Product Description

• Optical Compressor - Tons of Harmonic Coloration! The ACME Opticom XLA-3 is a powerful and flexible optical compressor. The plugin has been developed in close cooperation with Brainworx. Glorious tube sounds and opto-electric vibe
• featuring steel covered military-grade components. Slap it across the drum buss for solid and seamless LA-2A style leveling. Force vocals through the input to add grit and attitude to a wimpy take. A unique "Amp Mode" allows you to add harmonic color to your signal without even touching the dynamics. The original XLA-3 hardware features three compression responses. Each treat sounds in a totally different way. Brainworx faithfully emulated the XLA-3 and captured these features in plugin form
• and several new features were added to the plugin version
• including a parallel mix knob
• an output trim control
• and an adjustable noise floor. All of the complex and sonically beautiful behavior of the hardware has been faithfully captured in the plugin version. Drive the input. Set the behavior. Level to taste. Done. Features Unique opto-electric circuit that combines the best characteristics of 3 separate compression curves in one unit - from clean to dirty! and seamless ‘LA-2A’ sound plus optional even-harmonic distortion In Amp Mode this becomes a “tone box” - adding color and distortion without reducing dynamics Saturate with Output Gain
• and attenuate to taste with the added Output Trim Several plugin-only features not available on the original hardware System Requirements AAX
• VST3 macOS 15 down to macOS 12 Windows 11 down to Windows 10 Toby Pitman "The Opticom XLA-3 is a clean and super useful compressor with all the squash and punch that you’d expect from an Opto like this. The Wet/Dry mix makes it really easy to get great parallel effects and I love the fact that you can just use the amp section on it’s own. I’m finding I rarely get past the letter ‘A’ in the plugin list!" Michael Zimmerling "This has been a big surprise; usually vintage comps have one or two great settings
• but the XLA-3 surprises with a variety of flavors that are very
• very good
• and should be on everyone's shopping list." X: 144 "Flavor. That’s what we ask for in this digital realm. The Acme Opticom has it. The moment you insert it on a track it makes itself known without applying gain reduction. The fact that you can bypass the compression “circuit” and drive the amp to give you that added size and…..well….flavor
• that alone had me sold. I don’t usually run to optical compressors for bass
• but I do now…and it’s the ACME."

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About the Plugin Alliance ACME Audio Opticom XLA-3

Discover the distinctive sound and feel of the Plugin Alliance ACME Audio Opticom XLA-3, a standout choice among Compressor.

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• •Versatile sound suitable for multiple musical genres
• •Professional build quality and reliable performance
• •Part of Plugin Alliance's respected Compressor lineup

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