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Align Delay
Ableton
Eliminate phase issues by aligning delays across tracks—millisecond precision, latency compensation, or physical distance calculations.
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Audio Effect Rack
Ableton
Organize complex effects chains with 16 macros and seamless preset switching through intuitive zones and variation recall.
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Audiolens
iZotope
Audiolens is a free desktop referencing app that analyzes audio from any streaming platform or audio source and collects data on sonic characteristics, allowing you to build a personal library of reference tracks. It excels at visualizing and comparing tonal balance profiles, and when paired with Ozone 12 or Neutron 5, it enables matching of reference track tones to your own mixes and masters.
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Building Max Devices
Ableton
Master Max device creation through hands-on lessons, from MIDI effects to custom instruments, with 92 ready-made devices as blueprints.
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Cassette
Wavesfactory
Recreate vintage tape warmth and character with swappable tape formulas and deck types, complete with authentic wow, flutter, and degradation modeling.
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Click
Avid
Generate tight, synced click tracks that lock seamlessly to Pro Tools conductor rulers for flawless timing reference.
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Comeback Kid
Baby Audio
Comeback Kid is a delay plugin by Baby Audio featuring a hardware-inspired workflow with analog character. It combines a flexible delay engine with 12 sound-sculpting tools including filters, transient designers, saturation, phasing, and reverb, all accessible without submenus. The plugin emphasizes creative delay design with hyper-accurate timing down to 0.01ms precision.
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CV Clock In
Ableton
Synchronize Eurorack gear as your Live tempo master via DC-coupled audio interface integration.
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CV Clock Out
Ableton
Route Ableton Live's tempo as CV clock to modular gear via DC-coupled outputs for seamless hardware synchronization.
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CV Envelope Follower
Ableton
Drive modular parameters expressively from live audio, unlocking dynamic control over your synths and effects in real time.
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CV In
Ableton
Connect your modular gear to Live and animate every parameter in real-time via CV control.
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CV Instrument
Ableton
Unlock modular synthesis potential by converting MIDI into CV signals with cent-accurate tuning and flexible voicing.
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CV LFO
Ableton
Modulate hardware synths with LFO control from Live via DC-coupled audio interface—seamless integration with modular systems.
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CV Shaper
Ableton
Craft custom CV sequences to sculpt modular synth parameters with expressive, real-time control from your Live workflow.
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CV Tools
Ableton
Sync Live with Eurorack gear using CV generation, triggering, and clock control—unlock modular drum sequencing and parameter automation.
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CV Triggers
Ableton
Sequence modular drums directly from Live with precise control voltage triggers and seamless hardware integration.
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CV Utility
Ableton
Process control voltages like audio signals to twist modular parameters deep within Ableton Live, no hardware required.
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DeBleed:Drums
Acon Digital
DeBleed:Drums is a plugin designed to remove unwanted mic spill and bleed from drum recordings in real-time during mixing. It is designed to isolate individual drum kit elements while protecting transients, offering a transparent alternative to conventional noise gates that often compromise drum character. The plugin streamlines professional drum mixing by delivering clean, tight drum sounds without the artifacts or missing notes associated with traditional gating.
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Dorrough Meters
Waves
Monitor your mix's true loudness with ballistic metering that catches peaks others miss—essential for mastering, broadcast, and staying within spec standards.
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DriveShaper
Cableguys
Sculpt dynamic distortion across frequency bands with drawable LFO and transient-triggered modulation for rhythm-locked saturation that breathes with your mix.
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Edison
Image-Line
Chop, arrange, and polish audio samples directly within your mixer with instant loop playback and drag-and-drop sequencing.
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External Audio Effect
Ableton
Route audio to external gear and blend it back with independent gain control and phase correction.
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External Instrument
Ableton
Play hardware synths and multitimbral plug-ins from a Live track: MIDI out, audio back, latency compensated by hand.
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External Instrument
Apple
Route MIDI seamlessly to external synths while auto-compensating latency for tight timing and multi-timbral control.
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Fruity Balance
Image-Line
Fruity Balance is a stereo balance plugin optimized for real-time level automation. It functions as a true panning effect by mixing left and right channels together, similar to pouring water from one glass into another—making the stereo channels no longer independent when panned, distinguishing it from standard loudness-based panning.
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Fruity Center
Image-Line
Reclaim lost headroom and recenter audio waveforms instantly with surgical DC offset removal.
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Fruity Notebook
Image-Line
Keep production notes, lyrics, and ideas synced to your arrangement with timeline-locked page automation.
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Fruity Notebook 2
Image-Line
Sync lyrical ideas and production notes with your song using automatable page selection. Capture, organize, and reference text seamlessly within your workflow.
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Fruity Scratcher
Image-Line
Scratch and manipulate samples in real-time with authentic turntable dynamics and DVS support.
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Fruity Send
Image-Line
Tap into any point in your effects chain and route pristine pre-fader audio to parallel mixers, unlocking parallel processing freedom.
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Gain
Apple
Instantly balance your mix levels and fix phase issues with precise gain control across stereo channels—flip, swap, or sum to mono in seconds.
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Good Dither
Goodhertz
Reduce bit depth without audible artifacts—auto-adapts dither noise shaping to your exact sample rate and resolution.
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I/O
Apple
Eliminate latency headaches and perfectly blend dry/wet signals with hardware-aware I/O routing and automatic delay compensation.
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Instrument Rack
Ableton
Control complex instrument chains with up to 16 macro controls, zone filters, and snapshot switching for instant performance variations.
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Key Detector
Waves
Key Detector is a utility plugin that automatically identifies the musical key of any audio source—whether a sample, track, or full mix—with precision. It's designed as a time-saving tool for music producers and offers direct integration with Waves' vocal tuning and harmonizing plugins, streamlining the workflow when working with melodic content.
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Kickstart
Cableguys
Tighten mixes with Nicky Romero's signature sidechain curves—dial in the perfect ducking depth and multiband control for any kick pattern.
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Lin One Dither
Steinberg
Reduce bit depth without artifacts using advanced noise shaping that masks quantization noise and silences during quiet passages.
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ListenHub
Sonnox
Reference any track instantly while monitoring frequency balance and loudness—catch mix issues before they cost you.
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Looper
Ableton
Overdub synced loops with automatic tempo detection, capturing layered performances that lock perfectly to your session's groove.
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Lossy
Goodhertz
Degrade audio through authentic codec emulation—instantly add lo-fi character, digital artifacts, and vintage texture to any source.
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Metric AB
Plugin Alliance
Metric AB is a professional reference plugin that enables real-time A/B comparison between your mix and reference tracks with loudness matching. It combines multiple metering tools—including spectrum, correlation, stereo image, dynamics, and LUFS analysis—with a streamlined workflow designed for mixing and mastering, making it easy to identify tonal and technical differences while eliminating loudness bias.
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Midside
Goodhertz
Separate and rebalance mid and side content with surgical precision—expand or collapse stereo width while keeping your mix locked in.
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Mix DRUMS
Arturia
Split drums into parallel low and mid/high paths with distinct saturation, distortion, and space processing for powerful, articulate mix depth.
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Newtime
Image-Line
Precision time-stretch audio with independent marker control and locked-in groove quantization for rhythmic perfection.
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Oxford Fraunhofer Pro-Codec
Sonnox
Audition multiple codecs in real-time and catch compression artifacts before delivery with glitchless A/B testing and difference monitoring.
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PanMan
Soundtoys
Whip your stereo field into rhythmic motion with six panning modes—LFO, step, random, and more—plus threshold-triggered dynamics that make your mix pulse and breathe with analog character.
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PanShaper
Cableguys
Craft dynamic stereo motion across frequency bands with drawable LFO waveforms and audio-triggered panning that locks to your rhythm.
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PAZ Analyzer
Waves
Pinpoint frequency imbalances and phase issues instantly with ultra-precise 52-band analysis, catching problems your ears miss during mixing and mastering.
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Performance Pack
Ableton
Control dynamic live performances and studio arrangements through linked macro faders, snapshots, and looping—all customizable in real time.
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Precision Time Align
Eventide
Lock multi-miked sources into perfect phase alignment with sub-sample precision, eliminating phase artifacts and comb filtering instantly.
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Remix
Acon Digital
Isolate vocals, drums, bass, piano, and more in real-time—remixing and processing tracks has never been this precise.
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RX 11
iZotope
Utility plugin by iZotope.
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Signal Generator
Avid
Generate precise test tones and measure audio with six waveforms spanning 20 Hz to 20 kHz for mixing, mastering, and system troubleshooting.
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SimuLathe CUT
Tokyo Dawn Labs
Master vinyl cutting with surgical groove control and physically modeled turntable precision.
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SimuLathe REF
Tokyo Dawn Labs
Inspect and optimize vinyl groove geometry with physical lathe modeling, surgical filtering, and real-time groove analysis for mastering-grade disk cutting.
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Slink Devices
Ableton
Route 16 modulation signals to 32 outputs and sculpt resonant filters for intricate, evolving sound design.
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Smooth Operator
Baby Audio
Surgically duck frequencies with spectral precision—isolate exactly what you want to reduce using FFT analysis and four-point curve control.
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Snap Heap
Kilohearts
Combine multiple Kilohearts effects in one plugin for deeper sound design without loading separate instances.
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TimeShaper
Cableguys
Craft dynamic multiband movement with independent LFO control per frequency band and audio-triggered rhythm tracking for surgically timed effects.
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Transit
Baby Audio
Chain up to 7 effects with synchronized transitions and a macro knob that controls multiple parameters at once for fluid, evolving sound design.
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Trim
Avid
Surgically control gain and phase across all sample rates with real-time metering for pristine level matching and polarity fixes.
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Tuner
Apple
Keep instruments perfectly in tune with precise cent-based feedback and visual accuracy indicators. Lock performances to any reference pitch from 410–470 Hz for studio-accurate results.
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Utility
Ableton
Fix phase issues and sculpt stereo width while keeping bass locked in mono for cleaner, translation-ready mixes.
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UV22HR
Steinberg
Preserve sonic integrity when reducing bit depth with proven dither algorithms and adaptive noise gating for pristine masters.
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ValhallaFreqEcho
Valhalla DSP
Twist vocal frequencies into dreamy, chorus-like textures or thicken instruments with analog-modeled echo and barberpole effects—all in one versatile processor.
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ValhallaSpaceModulator
Valhalla DSP
Unleash movement through your mix with 11 modulation algorithms—from through-zero flanging to barberpole sweeps that refuse to stop climbing.
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VolumeShaper
Cableguys
Craft dynamic frequency-specific volume movements with drawable LFOs and transient-synced automation across three bands.
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WLM Plus
Waves
Hit broadcast and streaming loudness specs consistently with real-time LUFS metering and automatic limiting that catches peaks before they violate standards.
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Wow Control
Goodhertz
Inject vinyl-era warmth and organic tape imperfections into any source with three analog models and BPM-synced wow & flutter.