It’s hard to believe that Baby Audio are only just celebrating their third birthday, so ubiquitous have they become in the world of music software. To celebrate this milestone, the company are releasing an update to their amazing compressor I Heart NY, a plugin that delivered the New York or parallel style of that processing.
The new IHNY2 plugin still delivers the same parallel punch, a process that delivers more clout as you get to ladle on more compression while retaining much of the original track dynamic. But the updated version adds a number of features including the Tweak Panel, which adds controls for Attack/Release, Ratio and Punch. More interesting extras include a Harmonics control, which adds saturation to the more heavily compressed parts; Shape adds an EQ smile; and Tilt makes the compressor work more on either your lows or highs.
News of an update will be welcome to those who grabbed v1 – which we gave away with issue 303 – as any original I Heart NY owners only have to pay $25. The rest pay $69, not exactly extortionate.