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UADx API 2500 Bus Compressor
An audio effect by Universal Audio (UADx), categorized as Dynamics.
Where to get it
- Universal Audio (UADx)The maker Get it
Category
Formats
Effect›Dynamics
CPUConfirmed. The category was checked against a real source.
Medium
Fine on a few tracks. Many at once add up.
3.7% of one core on our Mac (M2 Max): 48 kHz, a 256‑sample buffer, its default settings on pink noise. September 2026.
On your own computer it will differ: Plugindex measures every plugin you own while you are away.
Not reported yet.
Mac and Windows.
What it does
- Bus compressor modeled on the API 2500, built with API and based on two original units.
- Old and New compression types, with feedback or feed-forward behavior.
- Soft, medium and hard knee options, plus the Thrust control to even out low and high frequency detection.
- Percent-based L/R Link controls, and plugin-only Mix and Headroom controls.
- It can run natively, or be accelerated by Apollo interfaces and UAD Accelerators.
From Universal Audio (UADx)’s page, in our words.
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