Baby Audio have updated Smooth Operator Pro, currently available for $79.00, (usually $129.00).
What’s new in version 11:
- Auto Gain compensation feature added (click icon next to Gain control text to instantly match input level)
- Lo and Hi Preserve filters can now be adjusted from the frequency display window by clicking and dragging
- Visual emphasis added to nodes when Override Global is enabled
- Overwrite user preset bug fixed
- Various cosmetic and workflow improvements
Baby Audio have engineered the new Pro version without compromising on the fast workflow that made Smooth Operator 1 so popular.
Set the desired target curve, then turn the global threshold knob until the plugin starts balancing your audio. Dive into deep settings optionally for total control.
Smooth Operator Pro removes fatiguing frequency energy as and where it occurs, improving your audio’s clarity. Dial it in gently and it will feel like lifting a blanket from your speakers.
- Smooth Operator Pro removes the bloated frequency energy your tracks don’t need
- Achieve clarity in your mixes by eliminating mud, harsh resonances and masking
- Fix specific problem areas with surgical control – or re-shape the tonal balance entirely
Where other spectral balancers offer global settings to affect the signal, Smooth Operator Pro brings unprecedented depth: Override the global settings for any frequency node to set individual dynamic profiles across the spectrum.
Examples (within the same plugin instance):
- Target the left side at 7500 hz to fix a harsh cymbal.
- Address only the sides at 150 hz to clean up the bass.
- Tame a vocal at 2.5 khz with a softer compression profile.
Baby Audio have listened and learned. The all-new Pro version incorporates four years of user feedback since V1.
- Enhanced performance and sound quality
- Full control over all dynamic and imaging parameters
- Freely add and remove nodes across the spectrum
- Create individual dynamic processing profiles per node
- Two cutting-edge correction algorithms: Even and Skew
Spectral Processing manipulates the building blocks that make up a digital signal. By splitting a sound into its individual components, the plugin rebalances the harmonic material more effectively than traditional EQ and compression tools.
Smooth Operator Pro brings surgical control over your sound at the ‘DNA level’. Fixing problems is only the beginning: Use the plugin to dramatically re-shape the tonal balance and bring out the best in every track.
Smooth Operator Pro ships with 184 presets created by some of the world’s most renowned engineers for use in their own sessions.
Preset creators include 30+ Grammy Nominee Craig Bauer, Max Jaeger (Ariana Grande, Drake, Diplo), Preston Reid (Chris Brown, Usher, Muni Long) and Ryan ‘Skinny’ Shanahan (Zedd, Lady Gaga).
Enable Sidechain mode to use the spectral content of another track in your mix to rebalance the current signal.
Example: Use the lead vocal as the input on a guitar track. The guitar will now be dynamically tamed in the areas where the vocal has the most frequency energy. Both signals can breathe without getting in each others’ way.
Smooth Operator Pro is available to PC and Mac users (VST2, VST3, AU and AAX).
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