Flux:: BitterSweet Pro v3

The Ultimate Frequency Dependent Transient Designer

BitterSweet Pro is built around a new improved design of the algorithm found in Flux:: acclaimed freeware transient processor: BitterSweet. One of the main features of BitterSweet Pro is its ability to process only a certain part of the frequency spectrum, providing extended control of the transients processing and making it act like a dynamic equalizer driven by Transients and/or Sustain.

All Features

Up to 8 channels Input/Output
Output Gain -24.00 dB / +24.00 dB gain range (applied to the processing output before the soft clipper)
Soft clipper at the very last stage of the processing path carefully rounding the edges of the clipped peaks for a smoother clipping.

Frequency Dependent Transient Processing

The Frequency Dependent Transient Processing provides the option to process only a certain part of the frequency spectrum, making BitterSweet Pro act like a dynamic equalizer driven by Transients and/or Sustain.

Explained:

When Frequency Range is set from 20 Hz to 20 KHz the processing is performed on the full band, now changing the value of the low cut off frequency turns it into a High shelve dynamic eq and setting the high cut off frequency turns it into a Low shelve dynamic eq, when setting both, it turns it into a peak dynamic eq.

On any case the gain can be adjusted with the Static Gain parameter, and the slope can be set with the Frequency Order parameter, from 6dB per octave to 12, 18 and 24 dB, the higher the Frequency Order is the steeper the slope of the frequency response becomes.

M/S Stereo Processing Modes

Transients and Sustain can be amplified or attenuated simultaneously or individually, and using a built in M/S Encoder/Decoder the Mid (Center) or the Side (Stereo) parts of the sound can be processed independently.

Main - processes using regular stereo signal scheme and it's the only available mode for multichannel operations
Center - engages the internal MS encoder and processes only the Mid channel. After processing, the sound is decoded back to stereo (useful for snare/kick drums)
Stereo - engages the internal MS encoder and processes only the Side channel. After processing the sound is decoded back to stereo. (Efficient for panned rhythmic instruments)

Geek Pane

The Geek Pane, an ”advanced settings” option, provides extended control of the transient processing envelope as well as different options for monitoring of the signal within the plugin.

Dual Preset Slots and Parameter Morphing

The built in preset manager and the preset morphing slider, provides instant and intuitive control of all parameters and controls. In a second, with a 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 set of parameters at the same time, and except for only A/B comparing two sets of parameters, the morphing slider will allow to mix them, and to record the morph with the host automation.

Specifications

Availability

BitterSweet Pro is available in:

AU / VST / AAX Native / AAX DSP / AAX AudioSuite / Waves WPAPI
Merging VS3 MassCore/Native for Pyramix 10/11 & Ovation 6/7 **

** VS3 license not included in Flux:: standard license. Additional VS3 Native/MassCore license for Pyramix 10/11 & Ovation 6/7 is available from Merging Technologies: http://www.merging.com/sales

Processing

BitterSweet Pro v3, as all Flux:: plug-ins, provide

Up to 8 channels Input/Output.
External side chain support for AAX (Native & DSP) and AU ; in mono and stereo format
64-bits internal floating point processing.
Sampling rate up to 384 kHz DXD (Pyramix & Ovation MassCore/Native)**
Sampling rate up to 192 kHz for Native (AU/VST/AAX/AAX AudioSuite).

Hardware Requirements

A graphic card fully supporting OpenGL 2.0 is required.

Mac OS X: OpenGL 2.0 required - Mac Pro 1.1 & Mac Pro 2.1 are not supported.
Windows: If your computer has an ATi or NVidia graphics card, please assure the latest graphic drivers from the ATi or NVidia website are installed.

Software Licence Requirements

In order to use the software an iLok.com user account is required (the iLok USB Smart Key is not required).

Compatibility

All major native formats are supported

Windows – 7 SP1, 8.1 and 10, all in 64 bits only.

VST (2.4)
AAX Native*
AAX AudioSuite*
Waves WPAPI
Merging VS3 (Only in Windows 7 64 bits)**

Mac OS X (Intel) – All versions from 10.7.5 (64bit only)

VST (2.4)
AU
AAX Native*
AAX AudioSuite*
Waves WPAPI

* AAX Native & AAX AudioSuite in Pro Tools 11 and 12

** VS3 license not included in Flux:: standard license. Additional VS3 Native/MassCore license for Pyramix 10/11 & Ovation 6/7 is available from Merging Technologies: http://www.merging.com/sales

Due to AVID ProTools changing to AAX, from Version 3 (v3) RTAS for AVID ProTools is no longer supported.

Weitere Informationen: http://www.flux.audio/project/bittersweet-pro/