![]() ![]() While Adobe Media Encoder is faster on Intel systems, Apple Compressor is faster on M-series Macs, especially when working with ProRes source files. Create an H.264 file with chapter markers for navigation.Burn in captions without opening an NLE.Create streaming versions of a master file for my website.Convert the same master file into multiple compressed versions for distribution to social media, my website and streaming.Convert a batch of iPhone videos from HEVC into ProRes 422.I use Compressor as a media converter, to do tasks that Final Cut or Premiere can’t easily do. Compressor costs $50 (US), so adding Compressor won’t overwhelm your budget. Job chaining, where the output of one task automatically becomes the input to the nextįinally, because Compressor is stand-alone, any Mac user can use it to compress media, owning Apple Final Cut Pro is not required.HTTP Live Streaming, for streaming media directly from websites.Droplets, providing automatic drag-and-drop compression.While it doesn’t support Windows-only media formats, it does support a wide-range of media, including all formats required for social media or web distribution.Īs well, it performs a number of tasks that most other compression software doesn’t, including: As well, its interface simplifies compressing media, while providing access to lots of customization under the surface. ![]() Long derided for its slow speed and poor image quality, since the release of Apple silicon Macs, upgrades have dramatically improved its speed and quality. Intel and Apple Silicon are both supported.Apple Compressor is a stand-alone, Mac-based program that compresses audio and video into a variety of formats for distribution. We hope you’ll enjoy the ride!Īvailable in 32 and 64 bit format, as a VST, VST3, AU and AAX plugin. We could go on and on here, telling you all about the extremely interesting technical details like the eight(!) tubes that are being used, the handwound transformers and so on, but we think it’s about time you simply give this fantastic tool a spin and hear for yourself what the buzz is all about. ![]() Important: while this plugin models the mono hardware compressor, the software offers both mono and stereo operation (with identical gain reduction for both channels)! So don’t be confused by the other MagicDeathEye emulation being called “MagicDeathEyeStereo”, that simply refers to the original hardware… this plugin can do stereo too! After almost a year of careful circuit and signal analysis, DDMF and Ian Sefchick are extremely proud to present the official plugin version of this lovely beast! Staying extremely close to its hardware role model while still keeping the CPU load at a very reasonable level, we sincerely believe that the answer to the ever-old question “Do I really need another compressor plugin” is a resounding yes for this one! ![]() Nothing is smashed here, everything breathes and shines while the MagicDeathEye will smoothly glue your audio signal together in that warm and almost elegant way only expensive tube compressors can.Īlready now a legendary piece of hardware, the MagicDeathEye compressor is just too good to be exclusively available only to some of the greatest studios in the world. It’s a variable gain compressor that sounds just as great on your mastering bus as on your individual tracks. Ian Sefchick (mastering engineer at Capitol Records), this tube compressor’s circuit is loosely based on a Fairchild 660. Everybody who has ever had a chance to listen to a MagicDeathEye compressor has been blown away by its sound. ![]()
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