After 9 years in the plugin game, Kush can finally say without exaggeration that, at least for one particular flavor of vintage compressors that clip beautifully, we have completely closed the Analog/Digital gap. SILIKA is not 'close', it's not 'different but just as good'. It's 'Sonically Identical' to the types of hardware it's modeled after.

When you drive this plugin's input, everything melts deliciously. In particular, the high frequencies lay back and spread out without getting edgy, or bright, or even the least bit 'zingy'. It may get too grindy, but it won't hurt your ears. Think Led Zeppelin IV's hazy grunge, and you'll start to get the idea.

Vibes like a mic plugged straight into an API console from 1976, with hints of sparkle and sheen to the saturation

Model A vibes like a mic plugged straight into an API console from 1976. Adding a hint of sparkle and sheen, it slowly breaks up into a gritty white cloud of antique saturation. Pairs perfectly with the Omega Mic Pre.

A lovely saturation and distortion generator pulled straight from the heart of Kush's own Tweaker hardware compressor.

Model TWK is a vintage distortion pulled straight from the heart of Kush's own Tweaker hardware compressor. The sound of Omega TWK comes from modeling the way Tweaker overdrives a pair of "supermatched transistors” feeding a long chain of dirty 70's op-amps, all of which have specs that, by modern standards, would be considered abysmal.

Rarefied tube emulation with a fat tone that breaks up in delicious ways, growing increasingly crusty but never harsh.

This rarefied tube emulation has a fat tone that breaks up in delicious ways, growing increasingly crusty but never harsh, turning cymbals from brass to gold, and gluing bass into a molten fiery blob of love. Pairs perfectly with the Omega Mic Pre.