PSPaudioware

Yet another Great plugin from PSP Audioware. ... .. :-)
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... The DRC is inspired by the DBX 118. ..

... So, I immediately purchased it, as I Do with PSP Audioware. ..

... And I immediately opened it up on a Hand Drum Buss and Smiled Brightly. ... .. :-)
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... Allahso. .. I opened up the Fuse Audio Labs VCE 118 along side the PSP DRC. ... .. And they Both had a Very Heart Warming "You Complete Me" moment. ... .. :-)
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... It reminds me of when my UADx Pultec met my NA Rule Tec and Teamed Up on the Same Buss Together. ... .. :-)
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... And Just as my Sabian and Zildjian Cymbals flow very well together in Amazing Harmony. ... .. These two DBX 118 plugins have just permanently partnered up in my Busses and Mixes. ... .. Moving Forward. ... .. :-)
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PSP makes high quality professional audioware. ... .. :-)
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... Their CassicQ, ClassicQex, and Console eq all bring Clean High Quality musical eq'ing with very nice subtle saturation. ... .. :-).

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PSP Audioware makes High End High Quality plugins that All Sound Great and are extremely useful.

Neon HR is a Mastering Grade EQ .

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All my PSP plugins are excellent and this EMT 2445 emulation is no exception.
Lots of variation available.
Very good plate, excellent value Reverb plugin.

old MasterQ v1.02 Cream Color, New v2 is Dark like the Photo, purchased from PSP store years ago... old version had dynamic Latency, when plugin is Oversampling 2x internally from 48kHz to 96kHz to 48Khz, plugin increase latency, when Not, has 0-sample latency, but CPUs in that era were Not Fast, DAWs freak out, Oversamplign needs perfect phase alignment, sometimes cannot do it, requires a Turn-Off/On. PSP decided to avoid that, next versions had Fixed latency. i prefer v1.02 vs. v1.6 vs. v2.0, PSP also changed the algorithm in v2.0, more Bits, according to .pdf manuals. MQ1 sound is very nice, my favorite EQ for x86 CPU. Mac version was PowerPC G3 G4, later intel, OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 has Rosetta to Emulate PPC on intel 2010 macs Not tested. Linux can load VST plugins with Carla, MQ2 ilok requires PC license method, No USB on Linux, MQ1 serial activation. for CPU MQ1 sound Very Analog... DX more transparent vs. VST, ffx4 from VB audio.fr can load DX in VST. EQs have 4 main Q shapes, Narrow to Wide, like GML/SSL/Neve, but... Not exactly, most EQs 0dB = +4dB in the Highs, PSP MQ 0dB = 0dB, sound darker, but has a knob to change that to all bands. i prefer MQ1 vs. many others in the same Vintage category. Linux requires to register Dx .Dll to regedit, easier VSThost or Carla for Windows when using DX plugins. There are many other EQ plugins, but 2 main categories: Digital/Clean or Analog/Vintage, some plugins have a Clean or Vintage switch, very nice feature, MQ1 lacks Clean Digital mode "2 EQs in 1", Not as touch screen friendly as others, but i like it, there is something about MQ1.02 that makes me wanna go back, also has different Limiter, Saturation, Soft & Hard clipping algorithms to stop peaks going over 0dB for mastering or recording.

PSP doesn't update their GUI or plugins for a decade and I wish they did because they used to be good.

Very conflicted about this plugin, first of all the idea of the plugin itself and architecture are both great. But on the other hand, the GUI is tiny and doesn't hold up to modern plugins... so I'm not sure why this isn't being updated. It doesn't hold up in 2022 in design and usability, but the sound is still good. So I continue to use it now in the hopes that they will update the GUI and make it finally resizable at the very least. Implementing a FM8 like architecture for an effects plugin was absolutely a great idea either way...

One star off for the almost unreadable display. 4 stars for the great sound and flexibility (as much as a spring reverb can be flexible). Hopefully will get a GUI update soon.