Variety Of Sound has released FeenstaubHDR, a free VST2 and VST3 effect plugin for Windows. Here’s what they say:
Mixing music is essentially about adjusting and balancing audio in three dimensions: Its timbre, its dynamic structure and its appearance in the stereo field. The FeenstaubHDR audio plugin takes advantage of effects in all three dimensions that add up to a very consistent, pleasant and musical-sounding finishing. It works best on complex full program stereo material but also shines on vocals, single instruments as well as the drum bus.
As a stereo bus processor the device optimises highly complex dynamics, whether on the mix bus or during mastering:
- Manage complex dynamic audio with a seamless blend of compression, expansion and saturation that always preserves punch and energy.
- Balance tonality and stereo imaging with authentic Variable-Mu and Glue compression in a split-band and mid-side configuration.
- Apply pleasant sonic textures and flavours, and refine them using dynamic equalising.
All details can be found in the online manual.
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