Flux:: sound and picture development is proud to announce Elixir, a novel kind of program limiter designed to achieve a pure natural sound without altering the audio material and its timbre. Aimed at broadcast, post-production and the mastering industry, Elixir provides real True Peak output level in accordance with the ITU-R.BS 1770 and EBU R128 norms, and for surround/multichannel operation Elixir provides up to 8 channels of simultaneous processing.
iZotope, Inc. today announced the release of Ozone 5 and Ozone 5 Advanced. Ozone 5 is an update to iZotope’s critically acclaimed software mastering suite. Ozone 5 Advanced is a professional mastering suite that expands Ozone’s feature set with individual component plug-ins, extended features, and the brand-new Ozone Meter Bridge.
Roland is proud to announce R-MIX, a new audio processing application that gives recording professionals and those just starting out the tools to manipulate a stereo mix audio easily, visually and intuitively in real time. Featuring the newly developed proprietary V-Remastering technology and the highly-acclaimed VariPhrase technology, R-MIX allows you to see the individual components of a stereo mix as color-coded clouds of harmonic matter and to apply effects or center cancel exactly where and as you wish within the mix.
Universal Audio is proud to announce that the Ampex ATR-102 Mastering Tape Recorder, considered by many engineers to be the best-sounding tape machine for final mixdown, is now available as a faithful plug-in emulation on the UAD-2 Powered Plug-Ins platform.
Kuassa, Inc. has introduced Kratos Maximizer, a new mastering grade look-ahead brickwall limiter and loudness maximizer AU/VST plug-in. Kratos Maximizer on your master channel promises to summon that loud, commercial-quality release sound out of your mix without squashing or artifacts.