I too am in the exact same boat you are. Using Cakewalk and only downloaded the updated version. I don’t have any icons…no knobs/dials or needles, just blank black boxes.

Too bad for the eye candy, but if the sound agrees with you, heh…
There are GUI-less plugins around that are very useful, Airwindows, Blaukraut’s bkFX (those were recently updated as Win and Linux, VST3 and CLAP, btw) come to mind.

Hey thanks MRG, thats a good idea.
I will look into if it is possible in the DAW’s settings before trying to open the plugin normally, i have (Logic & Live)
I remember with Waves when they brought in metal GPU compatibility, i was using Logic and i couldn’t see the normal interface, but i could see basic sliders to actually use the plugin.
Thank you

Can’t your DAW open plugins without using the GUI? I think most can do that. There’s a handful of plugins where the GUI hurts my eyes and I used that feature.

Brandolini’s law anyone? As a general rule, few software, today, out there is stuck at a v1.0.0 release point and totally devoid of any bug. Unfortunately, -that- is a thing. I don’t see AO being worse than many.
The changelogs of some plugins out there is way worse, even commercial ones, from devs I have the upmost respect for. As a great philosopher once said : “Love with your heart. Use your head for everything else. Caaaptaaain Disiiiiiilluuuusion!”

Thanks MRG but I think I’ve already got v1.1 (not clear from the plug itself or the install file, but as I only downloaded it on 18th I suspect I’ve got the latest version). Thanks for your comment all the same :-)

Not sure if applicable to your problem, but since the article was about v1.0 :
VERSION 1.1 – 17.11.2022
– Added HPF (Side-chain)
– Adjusted scales of Attack, Release and Ratio
– Fixed Ratio readout

Comper makes it possible to get a hybrid compressor with each of the two compressors. Not only can you choose between Opto, FET and VCA, you actually can create mutant blend of all these types… like an OptoFET or a VCAFET or OptoVCA or a FETOptoVCA. And of THAT you have two in series, which gives you a vast variety of possible flavours. So yes, he somehow IS re-inventing what a compressor can do.

this absolutely was a thing at one point:
https://gearspace.com/board/product-alerts-older-than-2-months/1350914-busterse-case-closed-analog-obsession.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/comments/wpklgw/comment/ikhnk37/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/comments/woa8t9/comment/ikcwqu8/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
(just the 1st things that came up)
his older patreon posts have clearly been cleaned up, as everything was moved to newer versions, but this was often the case. going through previous comments, this is repeatedly mentioned. and he still currently says “do not install 1.1 before finishing projects with 1.0” on some other plugins as well.
if somebody is getting into AO plugins now, even better if this is mostly not an issue anymore (idk)
but i mean… *sigh* to act like this was not at all an issue, is ridiculous. he even adressed this personally:
https://gearspace.com/board/product-alerts-older-than-2-months/1358542-ssq-v6-0-solid-state-console-equalizer-analog-obsession.html