Brainworx Heritage Bundle

Since 2006 Brainworx Audio has developed high-end audio software for native and DSP based systems, often based on emulations of analog hardware from their international partners. Get 10 classics from their catalogue in this bundle !

bx_cleansweep Pro

Clean Up Your Tracks & Create Exciting Sounds

Which Feature Do You Only Find On The Best Consoles Of The World?

Every major mixing console from brands like SSL, Neve, etc. has dedicated HP & LP Filters per channel. There is a reason for that!

A joystick control, much like an X/Y pad, helped facilitate intuitive and direct movements towards a cleaner sound stage. The bx_cleansweep design, like it’s bigger siblings – bx_digital V3 and bx_hybrid V2, features Anti-Crush technology. This analog model for filter curves prevents the harshness and aliasing found in many other EQs.

Now, bx_cleansweep PRO is the third reincarnation of the beloved filter plugin!

Features

• Joint HP/LP filter with in-depth frequency response control
• In addition to Butterworth, five new filter types with additional control options:
•  (Bessel, Chebyshev (Type I & II), Elliptical, and Resonant Butterworth)
• Each filter adjustable up to the 6th order
• New View Modes in graph panel with value callouts at each coordinate: Spectrum analyzer, Magnitude, Phase, Group Delay 
• Joystick/matrix controller manipulates both HP and LP filters on an X/Y plane, creating an intuitive interface for honing-in on character

Learn more about bx_cleansweep Pro.

bx_control V2

Control Listening Tool & M/S Matrix

bx_control V2 is a powerful monitoring tool and an M/S matrix with built-in Mono Maker & Stereo Width control. bx_control V2 also features high resolution metering for Peak and RMS levels in AES 17 and square wave formats.

This handy little M/S tool can be used for a wide variety of sophisticated applications: control the stereo width of any stereo audio track by simply routing it to the Brainworx M/S matrix. You can also use the bx_control V2’s unique Mono Maker tool to set a threshold frequency below which the stereo signal of your track or mix becomes mono with no loss of power or fidelity — great for managing the low end of your mixes. As a monitoring tool, the bx_control V2 offers solo monitoring to M (mono sum), phase-corrected S (stereo difference signal), and L or R (left or right) mono channels on both speakers, or " soloed in place" using the four dedicated solo buttons — another Brainworx invention. You can also easily swap channels with the L/R flip button.

Features

• High resolution metering for Peak and RMS levels
• (AES 17 and square wave formats)
• New and innovative solo modes
• M/S inside… M/S stereo width control on any stereo channel
• Stereo Width Control from 0% (mono) to 400% (“wider than your speakers”)
• Mono Maker Tool (Great for managing the bottom end of your mixes)
• Solo in Place for Left, Right, Stereo Difference or Mono
• Fully automatable
• Dedicated BYPASS switch in the plugin GUI
• "Mouse Over" feature: adjust parameters by holding the mouse over any knob and simply turning the mouse wheel.
• Direct access: just type in any valid number into the text fields for direct access to the exact value

Learn more about bx_control V2.

bx_hybrid V2

11 EQ Bands! Analog Quality Filters. Digital Workflow

Using heralded filter-designs from Brainworx, the bx_hybrid V2 was re-designed from the ground up to deliver the sound of analog filters combined with awesome digital features and workflow.

bx_hybrid also maps to all the features of the AVID ICON center section EQ, including its Surround Joysticks, which can be used to control the Bass- and Presence-Shifters!

There is nothing like the Bass Shift for tweaking bass drums, and try the Presence Shift for acoustic guitars or female voices.

Features

• Brainworx critically acclaimed filters
• Artifact free EQ-ing up to 26kHz, even in 44k sessions!
• 11 EQ bands including Shelving Filters, Hi- & Low-Pass, Notch Filters & Peak Bands
• 64-Bit & AAX (DSP & Native) Support
• Auto Solo Mode for soloing single frequency bands
• Notch filters with adjustable Q, and Shifter EQs that can be controlled with the ICON’s Surround Joysticks or your mouse.
• Direct access: just type in any valid number into the text fields for direct access to the exact value
• Switchable EQ graphic panel

Learn more about bx_hybrid V2.

bx_limiter

To get your mixes to come out of the computer “loud & proud” but punchy and without unwanted distortion, it is necessary to cut off peaks and transients on all channels and stems (i.e., grouped or summed audio channels).

Any pro will tell you: ”Don´t just limit on the master buss!”

Brainworx designed bx_limiter to be used on multiple busses to smoothen things out and glue them together prior to running through a full blown mastering limiter, like the Brainworx bx_XL V2 or bx_masterdesk. These plugins work best - and most importantly sound best - when they don't have TOO MUCH limiting to do.

Features

• CPU-friendly, highly accurate limiter for Mono, Stereo & Multi-Channel signals
• Low Latency (2ms or less depending on sample rate & system)
• Mix control (Dry/Wet) lets you blend processed & unprocessed audio
• Channel Link knob lets you seamlessly blend between unlinked and linked peak detection
• Output Dim adjusts your output level conveniently in any mix session
• 1-Click Fader Link to drive signals into limiter while compensating for level
• XL = Saturation on board! Add that extra dB of perceived loudness
• Adjustable Release Times
• Stereo, mono and multi-channel operation (5.1 / 7.1 and more)

Learn more about bx_limiter.

bx_opto

Tone-Laden Optical Comp, Subtle To Slammin’!

The Brainworx bx_opto compressor combines some of the best colors, character and features from what Brainworx has learned modeling the optical circuits of some of the world’s best-loved compressors, like the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor, the elysia alpha compressor, or the Millennia TCL-2.

But in this case, rather than re-recreating a hardware product in software, the bx_opto takes the best aspects and anomalies from legendary light-dependent Circuits to create a software compressor you wish you could buy in hardware!

Opto Compressors respond differently to different input signals, which is often referred to as being “program dependent”. For example, an opto compressor will react differently to a longer loud part of a song than to a short loud hit in a quiet part, as the photo cells will build up heat over time, which slows down the attack and release times significantly. With opto compressors, everything is moving constantly, and in an ear-pleasing way!

The musical characteristic that optical compression circuits possess, has made them a favorite of professional engineers for decades.

Features

• Analog, optical compression colors with more control than hardware compressors can offer!
• Truly Content-dependent peak reduction / compression
• ‘Speed’ knob controls the coefficient of Light Dependent Resistor, creating unique transient response
• Fully sweepable sidechain filters
• Wet/Dry mix for parallel opto-compression

Learn more about bx_opto.

bx_panEQ

Discrete EQ-ing In The Stereo Panorama!

Imagine EQ'ing a crash cymbal buried in a pre-recorded stereo mix without affecting instruments panned to other positions in the soundstage. Or how about moving a dead-center lead synth to the left or right of the sound stage to make room for more bass? bx_panEQ offers a comprehensive view into the stereo spatialization of your content and provides intuitive visual controls to help mold the stereo field to your liking. It’s a brand new way to approach stereo-spatial processing.

At the heart of bx_panEQ is a Focus control for each filter; this adjusts how wide the filter’s effect will be in the stereo panorama, allowing for anything from broad strokes to precise adjustments in your mix. The filters' API-style Proportional Q design pinpoints your EQ tweaks by raising the Q factor as gain is increased or decreased from 0 dB, allowing for even more surgical precision. Solo buttons for each band give insight to the exact changes in frequency response by auditioning the pure difference in signal.

Features

• Three parametric bell-curve filters—each featuring a Gain, Frequency, Q, Pan and Focus control—independently boost or cut EQ at discrete pan positions in the stereo field
• Innovative Focus control precisely regulates the panoramic width of your EQ adjustments
• Proportional Q filter design prevents progressive EQ boosts and cuts from spilling over into adjacent bands
• Color-coded Panoramic Spectral Analyzer plots changes to pan position, frequency and amplitude for stereo content in real time as you make EQ adjustments
• Visual aid of Spectral Analyzer makes mix decisions easy while providing direct control over stereo position and gain of each band
• Each filter can be independently bypassed or soloed; when soloed, the signal difference is auditioned, providing critical monitoring on processing
• Re-sizable interface allows work on larger displays
• Cut and boost at the same frequency on different points of the panorama to re-place instruments within a full mix
• Create dramatic panning filter effects with automation.
• Use bx_panEQ on mono signals to open up frequencies into stereo channels, adding clarity and width
• ‘Stretch’ sounds by progressively boosting low to high, left to right or vise-versa to create a wider–than-life sound on instruments like guitar and keyboard

Learn more about bx_panEQ.

bx_refinement

Reduce Harshness, Add Sparkling Presence! Unique M/S Tool by BX

Spot the problem - Reduce Harshness - Add Life and Sparkle

The Harshness Control allows you to eliminate unpleasant high frequencies from complex signals and during mastering. Based on M/S (Mid/Side) processing, it imparts a tube-like analog smoothness and tames unpleasant digital harshness.

Add Tube-like Tone

bx_refinement is not an emulation of a certain tube sound. Instead, it combines several characteristics found in musical tube equipment to give you an effective tool that is easy to operate. 

Easily Target Problem Areas

With simple controls, bx_refinement allows you to quickly identify and discard offending frequencies.

Dynamic & Groovy

The oscillation option creates nice warming effects. You can adjust the speed of the oscillator and even sync it to the tempo of your song. This way you can emphasize the groove of your mix.

Features

• Reduces harshness and breathes life into recordings
• Dynamic or modulation-based damping of unwanted frequencies
• Soft & hard damping provide second order filtering and higher order filtering respectively
• Solo filter allows you to hear just what you’re removing from the recording
• Subtle saturation and presence controls enhance the material without changing its character
• M/S processing on board!

Learn more about bx_refinement.

bx_saturator V2

Multi-Band M/S Saturation for Mixing and Mastering

The bx_saturator V2 is an M/S & multi-band saturation tool that’s ideal for mastering, mixing and sound-design.

It features Brainworx´s “True Split” crossover technology, which ensures that the Mid and Side channels are always perfectly in phase, resulting in focused, huge-sounding mixes and masters.

From subtle mix glue to insane crunch, the bx_saturator V2 lets you fatten and distort Mid and Side signals of your mix independently. You can dial in analog warmth and subtle overdrive on individual tracks, or apply it to the stereo bus to thicken an entire mix.

Features

• Add saturation in different amounts and in different frequency bands
• Increase the perceived volume of mixes without clipping
• Mono Maker mixes low frequencies mono, so you can widen the stereo field without phase issues
• Improved audio algorithm in V2
• AAX DSP support

Learn more about bx_saturator V2.

bx_subsynth

The Holy Grail for Bass Fanatics

Integrating a mix of classic and modern processing, this 10-ton beast gives music tracks, cinematic special FX and DJs’ sound systems a bottom end that goes all the way to the Earth’s core!

Features

• Models the dbx 120XP Subharmonic Synthesizer’s elemental sound, with dramatically expanded processing capabilities and controls
• Generates thunderous lows to music tracks, cinematic FX and sound systems
• Tight Punch provides resonant high-pass—with adjustable cutoff frequency—for accentuated punch while taming excessive low end
• Low End control adjusts total bass output for perfect balance with mids and highs
• Two types of Edge processing—Smooth and Harsh—can be shaped with Low Cut and High Cut filters and fine-tuned with individual controls
• Mono Maker control sums bass band to mono below user-adjustable corner frequency for laser-like focus

Learn more about bx_subsynth.

bx_XL V2

The Groundbreaking Mid/Side Mastering Limiter That Provides Clean, Competitively Loud Masters With Dynamics Intact

Industry-Standard Loudness Using M/S Technology

The bx_XL V2 provides mastering engineers the ability to deliver loud mixes, without squashing the life out of them. Using the M/S technology from Brainworx’s revolutionary bx_digital EQ, you can split the Mid channel into two bands (high and low), allowing you to control the level of three individual channels—side, mid-high, and mid-low—to increase loudness while drastically improving the clarity of your mixes, with far fewer artifacts and much more punch.

Features

• M/S Stereo Mastering Limiter
• 4 limiters working for you at the same time!
• (Mid Lo, Mid Hi, S & LR Master)
• Multiple Solo, Auto Solo and Link features gives users precise control over all limiter stages
• New X-Phase crossover filters
• M/S stereo width control on any stereo channel
• XL Saturation on board
• Loud masters that don't sound squashed or distorted

Learn more about bx_XL V2.

System Requirements

• AAX, AU, VST3
• macOS 15 down to macOS 12
• Windows 11 down to Windows 10