Mastering tool plug-ins
Professional Peak and Loudness Metering
PPMulatorXL is a cross-platform plug-in meter for digital audio workstations which exactly mimics the look and feel of a professional broadcast Peak Programme Meter (PPM). PPMulatorXL has also included a EBU R.128 compliant loudness metering and a amazingly fast offline metering for audio files in standalone mode.
By adding this plugin to the master output of your audio editing program, you can record, edit, mix and export your audio within a precisely-calibrated workspace – something which is often impossible to do when working in a non-studio environment.
PPMulatorXL is designed to closely-follow the ballistics of mono, stereo, mid-side (MS) and surround (5.1) PPM meters (conforming to IEC 268-10/DIN 45406) and has a number of built-in additional features, including various display style options and a highly-useful Peak Logging process which logs all peaks/overloads against the time code in the host application where they occurred.
Key Features:
• Customizable and resizable layouts and channel labeling
• Audio file batch processing (PPMulatorXL only)
• Automated peak logging with export
• Mono gain trim to M3 (-3dB) or M6 (-6dB) standards
• Phase correlation meter & Goniometer
• Reference tone generator for meter alignment and calibration
• Multi-channel support up to six channels
Supported Standards:
• IEC 268-10 Type I: Nordic N9
• IEC 268-10 Type I: DIN 45406
• IEC 268-10 Type IIa: BBC scale
• IEC 268-10 Type IIb: EBU scale
• ITU-R BS.1770-2: True Peak Meter
• EBU R128 (2011): Loudness Meter (PPMulatorXL only)
Technical Specifications:
• Audio format: Mono/ Stereo/ Mid-Side/ 5.1, 32-192kHz sample rate
• Min. system CPU: 1GHz
• OS: Mac OS min 10.6
• Windows min. XP
• Host: Pro Tools >= V9
• Plugin format: RTAS, AAX, AU, VST + Standalone application
PSP X-Dither is a mastering dither and noise shaping processor (VST, RTAS and AAX for Windows; AudioUnit, VST, RTAS and AAX for Mac OSX). It is designed to cover wide range of situations when dithering or noise shaping is the way to maintain the quality of an original mix, group or individual track during various stages of the recording and mastering process, including final digital mastering.
PSP TripleMeter is the successor to the PSP 2Meters bundle. It offers three different meters – VU meters, RMS meters, and PPM meters – with discrete features such as calibration and shared features such as trim faders, filters and a label strip. Our goal was to offer you the ability to choose between different audio measurement tools while processing audio. Now, with a single click you can check the volume units (VU) measurements of a signal and compare it to the peak indications or RMS values!
The ML8000 Advanced Limiter is the next generation of limiter technology, using two completely separate stages of processing for significantly improved peak level adjustment.
• The first stage of the ML8000, the Multi-band Limiter, uses 8 bands of active processing for superior phase response over traditional cross-over based processing.
• The second stage of the ML8000, the Master Limiter, is a precise recreation of the patented ML4000 limiter algorithm, right down to the limiter modes.
A high-resolution limiter and multi-band dynamics processor designed for music, mastering, post, and live sound.
• ML1 – mastering limiter
• ML4 – multi-band dynamics processor including a 4-band Gate, Expander, and Compressor fed into the same mastering limiter found in the ML1
Peak & Loudness Metering Plug-in
PPMulator is a cross-platform plug-in meter for digital audio workstations which exactly mimics the look and feel of a professional broadcast Peak Programme Meter (PPM). This plugin provides a precisely calibrated workspace for recording, editing, mixing and mastering.
The plug-in is available in two versions: PPMulator+ and PPMulatorXL; the latter offers additional features such as EBU R128 loudness metering and batch audio file processing.
Key Features
• Customizable and resizable layouts and channel labeling
• Automated peak logging with export
• Mono gain trim to M3 (-3dB) or M6 (-6dB) standards
• Phase correlation meter & Goniometer
• Reference tone generator for meter alignment and calibration
• Multi-channel support up to six channels
Supported Standards:
• IEC 268-10 Type I: Nordic N9
• IEC 268-10 Type I: DIN 45406
• IEC 268-10 Type IIa: BBC scale
• IEC 268-10 Type IIb: EBU scale
• ITU-R BS.1770-2: True Peak Meter
Technical Specifications
• Audio format: Mono/ Stereo/ Mid-Side/ 5.1, 32-192kHz sample rate
• Min. system CPU: 1GHz
• OS: Mac OS min 10.6
• Windows min. XP
• Host: Pro Tools >= V9
• Plugin format: RTAS, AAX, AU, VST + Standalone application
Loudness Batch Processing
ppmBatch allows you to analyze and normalize your audio files according to various broadcasting loudness standards. It batch processes files in multiple real time and provides intuitive user feedback about each file’s compliance status and processing progress. Measurement results are displayed in a clearly arranged, customizable user interface.
ppmBatch comes with presets for the most common broadcasting standards. It enables you to modify these presets and to setup your own profiles. You can create summary report files for a selection of audio files, as well as more detailed reports for each individual file.
ppmBatch is the perfect tool for post production, archive converting and automatic normalizing of every-day broadcast reports.
Key Features
• fast scan & normalize of multiple files
• support for multi-channel and multi-mono files
• default loudness presets for EBU R 128, ATSC A/85, ITU-R BS.1770, ARIB TR-B32, FreeTV OP-59
• drag and drop
• support for broadcast wav audio
• single and overall status reports
Technical Specifications
• supported input formats: wav, aif, mp3, ogg, wma, flac
• Min. system CPU: 2GHz
• OSX min. 10.8, Windows min. 7
• AAX native, AU, Mac, VST, Win
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