Comments on: Hammer Is A FREE Compressor Plugin by Vidar Audio

By: James N

James N — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:59:12 +0000

In reply to Matthew Carter. Thanks for the feedback, Mathew, that's awesome!

By: James N

James N — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:58:11 +0000

In reply to PureFire. Thanks for the support, as always, Purefire!

By: Sly-J

Sly-J — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 02:38:49 +0000

I tried to install this, but it wasn’t in English, so I had no idea what buttons to press or paths to set.

By: Matthew Carter

Matthew Carter — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 04:36:27 +0000

When I first looked at this compressor I thought it was a VCA style, but after reading about it I realized it was a FET style compressor similar to an 1176.

I put Hammer up against the Analog Obsession Comper with FET mode engaged, as well as the Purple MC77 Plugin (my personal favorite) on a bass part to see how it leveled out a bass part with substantial fluctuations in loudness.

With an 8ms attack, 200ms release and shooting for roughly 5dB of gain reduction, Hammer did a very good job and was competitive with Comper. I still think MC 77 takes the cake and Comper is more versatile, but Hammer is definitely not bad. I would like to see oversampling as an option though (maybe I missed it).

I’ll have a look at the harmonics, aliasing, and compression transfer curve of Hammer in Plugin Doctor later and comment if I find anything interesting about it.

Thanks for the info James!

By: PureFire

PureFire — Fri, 09 Dec 2022 18:43:59 +0000

Thanks James, BPB & Vidar Audio. Hammer is working perfectly on my system & does a great job.