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Noise forFiction · Post by **Noise forFiction** » Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:45 pm

Soundtoys devilloc is very good for agressive compression

simon.a.billington · Post by **simon.a.billington** » Sun Dec 04, 2016 11:40 am

Dbx-60, API 2500, LA-1176, mPressor when pushed

realmarco · Post by **realmarco** » Fri Dec 09, 2016 10:40 pm

Softube Dynamite

super aggressive if pushed..its almost a Transient plugin

Ichad.c · Post by **Ichad.c** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 8:40 am

Vertigo VSC-2, and another +1 for Omnipressor.

simon.a.billington · Post by **simon.a.billington** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:34 pm

VSC is a great compressor. I didn't realise it did "aggressive" though.

e@rs · Post by **e@rs** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 2:53 pm

Me neither. Pretty punchy, but far from the aggressive behavior of the others mentioned here.

Eleventh · Post by **Eleventh** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:16 pm

DMG Compassion can be the most aggressive plugin compressor, among a lot of other things.

It doesn't have the limitations that other comps have to make them more "user friendly" or "musical". You can really customize it for the particular source sound, and make it whack the shit out it.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:25 pm

I wonder how long it will take for every software compressor to be listed here

Blockfish is one I use for extreme f**king up. Swearing's being censored here now?

simon.a.billington · Post by **simon.a.billington** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:34 pm

Yeah, it probably will happen. There are definitely those who miss the point.

Oh there is the Pye also. Sadly it doesn't have an adjustable attack, but it can still find its use smashing the s$&t out of drums, possibly bass.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 3:48 pm

FOUR pages of this thread and NOBODY mentions the free Molot?

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:21 pm

EvilDragon wrote:FOUR pages of this thread and NOBODY mentions the free Molot?

first page, mentioned twice:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 8#p5608748

ENV1 · Post by **ENV1** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:46 pm

One thats definitely in the aggressive category is JB Red Phatt.

Some years ago Jeroen made it free along with the rest of the Pro plugins, the archive is still available via wayback machine.

Complete Pack

Drums are definitely its forte, i myself use it pretty much exclusively for that purpose.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:40 pm

ENV1 wrote:One thats definitely in the aggressive category is JB Red Phatt.

Some years ago Jeroen made it free along with the rest of the Pro plugins, the archive is still available via wayback machine.

Complete Pack

Drums are definitely its forte, i myself use it pretty much exclusively for that purpose.

In release mode 2 it's much better. I dismissed it for ages because I thought it sounded pretty lifeless but then I discovered mode 2.. Also it has a tendency to (for some reason) really heavily compress the first transient. I found that I needed to boost the pre gain by quite a bit on most sources to remove this behaviour.

do_androids_dream · Post by **do_androids_dream** » Sun Dec 11, 2016 11:43 pm

EvilDragon wrote:FOUR pages of this thread and NOBODY mentions the free Molot?

Yes it is aggressive but it's also a very tricky beast to tame. I find it very hard to get the attack nice - reduces drum transients to an unpleasant clicky sound all too easily. As such there's others I reach for first usually.

lunarchris1 · Post by **lunarchris1** » Mon Dec 12, 2016 8:41 pm

AROUSOR FTW!!!! Everything from clean to grimy as hell, and packs a punch. I'm sure OP is still looking for recommendations, right? LOL

Recommend me an aggressive compressor