BALANCE from Zynaptiq

[martinjuenke]

Zynaptiq announced early access to BALANCE:
https://www.zynaptiq.com/balance/

We're thrilled to announce BALANCE, our brand new balancing equalizer plug-in, as well as an Early Access program!

BALANCE makes global EQ curve shaping quick and easy. A 16-channel capable smart equalizer that adaptively controls the overall frequency distribution of your audio, BALANCE intelligently adjusts itself to match your audio to a target EQ curve you set with just a handful of controls. Put any source in its own place near-instantly, rebalance a full mix, or give even great sounding recordings that little something extra. Works similarly to a match EQ, handles as easily as a tilt EQ, and sounds like a zynaptiq EQ.

Whether you are a mix engineer, sound designer, content creator, re-recording mixer, composer, or music producer, BALANCE is for you!


BALACE FULL View with Analyzer
Features at a glance:

Adaptive balancing equalizer for quickly adjusting overall frequency response.
Custom engineered minimum phase filtering for pristine sound, low CPU and 3 samples of latency.
Support for up to 16 channels for immersive workflows.
Easily adjustable target response curve using SLOPE, WEIGHTING, BASS and AIR controls.
Global EQ amount control.
Wet gain control for matching input loudness, scaled by EQ amount.
12dB/Octave low-cut and high-cut filters.
Optional double precision processing.
Fully vectorized, scalable UI.
Metal/Direct 3D accelerated analyser display.
Compact EASY view.
Specifications
BALANCE supports channel counts from mono to 16 for immersive workflows, and all common sampling rates from 44.1kHz to 192kHz, depending on available CPU resources.
BALANCE runs as 64-bit AAX Native, AU, and VST 3.
The plug-in supports macOS 10.15.x or newer, on Intel & Apple Silicon processors, and Windows 10 or newer.
BALANCE uses PACE copy protection, requiring a free ilok.com account, and can be activated to the hard drive of your computer or an iLok 2 or newer USB dongle. BALANCE is single user/seat licensed, but allows dual activations for convenience.

Pricing & Availability
BALANCE will be available from the Zynaptiq website and authorized resellers worldwide March 3rd, 2025, at an SRP of USD 149/EUR 169*.

An Early Access purchase option is available now, valid through to March 2nd, 2025, via the Zynaptiq website. Early Access users can purchase BALANCE at a reduced price of USD 79/EUR 89*.


* All prices in EUR are quoted inclusive of 19% German VAT. Local taxes may apply based on your location.

Early Access Info
So, what is this Early Access thing, and why should you take advantage of it?

Basically, you buy BALANCE now, but at a lower price, saving a bunch of money and getting the hot new stuff ahead of the others. There's no special enrollment or anything like that - just grab BALANCE at the reduced price and start making awesome sounds.

Sounds great...but what's the catch?

Not a lot, really. The Early Access version has the final license, and when we officially ship, your version becomes the final - it's just a matter of downloading the latest installer's & you're good.

It's not 100% done yet, though. Some smaller features may not yet be included. We'll be adding them as they get finished. There may be bugs, which we'll be resolving as they surface, but in general, the Early Access release is stable and well tested, so we anticipate any yet unknown bugs to be mainly of cosmetic nature. We do recommend exercising caution and taking it all with a grain of salt for good measure, though - it is pre-release software at the end of the day, provided as-is.

We may be adding more presets for the final release, and may add to the already rather comprehensive manual.

And that's pretty much it.

All in all, we think the Early Access option is a great deal with a very limited downside.

[pekbro]

Per the demo, it’s nice, tho personally, I’m not overly interested in it.

[martinjuenke]

IMO another balancer like Gullfoss, Sonible SmartEQ and some more.
I'll test it because some features seem to give more control than the other competitive plugins.
May the best win my bucks.