TBProAudio releases Impress3 - Compressor effect plugin for Windows and Mac OS X

[TB-ProAudio]

TBProAudio releases Impress3, a high-quality compressor plugin for all loudness tasks in todays audio productions.



Intro Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9L6AK9M9SE

Impress3 offers following features:

• zero latency click-free 64-bit internal processing
• low aliasing compressor design
• "real" over-sampling, up to 8x
• stereo/left/right/mid/side processing
• 5 compressor modes: classic, source/target, vari, advanced and feedback
• 4 level detection modes: peak, RMS, EBU ML and EBU SL
• external side-chain
• detector pre-filter
• look ahead
• low aliasing soft knee
• gain reduction limit
• dry/wet
• peak/RMS/EBU R128 measurement
• detector/delta listen mode
• preset management
• parameter A/B
• large and accurate live meters
• peak control view
• gain transfer view
• loudness distribution view
• detector spectrum view
• free GUI size and scale
• free upgrade for exiting users
• demo version available

System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or newer
• Mac OS X 10.11 or newer
• OpenGL2
• Compatible DAW
• Win: VST2/VST3/AAX/CLAP, 32/64 Bit
• OS X: VST2/VST3/AAX/AU/CLAP, 64 Bit

Price: 39 €

[billinder33]

TB Audio makes nice stuff and this looks killer. Not sure I need another compressor, but the sidechain filter on this version looks boss... Not sure why you don't see this kind of visual EQ sidechain more often.

[TB-ProAudio]

Update to V3.0.1:
- FIX: AU, broken AUval check
- UPDATE: manual
- UPDATE: small GUI fixes

[pekbro]

Bought after 8 mins of demo...

[ralfrobert]

This looks indeed great.

Although the market for allround compressors seems very saturated, there are many different workflows. I love the (more technical) GUIs done by TBProaudio and will definitely give this product a test run as it seems to make many other compressors obsolete. Two observations from the first 10 minutes of testing:

1. The preset library is great. I would like to have a "classics" folder added collecting basic settings to mimic an 1176, LA-2A etc. This might create doubles, but I think many users will go for it once it's there.

2. The purple colour is, well, special. It can easily be changed, however. I just wanted to point out the plugin is flexible in this regard --- as many are not, and you have to live with whatever the designer has chosen.

Furthermore, manual resizing might result in some strange behaviour, but I have to test further to confirm.

[TB-ProAudio]

This looks indeed great.

Although the market for allround compressors seems very saturated, there are many different workflows. I love the (more technical) GUIs done by TBProaudio and will definitely give this product a test run as it seems to make many other compressors obsolete. Two observations from the first 10 minutes of testing:

1. The preset library is great. I would like to have a "classics" folder added collecting basic settings to mimic an 1176, LA-2A etc. This might create doubles, but I think many users will go for it once it's there.

2. The purple colour is, well, special. It can easily be changed, however. I just wanted to point out the plugin is flexible in this regard --- as many are not, and you have to live with whatever the designer has chosen.

Furthermore, manual resizing might result in some strange behaviour, but I have to test further to confirm.

Thank you.

1) Category 'classics' is a good idea
2) Color scheme: different colors for comp types or placement in the production chain (track, bus, master)

Best

[ralfrobert]

In Reaper 7, when scaling the VST3 plugin via the corner, everything works as intended. When using a single edge, however, the plugin window just gets cropped which is a Reaper thing I guess. So plugin scaling works fine as far as I can see. It was just me

One more thought about the colours: These will be useful to differentiate several compressor uses / positions. However, could you please consider two more things?

1. Default colour. When inserting a new Impress3, the colour always reverts to purple. Is it possible to select a default colour for startup? I know this can be done by saving a custom default preset, so this might be unnecessary.

2. For me, the colouring is mainly an eye candy thing. However, it is a good idea to give them some meaning. Do you think an implementation makes sense where colour is changed automatically (e.g. per mode) or where the colour names can be changed (e.g. from "red" to "buss compressor")? I know this is some work to implement and will not please everyone, but it might come in handy.

Have a nice Sunday!

[TB-ProAudio]

Right, you can save the default color with the default preset.
Interessting thoughts regarding GUI coloring. We will discuss this internally what we can do here.
Thank you!

[ChanceB]

I wasn’t planning on buying another compressor plugin-like ever again-but this is really nice. I think I’ll have to get it,but it’s crashing in Bitwig on Mac Sonoma ,hopefully this will be be fixed.

[Raddler1]

This is a really amazing compressor. Gotta explore it some more, but so far it's Incredibly versatile. Stellar release @ TB-ProAudio!

[jens]

Where's bmanic?

[TB-ProAudio]

I wasn’t planning on buying another compressor plugin-like ever again-but this is really nice. I think I’ll have to get it,but it’s crashing in Bitwig on Mac Sonoma ,hopefully this will be be fixed.

Fixed with V3.0.4

[ChanceB]

I wasn’t planning on buying another compressor plugin-like ever again-but this is really nice. I think I’ll have to get it,but it’s crashing in Bitwig on Mac Sonoma ,hopefully this will be be fixed.

Fixed with V3.0.4

Awesome

[bmanic]

Where's bmanic?

Here?

[El°HYM]

Hi!