Big Pump

BIG PUMP: Loudness Shaper.

A single knob loudness shaper that reads the music in real time. Turn it up and your audio gets heavier, denser, and more forward, building weight in step with the performance instead of flattening it.

Big Pump gets you loud by working the level itself. It lifts low level detail up so quiet information becomes audible and present, while gently shaving the peaks at the top, so the whole signal sits denser and louder without you reaching for a limiter. Because it follows the program instead of a threshold and a set of time constants, you get that density without the pumping, dulled transients, and attack/release juggling that come with compression. And unlike straight saturation, which piles harmonics onto the signal regardless of level, Big Pump's loudness comes from how it reshapes the level itself. The Modern and Vintage character is colour you add on top, not the thing doing the work.

The PUMP knob drives the whole effect, from subtle glue to maximum density. Underneath it, the 4D Modulation engine analyses four dimensions of the incoming signal continuously and decides how to react, so kicks land harder, vocals push forward, and the processing tracks what the music is actually doing. Even at low settings the engine is already shaping in time with the audio. The knob mostly controls how visible that motion is.

Four mode personalities cover different material: Fat is heavy and low frequency driven, Smooth is slow and glued, Tight is fast and transient reactive, Open is airy and driven by mids and highs. Switch between Modern for clean odd harmonic saturation and Vintage for asymmetric, tube style even harmonic warmth, with a second saturation layer adding transformer style colour on top.

Features:

One PUMP knob from subtle glue to maximum density.

4D Modulation engine that reacts to the music in real time.

Brings up low level detail while gently shaving peaks for loudness without compression style pumping.

Four modes: Fat, Smooth, Tight, Open.

Modern and Vintage character with a second transformer style saturation layer.

Width control that drives the sides harder than the center for glued stereo.

Delta monitoring to solo exactly what Big Pump is adding.

Oversampling from 2x up to 16x for a clean top end when pushed.

Resizable interface from 75% to 175%.

Formats & platforms:

VST3, AU, AAX, and CLAP on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Runs in Logic, Ableton, FL Studio, Cubase, Pro Tools, Reaper, Bitwig, and Studio One.

$24, one-time purchase. Fully functional 14-day free trial.