Smashburger Compressor
Punch, polish, and flavor. Your secret ingredient.
Smashburger isn’t just a compressor. It’s punch, warmth, and glue in one tool, combining transient shaping, tube tone, tape drive, and parallel control for bold, finished mixes.
Because Every Great Mix Deserves a Little Extra Flavor
Smashburger isn’t just a compressor. It’s punch, warmth, and glue in one tool, combining transient shaping, tube tone, tape drive, and parallel control for bold, finished mixes.
Vintage Punch Meets Modern Control
Smashburger delivers the fast, punchy sound of a classic FET compressor—the kind that makes drums explode and vocals leap out of the mix. But unlike the originals, it’s been expanded with a wider range of controls, giving you even greater clarity, control, and mix glue without losing the vibe that makes FETs legendary. It’s the best parts of vintage hardware, with the control and workflow modern mixes demand.
Built-In Flavor
With built-in options for tube warmth, tape-style saturation, and subtle drive, Smashburger adds thickness and attitude right inside the compressor. No need to stack extra plugins—just hit a button to give your mix the edge it’s missing.
Dial In the Perfect Impact
Want extra snap or smoother hits before compression even kicks in? The Shaper is like a built-in transient designer. Turn it up to emphasize attack, turn it down to mellow things out. Perfect for taming pokey snares or giving kicks extra punch.
Parallel Made Simple
Parallel compression usually means duplicate tracks, bus routing, and level balancing. Smashburger makes it effortless with a dedicated Wet/Dry knob, so you can dial in that aggressive “New York” sound without ever leaving the plugin.
Sound Examples
AAX, AU, VST3 versions
64-bit only
Ableton Live 11+ (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)
Bitwig 4+ (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)
Cubase 13+ (Mac & PC: VST3)
Digital Performer 11+ (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)
FL Studio 23+ (Mac & PC: VST3)
Garageband 10+ (AU)
Logic Pro 10+ (AU)
Pro Tools 12+ (Mac & PC: AAX)
Presonus Studio One 5+ / Fender Studio (Mac & PC: AU, VST3)
Reaper 6+ (Mac & PC: VST3)
Cakewalk Next by BandLab (PC: VST3)
AAX is a trademark and software of Avid Technology. Audio Units is a trademark and software of Apple Inc. VST3 is a trademark and software of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.
AAX, VST3, AU versions included
64-bit only (Mac / PC)
Mac OS X 10.15 or higher (Intel native | ARM native)
Windows 10
At least 4GB of RAM, 16GB is recommended
At least 200MB of free drive space (OS drive)
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