MDA
The deal
$39.99 at KVR Marketplace (down from $49.99), 20% off. This is a direct listing (no coupon code needed) and runs until August 29, 2026.
What it is
MDA is a bus compressor plugin by BruceJames that works differently from a typical single-window compressor. Instead of one integrated processor, it splits across a Sum stage and per-track Send components, giving four distinct gain reduction modes: Standard (applies Sum settings to individual tracks), Adaptive (ratio increases the harder tracks exceed threshold), Density (responds to how many tracks are active at once), and Peer (compresses relative to the bus average rather than a fixed threshold).
Who it's for
Mixing engineers and producers looking for glue compression on drum busses, group busses, or the master bus, especially anyone who wants more control over how individual tracks interact within the bus than a standard bus compressor offers.
Key features
- Four gain reduction modes (Standard, Adaptive, Density, Peer) for different bus-compression behaviors
- Adjustable Unison blending to dial in how much of the compressed signal feeds back into each track
- Per-track sidechain filters for frequency-selective compression
- Transient control via Collapse plus tempo-synced release options
