AXELL SIGNATURE · 1176 FET COMPRESSOR
Axell 76
The FET limiting amplifier, modelled from the real thing.
WINDOWS · LINUX · VST3 (+ LV2 & STANDALONE ON LINUX) · 44.1 – 192 kHz · UP TO 8x OVERSAMPLED
A 1176-style FET limiter built from measurements of the real hardware. Walnut, brushed aluminium and an amber-lit meter on the outside. Underneath, a compressor that follows a genuine 1176LN more than twice as closely as Universal Audio's own UADx 1176 - with a fraction of its aliasing.
01 WHY IT'S DIFFERENT
Five reasons, all measured.
Twice as close to the real thing
0.44 dB from a real 1176LN on 593 notes it never trained on - the UADx 1176 is 0.91 dB away.
A waveform you can trust
median error against the hardware -25.5 dB, against the UADx's -15.9 dB.
Clean when you slam it
aliasing -68 to -90 dB on hard, fast settings; the UADx measures -40 to -56 dB.
All five ratios
4, 8, 12, 20 and the all-buttons-in mode, with the FET's own distortion and timing.
Light
about 2 % of one core at 4x oversampling, always compressing.
Every figure comes from the plugin's own test suites and published benchmarks — the full measurements, the method and every version's history are on GitHub.
02 A CLOSER LOOK
Every screen, every mode.
03 GET IT
Windows first. Linux too.
Free and open source. Copy one folder into your VST3 folder — or install the whole suite in one go with the Axell Signature Suite installer, and let the Dojo keep everything up to date.
Runs in any VST3 host — FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, REAPER
THE SUITE