The Sonnox Mastering Bundle is a comprehensive collection of high-quality plug-ins designed to enhance your 2-bus and final delivery files, offering precision tools for sculpting tone, controlling dynamic range transparently, and achieving maximum loudness without sacrificing transient detail.

Overview

The Sonnox Mastering Bundle includes five carefully selected plug-ins that provide an affordable way to purchase Sonnox's professional-grade audio tools. This bundle ensures your music meets industry-accredited true peak levels and encoded distribution versions won't be rejected.

Precision Tools

Sculpt tone with pinpoint accuracy, control dynamic range transparently, and achieve maximum loudness, density, and presence without losing transient detail. Deliver your music confidently, knowing it conforms to true peak levels.

5 Plug-Ins Included

Oxford Dynamics

The Oxford Dynamics plug-in offers six independent dynamic control processes, including gating, expansion, compression, and peak limiting. It features feed-forward architecture with logarithmic processing for precise control and sonic clarity, along with tube-like harmonic saturation when needed.

Features:

• Gate, Expander, Compressor, Limiter & 2-band side-chain EQ
• Tube-like saturation for extra presence
• Three compressor types: Normal, Classic, and Linear
• Variable soft knee: 0 dBr to –20 dBr in 5 dB steps
• Surround bus compressor & limiter (HD-HDX only)
• Ultra-low noise and distortion

Oxford EQ

The Oxford EQ plug-in provides four distinct EQ types, from surgical to musical, with a heritage tracing back to the Sony OXF-R3 digital console. It ensures quick, confident, and great-sounding mix decisions.

Features:

• 5-band parametric EQ with variable-slope HP/LP filters
• Four different EQ types
• Automatable A/B compare button
• Ultra-low noise and distortion

Inflator

The Inflator plug-in increases loudness without sacrificing sonic quality or dynamic range, adding power and presence to your mix without the compression pumping effect.

Features:

• Louder mixes without compression issues
• Enhances dynamic range
• Simple user interface
• Direct and Band-split modes

Oxford Limiter V3

The Oxford Limiter V3 delivers maximum loudness, density, and presence while maintaining clarity and transient detail. It conforms to the ITU-R BS.1770-4 standard and offers advanced look-ahead processing and unique Enhance function.

Features:

• Peak limiting with attack, release, and variable soft-knee
• Enhance section for perceived loudness
• Recon meter for actual signal monitoring
• TPDF dither for 24-bit and 16-bit output
• Full backward compatibility with previous versions

Fraunhofer Pro-Codec

The Fraunhofer Pro-Codec plug-in allows real-time auditioning and comparison of up to five audio codecs, optimising your mix for specific formats before encoding.

Features:

• Supported codecs: mp3, Apple AAC, HE-AAC, etc.
• Real-time encoding with glitchless switching
• Batch processing via Manager application
• Comprehensive metadata editing
• ABX mode for blind statistical testing

System Requirements

macOS:

• OS X 10.12 or later (Intel/M1 Apple Silicon supported)
• Formats: AAX, AU, VST3
• Supported hosts: Pro Tools 11+, Logic Pro X, Digital Performer, Nuendo, Cubase, Ableton Live, Studio One

Windows:

• Windows 7 or later
• Formats: AAX, VST3
• Supported hosts: Pro Tools 11+, Nuendo, Cubase, Ableton Live, Samplitude, Sequoia, Pyramix, Studio One

Activation

An iLok USB 2/3 or an active internet connection is required for product activation. This product supports iLok Cloud Authorisation.