Audio engineers and music producers looking for quintessential New York parallel compression will be impressed with BABY AUDIO I Heart NY, a virtual New-York-style compression plug-in that sends your audio through a separate bus, crushes it beyond belief, and blends it with your dry track for a sound that's both powerful and dynamic.
For simplicity, I Heart NY hosts the parallel bus inside the plug-in, so there's no need to create a separate bus. Just use it as an insert. The purpose-designed compression algorithm features an addictive punch with an integrated EQ curve and an adaptive side-chain filter for extra tone-shaping. To use it as a normal insert compressor, simply engage the solo button.
At a Glance
The Parallel Signal fader is a volume fader and not a mix percentage knob. You’re adding the compressed track on top of your dry track, just like bringing in a parallel bus on a mix console. Use the Output knob to reduce the combined volume of the wet and dry signals.
- Parallel bus hosted inside the plug-in for an ultrasimple workflow
- Purpose-designed compression algorithm with an addictive punch
- EQ-curve and adaptive side-chain filtering under the hood for extra tone shaping
- Can be used as a normal insert compressor by engaging the solo button
Spank
Controls the amount of parallel compression. The level of your signal along with your creative desires will determine whether you need to turn this knob up or down. You’ll find that the Spank knob has a wide range from Subtle to Out of Control. The left-side meter visualizes the level of Spank gain reduction in real time and, as a rule of thumb, a good initial setting is to have the meter peak right before the first red indicator. From there, you can blend in the parallel signal and come back to tweak the Spank knob later if you need to make adjustments.
Output
The parallel and dry signals are both routed to the output stage, which allows you to set the global level of I Heart NY's audio output. Note that because you are mixing two signals together, the Output knob will need to be dialed down if you want to gain-match to the incoming audio level.
Parallel Signal
Sets the volume of the parallel signal. Note that the level will be perceived relative to the level of your original audio. For very loud signals, you will need to turn the fader up to hear the effect, and for lower signals, the effect will be more immediate.
Solo Mode
Engaging the Solo button bypasses the dry signal and lets the parallel signal run through the Output on its own. This, effectively, makes the plugi-n work as a regular insert compressor.