contrast and allows for easier viewing of the markings. That's a neat idea about the various photos for a very realistic VU meter. Great job!

vladg · Post by **vladg** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:29 pm

dickiefunk wrote:I think the new GUI is definitely better and adds a more professional finish!
The LIMIT light looks better on the original but apart from that great job Miro!!

Damn it! Sorry, I didn't replace limiter lamp in Windows version. Please re-reload file at link.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18475891/molot-r145-miro.zip

Muzik 4 Machines · Post by **Muzik 4 Machines** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:46 pm

the mac vesion is not showing up in logic 9

dickiefunk · Post by **dickiefunk** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:19 am

vladg wrote:
dickiefunk wrote:I think the new GUI is definitely better and adds a more professional finish!
The LIMIT light looks better on the original but apart from that great job Miro!!
Damn it! Sorry, I didn't replace limiter lamp in Windows version. Please re-reload file at link.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18475891/molot-r145-miro.zip

Nice one, looking great!!!

zeep · Post by **zeep** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:55 pm

I replied on your blog but it didn't stick. So again, thanks for osx vst version. I work with live 8.2.2 on both pc and mac so it's great when i can stick to vst's and share projects between daw's.

vladg · Post by **vladg** » Thu May 05, 2011 10:41 pm

Molot windows version was updated to 0.2.155. Mac version will come soon.

http://vladgsound.wordpress.com/downloads/

What's new:

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New skin from Miroslav Pajic <info@miropajic.com>

New parameters (showed by clicking triangle in the bottom left corner):
  "Input" - input gain setting
  "Lim"   - limiter control:
    "Pre"   - compressor -> limiter -> EQ -> Makeup -> Dry Mix
    "Post"  - compressor -> EQ -> Makeup -> Dry Mix -> limiter
    "Off"   - no limiter
  "Sat"   - saturator control:
    "Ratio" - linked with "Ratio" control. The more ratio the more saturation
    "On"    - saturator is on (saturation is less than in "Ratio" mode)
    "Off"   - saturator is off
  "Bypass" - if "on" signal is bypassed all processing except "Input" gain

Dithering noise level at high sample rate settings slightly increased.

NOTE: As the number of VST parameters was changed some DAWs I beleive don't handle right the plugin upgrade in existing projects. So be careful! (I checked plugin upgrade in Cubase only and it works fine!)

Molot was initially designed for input levels of -12 dbFS so you have 12 dB of headroom. If you have your levels for 0 dbFS or even more than that Molot can distort your sound. It is sometimes pleasant sometimes not. Now we have input gain control and built-in saturation can be turned off or set to be independent from ratio value. Also can place limiter at the end of signal chain or turn it off if you dislike it.