Baby Audio Smooth Operator Intelligent Spectral Balancer Plugin.
Effortlessly Tame Resonances and Sculpt Your Sound
Introducing Smooth Operator, the intelligent plugin that helps you achieve pristine mixes with unmatched ease. This innovative tool combines the power of resonance suppression, spectral compression, and equalization into a single, intuitive workflow.
Cut Through the Mix with Confidence:
- Intelligent Resonance Detection: Say goodbye to harsh resonances. Smooth Operator identifies and neutralizes problematic frequencies in real-time, automatically adapting to your audio for a consistently clear sound.
- Effortless Tonal Shaping: Craft the perfect sonic picture with intuitive controls. Sculpt your tonal balance while the plugin seamlessly eliminates unwanted resonances in the background.
More Than Just a Fixer:
- Spectral Processing Explained: Smooth Operator utilizes spectral processing, a revolutionary technique that analyzes the building blocks of your audio. This allows for incredibly precise resonance detection and correction, exceeding the capabilities of traditional EQ.
- Creative Freedom: While spectral tools often focus on restoration, Smooth Operator empowers your creativity. Shape your tonal balance with compression, EQ, and "purification" – all within one streamlined process.
Stop fighting cluttered mixes. Smooth Operator is your secret weapon for achieving clean, polished sound with minimal effort.
Compatible with all major DAWs: Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason, and more.
Features:
- Global Threshold: Pull the middle circle node downwards to increase the over-all effect amount. When the curve is horizontal, Smooth Operator will apply the same effect amount across the entire frequency spectrum.
- Change the response curve: Move the 4 nodes on the curve to sculpt your desired frequency response. Preserve frequency areas by moving the nodes up, or go harder on frequency areas by dragging the nodes down. Use your mousewheel or trackpad-scroll to adjust the Q.
- Go surgical or go broad: The ”Focus” slider controls how surgically Smooth operator works. At 100%, each frequency spike is processed independently, while lower focus values will give you a broader response.
- Monitor problematic areas in solo: Engage the “Solo” button to audition different areas of the frequency spectrum separately and identify problematic areas in your track. Then decide how hard Smooth Operator should tackle them.
- Use Smooth Operator as an intelligent ducker: If you engage “Side Chain” mode, you can duck your signal relative to the frequency content of another track in your mix. The side chain input will then determine what frequencies are attenuated, allowing you to create space between two competing tracks in your mix. (Example: Ducking your bass with your kick set as the side chain input).
- Two algorithm modes: Click the “M” icon to switch between “High-Res” and “Classic” algorithms. “Classic” offers lower latency for tracking and production workflows, while “High-Res” offers a cleaner response for mixing and mastering purposes.
- Display options: Switch between pink, green and blue background colors. Fully resizable plugin window.
Tech Specs:
MAC
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OS X Mac OS 10.7 and up (including Native M1 Capability)
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Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AU, AAX
WINDOWS
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Windows Windows 7 and up
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Plugins: VST-2, VST-3, AAX
