✓ Dial in a pristinely clean sounding upward expansion with the EXPAND module.
✓ Enhance the transients of your audio to help them bite through the mix using the PUNCH module
✓ Introduce rich harmonic distortion in a dynamic way based on the input signal with the IGNITE module. IGNITE can increase the perceived loudness, power and presence of a channel without the pumping effects of a compressor.
✓ Increase the width of the selected frequencies surpassing the threshold using a psychoacoustic precedence effect with the GROW module.
✓ Isolate which frequencies are processed using the filter, and mid/side controls
While the algorithms behind each module sound excellent, it’s the adjustable dynamic and frequency-based response that defines ANIMATE. The all-important modules themselves are great. EXPAND applies transparent upward expansion at ratios up to 1:4, while PUNCH does a superb job of subtly emphasizing transients or aggressively sharpening them up. IGNITE delivers truly delicious harmonic distortion, drivable into decimation if required, and GROW is ideal for dynamically widening mono sources and spreading out stereo ones.
This thing is pretty fire, I have to say. BIG user of Mastering The Mix products, but ANIMATE is a Swiss Army Knife plugin. SO many applications!
ANIMATE adds color and depth to tracks in really expressive and musical ways whereas other plug-ins of this type can often touch the sound too much. ANIMATE, if used sparingly, lifts and energize tracks in a mix in ways that I have not experienced before.
ANIMATE was designed to be your secret weapon in a wide range of mixing and mastering scenarios. It’s sonic versatility and precision will help you get your sound jumping out of the speakers exactly how you want. This video will provide some examples of where ANIMATE's powerful tools can be utilised.
OS X 10.8 or higher. 64-bit AU, VST 2/3 or AAX host.
Windows 7, 8 or 10. 64-bit VST 2/3 or AAX host.