Cockos has updated its ReaPlugs VST FX Suite to v1.1. The collection now includes a multiband compressor, ReaXcomp, and an unlimited multitap delay, ReaDelay.

The other plugs were also updated with this release (including most of them being quite a bit faster, ReaEQ showing better previews of the filters with optional phase view, and more).

ReaPlugs VST FX Suite

ReaComp features:

• Ultra-configurable compressor.
• Soft knee support.
• Sidechain filters, sidechain inputs.
• Feedback compression mode.
• Program dependent auto-release mode.
• Variable RMS size.
• Oversampling antialias modes (with optional limiting).
• Optional make-up gain.
• Optional lookahead.
• Wet/dry mix.
• Low CPU use.
• Useful metering.

ReaXcomp features:

• Unlimited band compressor.
• Great metering per band.
• Fantastic sounding filters.
• Solo current band mode.
• Tons of controls per band (ratio, threshold, knee, attack, release, makeup, program dependent release, feedback detector, RMS size)
• Adjusting bands in graph is easy (modifiers to change ratio, gain, etc).

ReaDelay features:

• Multi-tap delay, no practical limit on tap count.
• Up to 10 second delay per tap.
• Tap lengths can be in time (s/ms) or quarter notes.
• Feedback, LPF/HPF, resolution reduction per tap.
• Stereo width per tap.
• Volume/pan per tap.

ReaEQ features:

• Unlimited band IIR based equalizer.
• Support for any number of many types of filters (shelfs, bands, LPF, HPF, notch, bandpass, allpass).
• Frequency response and phase response display.
• Display of approximate note+octave for frequencies.
• Per-band bypass control.
• Full-view of graph optional for precise editing.
• Mouse modifiers/mousewheel usable for editing bandwidth of points in graph.

ReaFIR features:

• FFT based dynamics processor (requires host plug-in delay compensation).
• Supports FFT sizes of 128-32768.
• Useful in/out frequency response display.
• Supports defining response curves both using any number of points, or freehand mouse.
• EQ - can be used as a linear phase mastering EQ, or as a super-effective surgical EQ.
• Compressor - can compress at a fixed ratio with a per-band threshold.
• Gate - can gate with per-band threshold.
• Subtract - can build noise profiles and subtract noise from the signal.

ReaGate features:

• Ultra-configurable gate.
• Sidechain filters, sidechain input.
• Lookahead for pre-open.
• Hold control.
• Hysteresis control.
• Variable RMS size.
• Can send MIDI events on gate open/close.
• Wet/dry mix, noise mix (can add noise when gate is open).

ReaStream features:

• Supports streaming from host to host of audio and/or MIDI over a LAN segment.
• Supports streaming from different host software on each end.
• Supports UDP broadcast for streaming one to many (if local network can keep up).

General features of ReaPlugs:

• Support for Windows 98/ME/2K/XP/Vista, WINE.
• Fast, usable UIs with good metering.
• Low CPU and RAM use.
• Highly configurable.
• No copy protection.
• No installation required.
• Freely usable.