Black Rooster Audio VLA-2A Vintage Leveling Amp

The optoelectronics compressor that changed the game. 

What it is: 
One of the finest emulations of the definitive late '60s compressor. 

How we use it: 
Seat each track in the mix while adding warm, analog character. 

Why it's cool: 
The VLA-2A references an original unit from 1968 - pulling all of its mojo and magic into this digital replica.Black Rooster Audio is proud to present the VLA-2A - the world‘s finest emulation of THE opto electronic compressor of the late 1960s. After many hours of hard work, calculus and matching we finally bring you the VLA-2A plug-in. We have put all our knowledge, engineering skill and heart into designing the most authentic native emulation of this unit to this date. We love to use the VLA-2A on drums, but it also performs outstandingly well on bass or vocals and carefully adjusting the compression really helps to make your signals shine and just sit in the mix.

AUTHENTIC CIRCUIT EMULATION

Our real-time component based circuit simulation approach allows for authentically capturing the sound and feel of the analog unit as close as possible. All the crucial parts, including in- and output transformers, sidechain and audio path tube stages, filters and of course the T4A cell have been faithfully modeled and matched with an original '68 reference unit.

SSE2 OPTIMIZED CODE

DSP operations are pipelined using the SSE2 instruction set. This ensures high-performance operation despite very complex computations.

AUTO-ADJUSTED OVERSAMPLING FOR MAXIMUM AUDIO TRANSPARENCY

Aliasing artifacts are efficiently attenuated using a low latency linear phase Dolph-Chebyshev polyphase design. The oversampling rate is auto-adjusted to your session's sample rate to save CPU while offering the most transparent sound possible.

HIGHDPI / RETINA SUPPORT

Our user interfaces support high pixel density on both Windows and Mac OS systems to present you with the most enjoyable user experience on high DPI displays. Please refer to your manual to learn whether your DAW is HighDPI capable if you're working on Windows.

Compatibility
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MAC)

• SSE2 compatible processor (Intel Core CPU recommended)
• 1GB of RAM
• Mac OSX 10.7 (Lion) or newer
• VST, AU or AAX compatible host
• Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels or more

MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (WINDOWS)

• SSE2 compatible processor (Intel Core CPU recommended)
• 1GB of RAM
• Windows 7 or newer
• VST or AAX compatible host
• Display resolution of 1280x1024 pixels or more

Installation Instructions

1. Login or create a Black Rooster account here.
   
2. Once logged in, visit the Black Rooster License Manager. 
   
3. Under "Your eCoupon," enter the serial number emailed to you via Reverb SYNC.
   
4. Click Submit Code.
   
5. You will then be prompted to download your authorized plugin.