Zynaptiq has announced the immediate availability of two brand-new plug-ins, LOUD and WIDE, along with the MASTER III and ZAP VI bundles, the newest iterations of these popular plug-in bundles (both adding the new LOUD and WIDE plug-ins).
LOUD: Track, Bus and Master Processor
Bring your sound into a good place, quickly and easily, with LOUD. Add density and heft to your sound, shape its tone, and make it loud, while preserving punch and presence – using a minimal, low latency & CPU signal path for maximum quality, with an extremely streamlined interface: LOUD.
Running a single, lean processing stage that combines technologies from zynaptiq’s INTENSITY 2, PUNCH and BALANCE plug-ins with a brand new feed-back multi-band limiter, zynaptiq says LOUD makes your master chain even better, smoothly gels buses, emboldens individual tracks, and makes location sound or designed assets fuller and richer in post and sound design. Or, jump-start your mix by simply inserting it across all your project’s tracks. Audio up to 16 channels wide is supported for immersive workflows, of course.
Features
- Combines the engines of INTENSITY 2, PUNCH, and BALANCE with a multi-band limiter and saturation into one, light-weight plug-in.
- Single processing stage for maximum quality and minimum resource use.
- Dual algorithm configurations: CLEAN and WARM.
- TONE control adaptively adjusts frequency response.
- Level compensated monitoring functionality (AGC).
- Support for up to 16 channels for immersive workflows.
- 64-bit internal processing.
- Stream-lined, fully vectorized GUI with zoom up to 200%.
Pricing
LOUD is available with introductory pricing until October 15th, 2026: USD 49/EUR 49 (Reg. USD 99/EUR 99). All prices in EUR are quoted inclusive of 19% German VAT
WIDE: Advanced Stereo Imaging & Mono-to-Stereo Upmixing
WIDE is an advanced plug-in for stereo image widening and mono-to-stereo upmixing – 100% mono-compatible, if desired. Built using zynaptiq’s patented sample accurate spectral processing technology, combined with state-of-the-art resynthesis and feature extraction, WIDE provides four unique new algorithms, three stereo-to-stereo, and one mono-to-stereo.
zynaptiq says:
Unlike traditional M/S, modulation/pitch/delay fx or different EQ per channel methods, its results are virtually free of the usual limitations and artifacts – making it suitable even for critical applications like mastering. Its unique, natural sounding mono-to-stereo upmix algorithm excels at adding dimensionality to music mixing, film post/sound design, and game audio workflows.
Features
- Stereo-to-stereo image widening and mono-to-stereo upmixing plug-in.
- Four unique algorithms, 3 stereo-to-stereo and one mono-to-stereo.
- Built using advanced technologies that do not exhibit traditional issues.
- Zynaptiq-style BIAS/Hover-Menu based frequency dependent operation.
- Broadband and frequency-dependent fold-down to mono.
- 64-bit internal processing.
- Stream-lined, fully vectorized GUI with zoom up to 200%.
Pricing
WIDE is available with introductory pricing until October 15th, 2026: USD 99/EUR 99 (Reg. USD 149/EUR 149). All prices in EUR are quoted inclusive of 19% German VAT
LOUD & WIDE Specifications
LOUD and WIDE support all common sampling rates from 44.1kHz to 192kHz, depending on available CPU resources, and run as 64-bit AAX Native, AU (Mac only), and VST 3 on macOS 10.15.x Catalina or newer, on Intel & Apple Silicon processors, and Windows 10 or newer, on Intel and AMD processors.
LOUD supports up to 16 channels of multi-mono processing for immersive workflows, WIDE comes as mono-to-stereo and stereo-to-stereo plug-ins.
Both plug-ins use PACE copy protection, requiring a free ilok.com account, and can be activated to the hard drive of your computer or an iLok 2 or newer USB dongle.
The plug-ins are single-seat licensed, but support dual concurrent activations for convenience.
The MASTER III Bundle
The MASTER III Bundle combines seven mixing and mastering plugins into one package.
Adaptively optimize and shape frequency response, add impact, punch, clarity, detail, density, and loudness, extend the sound stage, and adjust the level of the drum stem in your stereo masters – frequency dependently, quickly and easily, with mastering grade quality.
Whether you are a mix or mastering engineer, music producer, sound designer, content producer, audio artist or film composer, the MASTER III Bundle is for you.
MASTER III Specifications
The MASTER III Bundle contains INTENSITY 2, UNFILTER, BALANCE, PUNCH, UNMIX: DRUMS and the brand-new LOUD and WIDE, uses PACE copy protection with dual concurrent activations (to HD or iLok2 or newer), and comes as 64-bit AAX Native, AU, and VST 3.x for macOS 10.15.x or newer, and Windows 10 or newer. Apple Silicon CPUs are natively supported.
Pricing & Availability
The MASTER III Bundle is available at an SRP of USD 499/EUR 509. Upgrade pricing is USD 99/EUR 99 from MASTER II, and USD 309/EUR 309 from MASTER v1. Users that have purchased MASTER II on or after March 1st, 2026, can request a free upgrade via the zynaptiq support form. Upgrades are available now via the zynaptiq website and select authorized resellers world-wide.
All prices in EUR are quoted inclusive of 19% German VAT
The ZAP VI Bundle
Version 6 of zynaptiq’s premium plug-in bundle ZAP combines all 16 of their plug-ins into a single processing suite.
Create, master, transform and repair your audio with quality – add the future of audio processing to your toolkit now with ZAP VI – The Zynaptiq Audio Processors Bundle, Version 6.
The ZAP VI Bundle contains ADAPTIVERB, ORANGE VOCODER IV, PITCHMAP:COLORS, PITCHMAP, INTENSITY 2, UNVEIL, UNFILTER, UNCHIRP, UNMIX: DRUMS, WORMHOLE, MORPH 3 PRO, PITCHSHIFT PRO, PUNCH, BALANCE, and the new LOUD and WIDE plug-ins, uses PACE copy protection with dual concurrent activations (to HD or iLok2 or newer), and comes as 64-bit AAX Native, AU, and VST 3.x for macOS 10.15.x or newer, and Windows 10 or newer. Apple Silicon CPUs are natively supported.
Pricing & Availability
The ZAP VI Bundle is available at an SRP of USD 1299/EUR 1319. Upgrade pricing is USD 99/EUR 99 from ZAP V, and USD 399/EUR 399 from ZAP IV. Users that have purchased ZAP V on or after March 1st, 2026, can request a free upgrade via the zynaptiq support form. Upgrades are available now via the zynaptiq website and select authorized resellers world-wide.
* All prices in EUR are quoted inclusive of 19% German VAT
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