Sonible – smart:chain v1.0.0 VST3, AAX for Windows

• Unified Processing with Shared Signal Intelligence: Analyzes incoming audio once to compute context-aware, interconnected baselines across all 6 processing modules simultaneously.
• 6 Integrated Smart Processors: Combines intelligent EQ, spectral compression, adaptive gating, automatic de-harshing, input riding, and harmonic saturation in a single streamlined workflow.
• Session-Wide Multi-Instance Communication: Manage, navigate, and tweak all active smart:chain instances across your entire DAW project from a single centralized window.
• Intelligent 3D Depth Staging: Organizes grouped tracks into perceptual Front, Middle, and Back spatial layers, automatically carving spectral space and adjusting dynamics for depth.
• Project-Wide Auto Leveling: Analyzes the sonic relationships across all analyzed session tracks to generate a balanced, genre-tailored rough mix in seconds.
• Independent Trim & Parameter Control: Every auto-generated threshold, EQ curve, and ratio serves as a transparent baseline and remains 100% editable.
• Pre-Activated Team R2R Edition: Clean offline installation integrated with the TEAM R2R System runtime, bypassing iLok background services.

From Isolated Processors to an Interconnected System
For decades, mixing has required engineers to stack individual plugins and dial them in one by one—often causing downstream compressors to fight upstream EQ boosts. Sonible smart:chain fundamentally transforms this workflow by unifying the primary stages of channel processing under Sonible's proprietary Sonic Intelligence engine.

With a single audio analysis pass, smart:chain calculates tailored starting points across input gain riding, tonal EQ sculpting, dynamic compression, harshness reduction, background gating, and harmonic saturation. Because each module shares the same understanding of the audio source, they adapt dynamically to each other to prevent unnatural over-compression, phase anomalies, and frequency masking.

True Session-Wide AI Mixing and Depth Organization
Moving beyond the boundaries of a single channel strip, smart:chain links every instance in your session. Assign your tracks into groups (Drums, Bass, Guitars, Vocals) and use the Depth Staging matrix to position lead instruments up front while pushing backing pads and reverbs further into the soundstage. Combined with project-wide Auto Leveling, smart:chain eliminates repetitive gain-staging tasks so you can focus immediately on creative mix decisions.

Key Processing Engines:

• Input Riding & Level Management:

  • Automatically compensates for inconsistent performance levels and optimizes signal gain staging ahead of dynamic processing.

• Intelligent Spectral EQ:

  • Leverages smart:EQ algorithms to correct resonances, smooth tonal peaks, and apply multi-track spectral unmasking across grouped elements.

• Content-Aware Dynamics Compressor:

  • Utilizes deep-learning analysis to configure attack, release, and ratios, with spectral compression across 2,000+ frequency bands to preserve transient detail.

• Adaptive De-Harshing & Smoothing:

  • Detects and attenuates brittle, piercing high-mid frequencies and vocal sibilance without dulling the natural air of the source.

• Smart Noise Gate:

  • Content-aware gating that suppresses bleed and background rumble while preserving natural decays and soft note attacks.

• Harmonic Saturation:

  • Adds analog-modeled harmonic excitement, subtle warmth, and perceived loudness tailored to the learned frequency profile.

• Session Auto Leveling & Depth Matrix:

  • Evaluates cross-track masking and balances track levels to establish a genre-aware foundation with dedicated trim controls.
  • Three-tier Depth Staging (Front, Mid, Back) automatically tailors spectral curves to create realistic front-to-back perspective.

Plugin Specifications:

• Supported Formats: VST3 (64-bit), AAX Native (64-bit)
• DSP Precision: 64-bit internal floating-point processing
• Sample Rate Support: 44.1 kHz up to 192 kHz
• Channel Routing: Stereo, Mono, and Multi-Channel track instances

Compatible Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs):

• Image-Line FL Studio
• Ableton Live (All 64-bit versions)
• Steinberg Cubase / Nuendo
• Apple Logic Pro (via Windows host wrappers)
• PreSonus Studio One
• Cockos REAPER
• Bitwig Studio
• Avid Pro Tools (AAX Native 64-bit)

Included Release Package (Total: 562.01 MB):

• Setup smartchain v1.0.0.exe — 562.00 MB (Main Plugin Installer)
• R2R.nfo — 13.20 KB (Team R2R technical documentation)
• Runtime.txt — 24 B

Installation Steps:

1. Ensure the TEAM R2R System v1.5.2+ runtime environment is installed on your system.
2. Run Setup smartchain v1.0.0.exe as Administrator (Right-click -> Run as administrator).
3. Select your desired plugin formats (VST3, AAX) and installation directories.
4. Complete the setup wizard.
5. Launch your DAW and perform a plugin rescan.
6. Insert smart:chain onto your tracks. The plugin is pre-activated via the R2R System runtime and is immediately ready for use without authorization prompts.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ):

• Q: How does smart:chain analyze audio across all modules at once?
  A: Play a representative section of your track and click the Learn button at the top of the interface. smart:chain evaluates the incoming spectral and dynamic profile and configures starting points across all six processors simultaneously.
• Q: Can I control instances on other tracks without switching windows?
  A: Yes, click the Session icon in the header toolbar to open the multi-instance manager, allowing you to tweak levels, depth layers, and module parameters across every track from a single window.
• Q: Do I need an active internet connection or iLok key?
  A: No, this release operates completely offline and requires no PACE/iLok drivers.