PG Optical Compressor

PG Optical Compressor is a VST audio plugin from Positive Grid that emulates the sonic characteristics of vintage optical compression. It is used by music producers, recording engineers, and mastering professionals within digital audio workstations (DAWs) such as Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Studio One, Cubase, and other VST3-compatible hosts on macOS. The plugin provides dynamic range control with the smooth, transparent character typical of optical compressor designs.</description> <parameter name="recommendation">PG Optical Compressor is a VST plugin and must be updated through Positive Grid's own installer or plugin manager, not through your host DAW or the Mac App Store. Visit positivegrid.com to download Positive Grid's latest plugin installer or management utility, which will handle updating the plugin to a native Apple Silicon build if one is available. After installation or update, the plugin will be available in your DAW's plugin menu. Make sure your host DAW itself is running a current native Apple Silicon build and supports VST3 (or VST2, depending on which format Positive Grid ships); most recent versions of major DAWs (Logic Pro, Ableton Live 12+, Studio One 6+, Cubase 13+) include native Apple Silicon support. If Positive Grid has not yet released a native build of this plugin, contact them directly to confirm whether a native version is planned — any Intel-only plugin will stop loading in your DAW once Apple removes Rosetta 2 in macOS 28, scheduled for September 2028.