smart:chain by sonible
Overview
- Start every mix with a genre-aware balance that keeps tracks in context using Auto Leveling, which analyzes relationships between tracks and sets a session starting point
- Place elements in Front, Middle, and Back Layers to achieve separation, depth, and clarity through intelligent depth staging
- Shape any track in context of the entire mix using mix-wide intelligence, where multiple plug-in instances communicate across your session
- Manage complex sessions from one view with centralized control that brings groups, track navigation, and every smart:chain instance together
- Get optimized starting settings for your audio material with AI assistance that analyzes your source and configures the processing chain
- Keep full creative control over every parameter while benefiting from AI-assisted optimization, so you can adjust EQing, compression, de-harshing, gating, input riding, saturation, and leveling to taste
- Process tracks with a coherent chain instead of disconnected tools, because smart:chain's processors share intelligence and work together
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Intelligent channel strip
- Unified EQing, compression, de-harshing
- Gating, input riding capabilities
- Saturation and leveling included
- Connected workflow system
- Shared intelligence between processors
- Initial optimized settings assistance
- Fully editable parameters
- Full creative control support
- Mix-wide intelligence feature
- Centralized control system
- Multiple plug-in instance communication
- Intelligent depth staging
- Element placement within track
- Front, Middle, Back Layers
- Supports separation, depth, clarity
- Auto leveling capability
- Analyzes tracks' relationships
- Genre-aware session balance
- Centrally controlled session window
- Grouping and track navigation
- Access to all instances
- 8 intelligent processors
- Session-wide Auto Level
- Intuitive sound-shaping controls
- Tracks managed in context
- Adapts processing for separation
- Dedicated trim controls
- Intelligent balancing of tracks
- Saves established level relationships
- Machine-based or iLok authorization
- Supports 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz
- Supports VST3, AU, AAX
- Compatible with Windows and Mac
- Native Apple Silicon support
Cons
- High cost
- Dependent on machine-based authorization
- Unsupported on certain DAWs
- Requires OpenGL Version 3.2+
- Limited to certain plug-in formats
- Incomprehensive depth staging
- Limited sample rates support
- Inefficient Auto Leveling
- Overcomplicated interface
- May influence creative control
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
smart:chain by sonible is used for intelligent and connected audio production. It serves as a channel strip and AI-powered mixing plug-in.
AI assistance in smart:chain provides initial optimized settings for your audio material based on their intelligent analysis.
Yes, all parameters in smart:chain can be fully edited to suit personalized creative control.
smart:chain brings together several audio elements including EQing, compression, de-harshing, gating, input riding, saturation, and leveling.
smart:chain's intelligent depth staging allows you to place elements within a track in Front, Middle, and Back Layers. This supports separation, depth, and clarity within the track.
Auto Leveling in smart:chain is an ability to analyze the relationship between tracks and sets up a genre-aware starting balance for your audio session.
smart:chain supports mix-wide intelligence by having multiple plug-in instances that communicate across your session, allowing for centralized control.
Yes, multiple instances of smart:chain plug-in can communicate across a session to maintain mix-wide intelligence and centralized control.
Elements can be placed within a track using smart:chain's intelligent depth staging. You can position elements in Front, Middle, and Back Layers to support separation, depth, and clarity.
The centrally controlled session window in smart:chain provides access to groups, track navigation, and to every instance of smart:chain, all in one view.
Yes, smart:chain has genre-aware settings. Its Auto Leveling capability establishes a genre-aware starting balance for your session.
Yes, smart:chain's mix-wide intelligence feature allows it to manage and shape tracks in context of the entire mix.
The intelligent workflow in smart:chain enhances audio production by amalgamating several audio elements in a connected workflow, and by using shared intelligence to create a coherent processing chain.
The centralized control in smart:chain refers to its feature that brings together groups, track navigation, and all instances of smart:chain into one view, making it easy to manage even complex mixing sessions.
smart:chain aids in depth and clarity of audio production by using intelligent depth staging to place elements within a track, and by auto adapting processing to support separation, depth, and clarity.
smart:chain can amalgamate EQing, compression, de-harshing, gating, input riding, saturation, and leveling.
smart:chain uses its Auto Leveling capability to analyze relationships between tracks. It uses this analysis to set up a genre-aware starting balance.
smart:chain's processors work together using shared intelligence. Instead of operating independently, they interact to create a coherent processing chain.
Yes, creative control is fully retained when using smart:chain. Despite AI-assisted optimization, all parameters remain completely editable.
Yes, smart:chain can provide a starting balance for your session based on genre through its Auto Leveling capability that analyzes the relationships between tracks to set up a starting balance.
Pricing
Pricing model
Free Trial
Paid options from
$115
Billing frequency
One-time
