u-he Presswerk is a powerful dynamic processor with a musical soul. The easy-to-use interface and rich feature set gives you hands-on control over every detail of your sound. Presswerk does not imitate well-known compressors, it combines the heat (as digital as possible) of classic hardware models.
The plugin includes the characteristics of classic compressors, and includes a large number of parameters and options for their use. Presswerk has several display modes that give you 3 classic devices to choose from, plus topology selection, pre- and post-suture stage control, and an Analog mode that allows you to recreate the phase response and transient behavior of classic equipment.
• Sidechaining: use ducking to create more space in your mixes, or get creative with keying and pumping effects.
NOTE: For help on how to get Presswerk sidechained in your DAW, please read these instructions compiled by our KVR forum members.
• Adjustable compression curve and envelope. Find the best settings, get the most out of your audio using the soft knee, compression ratio, attack and release and other controls.
• Loud. Oh yes, Presswerk is more than capable of making your tracks louder!
• Soft clip. Roll off those harsh peaks and avoid distortion when output levels get too high.
..plus what we added to enhance Presswerk’s capabilities:
• 6 special views for better workflow: Drum Compressor, Vocal Compressor, M/S Program Compressor, Easy Compressor, Bus Compressor, Limiter (see the screen shots above).
M/S mode. More detailed stereo signal processing
• Dual Phase Rotator (DPR): applies a radio broadcaster’s trick to reduce unwanted asymmetries in the signal. It smears phases, increases headroom a little and adds bass ‘oomph’.
• Saturation. This is where Presswerk really shines—adding colour and character to your audio. • Apply Saturation sparingly for subtle warmth and transient-taming, or crank it up to create tape overdrive-like effects.
• Internal parallel compression. The Mix controls let you blend the compressed and uncompressed signals. This helps preserve some of the original, natural dynamics.
• Variable detection topologies:
- Feed-forward is modern and ‘surgical’, it tracks the input very precisely.
- Feed-back is ‘musical’, loose-sounding and forgiving—like classic hardware.
- Interactive continuously analyzes the signal and blends FF and FB accordingly.
• adjust and store global preferences
• new MIDI learn controls
Don’t install. On my Cubase 11 Pro, it totally creates this random ocean hiss that repeats about every 30 seconds. Totally annoying. Not recommended. The plugin doesn’t even have to be opened. It drove me nuts for days until I went through my install dates for that day, and finally through process of elimination, found this plugin to be the issue.
THIS PLUGIN WORKS PERFECTLY.
CORRECTION.
Sorry, the plugin that was giving me the issues stated above is actually Reveal SPIRE 1.5.9