FabFilter Pro-C 2

FabFilter Pro-C 2

Incredible sound and character

FabFilter Pro-C 2 is a high-quality compressor plug-in for the most demanding engineers. Whether you need subtle mastering compression, an upfront lead vocal or that magic drum glue or deep EDM pumping; the Pro-C 2 gets the job done with ease and some.

Everything you need

The FabFilter Pro-C 2 offers 8 different, program-dependant compression styles with beautiful sound and character, but there is more within this plug-in. Apart from the classic compressor controls, you also get smooth lookahead, up to 4x oversampling, intelligent auto-gain and auto-release, a variable knee, hold, range, external side-chain triggering, variable stereo linking and mid/side processing, all packed in a beautiful Retina user interface.

Beautiful interface and optimised workflow

The fully redesigned interface inside the FabFilter Pro-C 2 offers you insightful metering with real-time displays that will greatly improve your studio workflow. The large, animated level/knee display visualises exactly when, why and how compression is applied to the incoming audio of your choice. Accurate level meters show the exact peak and loudness values, while the circular side-chain input meter turns to find the perfect threshold setting into a trivial task. Lastly, the large side-chain EQ controller makes it easier than ever to filter the trigger signal any way you desire.

FabFilter goodies

Lastly, with FabFilter’s Saturn 2 you get all the usual goodies from FabFilter that include: perfectly tuned knobs, interactive MIDI Learn, undo/redo and A/B switch, Smart Parameter Interpolation for smooth parameter transitions, an extensive help file with interactive help hints, sample-accurate automation, advanced optimization and much more.

Key Features:

• NEW - Eight different compression styles, of which five are new in version 2: Vocal, Mastering, Bus, Punch and Pumping
• NEW - Range setting, which limits the maximum applied gain change
• NEW - Gorgeous Retina interface, with (optional) animated level knee displays and accurate peak/loudness metering
• NEW - Mix setting, which scales the gain change from 0% to 200%
• NEW - Side-chain EQ section, with customizable HP and LP filters, plus an additional freely adjustable filter
• NEW - Full-Screen mode, offering a large level display and side-chain EQ controller
• Program-dependent attack and release curves
• NEW - Accurate, large level and gain change meters, with peak and loudness level visualization. The loudness level complies with the Momentary mode of the EBU R128 / ITU-R 1770 standards
• NEW - Smooth lookahead (up to 20 ms), which can be enabled/disabled to ensure zero-latency processing
• NEW - Retina support on OS X and High DPI support on Windows
• Intelligent Auto Gain
• External side-chain triggering
• NEW - Hold (up to 500 ms)
• GPU-powered graphics acceleration
• NEW - Custom knee, variable from hard knee to a 72 dB soft knee (to enable saturation-like effects)
• Stereo and mono plug-ins available
• Auto Release
• NEW - Optional MIDI triggering
• Super-fast attack times
• Supports common Pro Tools hardware control surfaces
• NEW - Up to 4x oversampling
• MIDI Learn
• Variable stereo linking and mid/side processing, with mid-only, side-only, M > S and S > M processing.
• Undo/redo and A/B comparison
• NEW - Audition Triggering option, which enables users to hear on which parts of the audio Pro-C 2 is triggering and how much compression is taking place
• Smart Parameter Interpolation
• NEW - Multiple interface sizes: Small, Medium and Large
• Sample-accurate automation of all parameters
• Extensive help file with interactive help hints
• Available in VST, VST3, Audio Units, AAX Native and AudioSuite formats

System Requirements:

Windows

• Windows 10, 8, 7 or Vista
• 64-bit or 32-bit
• VST 2/3 host or Pro Tools

macOS

• macOS 10.10 or higher (64-bit only)
• AU or VST 2/3 host or Pro Tools
• Intel or Apple Silicon processor