{"product_id":"hotpressor","title":"HotPressor","description":"\u003cp\u003eHotPressor is a live vocal compressor built as two plugins from one engine.\u003cbr\u003eHotPressor FOH goes on the house vocal channel; HotPressor Monitor goes on\u003cbr\u003ewedge and IEM sends. FOH squashes harder and adds saturation and stage\u003cbr\u003eordering, while Monitor keeps its feedback protection aggressive and its\u003cbr\u003edynamics gentler, because singers need to hear movement. They are separate\u003cbr\u003eplugins so the wrong one cannot end up on a monitor rig by accident. One\u003cbr\u003elicense covers both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no threshold on the compressor. Input Trim sets the drive, Peak\u003cbr\u003eControl catches short transients such as a shouted syllable or a hand on the\u003cbr\u003ecapsule, Level Control rides the performer as they work on and off the\u003cbr\u003emicrophone, and the two Response knobs scale how quickly each stage moves.\u003cbr\u003eMax Squash is a budget rather than a ratio: it caps the total reduction the\u003cbr\u003eplugin is ever allowed to apply, and sustained over-budget squash makes the\u003cbr\u003ewhole engine back off slowly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree guards run alongside the dynamics. Feedback Guard watches for sustained\u003cbr\u003erings and deploys narrow adaptive notches that release when the ring stops,\u003cbr\u003ewith a falsification rule so a held sung note is not mistaken for feedback.\u003cbr\u003eBleed Guard is a downward expander rather than a gate, opening fast and\u003cbr\u003eclosing slow, because a chopped word is worse than a moment of spill. The\u003cbr\u003eVocal Gate keys on harmonic structure instead of level, so a voice reads\u003cbr\u003eroughly 9 dB louder to the gate than bleed sitting at the same actual level,\u003cbr\u003eand it needs no soundcheck calibration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWindow Start and Window End set the band the plugin treats as vocal. Nothing\u003cbr\u003eoutside that window can drive gain reduction, and nothing outside it gets\u003cbr\u003elifted, so makeup gain can never raise an out-of-window noise floor. Lock is\u003cbr\u003eon by default and disables Bypass, Null, Input Trim, and Output, which is the\u003cbr\u003emid-show mis-click guard; host automation is never blocked. The optional RTA\u003cbr\u003ereference mic input only sharpens feedback and bleed decisions, and the\u003cbr\u003eplugin is fully functional with nothing connected to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHotPressor is built for a live signal path, not for polishing a studio vocal.\u003cbr\u003eBoth variants start with their dynamics inactive, so inserting one mid-show\u003cbr\u003echanges nothing until you raise Peak Control or Level Control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFEATURES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- HotPressor FOH and HotPressor Monitor included as one product\u003cbr\u003e- No compressor threshold: Input Trim, Peak Control, Level Control, Max Squash\u003cbr\u003e- Peak and Level stages with independent 0.25x to 4x Response scaling\u003cbr\u003e- Max Squash reduction budget with slow backed-off behaviour\u003cbr\u003e- Feedback Guard adaptive notch bank with a not-feedback falsification rule\u003cbr\u003e- Feedback Aggression control for how readily a ring is confirmed\u003cbr\u003e- Bleed Guard downward expander for open-microphone spill\u003cbr\u003e- Vocal Gate with harmonic-structure detection and Voice Boost sidechain bias\u003cbr\u003e- Window Start and Window End confine all detection and all positive gain\u003cbr\u003e- Grit, Collapse, and stage Order on the FOH variant\u003cbr\u003e- Per-band spectrum display with stage-attribution colouring and GR metering\u003cbr\u003e- Live-safety Lock over Bypass, Null, Input Trim, and Output\u003cbr\u003e- Optional RTA reference mic input, analysis only and never required\u003cbr\u003e- Zero added latency, with Bypass and Null Test for auditing the result\u003cbr\u003e- Offline license activation, no dongle required\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAAX DSP FOR VENUE AND HDX\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYour license also covers the AAX DSP build, which runs on the DSP cards in\u003cbr\u003eAvid VENUE S6L, VENUE S3L-X, and Pro Tools HDX. It is a smaller plugin than\u003cbr\u003ethe native version, because it runs on a fixed-point DSP chip rather than on\u003cbr\u003ethe host CPU.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe DSP build carries the full dynamics engine, Feedback Guard with Feedback\u003cbr\u003eAggression, Bleed Guard, the Vocal Gate, the vocal window controls, and Grit,\u003cbr\u003eCollapse, and Order on FOH. It is mono in and mono out, with three-row input,\u003cbr\u003egain reduction, and output metering plus a gate sidechain bar and threshold\u003cbr\u003etick, and console page tables for S6L and S3L-X.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt does not include Input Trim, the per-band spectrum display and Resolution\u003cbr\u003econtrol, the RTA reference mic input, Lock, Null Test, Multiband Guard, or\u003cbr\u003estereo operation. Its Vocal Gate analyses 128 bands rather than 256 and does\u003cbr\u003enot do the harmonic-versus-inharmonic test the native version does, so it\u003cbr\u003ediscriminates slightly less finely. If those features matter to you, plan on\u003cbr\u003ethe native version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFORMATS AND PLATFORMS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Windows: VST3, CLAP, AAX, Standalone\u003cbr\u003e- macOS: VST3, AU, CLAP, AAX, Standalone\u003cbr\u003e- Linux: VST3, CLAP\u003cbr\u003e- Avid VENUE S6L, VENUE S3L-X, and Pro Tools HDX: AAX DSP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne license covers HotPressor FOH and HotPressor Monitor in every format\u003cbr\u003eabove, including the AAX DSP build.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDEMO AND DOWNLOAD\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ehttps:\/\/brucejames.studio\/downloads\/hotpressor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BruceJames","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648950394949,"sku":"hotpressor","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/5217\/1845\/files\/Screenshot2026-08-29093534.png?v=1788010759","url":"https:\/\/shop.brucejames.studio\/products\/hotpressor","provider":"BruceJames","version":"1.0","type":"link"}