Korneff Audio – Shure Level-Loc (Windows)

Description

🎛️ Shure Level-Loc Plug-In — Tchad Blake’s Secret Weapon

Legendary engineer Tchad Blake calls it a game-changer. First discovered during his work on Tom Waits’ Bone Machine, the Shure Level-Loc quickly became an essential part of his sonic toolkit. Now faithfully recreated as a plugin — with official Shure and Tchad Blake approval — this iconic compressor/distortion unit brings vintage grit, analog punch, and musical mayhem straight into your DAW.

🔥 What Can You Do with Level-Loc?

• Explosive Compression: Smash drums, vocals, and guitars with character-rich compression that leaps out of the speakers.

• Transformer Saturation: Add warm, analog low-end and harmonic color with overdriven transformer emulation.

• Lo-Fi Mojo: Dial in gritty textures for guitars, synths, or any track begging for a quirky edge.

• Vintage Polish: Brighten vocals and acoustic instruments with retro-style saturation.

• Parallel Processing Magic: Blend in crushed versions of your tracks for added thickness, warmth, and attitude.

• Creative Chaos: Push limits and embrace imperfections—Level-Loc makes it nearly impossible to create a bad sound.

⚙️ Digital Control with Analog Soul

This isn’t just a one-trick drum box. The plugin version offers expanded controls, parallel processing options, and preset flexibility to adapt the vintage mojo to modern workflows. Use it subtly for character, or crank it for distortion — even on the mix bus.

Modeled From Originals — Including Tchad’s Units

We modeled three vintage Level-Loc units, including two from Tchad’s studio. The result is a faithful emulation of the original hardware, complete with its FET limiter behavior and transformer saturation. This is the authentic sound heard on classic records from Tom Waits, Soul Coughing, The Black Keys, and many more.

🧰 Key Features

• Official Shure-authorized plugin recreation

• Endorsed and used by Tchad Blake

• Compression, distortion, and saturation in one

• Transformer and FET limiter modeling

• Three units modeled, including two from Tchad’s collection

• Hundreds of presets to jumpstart creativity

• Use on drums, vocals, guitars, bass, mix bus — anything

• Built for parallel processing and modern DAW workflows

🎶 Instant Vibe. No Rules. All Character.

Whether you’re after punchy drums, crunchy guitars, or vocals that cut through with vintage swagger, Shure Level-Loc brings gritty magic and studio-proven results. With digital flexibility and analog attitude, it’s your go-to for bold, unpredictable, and unmistakably musical results.