Compressors / measured

Comp VCA-65

Arturia · VST3

Magnitude dev

±2.7dB

Max THD

0.000%

Latency

272smp

Noise floor

−∞below floor

Linearity

-149dB

On the bench

48 kHz · 512-block · offline · same procedure for every plugin

Magnitude responsestepped sine, −12 dBFS

Output level vs. frequency.

Distortion vs level1 kHz, THD / THD+N

─ THD ┄ THD+N. THD is the trustworthy figure; THD+N is method-floor-limited at low levels.

Latency, reported

272 smp

Latency, measured

272 smp (matches)

Onset

272 smp

Noise floor

below measurement floor

Linearity residual

-148.7 dB (1000 Hz, -12/-18 dBFS)

Processing cost

not measured

measured figures + sourced sentiment · alphabetical · not ranked

Plugin	Mag dev	Max THD	Latency	Noise	Sentiment
4030 Retro Comp	±1.4 dB	0.003%	0 smp	<floor	8.0
Bettermaker Mastering Compressor	±0.0 dB	0.045%	0 smp	−105	—
Black 76	±5.6 dB	1.086%	34 smp	<floor	8.5
Comp VCA-65	±2.7 dB	0.000%	272 smp	<floor	—
CORE Comp	±0.1 dB	18.693%	0 smp	<floor	—