Valley People Dyna-mite

Squash drums, get a snappy bassline, enhance track dynamics, duck, gate, key or de-ess - the Valley People Dyna-mite is a swiss army knife limiter/expander design with unique character that inspires to new sounds!

The Valley People Dyna-mite was designed in the 80's and has become a secret weapon for some. For others, it's still a hidden treasure just waiting to be discovered. It features a limit mode, an expander mode, a gate mode, a de-esser mode and on top of that, two sidechain modes that let you duck or follow a track. All the options breathe of the Dyna-mite's very special vibe and flavor.
Nowadays, the Dyna-mite has a reputation not only as a problem solver but also as a creative tool that can really influence your sound in a unique way. It stands out from other solutions by being a tech-driven innovative design which has resulted in several creations, like the Valley People proprietary VCA and the Anticipatory Release Computation, both of which play a big part in the sound of the Dyna-mite.

"It puts an amazing front end on the attack of a snare or a tambourine that really makes it speak in a track."

Joe Chiccarelli
(Beck, U2, The Strokes)

"There is always the debate if plug-ins sound close to the original. With the Softube Dyna-mite I hear absolutely no difference, those guys nailed it."

Michael Wagener
(Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Dokken, Alice Cooper, etc.)

The Softube Valley People Dyna-mite plug-in is the first and only software recreation of the Dyna-mite that is officially endorsed by Valley People.
Faithful replica of the Valley People Dyna-mite, a multi-dynamics tool capable of limiting/ compressing, expanding, gating, keying, ducking, de-essing, etc.

Features

• Limiting: Peak and average limiting, incl. negative ratio (-20:1) limiting and detector HF filtering (for De-Essing purposes).
• Expanding: Hard or soft with extreme gate settings and detector HF filtering.
• Ducking or Keying modes with external side chain (where available).
• Threshold knob with auto make-up gain.
• Release ranging from 0.05 to 5 sec/20 dB with Anticipatory Release Computation (ARC) to reduce pumping.
• Output volume with accurately modeled output distortion and clip LED.
• Innovative Range knob that controls maximum amount of expansion or limiting.
• Built-in interactive guide that displays current settings and active mode.