General: improved font drawing behavior General: fixed issue causing Logic to crash when closing the plugin UI General: improved plugin loading time in the DAW General: added native Apple Silicon compatibility for AAX This introduces a whole different approach to sonic character that is impossible to replicate with a ‘real-world’ optical compressor. Rather, the constant is directly manipulated by the ‘Speed’ parameter of the plugin. The modeled physical constant of the Light Dependent Resistor (LDR) was influenced by those of very real compressors, but there is no separate envelope circuit. They allow users the ability to adjust the effect of this character by introducing a separate resistance circuit that gives some control over the compression envelope.īrainworx decided to take a different approach to adjusting this compression envelope when modeling the bx_opto and bx_opto Pedal. Most optical compressors are appreciated for their musical, program dependent character produced by the light dependent circuitry of the sidechain. By dialing-in the Density and Level Trim controls, you can add that little extra taste of gain and color that’s needed. In addition to providing tone-laden compression, the bx_opto Pedal doubles as a gain pedal. After meticulously modeling the light-dependent circuits of several optical compressors, the bx_opto has amalgamated into a beastly little dynamics processor, teeming with character and spitting out sounds like no analog optical compressor can do.

It provides a great way to get that charismatic compression of the bx_opto with a simpler interface, lower price tag, and guitar pedal feel. The bx_opto Pedal is a slimmed-down version of the bx_opto.

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