About the Plugins

The Bus Glue series consists of bus processors designed to excel at controlling the dynamics of specific groups of instruments in a mix. By combining a variety of dynamic processors like EQs, compressors, saturation plugins, and limiters, with decades of chart-proven mixing expertise, we’re able to distill some of the most complex and awesome-sounding mixing chains into easily accessible tools for mixers and musicians of any experience level or background to enjoy.

Ultimately, our goal with any Bus Glue plugin is to come up with something unique that no other plugin in your collection can do. For example, most compressors are designed too broadly, which is why you typically need to stack compressors or insert other processors in your bus chain to achieve desired results. However, Bus Glue processors are about as specific as you can get by design; that’s what makes them so useful.

By using Bus Glue as your dynamic control across your various mix buses, you’ll expand your dynamic palette while crafting a whole new sound that is unrivaled by other plugins.

Bus Glue Billy Decker - Acoustic

The Acoustic plugin tightens up the low end of acoustic guitars, removing any boxiness from your recordings. Whether you’re mixing a fully acoustic song or it’s just one of many elements in your mix, getting a crisp, clear tone is important for any acoustic instrument.

This plugin sounds great on any acoustic instrument. Go ahead and give it a try on mandolins, banjos, dobros, or any other stringed instrument you can think of!

Bus Glue Billy Decker - Bass

The Bass plugin is a perfect hybrid approach ripped straight from the pages of Billy’s bass bus. It incorporates traditional compression and classic equalization, but with modern, digital harmonic enhancement and smooth peak limiting. The end result is bass that sits just as well between two pop songs as it does in a country playlist.

Experiment with switching between “Country” and “Rock” modes as you mix. The grittiness that comes with Rock Mode is perfect for adding a little more grit during dense choruses.

Bus Glue Billy Decker - Drums

The Drums plugin will have you feeling like you’re mixing in a major studio on Music Row. Those legendary Nashville drum sounds are unparalleled in the industry in terms of full, open, and organic audio. Modern country music demands clarity, punch, body, and space.

The best way to achieve all of those at the same time is through a combination of vintage analog channel modeling and modern clip circuitry & compression. You’ll find all of that goodness and more in this processor.

Bus Glue Billy Decker - Electric

The Electric plugin is where Billy really leans into the rock n’ roll playbook — a favorite trick of the trade in modern country mixing. His electric guitars follow a similar recipe to the one many rock and metal mixers use. With a focus on driving the low-mids and pick attack, his guitars sound crisp and aggressive.

This processor’s got some serious color the harder you drive the input — don’t worry, just send it!

Bus Glue Billy Decker - Keys

The Keys plugin is designed after perhaps the most surgical element in Billy’s mix. Whether it’s a piano, organ, or synth, this processor uses world-class signal processing to find all the sweet spots and brings them to the front of the mix.

Crank it up and watch those ivories come to life!

Bus Glue Billy Decker - Vox

The Vox plugin has one of the most extensive signal chains we’ve ever modeled, but for good reason. Billy has a deep love and admiration for vintage microphones and processors in his signal chain; must-have elements of modern country vocals. With his signature Vox plugin, you can switch between genre & gender based on your vocalist to compare multiple compression options quickly and easily.

Whats New

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