Sonimus, makers of much-loved analog emulations (Burnley73, Britson, Sweetone, SonEQ, ...) have released a new plug-in: the TuCo Compressor.
"TuCo is our new compressor based on vari-mu tube technology with a feedback topology.
TuCo can be clean, warm and crisp at same time, getting subtle and natural compression at low amounts and punchy at higher amounts. TuCo is an original Sonimus’ development, designed on analog modeling techniques..
TuCo is ideal for drums, vocals, or any track instrument or just a full mix. Thanks to its “stereo modes” (dual mono, stereo vintage, stereo modern) it can be used for tracking, as well as for mastering.
Features:
- All tube vari mu design
- Four modes: Fast Attack compressor, slow attack compressor, fast attack limiter, slow attack limiter
- Release knob from slow to fast times
- Three stereo modes: Dual Mono, Vintage Stereo, Modern Stereo.
- Mix control for parallel compression.
- Output tube saturation controlled by a drive knob."
This is nice. For $74, I'd say it's a good buy, but not if you already have some good comps. If you do, you probably won't have much need for this, as it doesn't do anything that a lot of other comps do.
Lawrence wrote:I am looking to replace UAD's LA-2a-would MJUC be a good choice?
Yes. I feel it takes on quite a few of the UADs with great success. Ok, if checked with a microscope (or perhaps stethoscope) you will obviously find differences but for what it does it does it really well. And for that price? Ridiculous, really.
