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YOUTUBER: Creative Sauce

17. December 2025

Creative Sauce Delivers: Free Compressors That Actually Slap

If you think free plugins are just for cheapskates and bedroom dabblers, Creative Sauce is about to slap you upside the head with three compressors that punch way above their price tag (zero, mate). Mike from Creative Sauce isn’t here to waste your time—he’s lined up FETish, LALA, and BUSTERse, each bringing their own flavour to the compression rave. Expect practical, no-nonsense walkthroughs, a few bonus features you won’t find on pricey hardware, and a healthy disrespect for pointless sign-ups. If your mix needs glue, punch, or just a bit of love, this video’s got the sauce.

BUSTERse, FETish, LALA

10. December 2025

SPARKY

Creative Sauce

Creative Sauce Unleashes CHANNEV: Free Channel Strip with Bite

If you think free plugins are all thin gruel and broken dreams, Creative Sauce is here to slap you awake. Mike from Creative Sauce dives into CHANNEV, a zero-cost channel strip that’s got more attitude than half the paid competition. We’re talking mic preamp, de-esser, EQ, compressor, limiter, and tape saturation – all in one tight package. No fluff, no filler, just a straight-up demo from a creator who knows his way around home studio chaos. If you want to know whether this thing’s a street weapon or a paperweight, read on – but trust me, you’ll want to watch

CHANNEV