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Mixing should feel like making art, not solving a puzzle. With Dynamic Grading, you can dive straight into creative decisions, exploring and navigating your mix’s dynamic range with confidence and intention.
Sculpt punch, shape body, and carve out space without getting lost in endless parameters. When inspiration strikes, Dynamic Grading keeps distractions out of the way, letting you focus on what matters: making your mix come alive.
Dynamic Grading isn’t just another compressor—it’s a fresh approach to mixing that keeps you in the creative flow. Whether you’re refining a vocal track or sculpting a full mix, this tool delivers results that inspire.
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Dynamic Grading goes far beyond traditional dynamics processing by taking control of three distinct parts of the dynamic range, each serving a specific purpose.
Independently adjust compression or expansion ratios in the Punch, Body, and Floor of your signal for nuanced control.
Think of it like a transient shaper. Make instruments more present and upfront, or push them farther away to create depth in your mix.
Here’s where a lot of the action happens. Apply compression or expansion to only the core dynamics of the sound, without affecting transient clarity.
Make your mix shine and clean out unwanted noise. Or use this to increase or decrease reverb or room. It’s simple and almost like magic!
Dynamic Grading comes packed with features designed to achieve great sound and intuitive control without leaving you lost in a forest of knobs.
Stop guessing threshold and ratio values. Gain real-time visual insight into your audio’s dynamic range. View the input and output signals side by side to shape your sound intuitively.
The easy to use sidechain tilt filter guarantees natural-sounding results by properly accounting for the spectral balance of your audio. Our Magic Eye guides your way to the sweet spot.
Achieve accurate and smooth dynamics with Auto-Lookahead and Natural Release Ballistics.
This is one of the few dynamics plugins offering support for multichannel audio formats like Atmos. Shape, mix and master everything from mono tracks to 3D Audio beds and masters up to 16 channels. All with continuously variable channel link.
Automatically detect a signal’s body range to jumpstart your workflow.
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Dynamic Grading 2 is a FREE update for users of Dynamic Grading 1.x!
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Parallel compression has earned its place in the mix engineer’s toolkit. When used well, it can bring energy, weight and clarity to a mix without squashing the life out of it. It’s been used on everything from vocals to drums to full mixes, and while people sometimes refer to it as a “secret weapon,” it’s really more of a modern staple.

Spend five minutes on a forum or social media thread about compression and you’ll quickly stumble across a sea of words that don’t appear in any manual. “Glue”, “density”, “punch”, “warmth”, “body”, “impact”, “thickness”… the list goes on. These terms get traded like currency, yet few people ever stop to ask: do they actually mean anything? Or are we just agreeing to be vague together?

Compression is one of the most powerful tools in a mix engineer’s kit. It can control dynamics, add weight, and bring consistency to a performance. But if it’s not used with intent, it can just as easily do the opposite of what you want. Instead of adding clarity and punch, compression can reduce energy, smear transients, and leave a mix sounding smaller than it should.
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