IHNY-2 Upgrade from IHNY-1: Parallel Compressor by Baby Audio Free Download

Baby Audio says IHNY-2 hosts its own parallel signal chain, so you do not need to set up extra routing in your DAW. The plugin splits the incoming audio into a dry copy and a wet copy. An XY pad lets you balance the two signals on one axis and set the compression amount of the wet signal on the other, so the main controls move together in a single gesture.

An autogain algorithm keeps the output level consistent as you move the node around the pad, and an Autogain slider lets you adjust that behavior. An AGR readout shows the adjusted gain reduction, which takes the current gain reduction and dry/wet balance into account. Baby Audio recommends aiming for AGR values between -10 and -20 as a starting point.

The Tweak Panel adds deeper control and includes features not found in the original IHNY. Punch emphasizes attack transients in the compressed signal, Harmonics adds saturation that increases with gain reduction, and Shape applies a custom smiley EQ curve to bring out lows and highs. Tilt shifts compression toward the low or high end, and Lo + Hi Preserve keeps the lows and highs from being compressed past set cutoff points.

The developer describes the compression as clinical and aggressive, combining digital precision with analog-inspired non-linearity. It is designed with modern loud genres in mind and draws inspiration from older hardware compressors.