Multiband X6
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Compatible with macOS and Windows.
Available as VST2, VST3, AU, and AAX.
Watch Multiband X6 in Action
See how Multiband X6 can improve your mixes and masters. Control, refine, and add weight to drums, instruments, or your full mix bus.
X6 features up to 6 bands and 4 different modes (Punch, Smooth, Crunch, and Expand). Whether it’s radio-ready vocals, a pumping drum bus, or punchy mastering, X6 gives you the power to achieve them all.
Compressing, brightening, and de-essing vocals all at once. Hear the raw recording turn into a mix-ready vocal track as the compression knob is turned up.
Hear Multiband X6 bring a whole mix to life. Multiband X6 is on the master bus, letting you bring the detail out in the master by turning the compression knob up.
Here the kick and bass are routed to a bus and processed with X6. Listen on speakers with sufficient low-frequency response to hear how X6 brings the bass right up front without losing the kick in the mix.
Listen to how X6 pushes the bright detail in the synth to the front of the mix without letting it get out of control.
Using multiband compression to sculpt the attack of the synth, we can add satisfying bite in a way that's difficult to achieve with just the synthesizer's controls.
Listen to X6 compressing and bringing out detail and bite in a constantly changing complex lead sound. The original lead sounds good, but after processing it sits solidly at the front of the mix and we can hear new exciting details more clearly.
Listen to how the plastic pick sound actually decreases in volume while the guitar gets brighter. This is done by selecting the wideband mode for the sidechain and applying a filter so the pick noise causes our top end to duck.
We route the kick and snare to the sidechain of X6. Notice how the mids in the snare duck the mids of the pad, and the kick ducks the bass.
If you are mastering and don't have access to the original mix, you can still make some surprisingly surgical changes with a good multiband compressor. Listen as X6 tightens up the snare drum so it has a shorter attack and sits tidily in the mix without dramatically changing the rest of the track.
Intuitive and easy-to-use
Multiband X6 is packed with features that take the guesswork out of multiband compression, like Smart Gain Compensation to keep your level consistent as you dial up the compression, Auto-Threshold setting that analyzes your input to ensure consistent compression across all bands, and Input-Output matching for accurate A/B-ing.
Make multiband your own
Multiband X6 is also highly flexible, allowing you to dial in the exact compression that you need. Customize the crossover filters that separate each band, shape the stereo width of you mix and mono elements with its mid/side capabilities, and reduce transients in advance with a selectable lookahead up of up to 20 ms.
Tools for professional results
Ensure that your mixes and masters meet professional standards with pro metering (peak, true-peak, LUFS, and RMS for both input and output), linear phase filters, up to 4x oversampling, and input/output spectrum monitoring.
Testimonials
A fantastic, versatile multiband dynamics plugin.
Dylan '3D' Dresdow (Beyoncé, Rihanna, Prince, Missy Elliott, Black Eyed Peas)
Wow - this plugin is wild! What it does to drums is insane!.
Dave Eringa (Manic Street Preachers, Ocean Colour Scene, UNKLE, Kylie Minogue)
Extremely versatile and ultra-powerful.
Emre Ramazanoglu (High Flying Birds, Brian Eno, Michael Jackson)
Product Information
- Overview
- Multiband X6 is a professional-grade multiband compressor designed for use in mixing, mastering, and live engineering. It offers zero-latency performance, allowing for real-time processing with no audible delay.
- This compressor is highly versatile, capable of aggressive flattening and shaping as well as smooth compression, making it suitable for a wide range of audio processing tasks. The intuitive user interface and workflow make multiband compression accessible to non-experts, while improving productivity for experienced engineers.
- It makes an excellent multiband or traditional wideband compressor by supporting 1 to 6 bands. Unused bands will automatically disappear from the UI, reducing clutter and streamlining the user experience. This departure from traditional space console format for multiband compressors helps to simplify the workflow and improve productivity. The variety of compression types offered by the Multiband X6 helps to fine-tune the processing for the best possible results. Automatic threshold and gain options are also available, saving time, and effort.
- Features:
- - Up to 6 bands with 4 separate compression modes
- - Smart Gain Compensation
- - Automatic threshold setting and input-output matching
- - Mid/Side processing
- - Internal and External sidechaining
- - Configurable crossover filters and lookahead
- - Up to 4x oversampling
- - Linear phase processing
- - Professional metering and spectrum analyzer
- - See the full features list on Devious Machines' website here
- System Requirements
- For the most up-to-date system requirements and host compatibility details, please visit the manufacturer's website
- OSX 10.11 or later, Native Apple Silicon support
- Windows 10 or later
- Available as VST2, VST3, AU, and Pro Tools 64-bit AAX
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- — Windows 10+
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