Distortion and saturation play a vital role in music production. Choose between three distortion styles, with which you can smudge, stretch, crush, rectify, and clip your sounds in delightfully unpredictable ways. Saturn 2 gives you a huge preset palette of high-quality distortion models inspired by the vintage sound of tubes, tape, and guitar amps, along with powerful, intuitive tweakability. From subtle tube saturation to full-on sonic mayhem, Saturn 2 does it all. Saturn 2 multiband distortion, saturation, and amp-modelingįabFilter Saturn 2 is a multiband distortion, saturation, and amp-modeling plug-in with tons of modulation options. And considering how effective it is, you’ll find Pro-R, with its beautiful Retina interface, delightfully simple to use. From intimate rooms to enormous cathedrals (and everything in between), FabFilter’s sophisticated algorithms faithfully create the perfect ambience for any track, with pristine fidelity and gorgeous tails. Reverbs come in all shapes and sizes, and the Pro-R nails them all to perfection. We’ve found Pro-R to be amazingly versatile. Choose between mono, stereo, or mid-side processing and in Expert mode, an external sidechain input is available with customizable channel linking and routing.įabFilter Pro-R is an incredibly realistic-sounding reverb plug-in that lets your tracks sit nicely in the mix without causing unnatural coloration or phase issues. Apart from sounding superb, FabFilter Pro-G also gives you extremely flexible routing. An indispensable tool in any live or studio setting, Pro-G gives you everything you need – perfectly tuned algorithms, complete sidechain and channel-linking control, an intuitive interface, and excellent metering. Luckily, there’s the FabFilter Pro-G plug-in. Whether it’s noisy guitar tracks or drum mic spill mucking up your kit, you always need a good gate/expander. Allround mode is also a great tool that gives you high-frequency limiting of any material, even drums or complete mixes. Rocking the super-intelligent Single Vocal detection algorithm, Pro-DS accurately nails sibilance in vocal recordings and attenuates it transparently. Luckily, we have an excellent de-esser plug-in at our disposal: FabFilter Pro-DS. Even if you deploy the best mics, preamps, and converters, your recordings can be afflicted with this irksome scourge, which is often exacerbated in post production. In Expert mode, you can access Pro-C 2’s external sidechain input and choose between mono, stereo, or mid-side processing with customizable channel linking and routing.
Sporting an innovative interface plus flexible sidechaining and routing options, Pro-C 2 gives you high-quality compression and useful program-dependent presets. One compressor plug-in that’s garnered rave reviews for its scrumptious sonic character and versatility is FabFilter Pro-C 2. If you master audio, you need Pro-L 2.Ĭompression is a food group - the most-used signal processing. Pro-L 2 also includes a resizeable interface and extensive control surface support.
And if you’re working in surround, this feature-packed mastering limiter can tackle just about anything, including Dolby Atmos 7.0.2 and 7.1.2. Extensive standards-compliant loudness metering keeps your volume in check. A true peak limiting mode eliminates distortion during D/A conversion - essential if you’re running a hot mix. A total of eight limiting algorithms provide you with an impressive array of tools, each with a unique character and purpose.
Now, granted, it’s a powerful tool with a reputation for being notoriously difficult to set up and control, but FabFilter has jumped the learning curve with Pro-MB’s intuitive, user-friendly interface that lets you effortlessly conquer the beast.Ī brickwall limiter is a must-have tool for every mastering or mixing engineer, and FabFilter’s Pro-L 2 will pump up your mixes with astonishing transparency. At Sweetwater, we take compression seriously – so seriously, in fact, that many of us use multiband compression on a daily basis. Complete with Auto Gain mode, Pro-Q 3 may be the last EQ plug-in you’ll ever need.įabFilter Pro-MB is a robust multiband compressor/expander plug-in with all the expert features you need, combining exceptional sound quality with great interface workflow.
You also get an endless array of filter shapes, Mid-Side and Left-Right processing modes, and Dolby Atmos support. Make snare drums crack, add brilliance to vocals, or even match the EQ curve of one track to another. This 24-band dynamic equalizer enables subtle tweaks and extreme frequency sculpting alike, with both analog-like Natural Phase and digital-precise Linear Phase modes.
Hardware Requirements – Mac:Intel Core 2 Duo or higher, 4GB RAM minimumįabFilter Pro-Q 3 is destined to become your go-to sound-shaping tool.