One-Knob Maximizer
A next-gen three-band loudness processor driven by a single control. Splits your signal into low, mid and high, saturates each band on its own envelope, then catches the peaks with an oversampled safety clipper — all governed by our Adaptive Loudness Core. The whole treatment, from one knob.
VINAIcore lifts loudness with total phase integrity — three bands, one knob, and not a degree of phase shift on your master.
We ship numbers — measured to the floor of the instrument itself.
3.6 ms lookahead · bit-exact bypass · −75 dBc anti-aliasing · zero self-noise · 48 kHz
AMOUNT is the whole instrument. From 0 to 100% it modulates every band's saturation threshold together — driving low, mid and high deeper into their tanh curves in one move. No band balancing, no threshold hunting. Turn it up until it sits, then leave it.
LR4 crossovers at 200 Hz and 3 kHz split the signal into LOW, MID and HIGH — 24 dB/oct, phase-coherent. The low band runs mono for a tight, centered punch; mid and high stay stereo to keep width and air intact. Each band carries its own envelope follower and tanh saturation, with a DC blocker on every path.
After the bands recombine, a master-stage clipper catches whatever's left. Choose CLIP for a soft-tanh ceiling, ROUND for a soft-cosine knee, or OFF to let the signal run hot into your own chain. The clip stage runs 8× oversampled with a polyphase filter so the loudness never turns into aliasing. ~3.5 ms total lookahead is reported for full plugin-delay compensation.
The master clipper sets how the last decibel behaves. Pick a ceiling that suits the source — or switch it off entirely and let core run hot into the next plugin.
Soft tanh ceiling, 8× oversampled. Transparent loudness with a clean, controlled top.
Soft-cosine knee — a rounder, gentler bend into the limit for a smoother finish.
Bypass the final clip and let core run hot into your own chain. Three bands, no ceiling.
| Type | Next-gen 3-band loudness processor |
| Bands | 3 — Low (mono) / Mid (stereo) / High (stereo) |
| Crossover | LR4 24 dB/oct — splits at 200 Hz & 3 kHz |
| Primary control | AMOUNT (0–100%) — modulates every band's saturation threshold together |
| Final clipper | CLIP (soft tanh) · ROUND (soft cosine) · OFF |
| Pre low cut | OFF · GENTLE (12 dB · 115 Hz) · HARD (24 dB · 115 Hz) |
| Pre / Out gain | Pre In 0 / −3 / −6 dB · Out 0 / −3 / −6 dB |
| Lookahead | ~3.5 ms total, reported for PDC |
| Oversampling | Final clip stage 8× (polyphase, anti-aliased) |
| Phase | Transparent — phase fully preserved |
| Latency | 173 samples · 3.6 ms @ 48 kHz (lookahead) |
| Formats | VST3 · AU |
| Systems | macOS (Universal) · Windows · 64-bit |
| Version | 1.0.1 |
core nulls to the measurement floor on bypass and adds zero self-noise, where a typical plugin leaves residual. Loud, never dirty.
grey = typical plugin · representative
Carve the texture before you maximize it — four bands, five distortion characters each, with a real-time analyzer.
When core runs OFF into your chain, clip takes the ceiling — four algorithms, true-peak protection, up to 32× oversampling.
Build weight into the low band before it hits core's mono fold — an intelligent tonal enhancer plus odd-harmonic saturation.