FabFilter Pro-C 2 - Compressor Plug-In

Incredible sound and character

FabFilter Pro-C 2 is a high-quality compressor plug-in for the most demanding engineers. Whether you need subtle mastering compression, an upfront lead vocal, that magic drum glue or deep EDM pumping: Pro-C 2 gets the job done with style

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The way the Pro-C shows you the compression is ingenious. All of the FabFilter plug-ins seem to be designed to be simple to use and easy to get results while sounding incredible.

— Tony Maserati (Grammy Award-winning engineer/producer)

Everything you need

Pro-C 2 offers eight different, program-dependent compression styles with beautiful sound and character. But there's more! Apart from the classic compressor controls, you also get smooth lookahead, up to 4x oversampling, intelligent auto-gain and auto-release, a variable knee, hold, range, external side-chain triggering, variable stereo linking and mid/side processing, all packed in a beautiful Retina user interface.

Beautiful interface and optimized workflow

The fully redesigned interface in FabFilter Pro-C 2 offers insightful metering with real-time displays that will greatly improve workflow. The large animated level/knee display visualizes exactly when, why and how compression is applied to incoming audio. Accurate level meters show the exact peak and loudness values, while the circular side-chain input meter turns finding the perfect threshold setting into a trivial task. And the large side-chain EQ controller makes it easier than ever to filter the trigger signal any way you like.

FabFilter goodies

Of course, you also get all the usual FabFilter goodies: perfectly tuned knobs, interactive MIDI Learn, undo/redo and A/B switch, Smart Parameter Interpolation for smooth parameter transitions, an extensive help file with interactive help hints, sample-accurate automation, advanced optimization and much more.

Pro-C 2 is set to become a staple of many professionals' toolkits. Everyone needs a good compressor, and there are few as good as this. A future classic. Verdict: 10/10!

— MusicTech Magazine

Awards

Electronic Musician Editor's Choice Award 2016

Computer Music Expert's Choice Award 2015

KVR Reader's Choice Awards Favorite Dynamics

Key features

new Eight different compression styles, of which five are new in version 2: Vocal, Mastering, Bus, Punch and Pumping
new Range setting, which limits the maximum applied gain change
new Gorgeous Retina interface, with (optional) animated level knee displays and accurate peak/loudness metering
new Mix setting, which scales the gain change from 0% to 200%
new Side-chain EQ section, with customizable HP and LP filters, plus an additional freely adjustable filter
new Full Screen mode, offering a large level display and side-chain EQ controller
Program-dependent attack and release curves
new Accurate, large level and gain change meters, with peak and loudness level visualization. The loudness level complies with the Momentary mode of the EBU R128 / ITU-R 1770 standards

new Smooth lookahead (up to 20 ms), which can be enabled/disabled to ensure zero latency processing
new Retina support on OS X and High DPI support on Windows
Intelligent Auto Gain
External side chain triggering
new Hold (up to 500 ms)
GPU-powered graphics acceleration
new Custom knee, variable from hard knee to a 72 dB soft knee (to enable saturation-like effects)
Stereo and mono plug-ins available
Auto Release
new Optional MIDI triggering
Super-fast attack times
Supports common Pro Tools hardware control surfaces
new Up to 4x oversampling
MIDI Learn
Variable stereo linking and mid/side processing, with mid-only, side-only, M > S and S > M processing.
Undo/redo and A/B comparison
new Audition Triggering option, which enables users to hear on which parts of the audio Pro-C 2 is triggering and how much compression is taking place
Smart Parameter Interpolation
new Multiple interface sizes: Small, Medium and Large
Sample-accurate automation of all parameters
Extensive help file with interactive help hints
Available in VST, VST3, Audio Units, AAX Native and AudioSuite formats (all both 64-bit and 32-bit)

FabFilter Pro-C 2 compressor plug-in tutorial

Beginner's Guide to Compression - 3/3
Beginner's Guide to Compression - 2/3
Beginner's Guide to Compression - 1/3

Information

Press

Reviews

[Pro-C's] smart level display [...] makes a mockery of the average compressor's simple VU meters, making using compression easier then ever.

Computer Music (Nov 2007, p92)

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Help and tutorials

Plug-in formats

All FabFilter plug-ins are available in VST, VST3, Audio Units, CLAP, AAX Native and AudioSuite formats.

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Requirements

Windows

Windows 11, 10, 8, 7 or Vista
64-bit or 32-bit
VST 2/3 or CLAP host, or Pro Tools

macOS

macOS 10.13 or higher (64-bit only)
AU, VST 2/3 or CLAP host, or Pro Tools
Apple Silicon or Intel processor

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