Soundspectral has announced the release of Max B.Wide, a new sonic enhancing mastering VST plug-in for Windows. Max B.Wide is available for $69 / €49 until January 15th, 2010. The MSRP after this date will be $85 / €59. A demo version is available.

Max B.Wide uses a sophisticated filter network to give a similar experience to a psychoacoustic model, without using any kind of psychoacoustic algorithm. Soundspectral believes that in years to come a better technology may be available and you can be sure that you will be able to adjust those frequencies with ease. This would be a problem, or very hard, using a psychoacoustic approach.

Producing great response in the bass frequencies, and at the same time the control to compensate for the high frequencies that usually get lost when working in the lower frequency ranges, Max B. Wide will "do magic for your mix", according to Soundspectral.

Simplicity is the key element of this mastering tool. With just a few controls, you are able to shape the sound exactly to your needs.

Max B. Wide also provides the possibility to maximize the sound output level, not to an extreme, but to a useful and musical amount. Furthermore, it is also possible to widen the mix and let the sound spread outside its stereo field. To prevent any kind of clipping, Soundspectral also included a brickwall limiter, to ensure that your output level never exceeds 0db.