Vulf Compressor

Name: Vulf Compressor
Price: 149 USD
Author: Goodhertz

$149 Try free Effect Character compression Cult

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Vulf Compressor plugin interface, Goodhertz

About

A character compressor born out of the Vulfpeck orbit and a long-running KVR darling.

Signature Sound

Obvious, pumping compression with deliberate lo-fi artifacts. Reached when the compressor should be audible, not transparent; low-frequency content can overwhelm it.

In a session

Used for

Character compression on drums, Lo-fi pumping, Vintage drum glue

Subgenres

Lo-fi trap, Trap soul, New jazz

Chain position

Character

Producers who use it

Jack StrattonJames F. Reynolds

Heard on

BTS, Fake Love, Dua Lipa, Don't Start Now, HAIM, I've Been Down, Rex Orange County, 2008

Pairs with

RC-20 Retro Color

Source Goodhertz's Vulf Compressor page quotes Jack Stratton of Vulfpeck, who instigated the plugin, on using it as a mix tool - 'some people will just put it on the entire track'. The same page's dated use log quotes mix engineer James F. Reynolds on BTS's 'Fake Love': 'There's also another ghost snare, the vibe perc snare, on which I have the Vulf.. it is compressing the room' - originally a Sound On Sound interview. The log also documents it on Dua Lipa's 'Don't Start Now' lead vocal, HAIM's 'I've Been Down' and Rex Orange County's '2008'.

On WAVS

Sounds to go with Vulf Compressor

Drums, loops and one-shots from WAVS creators that sit next to Vulf Compressor in a session.

Sounds in this lane

Video reviews

THIS is the "LO-FI BEATS to chill and study to" MACHINE (Vulf Compressor Review)

Full Stack Creative Review

Tutorial: Using Vulf Compressor’s External Sidechain in Ableton Live

Goodhertz, Inc. Official

VULF COMPRESSOR /// Demo 001

Vulf Demo

Specs