Evil OTTO

Evil Otto is Audio Damage's free take on the OTT-style multiband compressor: aggressive upward-and-downward compression that squashes a sound into place and makes everything feel louder, denser, and a little unhinged.

Three bands, independent thresholds, gain-reduction metering, and a sidechain input.

Drop it on a bus, a synth, a drum loop, or a whole mix and lean on it as hard as you like.

What is OTT compression?

OTT is a style of aggressive multiband compression that applies upward and downward compression at the same time, pushing quiet parts up and loud parts down across three frequency bands. The result is a dense, forward, hyper-detailed sound that's a staple of electronic and bass music. Evil Otto gives you that with per-band thresholds, gain-reduction metering, and a sidechain input.