How to use Devil-Loc: Drive the Crush control hard to saturate the gain reduction circuit for a severe pumping sound?

Drive the Crush control hard to saturate the gain reduction circuit for a severe pumping sound

How to use Devil-Loc: Use Crush and Crunch controls in relation to each other to achieve the full range of compression and distortion effects?

Use Crush and Crunch controls in relation to each other to achieve the full range of compression and distortion effects

How to use Devil-Loc: Drive the output stage hard via the Crunch knob to access heavy distortion?

Drive the output stage hard via the Crunch knob to access heavy distortion

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Devil-Loc

Name: Devil-Loc
Author: Soundtoys

Soundtoys

Where to get itAvailable from Soundtoyssoundtoys.com

Devil-Loc is a limiter plugin inspired by the Shure Level-Loc (Model M62), a 1960s podium mic limiter. It delivers aggressive dynamic control through its Crush and Crunch controls, adding heavy saturation and distortion for creating crushing drum sounds and colored lo-fi effects. The plugin captures the original hardware's dirty, pumping character while providing studio-friendly workflow.

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Key Features

01Crush control for gain reduction and saturation

02Crunch control for post-limiting gain and output stage distortion

03Approx. 1.3 milliseconds attack time

04Approx. 1.7 seconds release time (normal mode)

05Approx. 22 seconds release time (saturated mode)

06Hardware-modeled brickwall limiting with saturation and distortion

Things to Try

01Drive the Crush control hard to saturate the gain reduction circuit for a severe pumping sound
02Use Crush and Crunch controls in relation to each other to achieve the full range of compression and distortion effects
03Drive the output stage hard via the Crunch knob to access heavy distortion

Formats

VSTVST3AUAAX

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