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Gravitywell · Compressor

Compression you can see gripping the signal.

The transfer curve is drawn live, with your signal’s energy piled up behind it. Set the threshold against what is actually there — then watch the curve take hold.

  • In development
  • macOS
  • AU + VST3
  • $119 launch price
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Gravitywell Compressor — full interface, reference render

Reference render — Sonaurelis Visual Standard v2.0

  • Threshold and knee are handles on the curve itself
  • Your input’s energy histogram sits behind the transfer curve
  • Live gain-reduction ribbon and envelope history
  • Delta and sidechain listen, one click each

The hero display

Set the threshold where the music actually is

Level in against level out, on a calibrated −60…0 dB grid. Threshold and knee are handles that live on the curve — you drag the compression, not a knob that stands for it. Behind the curve, a histogram of your input’s real energy shows where the signal lives, so the threshold lands on the music instead of a guess.

A gold gain-reduction ribbon runs across the top, an envelope history strip along the bottom, and hovering any level reads out in → out in dB — computed by the compressor’s own detector, never interpolated for show.

Beneath the display, the audition rail keeps judgment one click away:

  • Bypass
  • Delta
  • SC Listen
  • HQ
Gravitywell hero display, detail — reference render

Feel-first macros

Eight controls by default

Five macros carry the whole plugin, labeled by feel at the arc ends. The exact value lives in the chip beneath each knob; double-click and type, units understood.

Gravitywell macro band, detail — reference render
  • SoftFirm

    Control

    How much the compressor works overall. More Control grips the signal harder and evens out the level — reach for it first when a part won’t stay put.

  • RoundSharp

    Transient

    The front edge of each hit. Toward Sharp the attack snaps through; toward Round it tucks in. For drums that feel blunted or spiky.

  • TightFull

    Sustain

    What happens after the hit. Toward Full, tails and room bloom forward; toward Tight they close down — pull a performance closer or push it back.

  • LeanHeavy

    Weight

    The center of gravity of the sound. Toward Heavy the low-mid body thickens; toward Lean it clears out. For a bus that feels thin or muddy.

  • CleanColored

    Character

    The unit’s color. Toward Colored you hear gentle harmonic thickening on loud moments; Clean stays transparent — glue you can hear.

The expert drawer

Attack, release, and the rest — one key away

Press E and the full plugin slides out — Detector (attack · release · lookahead), Transfer (threshold · ratio · knee), Sidechain (SC high-pass · SC tilt · stereo link) — each parameter a knob with its exact value in a chip beneath it. The macro band and meters stay live while it is open.

Hidden, never removed: every parameter stays automatable and preset-addressable whether the drawer is open or closed.

  • Detect RMS/Peak
  • Auto Gain
  • Ext SC
Gravitywell expert drawer, detail — reference render

Presets

A browser built for audition

Previous and next audition a preset in one click. In the dropdown, arrow keys audition as the selection moves — you hear each preset the moment it is highlighted. A gold dot marks state that differs from the saved preset, computed from a real comparison of the state, never a heuristic.

Gravitywell preset browser dropdown, detail — reference render

Truthful by construction

Gain reduction, properly calibrated

The signal rail keeps Mix at the top — a suite rule — over calibrated in/out meters and a dedicated gain-reduction rail: 0 / −6 / −12 / −24 dB, filling downward, with a live numeric readout. Fast attack, smooth release, 60 fps.

Suite-wide rule: every moving pixel traces to real telemetry from the plugin’s own DSP. No decorative spectra, no idle animation imitating signal. When nothing plays, the displays hold their calibrated scales at rest — never a synthetic waveform.

Gravitywell signal rail — Mix, calibrated meters, telemetry; reference render

Specifications

Where it stands today

Status
In development
Platform
macOS
Formats
AU · VST3
In Logic
manufacturer folder “Sonaurelis”
Default controls
8 — five macros · Mix · audition rail
Full parameter set
expert drawer · everything automatable
Window
resizable from 1024 × 640, free corner drag
Privacy
no cloud · no accounts · no telemetry
Launch price
$119 — or the suite of five for $349

Pre-release. Specifications describe the current development target and state nothing that is not true of the design today.

Development, documented

Hear and see the real build when it exists.

Real audio demonstrations and shipping captures will appear only when release-candidate builds exist. Follow the journal for dated build notes—not placeholder proof.

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