Sliderman

The legend. Reimagined.

Inspired by the dbx^® 163X. A distinctive compressor and limiter with added saturation and parallel mix control.

Plug-In for Windows & Mac (AU, VST and AAX)

Distributed by Audiolounge

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In cooperation with our partner Audiolounge, we created an RMS compressor and peak limiter with an innovative pre-saturation technology.

Watch the introduction video with real use cases by producer Urs Wiesendanger (Sting, Snoop Dogg, Coolio, Dave Koz, Michael Sembello, Eric Benet).

Disclosure: The presenter contributed to Sliderman’s development and benefits financially from its sales.

From the studio

What others say…

Bob Horn

It's a faithful recreation of the dbx 163x and it's very good! Fun and easy to use as well. Just one slider to set your compression! Good for so many sources including vocals!

Selected credits Timbaland, Michael Jackson, Usher, Kelly Clarkson, LeAnn Rimes

Brigitte Angerhausen

I tried it on several signals, in the mixing bus, on drums, vocals etc. It condenses the sounds in a very musical way. The result is very compact, yet sounds open.

Selected credits Nelly Furtado, Sheryl Crow, Mark Knopfler, Patti Austin

Inside Sliderman

Compression with a little character.

Shape individual tracks, bring a bus together and blend to taste.

Add some Edge

Use pre-saturation to tame transients and add character before compression. Drive it with Input and balance the level with Output.

Edge mode · saturation before compression

Find the sweet spot

Bring out the character of snares, drum rooms, bass, acoustic guitars and piano. Try it on vocals, too.

One More slider · a range of sources

Bring your mix together

Use RMS compression on your mix bus or subgroups to help individual parts feel more connected.

RMS compression · tracks and buses

Keep peaks in check

An integrated peak limiter works independently of the compressor to control the sharpest peaks.

Independent peak limiting

Blend in the punch

Mix the compressed signal with the original. Go from a subtle lift to bold parallel compression with one control.

Mix control · parallel compression

Let the low end breathe

Choose how much bass reaches the detector, so low frequencies have less influence on the compression.

Sidechain high-pass · 60 / 80 / 120 Hz

Hear the difference

Sliderman in action.

A / B

Same performance. Switch between the original and Sliderman. Examples are gain-matched for a fair comparison.

Choose a sample

System Requirements

Windows 10 (22H2) or later, 64-bit (x64). Windows 11 recommended.
macOS 10.13 or later (Intel and Apple silicon)
DAW with support for Audio Units / VST3 / AAX

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