Nobody built a 31-band tube graphic EQ back then because cramming that many valves into one chassis would run hot, cost a fortune, and break constantly. M Media Audio went ahead anyway with Third Rail, a stereo 1/3-octave box at $19 perpetual.
Every band rides a fader across true ISO centers, ±24 dB of swing. Crank INPUT far enough, and the tube stage bites unprompted, weighting the bottom while highs brighten without turning brittle. COLOR repaints faders and LEDs, zero audio change.
Reference Player covers the desktop side at $29, hiding a whole signal chain behind the play button: a VCA-style compressor, another 31-band EQ, and a brickwall limiter. Meters run LUFS by BS.1770, phase, and spectrum, and two fat RMS VU dials anchor every view.
Themes swap colors and artwork live, and no restart is needed. One transport handles Line In, discs, and files, and it rips CDs to MP3. Windows buyers grab it on the Microsoft Store, Linux users from the site, and Mac soon. Third Rail ships as VST3, with AU added on macOS.
Every band rides a fader across true ISO centers, ±24 dB of swing. Crank INPUT far enough, and the tube stage bites unprompted, weighting the bottom while highs brighten without turning brittle. COLOR repaints faders and LEDs, zero audio change.
Reference Player covers the desktop side at $29, hiding a whole signal chain behind the play button: a VCA-style compressor, another 31-band EQ, and a brickwall limiter. Meters run LUFS by BS.1770, phase, and spectrum, and two fat RMS VU dials anchor every view.
Themes swap colors and artwork live, and no restart is needed. One transport handles Line In, discs, and files, and it rips CDs to MP3. Windows buyers grab it on the Microsoft Store, Linux users from the site, and Mac soon. Third Rail ships as VST3, with AU added on macOS.
