M Media Audio locked the order on purpose, and that's the pitch. Sugar Engine is a vocal processor with a fixed signal chain instead of re-orderable modules. Four stages, an opto compressor, six-band parametric EQ, dual de-esser, and stereo doubler, always fire in that sequence, though each one bypasses on its own.
The compressor runs a two-stage opto model with photocell release, so the longer it works, the longer the release stretches. One Peak Reduction knob fuses threshold and drive, ratio snaps to 2:1, 4:1, or 8:1, and Auto Release reads the program. A switch flips the VU meter between gain reduction and input level.
The EQ stacks six bands on IIR filters, dodging linear-phase latency and pre-ringing while giving up phase linearity. Two de-essers split the work: stage one chases sustained sibilance at 6 through 10 kHz, while stage two hunts hard T, K, and CH transients at 4 through 8 kHz with a faster detector. Each has a Listen solo button.
The doubler uses a 10 through 35 ms delay with slow 0.1 through 1.5 Hz modulation on the wet path only, kept below chorus rate, so it reads as doubling. Depth, Width, and Mix shape a mono-in, stereo-out spread.
It runs $49 for a perpetual license with three activations.
The compressor runs a two-stage opto model with photocell release, so the longer it works, the longer the release stretches. One Peak Reduction knob fuses threshold and drive, ratio snaps to 2:1, 4:1, or 8:1, and Auto Release reads the program. A switch flips the VU meter between gain reduction and input level.
The EQ stacks six bands on IIR filters, dodging linear-phase latency and pre-ringing while giving up phase linearity. Two de-essers split the work: stage one chases sustained sibilance at 6 through 10 kHz, while stage two hunts hard T, K, and CH transients at 4 through 8 kHz with a faster detector. Each has a Listen solo button.
The doubler uses a 10 through 35 ms delay with slow 0.1 through 1.5 Hz modulation on the wet path only, kept below chorus rate, so it reads as doubling. Depth, Width, and Mix shape a mono-in, stereo-out spread.
It runs $49 for a perpetual license with three activations.
