UAD Capitol Mastering Compressor | Legendary Studio Mastering Tube Compressor Plugin
Infuse the soul of Capitol Studios to bring the ultimate professional polish to your mixes.
The Capitol Mastering Compressor brings you the rich sound of the CM5511, a legendary handmade tube mastering compressor designed and used by Capitol Studios, featured on countless historical music catalogs and thousands of hit records. Now, with Universal Audio's exclusive precision modeling technology, you can achieve the professional polish previously only available at Capitol Studios, right in your own studio. The UAD Capitol Mastering Compressor perfectly recreates this "no-expense-spared" hardware, inspired by classic Fairchild 670 and Gates Sta-Level tube compressors, designed to deliver consistent, top-tier results across Capitol's four mastering rooms. This is more than just a plugin; it's the only way to get your hands on this unique, market-proven dynamic processing masterpiece.
Whether you're processing buses, instrument groups, or vocals, this powerful mastering compressor tool will inject life into your tracks. It not only provides a faithful emulation of the legendary hardware CM5511 but also incorporates features essential for modern digital workflows, such as precise sidechain filters, comprehensive metering, and nuanced saturation control. Now, you can easily add that expensive, warm, and cohesive sonic texture to your productions, a quality previously only achievable in top-tier mastering studios.
Product Features
- Exclusive Capitol Sound: The only officially licensed Capitol CM5511 handmade tube mastering compressor plugin, precisely capturing its unique dynamic processing characteristics and tone.
- Legendary Hardware Lineage: Design inspired by classic tube limiters such as the Fairchild 670 and Gates Sta-Level, blending vintage warmth with modern precision.
- Modern Workflow: Includes plugin-only extended features such as Headroom, Mix, Saturation, Sidechain Filter, and a sweepable high-pass filter, offering unprecedented control flexibility.
- Professional Mastering-Grade Metering: Built-in comprehensive dBFS and LUFS loudness unit meters ensure your mastered output meets the loudness standards of all modern streaming platforms.
- Beyond Mastering: Not only suitable for 2-bus processing, but also adds tube magic and exquisite dynamic control to instrument groups such as drums, synthesizers, and background vocals.
- Extensive Preset Library: Includes meticulously crafted presets by Grammy-winning top engineers such as Evren Göknar, Viktor Krauss, and more, allowing you to quickly get started and achieve professional results.
- Stereo Field Adjustment: Easily tighten low frequencies and adjust stereo width through Mono Fold and Mid/Side (M/S) processing functions, enabling more precise mastering.
Feature Details
Software Purchase Information
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