Aurora DSP just launched Sirax Mastering Suite, giving users nine mastering stages inside one modular plugin. It runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with one workspace for cohesion, tonal tweaks, dynamic control, stereo work, and final level adjustments.
The routing is pretty flexible. Users can shuffle Glue, Smooth, Dynamics, EQ, Stereo, Color, and Clipper, but Limiter and PumpUp stay fixed in the final slots. Both loudness stages always follow the other processors.
Glue delivers bus compression, softer transients, a filtered sidechain, and control over parallel mixing. Smooth offers four bands to tame harsh or erratic energy. Pretty handy for cleaning up a busy master.
Dynamics blends broad macro controls with multiband tools, adaptive response, limiters, and compressors. EQ gives users ten bands, all editable. Gain, frequency, Q, slope, and filter choices can all be adjusted.
Stereo handles per-band width and stereoization. A correlation meter helps users check the image. Color offers several saturation models and guards the bass.
Clipper brings curve choices and oversampling, while its history view tracks clip reduction. Limiter supplies algorithm options and ceiling adjustment. It also guards against true peak overs. PumpUp follows the limiter, raising apparent level and presence.
Assist creates an editable preset for getting started. Reference Match compares the master with a selected track. Users can watch waveform, spectrum, and input and output metering as changes move through the chain.
The intro price is $49, compared with the usual $99. Aurora DSP lists a free trial lasting two weeks on its website.
Windows has VST3 and AAX. For macOS, the choices are VST3, AU, and AAX. Linux covers VST3, LV2, and CLAP.
The routing is pretty flexible. Users can shuffle Glue, Smooth, Dynamics, EQ, Stereo, Color, and Clipper, but Limiter and PumpUp stay fixed in the final slots. Both loudness stages always follow the other processors.
Glue delivers bus compression, softer transients, a filtered sidechain, and control over parallel mixing. Smooth offers four bands to tame harsh or erratic energy. Pretty handy for cleaning up a busy master.
Dynamics blends broad macro controls with multiband tools, adaptive response, limiters, and compressors. EQ gives users ten bands, all editable. Gain, frequency, Q, slope, and filter choices can all be adjusted.
Stereo handles per-band width and stereoization. A correlation meter helps users check the image. Color offers several saturation models and guards the bass.
Clipper brings curve choices and oversampling, while its history view tracks clip reduction. Limiter supplies algorithm options and ceiling adjustment. It also guards against true peak overs. PumpUp follows the limiter, raising apparent level and presence.
Assist creates an editable preset for getting started. Reference Match compares the master with a selected track. Users can watch waveform, spectrum, and input and output metering as changes move through the chain.
The intro price is $49, compared with the usual $99. Aurora DSP lists a free trial lasting two weeks on its website.
Windows has VST3 and AAX. For macOS, the choices are VST3, AU, and AAX. Linux covers VST3, LV2, and CLAP.
