Of all the things we’ve engineered at Goodhertz over the past decade, Vulf Compressor remains one of our most wonderful & unusual algorithms.

It has that sound.

As Vulfpeck’s Jack Stratton put it during our first email exchange on the prototype: “NICE! that special sauce. the way it snaps that snare is the $$$!”

Since its release in 2014, Vulf Compressor has been everywhere: lofi beat tapes to Hollywood film scores — even on Dua Lipa’s vocal chain. Surely, you’ve heard it on some music somewhere. But for all its raw power, Vulf Compressor’s iconic three-main-control design — central to Stratton’s original vision — can be limiting in situations that demand a lighter touch.

As legendary mixer Michael Brauer once said of Vulf Comp: “On the outside, it may look like a Volvo, but under the hood, it’s a monster truck.”

Indeed. But you won’t win the 24 Hours of Le Mans with a monster truck.

That’s why we’re thrilled to announce, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary: Vulf Compressor Mastering Edition (VCME), a new kind of Vulf Compressor — a Vulf Compressor purpose-built for mastering & bus processing.

VCME is cut from the same cloth as the original, yet it unlocks a range of compression that is inaccessible in its predecessor: familiar, yet distinctly refined. It’s not for everyone, and… that’s kind of the point.