The metering is fast and accurate and helps gauge the amount and rate of compression being applied. Large knobs are present for setting the ratio, attack and release times, range, bypass, and engaging the in-built peak limiter.Īdding to the original hardware, Cytomic has provided a wet/dry mix knob, along with a sidechain section with a high pass filter and an option to enable an external input for sidechain compression. Also present is a button to select oversampling and render rates, features which we will elaborate further later. Above it lie buttons to switch between A/B comparison setups and to select presets. The UI sports a large VU-like meter up top which displays the gain reduction in real-time.Ī small indicator lights up red to indicate clipping or yellow when its in-built peak limiter is engaged. It has all the usual controls seen on a compressor plugin, but the bonus is that the entire interface is completely scalable to fit into your workspace without any elements getting hidden. It’s not meant to replicate the exact look of SSL hardware, but its brushed metal highlights and bold knobs and numbers give it a vintage but sleek look. The Glue presents a pleasant, uncluttered GUI but packs a serious punch under the hood. In the time elapsed between my first use of it and me writing this review, The Glue has crept into my list of go-to plugins and finds its way in almost all of my sessions. The Glue is a simple but powerful tool that looks good, runs fast, and sounds just right. What Cytomic might have lacked in marketing muscle, it more than makes up for in performance. So does it match up to its more famous rivals? Absolutely. In fact, I came to know of it when YouTube music personality Rick Beato recommended it in one of his videos. It has received rave reviews from several big names in the audio industry, yet it hasn’t quite achieved the mainstream popularity that similar plugins from established competitors like Waves and UAD have. The Glue has somewhat of a reputation as a dark horse in the plugin world. SSL compressor emulations are a dime a dozen in the audio sphere, but Cytomic’s iteration packs a polished punch and adds a few nifty features over the original hardware.
The Glue by Cytomic is an analog-modeled compressor plugin based on the ubiquitous SSL G series bus compressor found in their 4000 series console desks.
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