My initial idea was respected, nurtured, and grown into a compressor capable of delivering tens of decibels of “psychoacoustic” compression – my record is 70 dB of compression! – while remaining extremely musical and coherent. Thanks to PSP, one of my dreams has come out of the drawer and into the studio.

PSP Flare solves one of today’s issues of music production: things are either too complicated or too simplistic. It sounds like a great blend of VCA and diode-bridge compression: respectful, punchy, and “classy” on a mix bus, for the film and video game soundtracks I usually deal with.

PSP Flare enables me to both set and forget or really get tweaky if I want to inject more character into my mixes. The side chain section in Flare is giving flexibility to my mixes when setting up for a huge delivery with stems.

PSP Flare is an excellent multifaceted dynamic processor. It could be as subtle or as aggressive as I like, no matter what I do, from gentle vocal leveling to hardcore parallel drum mangling. And it could work channel-independent too!

PSP Flare is my preferred choice for a compressor/limiter that I would use on any instruments if I don’t have anything specific in mind. It encompasses all essential features of a simple compressor without overwhelming complexity.