Retro Sta-Level

The Official Plugin

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$49.99 USD

"I can’t imagine a better collaboration than the greatest analog / tube current gear manufacturer on the planet, Retro Instruments, and a plugin company that can truly capture the essence of the Iron, tubes, and analog path, in only the way Kazrog can. What they’ve come up with is truly stunning, I’m using this Sta-Level plugin all over the place.” 

- David Kalmusky

Producer / Songwriter / Musician / Engineer
Shawn Mendes, Joss Stone, Justin Bieber, Keith Urban, Motley Crue, Carrie Underwood, John Legend, Journey, Keb Mo, Mickey Guyton. 

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Iconic Tube Compression

Retro Sta-Level gives you:

✔️ The only official plugin version of the Retro Sta-Level hardware, officially endorsed by Phil Moore of Retro Instruments.

✔️ Modern Mode - emulates a Retro Sta-Level Gold Edition, the definitive modern, deluxe made in USA, all-tube recreation of the classic design from 1956.

✔️ Vintage Mode - emulates an original Gates Sta-Level from Devin Powers' collection, modded by Phil Moore of Retro Instruments to offer the full feature set of the Retro Sta-Level for a vintage, mid focused, harmonically rich alternate voicing.

✔️ Workflow enhancements such as sidechain HPF/LPF, wet/dry blend, and Analog Entropy (adjustable component tolerance drift modeling.)

✔️ 100 pro presets from industry legends like Michael Brauer, Ross Hogarth, David Kalmusky + many more (including new presets added in future free updates.)

The Long-Awaited Official Retro-Sta Level plugin is here.

Buy Now Try the Free Demo

What makes Kazrog one of the biggest no-brainer choices in all of audio?

Retro Sta-Level

$49.99 USD Sale Save $30.00 USD
Retro Sta-Level

Retro Sta-Level

$49.99 USD Sale Save $30.00 USD
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Retro Sta-Level is an official emulation of the hardware, developed by Kazrog in close collaboration with Retro Instruments. Noted for its musicality, the Retro Sta-Level easily achieves a "larger than life" signature sound when dynamically processing individual instruments and vocals. Professional music producers and engineers all over the world admire and rely on the Retro Sta-Level for the euphonic qualities it brings instantly to any sound source.

Mac

  • macOS 10.13.x or higher required
  • VST, AU, AAX (64 bit) compatible host required
  • Pro Tools 12 or higher required for AAX version
  • Apple M1 (or Intel i5 "Ivy Bridge") CPU or newer strongly recommended
  • All Kazrog plugins are Universal Binary 2 (native support for both Apple Silicon and Intel architecture.)

Windows

  • Windows 10 or higher strongly recommended
  • VST or AAX (64 bit) compatible host required
  • Pro Tools 12 or higher required for AAX version
  • Intel i5 "Ivy Bridge" CPU or better strongly recommended

Linux (beta support)

  • VST3, VST2, or LV2 compatible host required.
  • Tested with Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian, and Manjaro. Most modern distros should work.
  • 100% perpetual license for multiple devices
  • no iLok authorization required
  • ZERO subscription fees EVER
  • Random silent output every so often, followed by a gentle fade.
  • Preset save disabled.

Demos are time-unlimited but have the above limitations. Purchasing the plugin removes these restrictions.

Linux - Public Beta

Kazrog has always been a cross platform company, supporting macOS and Windows from day one. But the Linux music production community has spoken up, and we've listened.

We're introducing Linux support with Retro Sta-Level, and we're bringing Linux support to the rest of our plugins this year.

All purchases (and demos) of Retro Sta-Level include a Linux version, which is currently in public beta, and has been tested in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Manjaro as of this writing.

VST3, VST2 and LV2 plugin formats are supported, for systems running Linux on Intel x64 architecture.

Stay tuned as we bring the rest of our lineup to Linux this year!

Customer Reviews

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sean f.
incredible range of expression...

This thing is a beast... capable of everything from gentle transparency to muscular strength, and everything in between — very musical and utterly practical.

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Alex H.
A compressor with lots of character!!

Picked this up in May and very impressed. Works great on voice and drums so far. Plenty of analog punch here and you can really clamp down on transients or anything you like. A fantastic edition to my Kazrog collection.
PS: still waiting patiently for a new AmpCraft. Airline v15 and 1992 are some of my top sims!

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Drew D.
AMAZING MUSICAL SOUNDING COMPRESSOR!!!

I have every plugin UAD has ever made, and probably every plugin ever made period. Lol! I've tried their LA2A's (my personal fav is the grey model) and the Summit audio TLA 100a ....I've spent thousands and tried em all. I'm actually embarrassed that I've spent as much money as I have looking for "that sound". But I'm stunned that my two favs to run in serial are the MHB compressor and then the STA level. They both do their own thing but phatten up and make dense vocals especially that have too much transient stuff going on. This STA LEVEL is one of the very first plugins where I felt like the digital realm can really hold water with the real deal. They just sound so musical and legit. We have officially arrived in digital. So...Use it....love it...and be grateful that it's a very reasonable price for the incredible sound quality that you get. Worth the money by far. I wish I had found these plugs earlier and saved myself a bunch of cash....but better late than never. Kazrog really makes great stuff. No regrets, and will be purchasing more products in the future as needed. Can't say enough. Really impressed.

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Robert L.D.
Much better than expected.

I like to take credit as being one of the first people to rave about "True Iron" lol. So I know KAZROG is legit. But this is a very, very nice comp. Who ever did the coding deserves some praise. Keep it coming guys and gals. Clearly technology is light years better than 10 years ago. Im a believer

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monty
Fantastic!

Really brings the magic of the hardware version. Smooth no matter the level of compression - first tried on both electric and acoustic guitar and quickly became my #1 go to compression plugin for those purposes. Really helped bring out the chime on EG, and some stringiness on AG, while softening a harsh attack.