Check out and get Islander

HCL Islander has been out for nearly two months and the last stretch of the Intro sale is ongoing! We've received a mountain of positive feedback from industry titans in music, film and the video game industry.

HCL Islander is a collaboration between three parties; Wavegrove, Tape Over Mastering and Handcrafted Laboratories. Our combined efforts in the digital, analog and audio realms have brought something pretty magical to the table, which we can be very proud of.

Check out the videos and try out the fully working trial!

Watch the latest Trailer Watch the Islander Walkthrough video

Tracks mastered using HCL Islander

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5CJlQMcmIT731gPGbNkRbo?si=4sd1L--vRe24HtJMuVxQ1Q

Here's a few tracks that have all gone through our Islander plugin!
Playlist curated by Tommi Langen from Tape Over Mastering.

Some quotes from our beloved Islander users

This is an absolutely unique and superb plugin. You will not be able to duplicate it's action and mojo with other tools. Believe me when I say that I've tried! That alone makes it extremely valuable in my opinion.

-Niklas Silén / bManic, Beta testing, presets for industry leaders such as FabFilter, Tone Projects, Tokyo Dawn Labs, DMG Audio and many more.

Islander has become one of my absolute goto mastering compressors. This compressor brings so many things to the table in one plugin and it does them all with such pristine sonic quality. It easily adds solid weight and punch while at the same time bringing out the energy of a song. It adds glue without sounding overdone and just as importantly it brings out the best parts of the tone of the music in a way I can't get out of any other compressor.

-Mark Wingfield, Heron Island Studio, Award winning mixing and mastering engineer

Wow! I'm really impressed - I can't find anything to bitch about. They've done it really well
- it's a nice color box and I like how subtle it is.

-Wytse Gerichhausen, White Sea Studio

I've had the honor to use Ukrainian HCL's gear for 17 years. When I first heard what Islander does to the sound, I had to open the old mixes and mix again. The compression is warm and withstands even harder pushing. A really good addition is the saturation, which I used to get the necessary brightness for the song without eq. Likewise, the clipper provides appropriate aggressiveness when needed. Islander will be an important tool in my mixing kit.

-Mats Takila, Producer, Mixing engineer, Helsinki Unity Music, Consultant at Universal Music Finland

Quite a wonderful compressor : while it can be set in a few clicks and work its magic already, I’m stunned by its flexibility and how you can dive deep and sculpt its dynamic behavior surgically. Tonally, it’s equally as versatile with very few controls, with lush box tone. Oh and don’t slip on its clipper !

-Nil Hartman, Computer musician, mastering engineer and Ableton Certified Trainer, Founding member of 3OP

HCL Islander really isn’t just another compressor. Truly delivering what it promises, usage varies from slight silky gluing to ultra-punishing and pummeling impacts, and does it all with ease. Delta mode and the clipper are my two favourite features, and this has been sitting on all of my drum busses since day one.

Dialing in the perfect compression with a tone flavour suitable for practically any use has really not felt this easy, 6/5.

-Jerkka Perälä, Soft Neon Audiovisual

Verdict after one week of work: very good control of movement and nice options for colour. Bass for the WIN

A tip to all Pro Tools users, load it in Metaplugin and off you go.

-Klas-Henrik Lindblad, Blackhead Studios, Berlin

Fun fact, I was the first who bought HCL Islander plugin.

Nowadays, Islander is always in my mastering chain. I really love how it colors my sound. With the clipper in Islander I can make music LOUD! I love this!

-Teemu "TB" Lampinen

The character offered by this compression / saturation / clipper is distinctive, and what we are looking for. It's that 'Glue compression' you're looking for, maybe it's the mojo your mix or your tracks need, the necessary Clipper on your master to get the desired LUFS level.

-Francisco Javier, Audio engineer, Producer, audiotoolsblog.blogspot.com

I’m in love with the plug in! Finally a compressor that sounds like a real thing!!

-Adrian Schinoff, Adrian Schinoff Studios, Latin Grammy nominated mixing engineer and composer of the ASCAP Pop Ballad of the Year winner

Check out and get HCL Islander

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