Valley People Dyna-mite Released, Videos, and More

It's here! The Valley People Dyna-mite is a unique limiter/expander with options to do gating, ducking, keying and de-essing. For some, the Valley People Dyna-mite is a secret weapon, for others it's a hidden treasure just waiting to be discovered.

The Dyna-mite was designed in the 80's in an ambitious attempt to create one swiss army knife solution for dynamics. Today, the Dyna-mite plug-in is just as usable as the hardware was back then, as a problem solver but also very much as a creative tool. The Dyna-mite is a rather wicked piece of plug-in! Use it to smash up drums, add a little pop to electric bass, gate out noise or anything else you can think of. Every application breathes of the Dyna-mite's very special character and inspires to new sounds.

During the month of May, you can purchase the Valley People Dyna-mite at a special introductory price of $229 (VST/AU/RTAS) through the Softube web store and authorized dealers.

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.

"They were basically the 'Distressor of the Eighties.' I used them all the time as a Drum Crusher."

"[The plug-in] 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, etc.)

"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
Producer, Mixer, Engineer
(Ozzy Osbourne, Metallica, Dokken, Alice Cooper, etc.)

There has been plenty of raving about the Tube-Tech CL 1B since it was released, but there's still a lot of love for the older Softube FET Compressor. Just ask Steve Fitzmaurice, who has worked with Depeche Mode and U2 among others.

"Throughout my career I have evolved the way I work to incorporate working within both the analogue and digital world. I own around twenty outboard compressors, but the Softube FET Compressor offers another way to warp a sound which the hardware units don't."

Check out Steve's website at stevefitzmaurice.com

So we've been rather busy this year and are always working on new stuff. That doesn't mean we don't listen to what you want us to make! On the contrary, we encourage you to keep telling us what we should do next. Bug us on Facebook, for instance. As always, keep up to date by keeping an eye out here in the newsletter and at our website.

The latest review comes from Sound on Sound (May 2010), who tested the Trident A-Range EQ plug-in in the latest issue. They had the following kind words to say:

"The various high- and low-pass filter options are particularly useful, and you'll probably find yourself using those even when you don't need any further EQ. As ever, the engineers at Softube have applied their usual meticulous approach, so if you're a fan of the original Trident EQ, you're sure to like what they've done."