Oeksound Soothe 3 (Available Now)

[hightyde]

Available now

https://oeksound.com/plugins/soothe3

$259

$55 upgrade for previous soothe and soothe 2 owners

Free upgrade grace period for those who purchased soothe 2 after 2/28/2026
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New, improved algorithms

Soft mode: our most transparent resonance suppression, with an adaptive threshold. Ideal for most sound sources, works especially well with dynamic instruments.
Hard mode: in the style of Soothe2, with a fixed threshold. Ideal for more aggressive control and popular sidechain effects.
Low latency mode

In low latency mode Soothe3 adds zero samples of latency at base sample rates and ~1 ms at higher sample rates, enabling tracking and live applications.
Workflow improvements

Detail parameter combines Soothe2’s sharpness and selectivity under one control for more streamlined use.
More flexibility with nodes: Create or delete nodes, and choose between eight different band shapes – including bandpass and tilt – to make adjustments quickly.
Collapsible side panel: Keep essential controls at hand and more advanced settings out of the way when working fast.
More advanced controls

Multichannel support: Soothe3 supports up to 9.1.6 channel configurations with full control over the linking of channel sets.
Customize Soothe’s response with tilt controls: Scale detail, attack and release frequency-dependently.
Max cut parameter: Drive Soothe harder while keeping the biggest cuts in check.
Linear phase mode can be useful for parallel processing, or when using unlinked processing in mid-side to prevent changes in panning

[adl]

There's actually a screenshot from a video:

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[hightyde]

Interesting. Aside from moving things around, doesn’t seem like a huge change. But that’s just based on a sole screenshot. Hopefully there’s something good going on behind the hood, especially since I assume they’ll be charging a pretty penny for it.

[MrJubbly]

Still iLok License Manager requirement for oeksound plugins, so not for me.

[whassup]

Still iLok License Manager requirement for oeksound plugins, so not for me.

This.

Make it much better, drop ilokk, drop the price and I am interested again.
I owned S2, sold it. Kinda miss it every now and then.
The alternatives I own kinda do that job which I don't look for too often.

[planet_b]

Out now. Upgrade from previous Soothe versions for 50 € (still iLok).

https://oeksound.com/soothe3-whats-new/

New, improved algorithms

Soft mode: our most transparent resonance suppression, with an adaptive threshold. Ideal for most sound sources, works especially well with dynamic instruments.
Hard mode: in the style of Soothe2, with a fixed threshold. Ideal for more aggressive control and popular sidechain effects.

Low latency mode

In low latency mode Soothe3 adds zero samples of latency at base sample rates and ~1 ms at higher sample rates, enabling tracking and live applications.

Workflow improvements

Detail parameter combines Soothe2’s sharpness and selectivity under one control for more streamlined use.
More flexibility with nodes: Create or delete nodes, and choose between eight different band shapes – including bandpass and tilt – to make adjustments quickly.
Collapsible side panel: Keep essential controls at hand and more advanced settings out of the way when working fast.

More advanced controls

Multichannel support: Soothe3 supports up to 9.1.6 channel configurations with full control over the linking of channel sets.
Customize Soothe’s response with tilt controls: Scale detail, attack and release frequency-dependently.
Max cut parameter: Drive Soothe harder while keeping the biggest cuts in check.
Linear phase mode can be useful for parallel processing, or when using unlinked processing in mid-side to prevent changes in panning

[Caine123]

hmmmm will be interesting to compare but i might get the Fixate for 50 bucks instead of the upgrade if this doesnt SIGNIFICANTLY sounds better compared to Soothe2. dunno if the new features are so interesting to justify 50 bucks

[billinder33]

Soothe is a nice tool, but nothing here encourages me to drop 50€ on this.

"Detail parameter combines Soothe2’s sharpness and selectivity under one control for more streamlined use." - For my purposes, I don't see this as a good thing. Hopefully it's an option and not mandatory

[hey212]

[simmo75]

$259 in 2026 seems like a piss take in my opinion.

[vanerio]

$259 in 2026 seems like a piss take in my opinion.

In my opinion, this plugin (or company) is not oriented to single users/hobbists, but to professionals who do not care to spend any money. (I’m not commenting on the quality, just the price)
For example, if you bought v1 full price and updated every single time: 200 + 50 + 50 = 300 € for a single processor.
We simple users tend to think that all plugins are oriented to us, and that is not true. I wish I could have it too, don't get me wrong.
Just my humble opinion my friend.

[PieBerger]

$259 in 2026 seems like a piss take in my opinion.

In my opinion, this plugin (or company) is not oriented to single users/hobbists, but to professionals who do not care to spend any money.
For example, if you bought v1 full price and updated every single time: 200 + 50 + 50 = 300 € for a single processor.
We simple users tend to think that all plugins are oriented to us, and that is not true. I wish I could have it too, don't get me wrong.
Just my humble opinion my friend.

This.

There are lots of alternatives available at lower price points to the budget conscious hobbyist e.g. Baby Audio Smooth Operator, TBProAudio DSEQ3, Three-body SpecCraft. Oeksound knows its audience isn't tight-fisted KVRers

[psychichotline]

Unless there's been a big change in quality I'm going to wager Ohlhorst Digital Finesse is still the better plugin.

Soothe certainly won the marketing + consumer reach for this type of plugin but Soothe2 was not suitable for mastering.

[pekbro]

Never bought the first version due to cost vs competition. I did buy their eq or whatever.
Better be pretty good for that kind of coin again. Heh

[Funky40]

In my opinion, this plugin (or company) is not oriented to single users/hobbists, but to professionals who do not care to spend any money. (I’m not commenting on the quality, just the price)
For example, if you bought v1 full price and updated every single time: 200 + 50 + 50 = 300 € for a single processor.
We simple users tend to think that all plugins are oriented to us, and that is not true. I wish I could have it too, don't get me wrong.
Just my humble opinion my friend.

you might be right.
But: today ? the money comes from selling in numbers.

Devs who can`t see that are showing to me some lack in adapting to reality.
And -to me- that`s usually also reflected at other corners as well

$259 in 2026 seems like a piss take in my opinion.

i recognise recently in general attempts to rise prices. (since last BF)