The specifications.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Bevel Equaliser

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Sidechain

Optional: a dynamic band can read it instead of the sound (EXT KEY)

Latency

MINIMUM and MATCHED: 0 samples. LINEAR: 1280, 2560, 5120 or 10240 samples at 44.1 and 48 kHz (27, 53, 107 or 213 ms at 48 kHz), twice as many at 88.2 and 96 kHz and four times as many at 176.4 and 192 kHz. A SPECTRAL band adds 2048 samples at 44.1 and 48 kHz, 4096 at 88.2 and 96 kHz and 8192 at 176.4 and 192 kHz

Bands

24, each on or off

Shapes

Bell, low shelf, high shelf, high-pass, low-pass, notch, band pass, tilt shelf, flat tilt, all-pass

Frequency

10 Hz to 30 kHz

Gain

-30 to +30 dB (bells, shelves and tilts), with GAIN SCALE from 0 to 200 percent

Q

0.1 to 18

Slope

6, 12, 24, 36, 48, 72 or 96 dB per octave (high-pass, low-pass and band pass)

Place

Stereo, middle, sides, left or right, band by band

Dynamics

RANGE up to +-30 dB, ATTACK 0.1 to 250 ms, RELEASE 5 ms to 5 s, a trigger of the band's own region, a range LOW to HIGH, or the side chain, and SPECTRAL

Output

-24 to +24 dB, with AUTO GAIN

Editor

1360 x 1024 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

418

Presets

80 in 9 categories

CPU

The whole plug-in at 48 kHz, stereo, 512-sample blocks, in percent of one core (thread CPU time, the least of several runs, Intel Core i9, a shared machine, at a quiet moment with the load at 3.4 to 4.2): with 0, 1, 4, 8 and 24 SPECTRAL bands, 0.15, 0.59, 1.07, 1.30 and 2.35 in MINIMUM and 0.38, 0.82, 1.23, 1.46 and 2.51 in LINEAR. Four SPECTRAL bands at 96 kHz cost 2.10 in MINIMUM and 2.58 in LINEAR, over the 2 percent the lower rates stay under. Without SPECTRAL, 24 bells and shelves cost 1.34 percent and 2.4 with four of them dynamic, and the worst case, all 24 dynamic, about 8 (a run on a busy machine). Every figure read 1.2 to 1.7 times higher when the machine was busy

Free. Window 1360 by 1024 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Clamp Compressor

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Sidechain

Optional: the detector can listen to it instead of the signal

Latency

0, 48, 96 or 240 samples at 48 kHz (look-ahead off, 1, 2 or 5 ms)

Threshold

-60 to 0 dB

Ratio

1:1 to 20:1, and the end stop is infinity

Knee

0 to 24 dB

Attack, release

0.1 to 100 ms; 10 to 2000 ms, or AUTO

Make-up

-12 to +24 dB, or AUTO

Detector filter

High-pass, 20 to 500 Hz

Parameters

16

Presets

37 in 9 categories

CPU

0.3 to 0.7 percent of one core, every voicing, varying from run to run (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, 5 ms look-ahead; Intel Core i9)

Free. Window 900 by 580 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Plane Resonance Reducer

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Sidechain

None

Latency

FAST 1024, NORMAL 2048 or FINE 4096 samples at 44.1 and 48 kHz (21.3, 42.7 or 85.3 ms at 48 kHz); twice as many at 88.2 kHz and above. The same at every DEPTH

Depth

0 to 18 dB

Attack, release

0.2 to 50 ms; 5 to 500 ms

Range

LOW 20 Hz to 2 kHz and HIGH 1 to 20 kHz, each with a slope, and up to four nodes

Stereo

Left and right, or middle and side, with LINK and BALANCE

Editor

1340 x 720 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

38

Presets

41 in 7 categories

CPU

FAST 0.95, NORMAL 0.81 and FINE 1.39 percent of one core at the default settings, and 1.13, 0.99 and 1.75 at the heaviest (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, thread CPU time, the least of several runs; Intel Core i9, a shared machine, so the readings move: with the load average at 12, FINE's heaviest read 2.34, over its budget of 2)

Free. Window 1340 by 720 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Latch Gate and Expander

Channels

Mono in and mono out, or stereo in and stereo out; any other layout is refused

Sidechain

None: the gate listens to its own input through the two key filters

Latency

0 samples with LOOK-AHEAD OFF; 1, 2, 5 or 10 ms is 48, 96, 240 or 480 samples at 48 kHz (44, 88, 221 and 441 at 44.1 kHz), told to the host

Tail told to the host

None

Modes

GATE and EXPAND

Editor

1200 x 760 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

13

Presets

18 in 6 categories

CPU

Flat Start 0.14 percent of one core, EXPAND on noise under the threshold 0.19 and the heaviest setting 0.18 (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, thread CPU time; Intel Core i9, a shared machine at a load average of 5 to 8, and earlier runs at 8 to 12 read 0.17 to 0.28). The budget of 2.0 percent holds in every run

$29 (launch price, USD). Window 1200 by 760 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Scraper De-Esser

Channels

Mono in and mono out, or stereo in and stereo out; any other layout is refused

Sidechain

None: the detector listens to its own input

Latency

None: 0 samples at every setting at 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz, and with BYPASS on

Tail told to the host

None

Band

3 to 12 kHz, with Q from 0.5 to 8

Cut

Up to 18 dB, with a knee 6 dB wide

Editor

1200 x 760 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

10

Presets

20 in 6 categories

CPU

Flat Start 0.28 to 0.29 percent of one core and the dearest setting, LISTEN, 0.34 (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, thread CPU time, the least of several runs; Intel Core i9, a shared machine at load averages of about 3 and 8, and the cost test inside the whole-program run read 0.47 to 0.70 on a loaded Mac). The budget of 2.0 percent holds in every run

$39 (launch price, USD). Window 1200 by 760 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Char Saturator

Channels

Mono in and mono out, or stereo in and stereo out; any other layout is refused

Sidechain

None

Latency

0 samples with OVERSAMPLING OFF, 25 with 2X and 29 with 4X, at every sample rate

Tail told to the host

The delay, and 0.2 s more while DRIVE is above 0 or TILT is not 0 and BYPASS is off

Drive

0 to 100 percent, which is 0 to 26 dB into the curve

Tilt

-100 to +100 percent: a low shelf and a high shelf about 650 Hz, 4 dB at the ends of the control

Curves

EVEN, ODD and EDGE

Editor

1200 x 760 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

8

Presets

20 in 8 categories

CPU

Flat Start 0.12 percent of one core, 0.82 to 0.89 at 2X and DRIVE 60, 1.37 to 1.49 at 4X and DRIVE 60, and 1.44 at the heavy setting (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, thread CPU time; Intel Core i9, a quiet machine at a load average of about 4). The budget of 2.0 percent holds in those runs; on a busy machine 4X at a high DRIVE read 1.8 and once 2.19

$39 (launch price, USD). Window 1200 by 760 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Tap Delay

Channels

Mono in and mono out, mono in and stereo out, or stereo in and stereo out; stereo in and mono out is refused

Sidechain

None

Latency

None: 0 samples at every setting at 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz, and with BYPASS on

Tail told to the host

The longer of TIME and TIME times R TO L, times the repeats to fall 60 dB plus one, plus 0.3 s, at most 20 s; 20 s with FREEZE on or FEEDBACK at 99.5 percent or more; none with MIX at 0

Time

1 to 2000 ms, or a note from 1/64 to 1/1 at the host's tempo (120 beats a minute until the host gives one)

Feedback

0 to 110 percent, with a soft limiter in the loop from 95

Characters

CLEAN, DRIFT and FOLLOW

Editor

1200 x 800 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

20

Presets

26 in 7 categories

CPU

Flat Start 1.27, 1.50, 1.68 and 1.46 percent of one core in four runs on 16 October, and 2.02, 2.30, 3.38 and 2.33 at a heavy setting (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, thread CPU time; Intel Core i9, a shared machine, so the readings move: the engine's own notes read 1.11 on a quiet Mac). The budget of 1.5 percent holds in two of the four runs

$39 (launch price, USD). Window 1200 by 800 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Cask Reverb

Channels

Mono in and mono out, mono in and stereo out, or stereo in and stereo out; stereo in and mono out is refused

Sidechain

None

Latency

None: 0 samples at every setting at 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4 and 192 kHz, and with BYPASS on

Tail told to the host

1.4 times DECAY plus 1 s, at most 30 s, while MIX is above 0; 30 s with FREEZE on; none with MIX at 0

Decay

0.1 to 30 s at 1 kHz, with LOW DECAY 0.25 to 2.5 times and DAMPING shortening the highs

Modes

SMALL, LARGE, DIFFUSE, MEDIUM, HUGE and TINY

Editor

1200 x 760 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

25

Presets

26 in 6 categories

CPU

The whole plug-in at its defaults 2.04, 2.20 and 2.19 percent of one core in three runs on a quiet machine on 16 October, 1.82 to 2.10 across the six modes and 2.06 to 2.16 at a heavy setting (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, thread CPU time; Intel Core i9, a shared machine). At load averages of 10 to 13 the same tests read 2.56 to 2.99. The budget of 3.0 percent holds in those runs

$49 (launch price, USD). Window 1200 by 760 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Ridge Limiter

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Sidechain

Optional: the detectors can read it instead of the signal

Latency

The look-ahead, plus 72 samples with oversampling on. At 48 kHz with the default 3 ms: 144 samples with oversampling off, 216 with 2X, 4X or 8X. The longest, 10 ms of SAFE with oversampling, is 840 samples

Gain, ceiling

0 to 36 dB; -30 to 0 dB

Look-ahead

0.1 to 10 ms, times the style's factor

Attack, release

0.05 to 100 ms; 5 to 3000 ms, or AUTO

Oversampling

Off, 2X, 4X, 8X

Dither

Off, flat or shaped, 16 to 24 bits

Loudness target

-30 to -6 LUFS

Parameters

20

Presets

46 in 9 categories

CPU

The engine at the default settings (4X) used 1.7 percent of one core, 1.2 with oversampling off and 1.9 at 8X; LOUD with a 50 percent soft clip used 3.3 and the heaviest settings 4.4 (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, thread CPU time, the least of several runs; Intel Core i9, a shared machine, so the readings move)

$49 (launch price, USD). Window 1080 by 690 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Chest Effects Rack

Channels

Mono in and mono out, mono in and stereo out, or stereo in and stereo out; stereo in and mono out is refused

Sidechain

None

Latency

The sum of the eight modules' own delays, on or off: 241 samples (5.0 ms) at 48 kHz at the defaults, from 14 to 1589 samples at 48 kHz over every setting

Tail told to the host

The delay alone with TAP and CASK off or at MIX 0; otherwise the longer of CASK's (1.4 times DECAY plus 1 s, at most 30 s, 30 s with FREEZE) and TAP's (at most 20 s, 20 s with FREEZE), plus the delay

Modules

LATCH, EQ, CLAMP, SCRAPER, CHAR, TAP, CASK and RIDGE, each with its own ON switch, in an order you set

Rack controls

IN TRIM and OUT LEVEL, each from -24 to +24 dB, and BYPASS

Editor

1440 x 960 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

123

Presets

22 in 8 categories

CPU

The rack alone at Flat Start 0.07 percent of one core and the whole plug-in 0.17; each module alone 0.20 (LATCH) to 2.24 (CASK); all eight on 6.72 to 7.60 for the rack and 7.28 to 8.51 for the whole plug-in (stereo, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, thread CPU time, the least of three runs; Intel Core i9, a shared machine, so the readings move by about a fifth). The budget of 12 percent for all eight on holds

$99 (launch price, USD). Window 1440 by 960 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Lathe Vocal Channel Strip

Channels

Mono in to mono out, mono in to stereo out, or stereo in to stereo out (two in, one out is refused)

Sidechain

Optional, mono or stereo: the music reference for RIDE

Latency

LIVE: 0 samples. MIX: the look-aheads of GATE, RIDE, COMP 1, COMP 2 and the ceiling plus the oversampling of TONE and the ceiling, reported to the host from the controls. At 48 kHz the default is 25 samples and the longest settings together 2117 (44.1 ms)

Tail

The longest send in use: ECHO's tail is capped at 20 seconds and SPACE's at 30

Modules

14: IN, POP, GATE, RIDE, EQ, COMP 1, TAME, ESS, COMP 2, TONE, DOUBLE, ECHO, SPACE, OUT

Editor

1440 x 900 pixels at 100 percent, resizable from 70 to 170 percent

Parameters

170

Presets

53 in 8 categories

CPU

The whole plug-in through its processor (thread CPU time, the least of several runs, 48 kHz, 512-sample blocks, 10 seconds of a synthetic voice, stereo in and out unless stated), on a shared Intel Core i9, in two runs of the final build, so each figure is the range over both: 2.19 to 2.44 percent of one core at the default (every module off, though a module that is off keeps running); 7.94 to 8.82 with every module on, inside the budget of 10 percent in both runs; 6.24 to 7.30 with every module on in LIVE; 6.37 to 7.63 for the preset Lead, Full Chain. An earlier run, with a release build running beside it, read 11.4 with every module on. Apple silicon is not measured

$149 (launch price, USD). Window 1440 by 900 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Veneer Channel Strip

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Sidechain

Optional, for the gate and the compressor

Latency

0, 25 or 29 samples (colour oversampling off, 2x, 4x)

Colour

WARM, IRON, TAPE, BITE, CLEAN; drive, tone, attack, sustain, squeeze, mix

EQ

Four bands: shelf or bell low and high, two bells; proportional Q

Dynamics

Gate or expander; compressor, peak or RMS, with auto release and auto make-up

Parameters

66

Presets

34 in 8 categories

CPU

1.9 percent of one core with every section on and 2x colour (stereo, 48 kHz, Intel Core i9)

$79 (launch price, USD). Window 1440 by 776 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Chisel Transient Shaper

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Quality

FAST, NORMAL, FINE

Latency

256, 512 or 1024 samples (5.3, 10.7 or 21.3 ms at 48 kHz)

Attack, sustain

-100 to +100 percent each

Range

LOW from 20 Hz to 4 kHz, HIGH from 500 Hz to 20 kHz

Parameters

11

CPU

0.4, 0.5 and 0.4 percent of one core (FAST, NORMAL, FINE; stereo, 48 kHz, Intel Core i9)

$59 (launch price, USD). Window 1040 by 660 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Wedge Sidechain Carver

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Sidechain

Stereo or mono key input

Quality

FAST, NORMAL, FINE

Latency

One analysis frame plus the look-ahead: 1312, 2336 or 4384 samples at 48 kHz with the default 6 ms look-ahead

Depth

0 to 18 dB

Look-ahead

0 to 40 ms

Parameters

16

Presets

41 in 9 categories

CPU

2.3, 2.0 and 3.2 percent of one core (FAST, NORMAL, FINE; stereo, 48 kHz, voice-locked, Intel Core i9)

$49 (launch price, USD). Window 1040 by 660 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Square Time and Phase Aligner

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Sidechain

The reference: stereo or mono

Range

5, 20 or 50 ms either way

Latency

16 samples plus the range: 256, 976 or 2416 samples at 48 kHz

Delay

-100 to +100 ms, fractional

Phase

-180 to +180 degrees

Parameters

7

$99 (launch price, USD). Window 1040 by 660 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Gauge Mix Check and Reference

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Latency

None

Measures

LUFS (integrated, short-term, momentary), loudness range, true peak, correlation, mono loss, balance, spectrum, DC offset, clipping

Targets

Any level from -30 to -6 LUFS; a menu names Spotify's three levels and EBU R128

Reference

Any file macOS can read

Parameters

9

$49 (launch price, USD). Window 1040 by 660 pixels at 100 percent.

Formats

Audio Unit, VST3

Listed in your host as

Level Blind Listening Test

Channels

Mono or stereo, same in and out

Latency

None

Sources

Up to four: live input or file

Files read

WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, AAC (M4A), CAF, Ogg Vorbis and others macOS can decode

Matching

To the quietest source, to slot A, or to EBU R128 (-23 LUFS)

ABX trials

5, 10, 15, 20, 25 or 30

Parameters

4 (output trim, match, trials, bypass)

$29 (launch price, USD). Window 980 by 600 pixels at 100 percent.