Tube-Tech SMC 2B

Name: Tube-Tech SMC 2B
Price: 299 USD
Author: Softube

by Softube · Compressor · Tube multiband compressor

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An emulation of the Tube-Tech SMC 2B, a stereo multiband compressor with three independent optical compressors for low, mid and high bands.

Best for: Mix Bus, Mastering, Drum Bus. Genres: all genres.

Keywords: multi-band, tube, bus processing, hardware emulation, opto, full mix, mastering, drum bus, dual-mono, mid/side, mix bus, built-in mix knob, mixing, parallel processing, sidechain input, stereo-linked.

What it does

An emulation of the Tube-Tech SMC 2B, a stereo multiband compressor with three independent optical compressors for the low, mid and high bands.

Bands: three bands with 6 dB/octave crossovers, and per-band threshold, ratio (1.5:1 to 10:1), attack, release, gain and mute.
Routing: stereo link or dual mono, mid/side processing and a sidechain input.
Mix: a Dry/Wet knob for parallel compression.
Extras: Extended Features panel.

Source: Softube product page

When to use it

A gentle, coloured three-band compressor that is mainly for shaping mixes and mastering-style bus work. Unlike the multiband tools in the rated list it is deliberately simple, with only three fixed bands. Blue Tone is the easier version if you want presets and macros.

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