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Fixate:Midrange is an intelligent midrange EQ for less mud, harshness and resonance and more balance in the mix now  All product info
Newfangled Audio

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Fixate:Midrange

From Newfangled Audio intelligently corrects midrange problems and brings more clarity, balance and calm.

  • Intelligent mid-range EQ
  • Automatic Analyze and FIX workflow
  • six dynamic processors:
  1. Mud
  2. Thinness
  3. Honk
  4. Nasalness
  5. Harshness
  6. Spectral Imbalance
  • Critical band analysis based on human hearing model
  • Resonance Detection
  • 15-Band Spectral Balance Correction
  • learnable reference profiles
  • Match profiles for mastering, vocals, guitar and other sources
  • Mid and side processing
  • Resonance meter
  • HINTMAP problem display
  • Per-band enable, per-band solo
  • Delta Listening
  • Midrange Focus Listening Mode
  • Automatic Gain Compensation
  • A/B Comparison
  • Fully scalable user interface
  • Color Options
  • Preset Librarian with categories, tags and descriptions
  • professional presets for mastering, vocals and more

Note: This product is supplied as a license code. No box, no data carrier or similar. Please inform yourself about compatibility with your system, registration, download etc. on the manufacturer's website BEFORE purchasing. Registered software cannot be exchanged.


Intelligent midrange EQ for clear mids, less harshness and better balance

Fixate:Midrange is a specialized midrange EQ that starts exactly where most problems arise in many productions: in the mids. Mud, thinness, honk, nasal parts, harshness or an unbalanced spectrum can quickly make mixes sound tiring, cheap or unfocused. This is exactly where the plug-in comes in with a clear approach: analyze, correct, balance. Instead of tedious troubleshooting, you get a tool that quickly and musically works on the typical problem areas in the most important frequency range of the mix.

Targeted instead of blind processing of midrange problems

At the heart of Fixate:Midrange are six intelligent dynamic processors, each dedicated to one of the most common midrange problems. Each area is processed depending on the signal and only intervenes when a problem is actually detected. This makes the processing much more musical than rigid EQ corrections and helps to clean up the mids without making the Mix lifeless. This is a great advantage, especially with vocals, guitars, keys, dialog or complete hums.

Analyze and fix instead of guesswork

Automatic Analyze and Fix workflow

A key feature is the one-button Analyze and FIX workflow. The plug-in analyzes the signal, detects problematic resonances and spectral imbalances and immediately suggests a suitable correction. This makes Fixate:Midrange not only a mixing tool for experienced engineers, but also a very fast helper for producers, creators and mastering setups where decisions need to be made efficiently.

Six controls, six typical problem areas

The interface is deliberately designed to be direct: Mud, Thinness, Honk, Nasalness, Harshness and Spectral Imbalance each have their own control. This allows you to intervene directly and without detours. This is particularly helpful if a Mix is basically working, but does not open up properly in the mids, is weak in terms of speech intelligibility or becomes unpleasant at higher volumes.

More than just mastering

Also for vocals, guitars, dialog and individual tracks

Even though Fixate:Midrange was developed for the master bus, the plug-in is explicitly not limited to mastering. It can also be used for vocals, guitars, instrument busses, dialog tracks or other individual sources. With the appropriate profiles, the processing can be tailored to the respective material, making the plug-in very versatile in both Mix and post-production.

Reference profiles and teachable target curves

Working with profiles is a powerful feature. You can use existing reference profiles for mastering, vocals, guitar, piano, drums, keys and other applications or learn your own target profiles from reference material. This allows you not only to correct the spectral balance, but also to get closer to a desired sound or a specific production aesthetic.

Developed on the basis of human hearing

Technically, Fixate:Midrange works with a model that is based on human perception. The mid-range is divided into critical bands, i.e. precisely those frequency ranges in which the ear perceives correlations, resonances and masking particularly strongly. This is one of the reasons why the plug-in often detects problems where classic analyzers show activity but do not provide any real musical decision support. The result is processing that appears more natural and in practice often leads to the goal more quickly.

Designed for modern workflows

Fixate:Midrange not only has a modern interface, but also many practical tools for everyday use. These include mid and side processing, a resonance meter, HINTMAP display, per-band enable, solo and delta listening, midrange focus listening mode, automatic gain compensation, A/B comparison, a scalable user interface, a preset librarian with categories and tags as well as Apple Silicon compatibility. This makes the plug-in not only intelligent, but also workflow-strong.

System requirements

macOS

  • macOS 10.14 or newer
  • 64-bit AAX, AU, VST, VST3
  • Apple Silicon compatible

Windows

  • Windows 10 or newer
  • 64-bit AAX, VST, VST3

A host program is required as Fixate:Midrange does not work as a standalone application.

Worth knowing

Many mix problems are sought in the Bass or in the treble, although the real problem often lies in the mid-range. This is exactly where intelligibility, presence, hardness, depth and the feeling of quality are decided. A specialized tool like Fixate:Midrange is particularly interesting because it doesn't try to be everything at the same time, but works on exactly the area that is often most important for the translation of a mix.

Features:

  • Manufacturer: Newfangled Audio
  • Software type: VST
  • Version: Full version
  • Plattform: Mac/PC
  • Supported plug-in formats: VST/AU/AAX
  • Boxed: No
  • Plug-in type: Dynamischer EQ
  • Licensing type: iLok
  • Effect Type: EQ
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€ 79.70