Wavegrove HCL Islander, just another compressor - saturator?

Описание: Wavegrove has based its latest plugin on a mastering hardware unit, the HandCrafted Laboratories Islander. This is a vari-mu compressor together with a clipper.

There are a lot of features in Wavegrove HCL Islander that make this plugin a perfect colorimg tool: two types of saturation and a Temph knob to alter the sound of the high frequencies.

The compression itself is very transparent and natural, with a convenient switch for Feed Back or Feed Forward path for the low-end side chain.

To complete the features of Wavegrove HCL Islander there are extended oversampling options up to 16x, mid/side and dual mono operation, Gain Link to preserve the dry/wet balance, CTRL Link to link the two channels controls.

SONGS USED:
Ouche - Mirko Russo
Sunshine - Mattia Bottazzo
Future - Undefined ft Olya Gram

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ABOUT ME
I am Mirko Russo, a musician and producer. I have been committing myself to music since I was 11: that’s when I began playing guitar. In the following years I have collected experience with bands and live gigs in Apulia, Southern Italy. In parallel with this, I started recording my own instrumental songs and releasing some albums throughout the years. However, I have always been fascinated not just in playing with band mates and arranging songs as a group, but also in how to make the different instruments work together in a mix. Indeed, I felt that it is another crucial aspect which helps the potential of a song to express itself. So I decided to attend some courses about sound engineering, mix, mastering and the software Logic Pro X.

THUMBNAILS
0:00 intro
1:03 bass compression
3:00 feed back/feed forward
5:06 mid/side on the master bus
5:52 saturation
7:41 more mid/side and saturation
10:26 my conclusion