JustAnother EQ closed beta — looking for 10 testers (macOS/Windows)

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I'm finishing an audio plugin called JustAnother EQ, and I'm looking for a small group of people to test it in a closed beta before launch.

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I'm aiming for around 10 testers, so this stays controlled rather than turning into an open beta.

It's a mixing/mastering processor centered around EQ, with:
  • Parametric EQ
  • Dynamic EQ
  • Spectral/resonance suppression
  • Transient/body split processing
  • Per-band saturation
  • M/S processing, continuous slope control, clean Nyquist behavior in zero-latency mode, linear-phase mode, etc.
  • Monitoring tools such as channel/split/band listen and delta monitoring
The idea is to let these tools interact within individual bands, rather than treating them as separate processors. I'm less interested in selling you on that idea than in finding out whether it is genuinely useful in practice—and where the workflow falls short.

You can read more here. The website is not completely finished yet, and some details may still change as the plugin evolves:

https://justanother.audio/products/justanother-eq/

A bit of context: JustAnother Audio is my attempt to build the kind of plugin company I would personally want to buy from—useful tools, fair prices, no subscriptions, and no exaggerated "magic plugin" marketing—hence the understated name.

For transparency, AI tools were used during development. This was not a "prompt-to-plugin" situation; the plugin has involved actual DSP work, engineering, listening, testing, optimization, and around half a year of development. I understand the skepticism around plugins made with AI, so I'd rather be upfront about it.

This is not a paid review request or a promo launch. I'm looking for blunt, private feedback from people who will actually use it in a mix or master and tell me what feels useful, confusing, unnecessary, broken, or in need of improvement.

The beta is available for macOS and Windows in VST3 and AU formats.

I'll choose a small group based on DAW, OS, system specs, and use case so the test group is reasonably balanced. The plugin has already been extensively tested by me and a small group of producers and audio engineers, but I need more external opinions.

Testers will receive a 10-day trial through an account on the site. If you spend meaningful time with the plugin and provide useful feedback, I'll add a full perpetual license to that account as a thank-you for participating.

The license is not dependent on positive feedback. Harsh, constructive feedback is more useful to me than polite praise.

Beta application: https://justanother.audio/beta/

Please use the same email in the form that you would later use for the account, since that makes it easier to keep track of licenses.

If you have any questions before applying, feel free to comment—I'll try to answer everything.

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I applied because I quite like the concept.

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jens wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 6:56 pm I applied because I quite like the concept.

 
That's great to hear, hopefully you'll like the implementation as well. 

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Applied. Sounds intriguing.

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JustAnotherUser wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 5:40 pm
The idea is to let these tools interact within individual bands, rather than treating them as separate processors.
What do you mean by this ?
did you make something special vs. "interactions" ?
"Plugin has turned Drug now"....and the business knows it.

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Funky40 wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 10:30 pm
JustAnotherUser wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 5:40 pm
The idea is to let these tools interact within individual bands, rather than treating them as separate processors.


 
What do you mean by this ?
did you make something special vs. "interactions" ?


 
I don't really understand the second part of the question. But generally those individual tools exist in different plugins, each is obviously different, but other then just being able to cleanly EQ, or just suppress resonances, or just manipulate transient vs body etc, those tools coexist, so they can be combined - compress and saturate only a specific part of the spectrum on the side channel, saturate only the body of the mid signal ignoring the transient for example for bass, compress or expand only transients on a vocal. Those are things that were lets say hard to achieve - possible but would require multiple tools and proper routing - but do become handy in certain scenarios on top of having each useful tool separately to use whenever or on whatever you need.

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Funky40 wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 10:30 pm
JustAnotherUser wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 5:40 pm
The idea is to let these tools interact within individual bands, rather than treating them as separate processors.


 
What do you mean by this ?
did you make something special vs. "interactions" ?


 
I don't really understand the second part of the question. But generally those individual tools exist in different plugins, each is obviously different, but other then just being able to cleanly EQ, or just suppress resonances, or just manipulate transient vs body etc, those tools coexist, so they can be combined - compress and saturate only a specific part of the spectrum on the side channel, saturate only the body of the mid signal ignoring the transient for example for bass, compress or expand only transients on a vocal. Those are things that were lets say hard to achieve - possible but would require multiple tools and proper routing - but do become handy in certain scenarios on top of having each useful tool separately to use whenever or on whatever you need.

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JustAnotherUser wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 1:01 am
Funky40 wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 10:30 pm
JustAnotherUser wrote: Sat Jul 11, 2026 5:40 pm
The idea is to let these tools interact within individual bands, rather than treating them as separate processors.


 
What do you mean by this ?
did you make something special vs. "interactions" ?


 
I don't really understand the second part of the question. But generally those individual tools exist in different plugins, each is obviously different, but other then just being able to cleanly EQ, or just suppress resonances, or just manipulate transient vs body etc, those tools coexist, so they can be combined - compress and saturate only a specific part of the spectrum on the side channel, saturate only the body of the mid signal ignoring the transient for example for bass, compress or expand only transients on a vocal. Those are things that were lets say hard to achieve - possible but would require multiple tools and proper routing - but do become handy in certain scenarios on top of having each useful tool separately to use whenever or on whatever you need.
okay, i understand now what you meant by saying "interactions".
As you just said: it`s about to combine different functionalities within one tool.

I interpreted the term "interaction" differently. All clear now.
Thanks !
"Plugin has turned Drug now"....and the business knows it.

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Sure thing man, no problem! I probably could have been a little bit clearer with what I meant.
Thanks for taking interest and commenting!

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