Acustica Audio El Rey 2

El Rey is Greg Wells' signature compressor, developed in collaboration with Studio DMI and part of Acustica Audio's Diamond series. Crafted with input from Greg Wells, a multi-Grammy Award-nominated producer, songwriter, musician, and mixing engineer, El Rey brings ultra-smooth, velvety and unprecedentedly musical compression to your tracks.

Audio Guru Greg Wells' Signature Compressor Plugin

Greg Wells is one of the music industry's most talented and respected engineers. He has worked with a plethora of international artists, including Katy Perry, Keith Urban, Adele, Mayer Hawthorne, Grace VanderWaal, Ariana Grande, Kelly Clarkson, Pharrell Williams, Dua Lipa, the Deftones, Twenty-One Pilots, OneRepublic, Aerosmith, Burt Bacharach, Celine Dion, and many others.

Take Greg Wells. Then, take one of the finest, most musical-sounding analog tube compressors and add a bit of voodoo to expand its capabilities, gradually transforming it into something extraordinary through a through process of artistic experimentation and technological innovation.

Now, put the two together. Through this alchemic process, the groundbreaking El Rey plugin was created.

Vintage DNA

El Rey brings ultra-smooth, velvety, and unprecedentedly musical compression to the digital domain. Acustica Audio’s tech innovations and esoteric touch made it possible to transport the sonic soul of this unit from its original hardware into a world dominated by DAW-based studios. Now, it’s ready for you to apply to your sessions. Give your productions an articulate analog tone that you’d be hard-pressed to find anywhere else.

Signature Presets from the Industry's Top Pros

El Rey includes crafted presets from Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum-certified audio engineers Dave Pensado, Joe Chiccarelli, Serban Ghenea, Jason Evigan, David Kalmusky, Alan Meyerson, Mark “Spike” Stent, Busbee and Mark Rubel. Combined, their album credits are so extensive that it would take forever to list them all.

What's new in El Rey 2?

We have taken El Rey to a whole new level, adding powerful new tools to enhance performance and sound quality. Starting from this release (B), El Rey has become a plugin suite called El Rey 2 which now includes two separate tools, so please welcome the new entry, El Rey 2 Stereo.

New features:

• Extremely well-detailed graphics to guarantee you the best possible experience and the same ease of use as the standard version.
• Introduction of new controls such as Left-Right/Mid-Side, Control Link, Stereo Link, De-Bumpify.
• Various plugin optimisations
• Hyper technology