Waves H-Comp Hybrid Compressor: Hybrid Compressor Plugin

H-Comp combines the performance and precision of modern compressors with the charming and enduring sound quality of tubes transformers and transistors. Even better unlike the immutable nature of “character” compressors you can choose from four distinct analog personalities. Whether warming up today’s tracks with a vintage vibe packing percussive power and punch into rhythm tracks and loops or sweetening vocals with the nostalgic sheen of tubes H-Comp delivers.

Choose Your Analog

Four analog options process both the wet and dry signals. Dial in the desired vibe from the thick sound of transformers and tubes to the fizz of transistors. Even with no compression dialed in H-Comp can add subtle analog magic.

Choose Your Punch

“Character” compressors are known for their punch—but you can’t change the basic character of the compressor. H-Comp can so you can set the amount of punch you want not what the compressor wants to give you. And it’s independent of the attack time.

Mix Control for Parallel Compression

Vintage units rarely had Mix controls to blend the compressed and the original source. H-Comp knows the value of “New York”-style parallel compression. Furthermore the gain reduction meter takes parallel mix settings into account—more dry shows less gain reduction.

Sync Release to BPM

Of course you can set release time manually. But you can also set it according to BPM or even sync to the host tempo for novel pumping and pushing effects—try it with drums or anything percussive.

Integral Limiting

Why not make a vintage compressor as easy to use as a modern one? Peak limiting keeps the output under control even with lots of punch and automatic makeup gain keeps consistent levels regardless of the compression amount.

Features:

• Inspired by the SSL API and V-series models of classic gear
• 4 analog sound characters affect dry and processed sounds
• Peak limiter sets a ceiling to avoid overloading subsequent stages
• Variable Punch control improves on vintage devices’ fixed punch
• Sync release time to the host tempo BPM or set manually
• Dry/wet mix control for parallel compression

Requirements:

Platform	CPU	RAM	Disk	Notes	Additional Requirement	Audio Card	Ports	Internet Required	32 Bit Support	64 Bit Support	Plugins
mac	Intel or Silicon Architecture	8	16		Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 USB displays are not supported as the primary display.			0	0	0
windows	X64 compatible Intel or AMD CPU	8	16		Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024			0	0	0