+10db is a channel strip plugin meticulously modeled after one of the industry's most iconic hardware compressors. Unless you refuse to listen to any music after Beethoven, you've certainly heard this unit in action. Even better, this is the first time this hardware unit has been available in plug-in form. +10db is the first channel strip plugin of its kind. This plugin is modeled after a highly sought after compressor hardware unit. We didn't just use the hardware unit as inspiration, we dug deeper and made sure it sounded exactly like the original.

Why do we model this unit? Here's the deal. It seems like everyone is modeling hardware these days, but we wanted to do something a little different. We didn't want to model any hardware unit that has been done a million times. We wanted to do something that had never been done before, but has been iconic in the music industry, and the only way to do that was to team up with producer/mixer David Bendeth. He had a few of these in his rack, so he sent us one to review. Unless you stopped listening to music after “Johnny B Goode,” then you've definitely heard this piece of hardware many, many times. Think of Led Zeppelin's drums. To get this same compressor in hardware, not only would you have to pay over $2,000 to get one, but you would also have to deal with all the other disadvantages of using analog hardware. For a very small fraction of the price, you can get the same sound in a much more convenient software format. There really are no downsides (unless you live in Alaska and need a heater)

Since we weren't limited by the limits of analog hardware, we took the liberty of adding some features that make it even more powerful than the original hardware. For one, we added a “Dry Passthrough” button that makes parallel compression super easy without the need to configure extra buses. 3 Plugins in 1 When you purchase the +10db package, you get three separate plugins: +10db Compressor, +10db Equalizer and +10db Channel Strip.