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

[t.o.t.s.]

Thanks!

[TB-ProAudio]

Update to V3.3.2:
- AAX GR meter support
- preset prev/next over all presets (factory and user)
- small GUI changes

[t.o.t.s.]

thank you!

[billinder33]

When I first tried Impress3 around it's initial release, I was kind of 'meh'. But I keep throwing hard tasks at it and it keeps coming through. I'm of the a 'one compressor to rule them all' mindset. And while that doesn't really happen in practice, this one is covering around 90% of all my instrument-level use cases, and a huge chunk of buss duties too. It's basically supplanted COMPER as my go-to compressor, which is also an excellent dynamics controller. But Impress3 is next level.

I'm surprised this one isn't getting more run among the Youtube influence sphere. But it got my KVR vote for Dynamics (hands down) and Most Innovative (just edging out Slapback and Filterverse, also both excellent).

[t.o.t.s.]

Same here! Also voted for it in the readers choice thingy. Hopefully others do as well!

[TB-ProAudio]

Update to V3.4.0
- NEW: tempo synced comp release time
- UPDATE: small GUI fixes

[TB-ProAudio]

Update to V3.5.0:
NEW: dynamic EQ

From now on, Impress3 is not only a broadband, but also a narrow-band compressor.
This allows you to combine the silky touch of a VARI-MU compressor with a dynamic equalizer.
Have fun with it.



Get it from here: https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/impress

[billinder33]

Update to V3.5.0:
NEW: dynamic EQ

From now on, Impress3 is not only a broadband, but also a narrow-band compressor.
This allows you to combine the silky touch of a VARI-MU compressor with a dynamic equalizer.
Have fun with it.



Get it from here: https://www.tbproaudio.de/products/impress

I know I keep slurping Impress in this thread, but what you've made here is amazing. IMO it's the best multi-purpose compressor on the market hands down..... the Pro-Q of compressors. Ridiculous that it hasn't attained the acclaim and market penetration that many of its inferior competitors have.

Regarding the narrow band feature.... I messed with this a bit today. Is this a similar implementation as the existing 4 band EQ in the detection circuit, just adding a single band of dynamics to the existing EQ? Or something different?If you enable it, is it doing any other changes or disabling of anything else in your chain?

Asking because I thought it would be subtle and additive to any exiting settings, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Even at mild settings it feels like it's pretty drastically changing the entire signal.

[TB-ProAudio]

Regarding the narrow band feature.... I messed with this a bit today. Is this a similar implementation as the existing 4 band EQ in the detection circuit, just adding a single band of dynamics to the existing EQ? Or something different?If you enable it, is it doing any other changes or disabling of anything else in your chain?

Asking because I thought it would be subtle and additive to any exiting settings, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Even at mild settings it feels like it's pretty drastically changing the entire signal.

In narrow-band mode (DEQ active) the gain reduction is directly linked to the gain control of the dynamic EQ. The gain redcution is calculated from the detector circuit.
The signal of the detector circuit can be filtered either by the 4 EQs of the Detect page (DEQ pre-filter off) or by a DEQ-frequency coupled pre-filter (pre-filter on). The center frequency of the pre-filter follows the center frequency of the dynamic EQ.
Yes, you can reach the same result with the EQs from the detect page as the DEQ pre-filter. But you need to adjust the frequency of the 4 EQs manually (no link to DEQ frequency parameter).

You could test yourself: just use a white noise signal generator and watch the spectrum of the detector signal. Now enable DEQ and pre-filter. And change DEQ center frequency or change DEQ filter type.

The strength of the DEQ is controlled by the compressor 'threshold' or 'compression'.

I hope this helps.

[billinder33]

Regarding the narrow band feature.... I messed with this a bit today. Is this a similar implementation as the existing 4 band EQ in the detection circuit, just adding a single band of dynamics to the existing EQ? Or something different?If you enable it, is it doing any other changes or disabling of anything else in your chain?

Asking because I thought it would be subtle and additive to any exiting settings, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Even at mild settings it feels like it's pretty drastically changing the entire signal.

In narrow-band mode (DEQ active) the gain reduction is directly linked to the gain control of the dynamic EQ. The gain redcution is calculated from the detector circuit.
The signal of the detector circuit can be filtered either by the 4 EQs of the Detect page (DEQ pre-filter off) or by a DEQ-frequency coupled pre-filter (pre-filter on). The center frequency of the pre-filter follows the center frequency of the dynamic EQ.
Yes, you can reach the same result with the EQs from the detect page as the DEQ pre-filter. But you need to adjust the frequency of the 4 EQs manually (no link to DEQ frequency parameter).

You could test yourself: just use a white noise signal generator and watch the spectrum of the detector signal. Now enable DEQ and pre-filter. And change DEQ center frequency or change DEQ filter type.

The strength of the DEQ is controlled by the compressor 'threshold' or 'compression'.

I hope this helps.

This makes sense, thanks!

[TB-ProAudio]

Asking because I thought it would be subtle and additive to any exiting settings, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Even at mild settings it feels like it's pretty drastically changing the entire signal.

I forgot to say that the comp mix control softens the effect of the DEQ ...