REDDI (pronounced ‘ready’) is the latest offering to arise from the partnership between A­Designs Digital and Kush Audio.

What Is REDDI?

The original hardware REDDI is a legend among professional session players and commercial studio owners. Its hybrid tube/solid state gain circuits, beefy transformer, and oversized power supply have an uncanny ability to both reign in bass transients and punch them up. Without any eq – simply through its gentle tube shimmer – REDDI gets bass, synths, and guitars to ’sit’ in the mix with less processing and fuss.

The REDDI plugin is designed to be used as any analog DI would: first in the chain, as an initial treatment before compression, saturation or eq – imparting its unique tube sweetness to any instrument in your mix.

Bespoke Bass

Extra controls not found on the original hardware include a phase flip, Kush’s bespoke +20dB Headroom circuit, and a low shelf that, while tuned for electric bass, nevertheless adds a wonderful weight and thickness to kicks, synths, and even vocals.

And for some bonus ­cool: REDDI will be machine­ authorisable, and will not require an iLok dongle to operate.