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MK-609 | AudioScape $89.00

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MK-609 | AudioScape

Name: MK-609 | AudioScape
Brand: Kiive Audio
Price: 89.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Diode-bridge compressor and limiter, built with AudioScape Engineering

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$89.00

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VST3 · AU · AAX · macOS & Windows

Introducing The AudioScape MK-609 Plugin

The original 1969 diode-bridge compressor became one of the defining sounds in large-format console mixing. AudioScape Engineering redesigned it with modern improvements, and we built the plugin together from their updated circuit.

Three attack modes (including a super-fast setting they added), five ratios, and a sidechain high-pass filter at 50Hz and 100Hz give you more flexibility than the original ever had while keeping the same compression character.

Limiter after the compressor

The limiter section sits after the compressor in the signal flow and handles the final stage of dynamics control.

Use the compressor on its own for glue, the limiter on its own for peak control, or run both together for a complete dynamics chain in one plugin. It smooths drum transients, tightens bass guitar, and controls vocal stacks without making the source feel smaller.

From transparent to aggressive in one knob

At low gain reduction the MK-609 is clean and punchy. Push it harder and the compression starts to move with the music, adding a lively pump that makes drums and mix buses feel alive.

The sidechain HPF keeps low-end energy out of the detector so kick drums and bass don't trigger unwanted gain reduction on the rest of the mix.

Stereo, dual mono, or mid/side

Run both channels linked for standard bus processing, unlinked for independent left/right control, or in mid/side mode to compress the center and sides of a stereo image separately.

Every Kiive plugin includes the top bar with input/output gain, oversampling up to 4x, a mix knob for parallel blending, harmonic distortion control, and stereo width.

I love these boxes

I love these boxes and this plug gave me what I love

Great Neve-type compressor

Had some other similar emulations before that I almost never reached for, but this one has now become one of my two go to plugins for diode bridge compression. Takesw a little while to get used to the workflow only (but that is a 33609-thing, not a Kiive/Audioscape-thing)

There are other Neve units that have been modeled

There are other Neve units that have been modeled but this is one of the best. The compression action is so smooth and the thickness it imparts on the low end is awesome. I encourage you to try it on your mixbus. You won't be sorry.

Easy to use and sounds great.

While I often use the actual hardware in the studio, this plugin delivers similar results; furthermore, it offers features exclusive to the plugin that allow for a wider range of sound shaping than the hardware itself.

Crush It with the MK-609

Depending on the tune, the day, and the state of my ears, I keep going back and forth between the MK-609 and the Purple MC-77 as my favorite compressor to use on the "crush" bus. Lately, the MK-609 has been my preference because it provides a greater level of control, and because it always sounds great.

It's got the old school 609 sound with the quality of audioscape

It's got the old school 609 sound with the quality of audioscape. What else could you want??

My favorite 33609!

My favorite 33609! Super on drums for a tight punchy sound, or as a bus compressor when you want just a little bit of aggression. I love that Kiive provided the input/output adjustment and you can link them to easily match your gain staging, and that THD control is a nice way to push it a little harder for more saturation.

Versatile compressor

I use this on every mix, mainly on the drum buss.It's pretty intuitive once you get familiar, despite all the knobs. Presets could be better,I find some of them kill your sound, but it sounds great when dialled in. Would recommend.