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Kazrog Retro STA-LEVEL v1.0.0 RETAiL WiN/MAC-BUBBiX screenshot
BUBBiX | 22 April 2025 | 81 MB / 59 MB
Retro Sta-Level is an official emulation of the hardware, developed by Kazrog in close collaboration with Retro Instruments. Noted for its musicality, the Retro Sta-Level easily achieves a "larger than life" signature sound when dynamically processing individual instruments and vocals. Professional music producers and engineers all over the world admire and rely on the Retro Sta-Level for the euphonic qualities it brings instantly to any sound source.



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  Member 15.02.2023 27 248
+816
Awesome! the Vu meter is so familiar tho 🤔
lets see how it performs next to TimP.
  Resident 4.05.2011 1069
+475
If Tim P used the same VU meter he borrowed it from the Retro hardware which was first manufactured in 2014 (so predates Tim P's software version) which itself is a homage reproduction of the original Gates hardware (has added attack and release times which the original doesn't and the ability to use two unites as a pair. The original 1954 Gates has a rectangular VU. Audioscape also makes a hardware version.
Music is always a commentary on society.
Frank Zappa
  Member 15.02.2023 27 248
+816
After comparing both on drums I found that TimP sounded much more natural to my ears. The attacks and transients in Kazrog Sta felt quite thin in comparison, and honestly neither of them has the authentic hardware saturation character.

  Member 1.11.2023 9
+3
The mixwave version is very nice if you didn't test it yet
  Member 15.02.2023 27 248
+816
I also tried that, but I think the Kazrog is better.
  Member 18.08.2024 49
+27
My personal favorite is Acustica SMOKE. Mind you, i've never used the hardware before
  Resident 25.01.2014 2715
+1425
Nice one hidera!
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  Resident 14.11.2011 710
+90
comparison with the Arturia sta?
Software is like sex,it's better when it's free!
  Resident 5.09.2017 166
+109
I generally like Kazrog, but I don't know what people see in this compressor in particular. Tried Kiive, Arturia, Kazrog, they sound very boring with boring/bad saturation. This one is also very annoying to level match.

Maybe it just doesn't fit my workflow since I use compression mainly for tone instead of dynamics, most of my tracks either don't get any compression or are leveled with a rider/APU loudness compressor (source > target)/manually leveled. This one from Kazrog is very gentle in tone compared to the crunch madness of Kiive's take on Audioscape's take on this comp.
  Member 24.11.2024 39
+11
* Perform an offline bounce pre-plugin to measure momentary, short-term, or integrated loudness.

* Apply the plugin.

* Perform an offline bounce-measurement of the loudness again and compensate manually to match the pre-plugin measurement.
  Member 28.03.2019 18 272
+378
is there some calibration? Probably?
  Resident 18.08.2020 495
+144
Works on Catalina
I've only given it a quick test with some vocals, it seems nice and smooth
Understanding the single, double, triple thing helps a lot, so check the manual to see what that's about.
I never really took to this particular compressor, or at least the other plugin versions of it, but this one has a lovely creamy quality to the sound when pushed, so it will likely get used sooner or later.
Need to try it on more sources to give a better review, though
  Resident 15.11.2020 2 915
+261
Yeah, I'm tryin' it on a track while the Avalon at buffer level, I'm goin crazyyy
  Member 23.11.2021 183
+72
This is the magic of STA Level, it's more a vibe machine than a compressor itself. It gives some kind of thick gluey sound that works really well on parallel for smashing the input to the sweet spot. I don't know any tube compressor that has this behaviour, especially when combined with the release setting on the compressor. It's one of my favorite comps of life, but every software that i tested has some kind of flaw, while Arturia one is my favorite. I didn't tested the Kazrog yet, i may come here later to tell my thoughts
  Member 31.05.2020 1 453
+423
Kazrog is goin craaazy! Top notch EMUs recently
Keith Don't Go!
  Member 21.08.2020 49
+3
What does the Entropy slider really do?

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