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A simple de-esser
- Takes harsh "s" sounds out of a voice
- Hear exactly what it removes
A little goes a long way.
Ten plug-ins · free during the beta
Voice
smack
Mouth clicks, gone
- Removes lip smacks and tongue clicks
- Listen plays only what it takes out
hush
Steady noise, gone
- Reduces hiss, hum and fans
- Learn the noise, or just use Auto
focus
Pull a voice out of its room
- Reduces reverb and room sound
- One control
Mixing
shape
An EQ that reacts
- Six bands, high-pass and low-pass
- Dynamic bands and a resonance suppressor
- Can make room for another track
lift
A limiter that keeps the hits
- True-peak limiter with a clipper you can see
- Splits the bass so a kick doesn't pull the mix down
sway
Two mics, one channel
- Blend two mics with one knob
- Align finds the delay for you
Drums
thumperLogic · ARA
The whole kit, at once
- Reads every drum mic and finds each drum's hits
- Gate, clean and solo each drum
Whole recordings
snipLogic · ARA
Trim the silence
- Finds the silences and keeps what matters
- Exports a file that lines up with the original
rideLogic · ARA
An auto mixer for several mics
- Turns up whoever is speaking
- Removes bleed between mics
Download
One installer, all ten plug-ins. Signed and checked by Apple.
Install
- Open the installer.
- Quit Logic Pro (Cmd+Q) and reopen it.
- Find them under Audio FX, Kumquat Audio.
Snip, Thumper and Ride
These use ARA. In our testing, Logic loads them when it is opened using Rosetta (select Logic Pro in Finder, Cmd+I).
Questions
Does it cost anything?
Not during the beta.
Which hosts does it work in?
Any Mac host that loads Audio Units, like Logic Pro, GarageBand and MainStage. Snip, Thumper and Ride also need ARA.
How do I remove them?
Delete the Kumquat plug-ins from /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components and restart Logic.
Something is not right.
Write to audiokumquat@gmail.com with the plug-in, the host and what you were doing.