Soundtoys Devil-Loc - Perpetual License

Devil-Loc is an audio effect plugin by Soundtoys, the American developer known for its Decapitator, EchoBoy and Little AlterBoy effects, and it recreates the sound of the Shure Level-Loc, a small PA limiter from the 1960s that squashes anything you feed it. It is made for producers, mixing engineers and beatmakers who want drums, loops, vocals or guitars to sound bigger, rougher and more aggressive with a couple of knobs instead of a long chain of compressors and distortion boxes. This listing is a licence for the plugin: the installer is downloaded from the developer and the licence is redeemed into your iLok account, which unlocks Devil-Loc inside your audio workstation.

This product is a perpetual license key for Soundtoys Devil-Loc: it does not expire and can be used on 2 devices running macOS and Windows. The key is delivered by email together with the activation instructions.

A typical use is on a drum bus: place Devil-Loc on a parallel track, push the Crush control and blend the crushed signal under the clean drums to add weight and grit without losing the transients. The same trick works on room microphones, bass, synth loops and vocals, and the plugin loads in any host that supports the usual plugin formats.

Key Features:

• Level-Loc style compression: Reproduces the extreme, fast-reacting compression of the 1960s hardware, which turns quiet parts up, slams loud hits down and gives drums a dense, grainy character.
• Crush and Crunch controls: Crush sets how hard the signal is compressed and Crunch adds saturation on top, so the whole effect is dialled in with two knobs and a few seconds of listening.
• Pumping and strobing effects: With high settings each loud hit ducks everything else and the signal breathes and stutters in time with the music, a sound often used on breakdowns and lo-fi drum parts.
• Parallel processing: Works well as a parallel effect: a heavily crushed copy of the track is mixed under the dry signal to add energy while the dynamics of the source stay intact.
• Standard plugin formats: Available as AAX, VST, VST3 and AU for Windows and macOS, so it loads in Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Nuendo, Studio One, FL Studio, Reaper and Bitwig.
• iLok licence management: The licence is stored in your iLok account and can be authorised on a computer or on an iLok USB key, so you can move it between machines through the iLok License Manager.

Product Details:

• Product: Soundtoys Devil-Loc
• Version: current version, with all updates released during the license term
• License Type: perpetual license key, no expiry
• Platform: macOS and Windows
• Devices: 2 devices
• Language: English interface
• Delivery: license key and instructions by email after payment confirmation (usually within a few hours)
• Activation: the key is linked to your account with the software vendor (sign in or create one)
• Region: not specified – if you need activation in a specific country, contact us before ordering
• Publisher: Soundtoys, Inc.

System Requirements:

• Host application: An audio workstation that loads AAX, VST, VST3 or AU (macOS) plugins
• Operating system: 64-bit Windows or macOS; the developer provides an installer for each platform
• iLok account: A free iLok user account and the iLok License Manager application (no USB key required)

How to Activate:

1. Create a free iLok account at ilok.com if you do not have one and install the iLok License Manager on your computer.
2. Open iLok License Manager, sign in and redeem the activation code received by email; the Devil-Loc licence is added to your account.
3. Activate the licence on your computer (or on an iLok USB key) from the License Manager.
4. Download the Soundtoys installer from the developer website, install the plugin and open it in your audio workstation: it recognises the licence automatically.

Delivery:

This product is delivered digitally. After your purchase is confirmed, the license key and activation guidance are sent to the email address provided at checkout. Delivery times may vary depending on the product type.