When creating FET Compressor, Softube set out to make the most accurate emulation of the most famous solid state compressor. Instead of modeling individual features and putting them together digitally we have modeled the unit in its entirety: input and output stages, gain reduction feedback loops, bias differences of different transistors, etc. It's been by far the hardest project we have taken on, but we feel that the result speaks for itself. And hopefully it will be easier to do it the next time (yeah right).
Native version
TDM Version
TDM CPU Consumption
CPU consumption on Core and Accel processors for one stereo instance of FET Compressor. The percentages includes TDM/MuSh overhead and "first instance running" overhead, so the actual CPU consumption is actually lower than these figures.
| Core | Accel | |
| 44.1/48 kHz | < 77% | < 35% |
| 88.2/96 kHz | < 58% | |
| 176.4/192 kHz | < 91% |
Known Issues
Side chaining is problematic on some VST hosts.
"Throughout my career I have evolved the way I work to incorporate working within both the analogue and digital world. I own around twenty outboard compressors, but the Softube FET Compressor offers another way to warp a sound which the hardware units don't."
Mix Engineer, Producer
(Depeche Mode, Kylie Minogue, Kate Nash, U2, Paloma Faith, etc.)
"Softube is so good, after using it the first time, I could speak french. Mainly because I kept saying: Pardon my french, but these plugins are Fucking unbelievable! The FET Compressor in particular is probably the warmest, fattest compressor plugin on the market."
Producer, Mixer, Engineer
(Madonna, Faith Hill, Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie, Elton John, Back Street Boys, etc.)
"The FET Compressor can convince with the looks as well as with the sound."
"With the FET Compresssor plug-in Softube has an extremely recommendable plug-in in its portfolio, which interprets the legendary Urei 1176 acoustically in an excellent way."
