Sound Radix, The company behind plug-ins such as Auto Align, SurferEQ, and Drum Leveler, announce POWAIR v1.1. This update includes many new features and improvements.
POWAIR is a novel design two-stage leveler/compressor plug-in, designed to control dynamics and bring a sense of power to vocals, instruments, and mixes.
This update includes a host of improvements, bug fixes, new features and a completely rewritten user manual.
New Features & Improvements
Added peak clipping options.
Added user-definable meter peak hold.
Improved performance.
Added UI scaling (75% – 200%).
Limiting is now based on true-peak.
SCF – improved filter phase-response.
Pro Tools (AAX), Studio One 3.x (VST3) – support gain reduction meter.
Pro Tools (AAX) – support automation key modifiers.
Presets names are now being stored and recalled.
Bypass makes UI grayscale.
Minor UI tweaks and improvements.
Fixes
A/B states were not properly stored and recalled.
Meters/Leveler did not clear state when playing after stopping.
VST denormalization-related performance issues.
Possible crash on Digital Performer (VST).
Input meter could show noise-floor instead of silence.
Various cosmetic UI inconsistencies.
SCF – possible crash when LF was set to highest frequency.
SCF – Solo didn’t work when the compressor was off.
M/S mode was processed in Leveler stage.
Fixes & improvements to auto gain compensation and side-chain compression.
Switching between Mono/Stereo instance on Logic X could lead to a crash.
AAX with side-chain could produce silence when rendered offline. (Commit/Freeze/Bounce Offline).
VST3 might not work with Direct Offline Processing.
In some settings, dry signal could be not dry.
Possible crash when inputting out-of-range values.
Fixes & improvements to Windows installer.The update is free for owners and can be downloaded from their Sound Radix account.
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