When recording an instrument with more than one mic, sound tends to reach each microphone at a slightly different time and thus cause some frequencies to cancel each other while other frequencies can build up unnaturally. This phenomena is known as the comb filter effect. Until now, compensating for the delay between the microphones had to be done manually - an extremely time consuming and inaccurate process. Enter Auto-Align. Auto-Align will "listen" to your multi-mic recording and automatically measure and compensate for the delay between the microphones, or between a DI box and a microphone - sample accurately, significantly reducing the comb filter effect and dramatically improving the resulting sound. When distant microphones are used and a delay is desired to enhance the sense of space, Auto-Align can time-place the microphones to better match the close-mic'ed source and therefore minimize the comb filter effect. Auto-Align can also automatically detect a reversed polarity mic and compensate for it.   Features: Automatic, Sample Accurate Time & Phase Alignment Phase Polarity Detection Alternate Matching Points for Improving Phase Correlation while Reserving Delay Displays Distance in Samples, Milliseconds, Inches and Centimeters    

Overview Drum Leveler is a new beat detection-based downward and upward compressor/expander. By selectively applying gain to single drum beats, Drum Leveler easily achieves the desired target level for each beat, without affecting bleed noise or beats that are out of the user-defined processing range. Unlike traditional envelope-followers that detect incoming levels and utilize VCA to apply gain changes, Drum Leveler runs an advanced new algorithm that takes full advantage of the digital domain – allowing unparalleled control over your drums' dynamics. Drum Leveler is powerful yet easy to use. It will help you achieve solid driving grooves, improve clarity and add punch to any percussive performance. Drum Leveler brings a new, radical approach to drums' dynamics control. We’d like to encourage you to take the time and explore Drum Leveler to utilize its full power.

Pi is an innovative, multi-channel phase interactions mixer plug-in engine for Mac and PC. Pi works to improve the summing of a DAW or a mixer. Pi dynamically minimizes frequency cancellations between instruments within the mix, improves mono compatibility and brings back the lost depth and focus lost when overlapping frequencies collide. Good phase relationships between mixer tracks, are a key to great sounding mix. Normally, where mixer channels are summed into a single stereo mix bus, instruments overlap and interact with each-other across the frequency range and phase position. Often, a bass track could be temporarily out-of-phase with the kick or rhythm guitar tracks, and when summed into a mix, end up cancelling each-other over the overlapping frequency range, causing a temporary "hole" in the low end. Similarly, a snare track could end up sounding thin in a mix when the toms resonance are out of phase with the snare. Enter Pi. Designed to enhance any mix, Pi dynamically rotates the phase of the individual mixer channels to achieve maximum phase correlation within the mix. Pi minimizes negative interaction and significantly improves the overall sound of the mix. Just drop Pi into the last insert slot of your DAW mixer channels and listen. Use any of the 64 groups to bind related instrument channels to enhance your mix even further.     Features: Groundbreaking, true multi-channel engine, dynamically optimizes phase relationships between mix channels for optimal sounding mix Three-mode track grouping for enhanced related instruments and multi-mic setup phase correlation optimization Full Range and Low Frequency global optimization modes Four mode multi-channel phase correlation display, enables a unique view of the phase relationships within the mix Internal, inter-channel sample accurate routing, no complicated side-chaining required        

Surfer EQ 2 - pitch-tracking EQ, treating fundamentals and harmonics musically in realtime, Low Cuts always sit right, no octave errors in detection, original analog-behaving asymmetric EQ algorithms, natural sounding even when pushed to the extremes, innovative harmonic filter, new side chain input enabling external pitch detection, zero latency mode, spectrum analyzer and level meters, available for Mac & PC in VST, AU, RTAS and AAX formats