The Sonoris Mastering Compressor The Sonoris Mastering Compressor is a wideband mastering compressor in VST, VST3, AU, and AAX format for Windows and Mac. It is an ultra clean compressor suitable for delicate material. Transparency No odd harmonic distortion that can be found in most compressors, is present in the SMCP. To reduce residual artifacts, the SMCP features upsampling of the audio up to 8 times. Transparency can be further enhanced by selecting auto-release and feedback detection together with two soft knees. Character If a more aggressive behavior is needed, you can choose feedforward detection with a harder knee. It can have some character if pushed. If needed, the audio can be warmed up by even harmonics with the flip of a switch. Focus Besides working on a full mix, the SMCP can also work in split mode on the individual L, R, M or S channels or anything in between, with the variable link. Flexibility The sidechain for each channel has a selectable high-pass, band-pass and low-pass filter. This gives great flexibility and allows for creative enhancement of the audio. Features Ultra clean wideband mastering compressor Ratio ranging from 1:1 to infinity for compression and limiting Attack ranging from 0 msec to 1 sec Selectable auto-attack Release ranging from 1 msec to 5 sec Selectable auto-release ranging from 0.5 sec. to 5 sec. program dependent Threshold ranging from -60 dBfs to 0 dBfs Very flexible knee setting from hard to soft in 100 steps A second knee that enables the compressor to adjust the ratio back to 1:1 above the threshold, also adjustable in 100 steps from hard to soft knee Feedback and feedforward detector types Selectable high-pass, band-pass and low-pass sidechain filters Variable: sidechain linking is adjustable from fully linked to fully split Highest Link: sidechains linked with the highest value of the left and right channel MS Split: sidechain signals split with the mid and side channels Make up gain ranging from -18 dB to +18 dB 2x, 4x, 8x or auto upsampling for even less artifacts Selectable gentle even harmonic distortion on the output Parallel compression fader A/B comparison Large graphical display with dragable handles for maximum control Scalable user interface Gain transfer plot High resolution gain reduction meter High resolution level meter with resettable peak indicator Full automation possible Mousewheel support Settings can be saved and loaded Double precision internal resolution and interfacing with compatible DAWs Windows 32/64 bit VST, VST3 and 64 bit AAX versions Mac OS 64 bit Intel / Apple Silicon VST, VST3, AU and AAX versions Installer and uninstaller Easy Online License Activation USB drive based license activation for offline computers Although I have used other digital processors with some success, I don’t think that any of them gave quite the same transparency of performance as the Sonoris. System requirements Windows Windows 7 or higher OSX Mac OSX 10.11 or higher iOS iOS 9 or higher
