It’s able to display anywhere from 9dB to 90dB of gain, meaning that you can customize the scale of the display to suit your application.

To the right of the gain reduction graph is an input/output and GR meter, which is horizontal in compact mode, but vertical otherwise. It’s also possible to go full screen in case you want to maximize the visuals. Those who’d prefer to save screen real-estate, though, can collapse the display (or just the knee graph) to a more classic set of controls. Seeing the shape of the grain reduction on a graph gives you a great visual representation of the compression characteristics and attack and release settings. The first thing you’re likely to notice is the massive gain reduction graph, showing you a trace history of gain reduction and the compression knee. This design philosophy is clearly present their latest compressor Pro-C2, which is available for PC and Mac based digital audio workstations in VST/VST3/AU/AAX/RTAS plugin formats. FabFilter are certainly not the only people capable of creating great looking VST plugin designs, but to my eye they still have the edge when it comes to user friendliness of the control scheme, as well as overall eye candy. Taking advantage of modern computer displays instead of aping hardware designs of the past, they also tend to make their plugins quite versatile and feature packed, while remaining clutter free and fundamentally quick and easy to use. FabFilter weren’t the first to use colorful, informative and non-skeuomorphic GUIs in their plugins, but they are the first company that comes to mind when I think of thoroughly modern plugins for mixing and mastering.

Fabfilter c2