I had great results using the Alpha mix on bass drum and bass guitar. So not really using the full version, as there are so many other options for the mix bus!
Really nice compressor
★★★★☆
by Hamchop Turtletime
I'm not much of an "analog fetishist" but this compressor sounds consistently great (especially on submix and master mix buses) and has a very nice interface to work with. I prefer compressors that force me to listen with my ears. One star docked because please for the love of glob, give us some UI scaling options, and the ability to directly enter values into controls with the keyboard. it's 2023 and almost everyone is using a > 1:1 pixel ratio display. This plugin is virtually unreadable and I have very good eyesight. Can't imagine someone struggling with eyesight being able to enjoy this kit very much.
M/S Monster
★★★★☆
by Beatroot
Go to plugin for mid side bus compression. Takes some figuring out and has a particular clean sound, but in the right application there is nothing that can touch it. Be nice if it had the Brainworx goodies tray, and please please make it resizable; the only thing taking a star off is I can't see the thing easily.
MASTERCHAIN
★★★★★
by Woodboy
This Baby just went back into the Mastering chain, This time in the box ! great Staple for the Studio. great Job BX
No necesitas Más
★★★★★
by @audiofriki
Para traking y master, una herramienta completa. No necesitas mucho más en cada track. Lim, comp, MS, SC..
Still amazing, still small
★★★★☆
by Roberto
Man this thing has been around, I used on UAD and now natively. Still one of the finest compressor plugins going, and that's saying something considering what's come along since this was introduced! But this brings me to my lone complaint, and the only reason for this to not have 5 stars. It NEEDS a resizable GUI. Full stop. I get that it's probably a low priority on a 7 year old plugin, but this thing still slaps! Alphas are still highly sought after hardware and I believe a refresh would boost sales and be worth it! The fact is that unless I know pretty much what setting I want from memory I will pass this over for another tool where I can actually read the faceplate or settings. Which is a shame because there's so much terrific sonic experimentation to be done with the Alpha. Anyway I'm not holding my breath but I figured it's worth sharing my thoughts. If anyone else feels the same, maybe let PA know and they might actually think about it!
Transparent and punch
★★★★★
by sobrinN
This plugin is really good to make things punchy! I love it.
alpha compressor
★★★★☆
by franz
also like the sound very much BUT PLEASE make the Gui risizeable for my old Eyes...
Perfect if it was resizable
★★★★☆
by italo81
The sound is superb but... It's a real pity that the GUI is tiny and NOT resizable.
AMAZING!!!
★★★★★
by Withajay
I use this for mastering on almost every track! At first I was a little leery of the strange names for the presets but after using this a while, I think they're great! A fantastic plugin once again! Thanks so much!!