Sculpt Your Own Compressor Flavour

US denise audio releases Dragon Fire tonal compressor 09/03/21

denise audio has introduced Dragon Fire, which they describe as a new way to colour and tame your track dynamics and sculpt any compressor flavour you like. This is the story in their own words...

Dragon Fire introduces tonal compression: a new and easier way to tame and color the dynamic of your tracks. On top of that, our Shape technology allows you to finely sculpt the flavor and behaviour of the compressor algorithm. Out of the box the Dragon Fire offers many classic compressor types, but you can go next level and design your own compressor style. Go from vintage to transparent and finally create that OPTO style compressor with a hard knee, a touch of VCA punch, and add some transformer flavor on top.

To tame your track dynamics, the Dragon Fire offers a new approach that has the ease of use of an equalizer with its push-pull graph. Flavoring your sound and cutting through the mix has never been easier. Speed up your workflow and add creativity and fun to your production process while keeping your ears fresh, creative and healthy.

When we started to conceptualize a 'denise style' compressor, we wanted to go beyond emulating a classic compressor. It's after all denise's mission to take inspiration from the analog world, but create plugins with their own unique soul, craziness and character. We wanted our compressor to give you the freedom to tune the sound of the compressor itself – imagine fine-tuning the compressor's saturation amount based on the gain reduction, or tweaking the envelope follower to sound more analog or vintage. Secondly, we wanted to make compressing multiple bands easy, controlled and more flexible than with a traditional multiband compressor. To achieve this we integrated the push-pull technology from our popular God Mode, so you can target the compression towards specific elements in your mix, like the snare in a full beat. These new features and technology made us rethink the mixing process entirely.

Dragon Fire with its Shape technology offers multiple creative features Finely sculpt the flavor and behaviour of the compressor algorithm itself. Go from vintage to transparent and anything in between:

Unique RMS and Knee functions to soften the compression sound.

Interpolate between a fast and slow release curve for an 'optic' style response.

Adaptive saturation: Like an old tube compressor, the more you push a signal the more it gets saturated.

Besides its Shape features it offers a:

Push-pull graph: An easy-to-use, eq-style graph to control how the compressor reacts to different frequency ranges and smartly shaping the track's tonal balance with the pull dial.

Easy switch to use the compressor in classic mode as a single band compressor.

Transparent clipper: Use it heavily to add extra dirt and saturation.

Comes with creative and classic compressor styles presets including instruments like guitars, bass, vocals & drums.

Pricing and Availability:
The Dragon Fire is offered for limited time at 50% off. Instead of €82/$99, get it for €40.50/£36/$49.90 (€49 incl. VAT).

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