Shure Level-Loc

42 reviews

Tchad Blake’s ultimate character compressor.

$149.99

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    • Squash and mangle with compression for huge, punchy drums that jump out of the speakers.
    • Overdrive transformers for warm saturation to enhance low-end and give your mixes some boom!
    • Add a vintage glow to vocals and acoustic instruments.
    • Get ratty, lo-fi guitar and keyboard sounds.
    • Parallel process anything for a larger, analog sound.
    • Add interest and quirky fun to anything. With a Level-Loc, there’s no such thing as lame.

This is different

Extensive Filtering Capabilities

Use the pass filters to focus on exactly the frequencies you want to process, and remove excessive lows and highs to better seat your tracks in your mix.

Voltage Drop Simulation

Mimic the effect of old, dying batteries. Lower the voltage to change saturation and the "bloom" of the Level-Loc. At very low setting, the Level-Loc becomes a fun, unpredictable noisemaker.

Transform with Transformers

Impedance settings add transformers to the signal path for additional creative possibilities. Simulate transformer saturation and hysteresis.

Beyond the hardware: adjustable release

Sculpt the Level-Loc to fit the dynamics of your track with adjustable release times. And do it without a soldering iron!

Adjustable Sidechain

Target the compression using a fully adjustable sweepable sidechain EQ. Pick out what to emphasize, or what to ignore.

Full control of the output

Gain stage the Level-Loc to precisely the sound you want, and decide exactly how much Level-Loc flavor you want. A little taste? A big gulp? Too much?

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As soon as I threw this into a mix it found a unique place for itself. I’ve been a pro mixer for decades & only use the very best plugins, this & my other Korneff plugs get used in every mix I do, they always deliver & are a joy to use. The tweakability, sonic quality & the creative ethos of Dan & the crew is a mixer’s dream come true.

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Paul
Verified buyer

Did not figure out how to achieve this inspiring, characterful distorted and punchy sound with any other distorsion plugins… so I bought it after demoing it. Well done Korneff !

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armand
Verified buyer

Many will say, “Thank you for your service.” Korneff actually thanked me, LITERALLY. Nothing says thank you for your service louder than $FREE.99. If I could thank you louder I absolutely would. Big souljahs gratitude to Korneff! If you have ever served, there is something for you here.

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Garrett
Verified buyer

Love this bit of kit, it’s been glued to my bass chain since Day 1. Level-Loc is a joy to mix with, get the sounds in my head out into the world. And some I didn’t even suspect until stumbling onto them, that back panel is boss. Kudos to Korneff, keep up the good work!

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Brian
Verified buyer

This is a nasty beast. It’ll make the prettiest sound snarl and bit like a rabid dog.
This is never far from my drum channels and sees regular appearances on all sorts of tracks.

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JED
Verified buyer

I went deep on the analog modeling with SITRAL, and you can feel it. Crank the input, lean into the EQ, slam the output. It doesn’t fall apart or get ugly. Just like the real thing.”

Dan Korneff

Producer/Engineer/Plug-in Developer
Pierce the Veil, Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, Sleeping With Sirens, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, El Niño

Korneff Audio’s SITRAL W295 EQs are truly awesome. I’ve been incorporating them into my workflow and I love what they do to guitars and vocals in particular. They have tons of great midrange character without sounding harsh. I also love the impeccably detailed modeling of every step of the circuit and the option to tweak every variable down to the transformers. The W295 EQ is the type of plugin that’s hard to make sound bad. Korneff Audio knocked it out of the park!

Carson Slovak

Producer, Mix Engineer, Artist
August Burns Red, Everclear, Polaris, Candlebox, Texas In July, Lorna Shore

This plug-in made me want to overuse it as soon as I started playing with it, in a good way. It sounds so good and reminds me of the strange sounding hifi electronics we used to hotrod to use in the studio. Loads of fun, and really is its own thing.

Ben Grosse

Producer, Mixer, Audio Engineer
Dream Theater, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Depeche Mode
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Works with all DAWS

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    • Squash and mangle with compression for huge, punchy drums that jump out of the speakers.
    • Overdrive transformers for warm saturation to enhance low-end and give your mixes some boom!
    • Add a vintage glow to vocals and acoustic instruments.
    • Get ratty, lo-fi guitar and keyboard sounds.
    • Parallel process anything for a larger, analog sound.
    • Add interest and quirky fun to anything. With a Level-Loc, there’s no such thing as lame.

I went deep on the analog modeling with SITRAL, and you can feel it. Crank the input, lean into the EQ, slam the output. It doesn’t fall apart or get ugly. Just like the real thing.”

Dan Korneff

Producer/Engineer/Plug-in Developer
Pierce the Veil, Paramore, Breaking Benjamin, Sleeping With Sirens, My Chemical Romance, Papa Roach, El Niño

Korneff Audio’s SITRAL W295 EQs are truly awesome. I’ve been incorporating them into my workflow and I love what they do to guitars and vocals in particular. They have tons of great midrange character without sounding harsh. I also love the impeccably detailed modeling of every step of the circuit and the option to tweak every variable down to the transformers. The W295 EQ is the type of plugin that’s hard to make sound bad. Korneff Audio knocked it out of the park!

Carson Slovak

Producer, Mix Engineer, Artist
August Burns Red, Everclear, Polaris, Candlebox, Texas In July, Lorna Shore

This plug-in made me want to overuse it as soon as I started playing with it, in a good way. It sounds so good and reminds me of the strange sounding hifi electronics we used to hotrod to use in the studio. Loads of fun, and really is its own thing.

Ben Grosse

Producer, Mixer, Audio Engineer
Dream Theater, Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, Depeche Mode

I love this thing. I’m already using your SITRAL all over the place and replacing various other EQ’s. Super straightforward to use and, like all of your plugins, the interface is a pleasure to tweak.

Trey Gunn

Producer, composer, and musician
King Crimson, Tu-Ner, 7d Media

Been reaching for the new Korneff SITRAL EQ a lot — it’s officially my go-to for electric guitars. It already sounded great, but they really took it to another level with the tilt and transformers/ saturation features. Effortless tone, every time.

Thiago Baggio

3x Latin Grammy-Winning Recording & Mixing Engineer
Jota.Pê (Best Engineered Album at the Latin Grammy Awards), Vanessa Moreno, Arthur Nogueira (Latin Grammy Awards nominated)

Finally!! Been using the beta in secret all this year. Just an awesome sound unlike anything else I have. Love the midrange and the top is so pleasing.
I don’t think it possible to be disappointed with this SITRAL eq.

Tchad Blake

Grammy winning producer, mixer and engineer
Arctic Monkeys, The Black Keys, Sheryl Crow, Soul Coughing, Peter Gabriel, Crowded House, The Bangles, Tom Waits

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Extensive Filtering Capabilities

Use the pass filters to focus on exactly the frequencies you want to process, and remove excessive lows and highs to better seat your tracks in your mix.

Voltage Drop Simulation

Mimic the effect of old, dying batteries. Lower the voltage to change saturation and the "bloom" of the Level-Loc. At very low setting, the Level-Loc becomes a fun, unpredictable noisemaker.

Transform with Transformers

Impedance settings add transformers to the signal path for additional creative possibilities. Simulate transformer saturation and hysteresis.

Beyond the hardware: adjustable release

Sculpt the Level-Loc to fit the dynamics of your track with adjustable release times. And do it without a soldering iron!

Adjustable Sidechain

Target the compression using a fully adjustable sweepable sidechain EQ. Pick out what to emphasize, or what to ignore.

Full control of the output

Gain stage the Level-Loc to precisely the sound you want, and decide exactly how much Level-Loc flavor you want. A little taste? A big gulp? Too much?
    • Squash and mangle with compression for huge, punchy drums that jump out of the speakers.
    • Overdrive transformers for warm saturation to enhance low-end and give your mixes some boom!
    • Add a vintage glow to vocals and acoustic instruments.
    • Get ratty, lo-fi guitar and keyboard sounds.
    • Parallel process anything for a larger, analog sound.
    • Add interest and quirky fun to anything. With a Level-Loc, there’s no such thing as lame.