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

[JustAnotherUser]

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.



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.

[jens]

I applied because I quite like the concept.

[JustAnotherUser]

I applied because I quite like the concept.

 

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

[onerob]

Applied. Sounds intriguing.

[Funky40]

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" ?

[JustAnotherUser]

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.

[JustAnotherUser]

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.

[Funky40]

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 !

[JustAnotherUser]

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

[jamcat]

Really terrible name for a product you want to promote.
Why do I need just another EQ? I don't.
If you don't even believe in yourself, why would you expect anyone else to?

Perhaps I could suggest some alternate names:

Meh Labs
UndistinguishedDSP
Mediocre Multimedia
Middling Audioware

[JustAnotherUser]

Really terrible name for a product you want to promote. Why do I need just another EQ? I don't.

Perhaps I could suggest some alternate names:

Meh Labs
UndistinguishedDSP
Mediocre Multimedia
Middling Audioware
 

Haha, yeah, I guess you’re not going to apply for the beta. I get it. I hope you’ll have a chance to try it out when it’s released, and then you can decide whether it’s mediocre.

And when it comes to the name, that’s the entire point. I wanted to do something different marketing-wise. I don’t want to push this plugin down your throat like the rest of the industry does. But if it’s any good, I hope people will use it regardless. The last thing I want to do with any of my past, present, or future products is make someone purchase something they don’t really need. That’s just a personality trait that, by the way, will probably make me less wealthy in life than I could have been. And yeah I do believe this plugin is good. I could have maybe called it JustAnother GoodEQ, maybe it could sell better

Also, that wasn’t supposed to be a promotional post. I’m looking for people who will test it and give me constructive feedback so I can make it the best it can be before it’s released.

[jamcat]

I hope you’ll have a chance to try it out when it’s released, and then you can decide whether it’s mediocre.

But you already told me it is with the name, and I've got 50 other EQs to try out just this afternoon.

And when it comes to the name, that’s the entire point. I wanted to do something different marketing-wise. I don’t want to push this plugin down your throat like the rest of the industry does. But if it’s any good, I hope people will use it regardless.

As you know, it's a pretty congested field now, and there are no shortages of EQs out there. So from a marketing standpoint, you get about 5 seconds to make an impression, if you're lucky. The industry pushes plugins down people's throats because that's what's required to even get noticed. This sort of fake humility only works if you already have a high profile and a stellar reputation.

The truth is, people WANT to get hyped about the tools they're using. They want to feel like they made the right choice with their money. They also don't want to say to a client "I'm going to throw just another EQ on your vocal..."

Really what you need to be doing is taking the thing that makes it NOT just another EQ, and lead with that. The elevator ride is shorter than you think, so your pitch better be good.

[JustAnotherUser]

It actually looks interesting to me, despite your best efforts.

Haha, that's good to hear. I will try as hard as I can to stop you from buying it, but just so you know, you still can if you like it.

But you already told me it is with the name.

Let's say I want to underpromise and overdeliver.

As you know, it's a pretty congested field now, and there are no shortages of EQs out there. So from a marketing standpoint, you get about 5 seconds to make an impression, if you're lucky. The industry pushes plugins down people's throats because that's what's required to even get noticed. This sort of fake humility only works if you already have a high profile and a good reputation.

Really what you need to be doing is taking the thing that makes it NOT just another EQ, and lead with that. The elevator ride is shorter than you think, so your pitch better be good.

Yeah, it is a pretty packed field. But there are two things here: My life doesn't depend on this project's success. I am making a useful tool and I will promote it—in my own way—but if people don't buy it, my life doesn't end. I will still have gained some new experience and all the knowledge I acquired during development over the past months. But the other thing is, if everyone is doing it the normal way—as we said, shoving their plugins down users' throats—why not stand out from the crowd? I want my future potential users to know that I won't be selling them BS. I don't have to say that it's good if it is good. I might be very much wrong on this and I will fail dramatically, but I want to try.

[jamcat]

OK, if you have low expectations then you're less likely to be disappointed by the results. I guess that works the same for both your users and yourself.

But I think you're making an incorrect assumption that the world will even give you a chance to "stand out from the crowd" by not doing the one thing that gives you some chance to stand out from the crowd.

I think you're thinking that your EQ is going to be out there getting compared to the small handful of plugins that everyone knows and talks about: FabFilter Pro-Q, Three-Body Tech Kirchhoff-EQ, Slate Digital Infinity EQ. (Though Slate has already been practically forgotten.)

But... are you signed up for email alerts from Audio Plugin Deals or the like? I somehow am and can't figure out how that happened or how to get off... Anyways, everyday I get these emails advertising tons of plugins, and I've never heard of a single one of them, ever. They're also not marketed as anything special. You could say they're being sold as "just another" plugin, but a lot cheaper than the name brands you know.

So what category do you think you're more likely to wind up in with your approach?

[JustAnotherUser]

So what category do you think you're more likely to wind up in with your approach?

You know what, you are probably right on a lot of points here. But basically let me answer this like that. If I were to overthink this like that, I would have not even start making it into a public facing product, because the chance of being seen in this field is really small. I will see what happens, I would rather now focus on loosing some more time of my life on making the plugin better and then I will try to figure out how to market it honestly and still attractively enough that people who notice it will at least give it a try before buying. The times are pretty weird, I see two scenarios, either its gonna go really bad or really well, I think there is no in-between here

You seem a bit interested. Why don't you apply to the beta if you are able to test it out pretty thoroughly, and then we can chat more about marketing this when it's ready to release?