Fraunhofer Pro-Codec

We spend our professional lives making mixes sound as good as they can – and then hand them on for encoding and distribution. Later we often wish we could have made some improvements.

What if there was a way to audition and compare up to five audio codecs in real-time? Enter the Fraunhofer Pro-Codec Plug-In..

Its intuitive display helps you quickly focus on key issues such as codec effect on frequencies, audible artefacts and codec-induced overloads. Optimize your mix for specific formats, such as AAC or mp3, before encoding it using the Plug-In or the separate Manager application for background batch processing:

• Real-time auditioning & encoding with glitchless switching.
• Supported Codecs:
  • mp3, Apple AAC iTunes+ (Mac only) AAC-LC, HE-AAC.
  • MPEG Surround, AAC-LC & HE-AAC multichannel, HD-AAC.
• Select up to 5 codecs for simultaneous real-time encode.
• Batch processing using dedicated Manager application.
• Comprehensive metadata editing.
• ABX mode for blind statistical testing.
• DIFF monitoring; listen to the effect of codec on the input signal.