The MC2000 is a multi-band compressor plug-in for Digidesign's Pro Tools systems, designed to emulate the sounds of vintage and modern compressors in two, three, and four band configurations. Building on the success of their CompressorBank, McDSP has shown once again that elegant coding (read low DSP usage) and great sound are not mutually exclusive.
The MC2000 gives the user complete control of multi-band dynamic compression with common controls such as output (make-up gain), threshold, compression (ratio), attack, and release provided. Non-standard Knee and Bite controls allow the user to create unique and unprecedented articulation of compression characteristics. Multiple peak detection circuit types provide flexibility only previously achieved by owning several different compression units.
Steep 24 dB/oct crossover filters, taken from the FilterBank plug-in, minimize signal leakage into adjacent compression bands. The MC2000 is essentially 6 plug-ins - the basic compressor from CompressorBank (CB1) is configured in 2, 3, and 4 bands - all in both mono and stereo versions.