Using three independent processing layers, frei:raum is not only a great equalizer, but a completely novel tool for high quality audio postproduction and sound design. Just grab frei:raum and let your creativity flow!



smart EQ

freiraum smart eq
The core of frei:raum is a fully interactive equalizer with state of the art mastering quality. Each band can either be used in classical mode for manual EQing, or in the unique "smart" mode, offering automatic detection and removal of problematic resonances in different frequency bands.

One step closer, please – proximity EQ

freiraum proximity
Got your spectral balance right but some frequency ranges still sound blurred and lack presence? That's where the proximity EQ comes into action: With a few clicks, the clarity and spatial impression of your recording can easily be adjusted. This way, components degrading the transparency of a track can be removed without any impact on the overall frequency leveling.

Unlimited (a)tonality – entropy EQ

freiraum entropy
Turn up picking sounds and play with the sharpness of your snare drum! Perfect, nice clear sound but still not "tight" enough? Get your hands on the fabulous, new entropy EQ! By separating tonal components (e.g. sustained notes) from inharmonic parts (e.g. drum attacks), the entropy EQ can be used to freely adjust the tonal characteristics of your sound at any given frequency.

features and system requirements

3 layer - one plug-in
smart EQ 7-band EQ with 3 unique smart bands for quick EQing
proximity EQ frequency dependent control of direct sound and reverb
entropy EQ frequency dependent control of tonal and inharmonc components
flexible workflow
no preprocessing all processing stages operate fully parallel and in real-time
100% linear phase no phase distortions, even with critical settings
band-meter small meter indicator to individually monitor each band
solo features solo option for each band and processing layer
bypass features bypass option for each band and processing layer
blind:flug mode (optionally) control the plug-in without any visualization (only knobs)
technical details
plug-in formats (Mac) AU, VST (universal binary)
plugin formats (Windows) VST (32/64 bit)
supported samplerates 44.1kHz to 192 kHz
system requirements
PC Windows XP - Windows 8
Mac OSX 10.7+
RAM at least 4 GB (recommended)
CPU at least intel DualCore i5 (recommended)​

More info and demo: http://www.sonible.com/en/freiraum

Retail Price: 399 euro


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Wow Nice

 

Looks like they are from Austria… Sooooo many EQs out there – I don't want another

 

They are from Graz. Not germany.

 

Just tried the demo. It sounds awesome.

However, this thing uses as much cpu as Slate FG-X, if not more. I can see it being a very powerful eq for mastering.

Hopefully someone will soon find a way to extend the demo indefinitely.

 

I wonder what the protection is

 

It asked me to enter a serial or start trial.
Anything other than iLok2 is liberate-able right?

 

To me, it looks like an ordinary EQ with transient designer / ambience reduction capabilities, but nothing outstanding. They were smart enough to make something "shiny" out of this cool algos combination.
If a Dev starts to implement some transient designing/ambience reduction algorithms in their EQs, they'll create just the same thing.
400 euros? Unjustified price. You can achieve the same results by combining some different plugins which costs you cheaper per total.

It would be a best buy around 80-100 euros. But 400? 'Dayuum!

 

ya the price is huge but in the demo video on utube they say that transient detection implemented in this eq does not work in the whole spectrum but only on the frequencies you choose..if theres a transient designer that does that, i quite agree with you, αlthough its a nice plug.again, price is huge for even considering it

 

Yeah the transient and ambiance stuff is per band.

Its can be really handy, first thing I tried the demo on was on this master where instrumental is filtered down to 2k, which resulted in the top end of the vocals being really in your face, so I added a high ambiance shelf boost which pushed the top end back.

You could do this with bluecats MB-7, but I dont really feel too confident in how it would handle the crossover phasing.
I once tried a 5 band, multiband cla-76 with it haha.

 

There's a lot of multiband transient designer plugins. The so called detection might be a spectrum analyser which determines the harmonic peaks then adds some priority on them when you boost the bell. Well, if you listen closely to that demo, the difference between normal bell and the "magic" one is not that big.
I'm not trying to bitch about the plugin, but as i said.. the price is unjustified for what it brings. That price should be claimed for some real groundbraking stuff which does really brings a tangible difference.

 

The ambience can be manipulated by the transient designer as well. If you bring down the "sustain" parameter and bring up the attack, the sound will jump in your face like there's less reverb/ambience. So multiband transient designers are already available since a while.

 

I agree the price is ridiculous for a developer with zero credibility (and even one with).
100-150 would be reasonable.

I checked out some of their other products, and they seem to be in the live sound business (those guys have deep pockets), maybe thats where they got their pricing from.

 

A transient designer is just some basic compression with slow(ish) attack and fast release, while an ambience removal is a gate (or upward compression, whichever you like)...

To everyone who is having trouble understanding the previous sentence: you can do the same things this 400 bucks device does with an EQ and a compressor, and you'll find tons of those devices (probably working even better than this) for free online or even in your DAW...

 

I don't think so. Inform yourself first. When you talk about transient designers, you know that the attack represents the transients of a sound material and the sustain represents the tail of the transients. Reverb is usually located in the tail of the transients. Did you ever tried a transient designer on a very wet guitar and brought down the sustain and see what happened? I don't think so. You should test the stuff before talking about it.

 

There are plenty of other protections that the teams are unable to crack at the moment. elicenser, codemeter, etc.

 

LoL, I had some difficulties understanding what you wrote (and probably believe you've something to do with this product), but a transient designer and a noise gate are two different things: a transient designer is a COMPRESSOR with a slow attack (to let the transients pass through and so to achieve the classic ''snap''), an either fast or medium release (depends on the source) and a fixed threshold; a noise gate is a COMPRESSOR working with a ''below'' threshold (instead of the usual ''above'' threshold) and compresses when the threshold isn't active.

 

Minimum CPU Requirements: i5!

I couldnt even open one instance on a single track without my Core Duo 2 stuttering :D

 

And don't forget Gestapo.


And this kid:

 

As i said, did you ever tried to bring down the "sustain" parameter on a transient designer instance loaded on a wet instrument and see what happened? Just asking.