FLUX Studio Session Pack

The Studio Session Pack from FLUX conveniently bundles eight studio versions of their plug-ins together for music engineers and producers primarily mixing down to stereo formats. Included are the Pure Analyzer, Bittersweet Pro, Pure Compressor, Epure EQ, Pure Expander, Pure Limiter, Syrah, and Ircam Tools Verb Session plug-ins. These studio versions use the exact same engines as the professional versions, but they offer a limited feature set tailored for music producers who don't need advanced postproduction features such as multichannel options and sample rates higher than 96 kHz. The Studio Session Analyzer included here does not offer hardware I/O support and does not support the additional Live, Metering, and Multichannel Options.

Signal Processing Features

Input/output gain controls for adjusting the levels before and after processing

Phase invert of the processed signal

Dry Mix control (dry/wet with gain compensation) allowing for parallel processing or for blending some of the original "peak" into the processed signal

Clipper, a discrete peak limiter at the very last stage of the processing chain rounding off the peaks smooth and musically

Bypass routes the incoming signal direct to the output for a true smooth transition between processed and clean signal

Preset and Parameter Handling

Two preset/parameter slots, A and B, can be loaded with two full set of parameters at the same time to enhance workflow

Apart from saving each preset, a "Global Preset" can be saved containing both the A and B settings and the position of the morphing slider

The morphing slider provides morphing between the parameter settings of slot A and B allowing for creative and real-time tweaking

Enabling the automation control button exposes the morphing slider to the host automation

General

Up to 8 channels input/output

64-bit internal floating point processing

Sampling rate up to 384 kHz for Native AU/VST/AAX plug-ins

Signal Processing Features

Input/output gain controls for adjusting the levels before and after processing

Phase invert of the processed signal

Dry Mix control (dry/wet with gain compensation) allowing for parallel processing or for blending some of the original "peak" into the processed signal

Clipper, a discrete peak limiter at the very last stage of the processing chain rounding off the peaks smooth and musically

Bypass routes the incoming signal direct to the output for a true smooth transition between processed and clean signal

Preset and Parameter Handling

Two preset/parameter slots, A and B, can be loaded with two full set of parameters at the same time to enhance workflow

Apart from saving each preset, a "Global Preset" can be saved containing both the A and B settings and the position of the morphing slider

The morphing slider provides morphing between the parameter settings of slot A and B allowing for creative and real-time tweaking

Enabling the automation control button exposes the morphing slider to the host automation

General

Up to 8 channels input/output

64-bit internal floating point processing

Sampling rate up to 384 kHz for Native AU/VST/AAX plug-ins

Signal Processing Features

Input/output gain controls for adjusting the levels before and after processing

Bypass routes the incoming signal direct to the output for a true smooth transition between processed and clean signal

Preset and Parameter Handling

Two preset/parameter slots, A and B, can be loaded with two full set of parameters at the same time to enhance workflow

Apart from saving each preset, a "Global Preset" can be saved containing both the A and B settings and the position of the morphing slider

The morphing slider provides morphing between the parameter settings of slot A and B allowing for creative and real-time tweaking

Enabling the automation control button exposes the morphing slider to the host automation

General

Up to 8 channels input/output

64-bit internal floating point processing

Sampling rate up to 384 kHz for Native AU/VST/AAX plug-ins

Features

Each of the five band-sections provides:

Filter type selection:low cutlow shelvingpeakhi shelvinghi cut

low cut

low shelving

peak

hi shelving

hi cut

Frequency range covering the whole bandwidth

Q factor adjustable (from 1.00 to 100.00)

Gain control (ranged -24 dB to 24 dB)

Bypass

User Interface

Multiply gain (x2) affecting the gain value of the band-section

Divide gain (/2) affecting the gain value of the band-section

Invert, converting the band-section positive values to negative and vice versa

Up to 8 band group

Signal Processing

Master gain control

Full I/O routing matrix

Up to 4 MS encoder / decoder

Bypass routes the incoming signal direct to the output for a true smooth transition between processed and clean signal

Mid/Side Processing

Using the internal processing groups and the MS option in a multichannel setup, you could have one set of controls grouped together for the front channels, with a different group controlling the rear channels, configuring an MS EQ on the front channels and simultaneously another MS EQ on the rear channels as well, using one single instance of Epure v3 only

Preset and Parameter Handling

Preset/Parameter Slots: To enhance the workflow the two Preset/Parameter slots, A and B, can be loaded with two full set of parameters at the same time. Apart from saving each preset, a Global Preset containing both the A and B settings, and the position of the Morphing Slider can be saved Parameter Morphing Slider with Automation: The Morphing Slider provides morphing between the parameter settings of slot A/B allowing for really creative and useful real-time tweaking. Enabling the Automation control button exposes the Morphing Slider to the host automation

Signal Processing Features

Input/output gain controls for adjusting the levels before and after processing (-/+48 dB)

Dry Mix control (dry/wet with gain compensation) allowing for parallel processing or for blending some of the original "peak" into the processed signal

Clipper, a discrete peak limiter at the very last stage of the processing chain rounding off the peaks smooth and musically

Bypass routes the incoming signal direct to the output for a true smooth transition between processed and clean signal

Preset and Parameter Handling

Two preset/parameter slots, A and B, can be loaded with two full set of parameters at the same time to enhance workflow

Apart from saving each preset, a "Global Preset" can be saved containing both the A and B settings and the position of the morphing slider

The morphing slider provides morphing between the parameter settings of slot A and B allowing for creative and real-time tweaking

Enabling the automation control button exposes the morphing slider to the host automation

General

M/S width control

Link channels

Up to 8 channels input/output

64-bit internal floating point processing

Sampling rate up to 384 kHz for Native AU/VST/AAX plug-ins

Features at a Glance

Output gain: -24 dB to +24 dB gain range applied to the processing output before the soft clipper

Soft clipper: Applied at the very last stage of the processing path to carefully round the edges of the clipped peaks for a smoother sound

Detector sidechain: Filtered in accordance with the frequency range setting and its low-cut, high-cut, and band-pass filters; the filtered sidechain extraction can be audited with a simple button click

External side chain: Available in AU (Mac OS X), AAX Native, and DSP (Mac OS X and Windows) only

True bypass control: Routes the incoming signal directly to the output for a smooth transition between clean and processed signal

Frequency range: Sets the actual frequency range to be processed (20 Hz to 20 kHz—lower, 40 Hz to 20 kHz—upper) The frequency extraction can be audited with a simple button click

Speed: Alters the mode for the processing of the transients, controlling the envelope smoothing and generating a natural attack (Fast/Medium/Slow)

Dynamic gain: Adjusts the gain of the transients and/or the sustain

Static gain: Controls the actual gain of the Frequency Range filter envelope ( -24 dB to +24 dB)

Geek pane: Advanced settings with an additional range of parameters providing extended control of the transient processing envelope

Attack, Hold, and Release: controls for adjusting the attack, hold, and release times for the transient processing

Preset and Parameter Handling

To enhance the workflow the two Preset/Parameter slots, A and B, can be loaded with two full set of parameters at the same time.

An automatable Morphing Slider morphs between setting A and setting B for real-time creative tweaking

A Global Preset containing both the A and B settings and the position of the Morphing Slider can be saved

Decay Time

The Decay Time is the duration of the reverberation tail in seconds—the time it takes for the reverberated sound to die out.

In technical terms this is often referred to as the RT60 factor—the time at which the response of the reverberation to an input signal goes below -60dB of attenuation.

Room Size

The Room Size is a meta parameter used to quickly perform a homogeneous set of parameters for the early reflections part (early + cluster).

These parts are particularly important to achieve the room feeling of the desired space. It adjusts the time structure of the whole reverberation (early-min, early-max, cluster-min, cluster-max, reverb-start).

Pre-Delay

The Pre-Delay controls the time at which the reverberation portion of the effect starts to be noticed, with respect to the direct signal.

Increasing this helps to distinguish between direct and effected sound and preserve intelligibility, especially with large decay times and room sizes which would otherwise drench the audio material in reverberation.

Time Structure Gain and Damping

Early Gain controls the level of the Early and Cluster time structures contributing to the overall effect.

Tail Gain controls the level of the Late/Tail portion of the overall effect.

Low Damping adjusts the low-frequency damping, useful for increasing or decreasing the decay of bass content with respect to the rest of the spectrum.

High Damping adjusts high-frequency content damping.

Filter Section

The Filter Section controls the characteristics of the filter applied to the signal fed to the reverberation engine, affecting the overall frequency response, if required.

Low Freq controls the low-pass filter frequency cutoff of the corresponding filter section.

High Freq controls the high-pass filter frequency cutoff of the corresponding filter section.

Dual Preset Slots and Parameter Morphing

The built-in preset manager and the preset morphing slider provide instant and intuitive control of all parameters and controls. With simple one-click operation, everything is copied from one of the two preset slots to the other, even during playback.

The two Preset/Parameter slots, A and B, can be loaded with two full sets of parameters at the same time to compare them.

The morphing slider will also allow you to mix the A and B presets and record the morph with the host automation.

Features at a Glance

Peak meter

RMS meter

Fully customizable scale and ballistics

Phase meter

Configurable analysis window

Real-time waterfall (see slide option in spectrum setup)

Amplitude or power frequency scaling

Time-averaging

Independently adjustable curve ballistics

Peak tracking with user definable frequency range and several display variations

Keyboard and mouse frequency-axis zoom

Fully customizable curve visual options

Uses Free SampleGrabber Plug-In

The core of the FLUX Real Time Pure Analyzer System is a standalone software application. In addition to this, a plug-in called SampleGrabber, available in all standard plug-in formats, is provided.

The SampleGrabber plug-in can be inserted into the insert chain on any DAW, where it grabs the source/response audio signal and sends it to the FLUX Analyzer standalone app that analyzes the audio in real time.