Cytomic

This is the filter to have in your studio.

The Drop delivers some of the best analog filter models ever put into a plugin, with character, depth, and movement that sound genuinely phenomenal. Having high-pass and low-pass filtering in one interface makes it fast, flexible, and useful on almost anything. The modulation system pushes it far beyond basic filtering: envelopes, a customizable LFO, MIDI triggering, and audio triggering from either the main input or sidechain. It can be subtle, musical, aggressive, or completely animated. Whether for mixing, sound design, or rhythmic movement, The Drop is an absolute essential.

The Scream goes far beyond a typical Tube Screamer emulation. The circuit modeling is insanely detailed.

You can practically circuit-bend the damn thing. Every component value can be edited, letting you completely reshape the pedal's tone and behavior. Swap diode types, build asymmetric clipping setups, stack diodes in series, bypass them entirely, or push the op-amp into clipping. The result is far more flexible than most distortion plugins or hardware pedals. It can deliver subtle warmth, aggressive saturation, or completely blown-out destruction. Crank it hard, then use the mix control to blend the dry signal back in.

Absolutely phenomenal.

The Glue was one of the first SSL-style bus compressor plugins to truly get it right, and it is still one of the best. Cytomic released it in 2009, when this level of circuit modeling was still uncommon, yet the sound continues to hold up against modern competition. It is simple, fast, and capable of elevating individual tracks or an entire mix without getting in the way. The Range control makes compression feel especially natural, while the sidechain filter and stereo link options add useful flexibility. Do not overlook the built-in clipper!! It sounds phenomenal and handles transients beautifully. A genuine classic.

in my opinion - this is the best filter plugin currently available [2015] - set at 2x Oversampling it sounds sublime. modulation options are top notch aswell - the LFOs and the clever step sequencer strike just the right balance between being creative + very flexible. also, its dual Envelope triggers are amazingly fast & accurate - which turns the Drop into the best sounding noisegate around.. super-useful for cleaning up drums or noisy sources in a transparent way. It can work a miracle on a noisy drum mic [removing both hiss & rumble by triggering LP & HP filter gates at the same time] - if you make electronic music you need to have this in your plugin folder.

My approach to compression and The Glue is very different than the first two reviewers. My experience with finalizing a mix is limited. My comfort zone was always with playing music and my old musician ears are losing the detail that makes me comfortable mixing. What I need is a compressor for idiots and with a light touch The Glue does that very well. On the final bus and with a light touch it does bring the mix together.

I have a few of the compressors available in the UA system. The Glue is half the price, not bound to hardware and both competes and compliments the UA compressors. It may be a bit early but right now I would call The Glue the must have compressor for any budget. It is nice that most any budget can afford it.

Tried it for a half hour and bought it soon after. Considering the amount of buzz on the forums here at KVR I'm surprised there's only 1 other review for this. You know what I think it is? People want to stay hush hush about it because it's their "secret weapon".

And if it were a real weapon it'd be an atomic bomb!

The Glue is a hybrid of the buss compressor found on Solid State Logic 4000 G and 4000 E consoles. These consoles go for around $30,000+ used and eat up your electric. The G buss is famous for "gluing" tracks together, hence the name of this plug-in (to avoid legal issues).

This plug-in sounds fantastic for its original purpose...evening out peaks on the 2-bus. For this I use gentle settings but it doesn't sound to shabby when used for parallel compressing drum busses or acoustic guitars, especially with oversampling on. The wet/dry mix knob makes doing the "NYC compression trick" very easy.

What surprised me most is how affordable the plug-in is for what it can do. But that can be owed to the fact that you will likely never see The Glue advertised in major publications. The savings are passed on to us and the way people hear about this processor is word of mouth. It's worth way more than its price tag but I thank the developer for not forcing me to break the bank!

I demoed Waves G buss plugin and wasn't ecstatic about it. It tended to weigh down my master track as opposed to "glue it together". Which was a disappointment considering their SSL EQ strips were fantastic. The Glue completes the collection and couple those with Slate Digital's Virtual Console Collection and you've spent less than $1,000 to virtually get the classic sound of an SSL desk inside your DAW!