Parish Audio debuted the free Gain Knob utility plugin

Zero dollars for a plugin that fixes stereo balance issues most people don't even know they have, and Parish Audio just dropped it out of nowhere. Gain Knob does exactly what it sounds like, tucking into any spot in your chain to handle level tweaks, mono checks, and polarity flips without any fuss.

Slap it before or after literally anything else and it'll help with gain staging or matching loudness between different processing chains. The big knob in the middle handles the main level, and you get stereo meters watching both the input and output sides simultaneously.

Left and right trims can stay linked for basic stereo moves, or you can split them apart if one side needs independent correction for balance issues. There's a mono button baked in too, letting you fold both channels together to catch phase cancellation or spots where your mix loses punch in mono playback.

Polarity inversion is in there as well, useful for checking how multiple mics or layered takes and parallel paths line up against each other. The whole interface resizes, and Parish Audio swears there's no added coloration messing with your signal.

Windows users get VST3, while Mac folks get both VST3 and AU, and nobody has to pay a cent for any of it.
 

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