Introducing Amber 4 Ultra: Acustica's Enhanced Class-A Legend with Hyper3 Tech + Amber 4 Upgrade!

[Acustica Community]

Amber 4 Ultra is the latest Acqua plugin suite (VST/VST3/AAX/AU) based on the third-generation Hyper technology and the New Aria engine. It represents one of the best high-quality plug-in suites in the Acustica domain for the most demanding mixing and mastering engineers.

With this alternative Amber 4 Ultra release, Acustica aims to present the exceptional and now renowned Amber4 plugin suite, sound improvements meeting Acustica’s latest quality and performance standards, which we could summarize in one word, Ultra.

It encompasses the new Aria engine supporting our new EQ, dynamic and real-time metering displays, and our powerful anti-aliasing algorithm with reduced CPU consumption.



Key Features

• Hyper 3 technology.
• New improved EQ, Comp and Preamp sections.
• New “Anti-Aliasing” algorithm that significantly reduces the plugin’s aliasing issues.
• A complete collection of ‘Pure Class A’ Preamp emulations (solid state and vacuum tubes) for a total of 8 new Preamp emulations based on a New Hyper Pre improvement with very low aliasing.
• New ‘Aria’ engine supporting the new dynamic / real-time metering displays.
• New powerful EQ and COMP displays.
• Listening modes (Δ, LR, M, S).
• Resizable and responsive GUI.
• Several presets available.



What you get

Amber4 Ultra is an Acqua plugin suite that includes:


1. Amber4 Ultra (Equalizer standalone module).
A Pure Class A music equalizer, re-designed with our Hyper EQ tech to deliver sonic excellence with very low CPU usage. It could be ranked as one of the most powerful, low-noise parametric EQs available in the digital domain.

Amber4 Ultra GUI

2. Amber4 Stereo Ultra (Stereo Equalizer standalone module).
A Pure, 100% discrete Class A Stereo equalizer, re-designed with our Hyper EQ tech, characterized by an ultraistic design optimizing absolute signal integrity. It can be considered one of the most musically transparent analog EQs in the Acqua Effects plugin domain.

Amber4 Stereo Ultra GUI


3. Amber4 Comp Ultra (Compressor standalone module).
A Pure Class A opto-compressor, a very transparent, dynamic processor emulation designed to optimize absolute signal integrity and musical performance improved by our Hyper tech.

Amber4 Comp Ultra GUI

4. Amber4 Pre Ultra (Preamps standalone module).
The complete collection of Pure Class A Preamp emulations (solid state and vacuum tubes) derived from several units from the same iconic brand for a total of 8 different choices (totally re-sampled) and improved with our Hyper tech.

Amber4 Pre Ultra GUI

We are confident that this plug-in will help you make more professional mixes… Because: Sound First!


Presets:

Discover meticulously crafted presets for Amber 4 (EQ) Ultra and Amber 4 Comp Ultra designed for precision in mixing and mastering purposes. Achieve professional-level results effortlessly and instantly.


Amber 4 Ultra | Demo.




Technical information & compatibility.

• Supported formats: VST2, VST3, AAX, and AU.
• Available sample rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, and 96 kHz.
• Windows 10 and 11 compatible.
• macOS 10.15 (Catalina) to macOS 13 (Ventura) compatible.
• Intel, AMD, and ARM compatible.
• Apple Silicon native (Rosetta not supported).


Price and availability.

Amber 4 Ultra - introductory price: €89* | 57% OFF until January 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM CET (reg. price €209)
Get it here!

The product is at an introductory period for the first four weeks after release or until the first official version is released; this implies that the product may receive improvements, changes, or fixes available through Aquarius Desktop updates.


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Note: Amber 4 Ultra trial version includes 44.1 - 48 - 88.2 - 96 kHz sample rates.
Please remember that trials expire 30 days after authorization, and we strongly recommend not using trial products in commercial sessions or any important project.


BEFORE YOU LEAVE…





If you would like to complete the entire set of plugins in the Amber 4, the Amber 4 suite is also available to purchase*! FREE update for current Amber users!


The Amber4 is a superb collection of our standalone Amber4 plugins that embodies the history of a powerful professional audio brand and left an indelible mark on the music world.

This upgraded version represents a significant leap forward in both sound quality and performance, setting a new standard in the world of professional audio plugins.

The suite includes a Pure Class A music equalizer, a Stereo Equalizer, a Pure Class A opto-compressor, a collection of Pure Class A Preamp emulations and a superb Channelstrip offering a wide range of sonic possibilities for your mixes.


LINK: https://www.acustica-audio.com/shop/products/AMBER



Price and availability.

Amber 4 - introductory price: €129* | 35% OFF until February 26, 2024 at 11:59 PM CET (reg. price €199)
Get it here!

*Amber 4 is a FREE update for current Amber users!

IMPORTANT: Amber 4 Ultra and Amber 4 are not the same product suite. If you currently own Amber4 and you are part of our loyalty coupon program, and wish to upgrade to Amber Ultra, seize the opportunity with the exclusive coupon sent to you via email.


The product is at an introductory period for the first four weeks after release or until the first official version is released; this implies that the product may receive improvements, changes, or fixes available through Aquarius Desktop updates.



Main differences between Amber 4 Ultra and Amber 4
Amber 4 Ultra comes with the following technical features not present in the Amber 4 plugin suite:
• New saturation (Ultra) available in all plugins of the Amber 4 Ultra suite.
• Complete preamp section consisting of 8 preamps.
• Amber 4 Ultra (EQ) features a roll-off that doesn't stack when activating all EQ bands.
• Amber 4 Ultra (EQ) includes an ultra-light digital mode EQ in terms of CPU load, which corresponds to the old analog mode based on the ‘Aria’ engine supporting the new dynamic and real-time metering displays.
• Amber 4 Ultra (EQ) features a continuous representation of frequencies, whereas Amber 4 (EQ) has stepped frequencies for all bands.
• Amber 4 Ultra (EQ) offers precise matching of frequency values.
• Amber 4 Ultra (EQ) includes curves that are more proportional to the selected Width value.

[TBlake]

oh boy, owners of Amber 3 get to pay for the REAL upgrade to Amber 4 Ultra!! Yippee!!!

[Acustica Community]

oh boy, owners of Amber 3 get to pay for the REAL upgrade to Amber 4 Ultra!! Yippee!!!

For the Ultra version, yes. The Hyper, AAX compatibility, plus resampled comp and pres, Amber 4 is free for current owners.

[aberration123]

Hopefully Green will get the same treatment, I'd happily pay the price for the simple upgrade alone, yet alone the added features.

We have a duty to pay for the work these people put in, especially considering the freebies they offer at certain times of the year. Grey was free and is fantastic indeed, worthy of anyone's pennies.

I like the character of their plugins, quirks and all. Looking forward to what they offer this year.

Opal Comp is getting some good use, a tricky little bu99er to dial in, sounds good when you get it right.

Keep up the good work Acustica.

[Acustica Community]

Hopefully Green will get the same treatment, I'd happily pay the price for the simple upgrade alone, yet alone the added features.

We have a duty to pay for the work these people put in, especially considering the freebies they offer at certain times of the year.

I like the character of their plugins, quirks and all. Looking forward to what they offer this year.

Keep up the good work Acustica.

Much appreciated, thank you!

[Acustica Community]

The Ultra versions recently introduced in the (Tiger and Ash suites as free updates) allowed the development of some of the current improvements.
They were included for free because they were recently launched products, and we took that into account.

Amber 3 was not only released quite some time ago but Amber 4 is included as a free upgrade for Amber owners with significant improvements in CPU and resource usage (Hyper). The Ultra version is optional for those who want it, and you can also try it for free to see if you really need it.

[Danilo Villanova]

What is Hyper and Ultra?
Are the plugin algorithmic now?

[Acustica Community]

What is Hyper and Ultra?
Are the plugin algorithmic now?

Hyper is an optimization of both sound quality and performance. It is an advance that allows us to capture the sampled hardware's response (and nuances) even better plus an optimization for stability and minimal CPU usage.

You can see this in more detail on the different EQ modes in the manual.

Ultra refers, for example, in the case of the Amber 4 Ultra preamps, to an improved anti-aliasing with superior sound quality.

[Danilo Villanova]

What is Hyper and Ultra?
Are the plugin algorithmic now?

Hyper is an optimization of both sound quality and performance. It is an advance that allows us to capture the sampled hardware's response (and nuances) even better plus an optimization for stability and minimal CPU usage.

You can see this in more detail on the different EQ modes in the manual.

Ultra refers, for example, in the case of the Amber 4 Ultra preamps, to an improved anti-aliasing with superior sound quality.

Ok, so Hyper products are resampled and Ultra products are the same but with improved anti-aliasing. That's why Hyper updates are not free but Ultra are. Makes sense.

[Acustica Community]

What is Hyper and Ultra?
Are the plugin algorithmic now?

Hyper is an optimization of both sound quality and performance. It is an advance that allows us to capture the sampled hardware's response (and nuances) even better plus an optimization for stability and minimal CPU usage.

You can see this in more detail on the different EQ modes in the manual.

Ultra refers, for example, in the case of the Amber 4 Ultra preamps, to an improved anti-aliasing with superior sound quality.

Ok, so Hyper products are resampled and Ultra products are the same but with improved anti-aliasing. That's why Hyper updates are not free but Ultra are. Makes sense.

Not exactly. To make a product Hyper doesn't necessarily mean the hardware needs to be resampled, although many times we do resample a part (like preamps) or the entire product again; if so, we usually state it like the Amber case.

[briefcasemanx]

Ultra sounds different from non-ultra. There's a new AA algorithm but users are FORCED to use ultra in order to get the new AA algorithm, even if they don't want the sound of ultra and want the sound of the non-ultra Amber (because, again, they sound different). This is very anti-consumer.