smart:bundle

Intelligent EQ, Reverb, Compression, Gate & Limiter

The smart:bundle features five of sonible's most successful plugins, smart:reverb, smart:comp, smart:EQ 3, smart:gate, and smart:limit. With these four plugins comes sonible's groundbreaking artificial intelligence that provides informed suggestive parameter settings in a single click, helping you to get the best out of your track with confident, professional results, every time.

Speed up your workflow and give your audio tracks maximum transparency with the content-aware limiter smart:limit, the source-adaptive reverb smart:reverb, the intelligent equalizer smart:EQ 3, the content-aware gate smart:gate and the spectro-dynamic compressor smart:comp 2. All of them deliver results within just a few seconds.

smart:gate is the answer to reliable gating. The plug-in automatically detects the presence of a chosen target source (e.g. vocals, keys, kick) and allows to focus on this source when gating. Unlike conventional gates, smart:gate does not open or close depending on the overall level of the input signal, but it only reacts to signal components belonging to the target. This content-awareness helps to make the gate much more stable and easier to parametrize than conventional gates and it even allows to use the gate, if some background signal occasionally exceeds the level of the target source.

Now for the first time, gating can be as simple as selecting a target source from a drop-down menu. Whether you’re targeting vocals, electric guitar, piano or a suite of other options, the result is a gate that delivers reliably even if a target source varies in level, or if a competing instrument is louder than the signal you want to keep.

Simple Setup, Powerful Control

smart:gate’s visualizer traces the level of the detected target signal, not the entire input signal, making parametrization straightforward and faster. With sonible’s ‘Instant Replay’, when you change a parameter, the visualized signal changes the whole signal history, predicting the impact on the entire signal.

With Level Bias, the gating behavior can follow the detected signal more or less closely – great for refining the response on transient material like drums, or keeping non-transient material like vocalsmore natural. You can also use smart:gate without its content-aware AI features, for operation as a conventional gate.

Gating response can be customized further with the ‘Impact control’, which scales back the amount of gain reduction applied when the gate is closed. smart:gate also offers a Ducking mode to reduce the target signal instead of passing it through. A three-band suppression network helps to weight gating across the frequency spectrum.

Going For The Signal Source

Gating can be a tricky task – with smart:gate, it’s as simple as selecting a target source from a drop-down menu. Whether you’re targeting vocals, electric guitar, piano or one of many other options, the intelligent gate reliably delivers even when the target source varies in level, or a competing instrument is louder than the signal you want to keep. smart:gate’s content-aware processing unlocks its full power where conventional gate plug-ins struggle.

Insights For Faster Workflows

Finally, a gate that is truly able to differentiate between a mix and the signal component contained within it. Both the target signal’s activity and the gating are visualized in detail. Together with Instant Replay, you are provided with all the insights you need to get your parametrization and tweaking done much faster – all with familiar controls and without any guesswork.

Intuitive Interface Packed With Great Features

Besides its intelligent target source detection, smart:gate sports a host of features for fine-tuning, such as a three-band suppression network for weighting the gating across the frequency spectrum. The level bias enables you to increase the level-dependency of the processing – extremely handy when you want refine the response to transient target sources. And, since gating and ducking are closely related in their processing, the gate plug-in can be switched to ducking mode, offering you the same target-focused functionality. You can also use smart:gate without its content-aware AI features as a conventional gate.

Features

• Content-aware gate processing
• Wide range of instrument and sound profiles to determine the target source
• Familiar control over gating response: Threshold, Attack/Release, Hold, Tolerance
• Visual guidance on target source detection for easier parametrization
• ‘Instant replay’ prediction after parameter changes
• With ‘No Target’, conventional, non-AI gating is still possible
• Content-aware ducking mode to reduce selected target signal
• Tailor gating across the frequency spectrum with three-band suppression control
• External sidechain input; detection in mono/mid or side signals 
• Available Formats: AAX, VST, VST3 and AU
• Apple Silicon: native support for M1 and M2 chips (including AAX)

Learn more about smart:gate.

The Content-Aware Limiter

Loudness and Dynamics in tune

smart:limit delivers limiter settings that let your mix breathe and gives you all the loudness and dynamics info you need for confident publishing.

• Automatic parametrization in just a few seconds
• Extensive loudness and dynamics monitoring
• Unique set of sound-shaping tools

The one-stop-shop limiter

Straightforward “set – check – publish”

smart:limit is all about worry-free limiting: Its intelligent processing will preserve the detail of your track and provide a transparent, uncompromised limiting quality. With smart:limit's extensive loudness and dynamics monitoring, you won’t have to use any additional metering plug-ins. Besides providing you with all the necessary loudness information in real-time for confident publishing, smart:limit guides you towards hitting the safe zone requirements of streaming platforms or loudness standards and gives you feedback via interactive Quality Check hints.

Transparent sound with just one click

AI-powered parametrization for confident limiting.

Speed up your workflow with smart:limit. Its intelligent processing analyzes your signal and finds limiting parameters that let your mix breathe – all in just a few seconds. By choosing a genre-based profile that fits your mix, you can prime the plug-in for different limiting characteristics. Or instead, upload a reference track, if you are aiming for a specific limiting style. You can use smart:limit with or without the automatic parametrization – or go for a combination of both.

Everything under control in real-time

Extend the Loudness Monitoring section to access an extensive information hub on loudness and dynamics: Here you will find all relevant loudness readouts, visual guidance regarding different publishing targets, and information on the dynamics of your track. With the revolutionary Instant Impact Prediction feature, you won’t have to restart the loudness measurements every time you change a parameter – the change will be reflected in real-time without having to repeatedly playback the entire input signal.

Monitor all relevant key metrics at a glance:

• Loudness [LUFS] - integrated, short-term, momentary
• Loudness Range [LU] - integrated, short-term, momentary Dynamics [dB ] - based on Peak to Loudness Ratio
• True Peak [dbTP] – using high-resolution oversampling
• Gain Reduction [dB]

Vibe is in the detail

Shape your sound to perfection.

When your sound is in need of a little bit of extra vibe, smart:limit has got you covered. Use the Style dial to freely choose between either a soft or hard limiting style. Play with saturation to add some subtle warmth or to really inflate your signal. Adapt the Balance to give your track that perfect spectral polish prior to publishing and tweak the Bass Control for a rich and compact low end.smart:limit is packed with great features that will help your sound get all of the attention it deserves.

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smart:EQ 4 is an intelligent EQ that analyzes your audio material and uses AI to equalize it in order to correct spectral problems and achieve tonal balance.

Top-down or Bottom-up Mixing

The traditional way to mix a project, starting with individual elements and building a mix piece-by-piece, is the bottom-up method for mixing music. This tried-and-tested approach is still possible in smart:EQ 4, with simple control over the character of each channel of a mix thanks to the plugin’s spectral shaping, but another tactic is possible as well. In Group mode, you can define the mix from the top down, creating an unmasking hierarchy between up to 10 instances of smart:EQ. This set priorities for each smart:filter, bringing some elements to the forefront of the sonic stage, leaving some in the middle, and pushing some into the background. smart:EQ 4’s smart:filter can be used in three modes: 'Track' balances the channel; 'Group' doesn’t affect the channel but reduces masking between it and other group members;
'Track and Group' applies balancing to the channel and makes it subject to unmasking.

AI-powered smart:filter Take on New Profiles

The smart:filter is the centerpiece of smart:EQ, balancing the signal based on a target Profile such as drums, bass, vocals or the default Universal Profile. smart:EQ 4 has new Mix Profiles trained on entire mixes from specific genres.
A new Reference Profile feature allows you to load an entire finished track or individual instrument and have smart:EQ 4 emulate its character and balance on your channel or buss.

‘Remote Control’ for Spectral Mixing

In version 4 you don’t just see how other smart:EQ instances within the same group are reacting– you can view their behavior and change their parameters from any single instance with in the same group. In 'Group View', two entire EQ curves can be selected before being edited on-screen, and all instances can have profiles selected and analyzed.

In-depth control in Track View

In 'Track View' , the current instance takes priority, but the group properties and placements are still accessible and can be changed. In addition to the smart:filter, smart:EQ’s regular EQ bands now sport dynamic behavior, with Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release and Range controls. These regular EQ bands can be used alongside or instead of the main smart:filter bands for any instance of smart:EQ 4.

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The Source-adaptive Reverb

Reverb that truly fits – powered by A.I.

With just one click, smart:reverb analyzes the source material quickly to create every reverb from scratch. By custom-fitting the reverb to the spectral and temporal characteristics of the input signal, typical problems such as disturbing resonances or muddy reverb tails are avoided from the very beginning.

The sonible smart:engine, an A.I.-based, content-aware system designed on the basis of psychoacoustic principles as well as extensive hands-on mixing experience, powers the inner workings of smart:reverb. Just like smart:comp and smart:EQ 3, this intelligent plug-in comes equipped with profiles for different audio sources to prime the processing of the smart:engine to the input signal.

Explore characteristics, not presets

smart:reverb creates reverb based on the source signal rather than working with presets or pre-recorded impulse responses. To find the reverb style you envision, browse through its reverb matrix, in which all possibilities fit to your input signal. Guided by descriptive properties, you'll find what you are looking for – intuitively and efficiently.

Stay in control

For maximum control, smart:reverb provides you with an interactive view of the reverb's anatomy. Its detailed interface makes it easy for you to manipulate the deep-structure of the reverb by modifying its frequency and time-dependent decay rate as well as the reverb’s spread or density evolvement over time.

smart:reverb is a hybrid plug-in that combines the flexibility of a fully parametrizable reverb with the transparency and sonic integrity of convolution reverbs. The audio plug-in offers options to change the reverb time and pre-delay, to expand the reverb's width, increase its clarity and to change the color. Additionally, smart:reverb contains sound layering features for sound design.

Learn more about smart:reverb.

The Spectro-dynamic Compressor

Putting Dynamics Into Shape

smart:comp 2 automatically delivers transparent, precise results; providing you with the creative tools that will transform your sound from nice to extraordinary. 

• Spectral processing for tonal and dynamic balance 
• Automatic parametrization with a single click
• Tools for creative dynamics shaping

Up Your Compression Game - Audio Compression Powered by AI

Incredible Sound – Your Tracks Deserve Nothing Less

smart:comp 2’s AI-powered automatic parametrization, spectral compression, and ducking abilities when used with an external sidechain all aim for one goal: clean, well-balanced compression results that remain true to your input signal – no matter whether you are working on single instruments, instrument busses or entire mixes. By analyzing the characteristics of your material, its intelligent processing will enhance transparency and preserve crucial details without compromising the integrity of the signal. Supported by such a sound base you are free to go ahead and let your creativity flow. sonible’s smart:engine drives the intelligent processing of smart:comp 2. It’s a content-aware system based on deep learning technology, a vast amount of data, psychoacoustic principles and extensive hands-on mixing experience. Choose a profile and let smart:comp 2 learn your track. The plug-in takes only a few seconds to deliver extremely precise compression results. 

Tap The Full Potential Of Shaping Dynamics - Inspiration hits with more possibilities

Shaping dynamics to achieve distinctive sounds has never been easier than with smart:comp 2. This exceptionally versatile compressor is packed with features that enable you to give any track your unique vibe. Gradually shape the character of the compressor with the style dial and give your results a darker or brighter vibe using the color dial. The free-form transfer function with its templates allows you to achieve sophisticated level mapping. You can also fine-tune the temporal attack and release behavior without restrictions and apply a different compression to the ambience and center by using mid/side processing.

Everything You Need At A Glance - Smooth handling and real-time monitoring

Working with smart:comp 2 is straightforward and intuitive. All crucial compression parameters take center stage – their handling will feel as familiar as working with a common single band compressor. With input level riding you can focus directly on shaping the dynamics of your track instead of worrying about level issues. Having more insight means making better informed decisions. smart:comp 2 provides you with real-time monitoring elements such as instant impact prediction which immediately reflects every parameter change across the entire signal, compression mapping and an RMS level histogram that outlines the overall dynamics of a track.

smart:comp 2 is an invaluable assistant – whether you're a mastering/mixing professional or an aspiring talent.

Features

•  Automatic compression parametrization with a single click
• Spectral processing for tonal and dynamic balance
• Frequency-dependent ducking to create space for the sidechain signal
• Free-form transfer function and templates for complex compression goals
• Color and Style dials to change the character of the compression results 
• Automatic output gain, mid/side processing, input level riding, surround sound support

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Where other de-essers just reduce volume– smart:deess goes far deeper and creates a more natural, better balanced sound. By harnessing the power of a fully trained neural network, smart:deess identifies the exact start and end points of phonemes without the need to set a threshold. And thanks to its ability to process the entire phoneme using spectral processing, you’ll never want to go back to your old de-esser.

• Tackle de-essing and plosives with a single plugin
• AI processing instantly adjusts the settings according to the source material
• “Ess” sounds can be fully shaped and refined, not just turned down

The world’s first de-esser that combines phoneme detection with advanced spectral de-essing.

The content-aware approach

Simply tackling sibilance and plosives

smart:deess analyzes the signal’s actual content– not just the level of one frequency band– before it decides what to do. As soon as you load the plugin on a channel, smart:deess builds a ‘voiceprint’ of the input voice signal and starts balancing any sibilants and plosives that are present. Your job then is to review the analysis and refine the results. smart:deess allows you to spend time on getting the sound you want, rather than correcting the sound you don’t want.

The power of AI

Looking deeper than ever before

smart:deess identifies specific individual phonemes– S, Z, Sh, Ch, T, P...– in real time, determining the exact start and end point of each sibilance without you having to set a threshold. The entire sibilant is then processed, rather than just the loudest part, making the final result far more natural sounding. Each phoneme type is identified and processed independently, an “Ess” is treated differently than a “Ch”, which is treated differently than a “T”. The result is as though the original recording had simply been better balanced.

Spectral processing

Shape and refine

Other de-essers are just automatic volume controls. smart:deess does contain a broadband component, but it also draws on additional spectral processing to shape and refine harsh sounds at a deeper level. Use the Color controls to tune the sibilant character (soft, balanced or sharp) and achieve the desired balance without losing edge. What’s more, dull and lisping sibilants can be revived and given new life by applying smart:deess' spectral processing.

With smart:deess, tedious clip-gaining of sibilants is history.

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System Requirements

Mac

• macOS 10.13+ (M1 Apple Silicon supported) (64-bit only)
• RAM - at least 4 GB (recommended)
• CPU - at least Intel DualCore i5 (recommended)
• Plugin Formats - AU, VST2, VST3, AAX, MultiRack Native
• Supported Sample Rates - 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz

PC

• Windows 10+ (64-bit only)
• RAM - at least 4 GB (recommended)
• CPU - at least Intel DualCore i5 (recommended)
• Plugin Formats - VST2, VST3, AAX, MultiRack Native
• Supported Sample Rates - 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz

Compatible DAW's:

• Logic Pro
• Ableton Live
• Pro Tools 11+
• Reaper
• Cubase
• Nuendo
• FL Studio
• Studio One