Distorque has released Vitamin C, a free emulation of an Orange Squeezer guitar compressor. It has added controls for tweaking or for completely reshaping the compression.

Vitamin C is not a studio compressor, it has the quirks and imperfections of the original Orange Squeezer that gave it its unique character.

The Orange Squeezer is a guitar compressor that was released in the 1970s as part of the Dan Armstrong effect line. It has been used prominently by artists like Mark Knopfler and Jeff Baxter for its smooth squish and sustain.

Features:

• Switchable 2x oversampling.
• 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
• Stereo and Mono operation.
• Bass and Treble EQ.
• Dry blend control.
• Additional compressor controls: Attack, Release, Threshold, and Ratio.

Vitamin C is free and is available for 32- and 64-bit Windows as a VST effect plug-in.