Feb 10, 2017: Voxengo is happy to release a new major version 3 of its Polysquasher plugin. Polysquasher is a mastering compressor plugin for professional music and sound production applications, available in AudioUnit, VST and VST3 plugin formats (including native 64-bit support), for Mac OS X (v10.6 and later), and Windows computers.

Changes version 3.0 implements:

• Redesigned the compression algorithm and its parameters.
• Added ProTools 12+ AAX-64 support.

Polysquasher was designed with a main goal: to be transparent. Transparent compression action is a cornerstone for any mastering compressor. Transparency of audio signal processing is necessary to preserve all existing elements in the mix, while compression itself is necessary to make the mix sound uniform to other mixes (tracks) and to make it sound more solid and “glued”.

Polysquasher achieves its goal by using a unique compression algorithm which requires a small number of parameters – basically threshold and ratio only – making this compressor a joy to use. More advanced settings are hidden in the “compressor mode editor” panel where you can create your own compressor modes that can be easily recalled later.

Polysquasher is best used as a finishing compressor inserted in the chain before the final mastering limiter.

Polysquasher also features real-time gain reduction and waveform graphs. Full multi-channel operation is supported.

Polysquasher features:

• Transparent compression sound
• Real-time gain reduction graph
• 6 built-in compressor modes
• Compressor mode editor
• Stereo and multi-channel processing
• Internal channel routing
• Channel grouping
• Mid/side processing
• Up to 8x oversampling
• 64-bit floating point processing
• Preset manager
• Undo/redo history
• A/B comparisons
• Contextual hint messages
• All sample rates support
• 22 ms compensated processing latency

Applications

• Mastering compressor
• Stereo, mid-side, 5.1 surround compressor
• Transparent compressor

Polysquasher is available for purchase on-line for USD 89.95. If you purchased the previous version in the last 90 days the upgrade is free, otherwise the upgrade price from the previous version is USD 39.95. Demo version of Voxengo Polysquasher and other pro audio plugins can be downloaded at the Voxengo web site: http://www.voxengo.com/product/psquasher/

 

Last edited: Feb 10, 2017