Vanguard

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Vanguard is a complete bus compression and color plugin built for producers, mixers, and mastering engineers who want glue, tone, and loudness in one focused signal chain. Shape yo ur mix with three compressor characters: Vintage for classic analog-style glue, Modern for clean and fast control, and Bass for tight low-end compression. Before the compressor, Vanguard adds a dedicated tube saturation stage with three voicings, parallel drive, and transient- aware saturation for extra weight, punch, and harmonic detail. At the center of Vanguard is Mercurial Tones’ Reactive Spectral Engine, an adaptive saturation system that responds to your audio in real time. It helps keep bass full, bright material controlled, and saturation musical across different sources. Three compressor modes: Vintage, Modern, and Bass Sidechain high-pass filter, lookahead, and stereo link control Auto release and auto makeup gain Output clipper with soft, hard, and shaped modes Delta listen for hearing exactly what the plugin is changing Mix blend for easy parallel compression and saturation Formats: VST3, AU Platforms: macOS, Windows Sample Rate: Up to 192kHz License: One-time purchase with free updates Show more