COMP.TWO

Modern Tube Compressor

Vari-MU = Vari-Glue

The COMP.TWO plugin is a faithful emulation of the German-built hardware compressor by Rockruepel (Rock-bully in English). It is an all-tube vari-mu design, meaning there are no transistor stages in the circuit. Ideal for adding glue to your mix.

The Rockruepel History

Oliver Gregor, soldering iron in hand, has been building all sorts of machines since kindergarten. It is during his tenure as a tech at Skyline Studios in Düsseldorf that his love for music and electrical engineering merged into a relentless quest for creating the best audio equipment.

Oliver's focus on tube circuitry led him to explore how to elevate vari-mu compressor designs to meet the needs of the modern workflow and 21st-century sonics. He quickly realized that to be the most useful, a modern tube compressor had to be faster, have higher headroom, and have a more extensive feature set than what was available. The COMP.TWO is the logical evolution of COMP ONE and the culmination of 20 years of research, development, testing, and incorporation of user feedback.

Amp Only & Transformers

The appeal of a compressor is as much the inherent sound of the unit as its ability to compress material. Using the same type of output tubes as the old Altec and RS124 compressors and with beautifully sounding Sowter transformers in the output stage, the COMP.TWO is also a great vibe box, with or without compression.

When PROCESS AUDIO's owner, Fab Dupont, first tried the original COMP ONE hardware years ago, he immediately requested to be able to use the compressor just as a tone box. Rockruepel added the AMP ONLY feature, and it's there on the COMP.TWO.

One+Time=Two

A compressor is only as useful as its side chain is smart and flexible. Through years of refinement Oliver made sure that COMP.TWO has none of the limitations of traditional monolithic vari-mu circuits and can be as clean or as dirty as you need, as fast as an 1176 or as slow as a Fairchild, all with the texture and tone of a classic tube compressor.

Modern Controls

The team at PROCESS.AUDIO captured and recreated every nuance of the hardware and added its signature set of controls, like the Console Remote which lets you control all instances of the COMP.TWO plugin from a central interface, MS capabilities, high-pass filter on a sidechain, DRY/WET control, and of course, lots of presets designed by world-class producers and mixers.

Visualisation

Compression can be tricky to perceive, so PROCESS.AUDIO created a visually pleasing and easily readable gain reduction visualizer to aid in precise gain matching and provide a true understanding of the impact of the settings on the program material. That's in addition to faithfully recreating the two gorgeous VU meters of the hardware units.

100+ Professional Presets

Presets made for drums, guitar, synth, bass, and even full mixes. Get that perfect sound instantly.

Features

• Hardware emulation: Vari-mu compression emulated from the original unit
• Amp only mode: Bypass the compression circuit and only hear the tubes and transformers vides
• Clean Amp: Bypass the hardware transformers and have a more clean signal
• Single or dual mono detection signal depending on the chosen mode
• Mid/Side processing
• Separated Dry/Wet knobs for both channels
• In/Out link to keep the feeling of a constant volume
• Remotre control: Remote console to see and control all your COMP.TWO instances
• Visualizer: Visualizer section to monitor levels and compression amount
• Presets: 80+ factory presets
• Oversampling: Oversampling option from None to x16

System Requirements

Mac

• macOS 10.13 - macOS 12 Monterey (Apple Silicon Compatible)
• Apple Silicon or Intel Core i5 @ 1.7 – 2.2 GHz or better CPU speed
• AU, AAX, VST and Standalone formats
• Decibel uses OpenGL GPU acceleration and requires a modern Nvidia or ATI Radeon graphics card - Older cards not optimized for OpenGL will overload your CPU
• iLok account for authorisation - iLok Cloud or Physical (iLok 2+)

Windows

• Windows 8.1 - Windows 10 (64-bit only)
• Intel Core i5 @ 1.7 – 2.2 GHz or better CPU speed
• AAX, VST, and Standalone formats
• Decibel uses OpenGL GPU acceleration and requires a modern Nvidia or ATI Radeon graphics card - Older cards not optimized for OpenGL will overload your CPU
• iLok account for authorisation - iLok Cloud or Physical (iLok 2+)