Introducing SmartStem v1.0.0
Compressors, tape emulations, saturators, console strips. Nearly all of them were tuned around a specific input level, usually somewhere near -18 dBFS RMS. Feed one a track sitting 10 dB hot and it behaves nothing like the demo that sold you on it.
The fix is gain staging, now easier and more accurate than ever. Call it signal insurance.
SmartStem does it once, automatically, per channel or bus.
How it works
Drop two instances on a channel. Channel In at the top of your chain, Channel Out at the bottom. They link to each other. SmartStem measures the signal and stages it to your RMS target on the way in, so every plugin downstream sees the level it was designed for, then restores your level on the way out so your fader position and your monitoring stay honest.
What's in it
- Auto-staging to a configurable RMS target, per channel
- Auto Phase Align between linked instances
- LUFS-aware metering
- Freeze, to lock a stage once you like where it sits
- Trim and Boost for manual override, because sometimes you want the wrong level on purpose
- Instance Directory: every SmartStem pair in the session in one list, so you can read and adjust the whole staging map without hunting through tracks
- Mono and stereo track support
Founder's Edition
$39 instead of $59, for the first 100 licenses.
The 1.0.0 build downloads immediately after purchase, and every update after it is included. Personal license, install on your own machines. No subscription, no account required.
Windows VST3, tested primarily in REAPER. macOS is in the pipeline. Buy at the founder price now and the Mac build is included as soon as it's available.
