Music Production
Compression in Music Production: Our Guide to Taming Your Sound
20 November 2023
The Grater
Break your sound with raw power
The key to extreme audio punch
and destruction
Add Punch, Power And PersonalityTo Your Audio
Features
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Features
Main Control
The Grater panel is your main control. The lever lets you adjust the amount of over-the-top compression applied to the audio signal. Increasingly extreme compression will drive even subtle elements to punch, while distorting and saturating the audio. Even on its own, this control adds force or can give a rough, aggressive edge to your tracks.
Breakup Control
Breakup adds interruptions to the compression, which sounds like the signal breaking up or the speaker struggling to reproduce the sound due to the extreme loudness. These unusual sounds and artifacts add character to the audio.
Dynamic Reinject
With Dynamic Reinject you can reapply dynamics from the original audio to the over-the-top compressed signal coming out of The Grater. You'll retain the tonal and crushed compression characteristics, while giving the signal some life and movement back.
Destroy and sculpt your audio
like never before
The Grater is a powerful audio plug-in that allows you to compress and shape your audio like never before. With its unique set of controls, The Grater can take your audio to the next level by adding punch and power or by creatively destroying and mangling your sound. Whether you’re a mixing engineer looking to add punch to your drums or a sound designer looking for new ways to mangle your audio, The Grater has you covered.
Destroy and sculpt your audio
like never before
The Grater is a powerful audio plug-in that allows you to compress and shape your audio like never before. With its unique set of controls, The Grater can take your audio to the next level by adding punch and power or by creatively destroying and mangling your sound. Whether you’re a mixing engineer looking to add punch to your drums or a sound designer looking for new ways to mangle your audio, The Grater has you covered.
Key Features
Grater Control lever that adds extreme compression, punch and distortion.
Sharpness Control to tune Grater response.
Breakup Control which adds unique errors to the compression.
Three Breakup modes: Smooth, Neutral, Heavy.
Compressor Input and Output gain for gain staging.
Dynamic Reinject: allows to bring back the dynamic range lost during the compression.
Three additional effect module:
- Reso Burst to create resonant filter bumps and self resonating tones.
- Pre Tonality to shape the tonal balance of your audio before it goes through the compressor.
- Slice Up module for additional clipping stage.
Master Section for final polishing.
Mixes well in any audio production setting, from music mixing to sound design.
Bonus:
Comes with 136 Presets, by the amazing artists Mick Gordon, Konrad OldMoney, Tushar Apte,
Eddie Grey, Christal Jerez and HydraTek
System Requirements
AAX, VST3, AU versions included
64-bit only (Mac / PC)
Mac OS X 10.13 or higher (Intel native | ARM native)
Windows 10
At least 4GB of RAM, 16GB is recommended
At least 200MB of free drive space (OS drive)
DAW Support
AAX, AU, VST3 versions
64-bit only
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Cakewalk by BandLab (PC: VST3)
software of Avid Technology.
and software of Apple Inc.
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.
Product Manual
Download the product manual for The Grater here.
