Both units are set to default at 4:1, and the amount of gain reduction appeared to be pretty similar.

Turning the ratio to LIM, you can easily get 1176 style squashing from this plugin. This was before I played with any of the controls.

As soon as I threw it on a drum bus, I heard some very subtle compression happening. This plugin is being given away to honor one of the early pioneers of analog emulations, and this plugin doesn’t disappoint.Īs a Nomad Factory fan and user, I downloaded this the instant I saw it. Bernie is the founder of Nomad Factory, and he lost his fight with cancer on January 18th 2016. It’s being given as a tribute to the late Bernie Torelli. First, this is only free for a limited time. The other is the labeling of the Bus Driver as being “Model 1176 LA2”. Nomad Factory wish to drive this similarity home with a few features, one of which being the ratio buttons that look similar to an 1176’s buttons. It’s an emulation of a vacuum tube compressor/limiter reminiscent of an 1176 or LA2A. D just released a free compressor from Nomad Factory called the Bus Driver.

1176 style compressor plugin free