Unmask

Unmask is a psychoacoustically informed dynamic EQ. It continuously analyzes your signal and applies real-time corrections to reveal detail, improve tonal balance, and enhance clarity.

It operates across three perceptual dimensions—spectral, tonal, and temporal—each handled by a dedicated module with a single Depth control. Turn them up, and your sound opens up.

Features

Frequency Domain Unmask — SPEC

Boost what's buried. Tame what's too loud.

Every signal contains more spectral detail than we actually hear, much of it masked by dominant neighboring frequencies. SPEC detects both the hidden detail and the peaks that obscure it, then lifts what's buried while pulling back the excess—continuously and dynamically.

The result is a cleaner, more defined, and more detailed sound, revealing more than what went in.

Spectral Envelope Shaping — TILT

Shape your spectrum to what ears actually want.

Human hearing prefers a smooth, gently sloping spectral contour—similar to pink or brown noise. When the overall frequency balance deviates from this, it sounds fatiguing.

TILT analyzes the spectral envelope in real time and guides it toward a target slope you define (-3, -4.5, or -6 dB/oct).

Get a well-balanced tonal foundation in seconds—no more wrestling with broad EQ curves.

Time Domain Unmask — TIME

Reveal what transients leave behind.

A strong transient—a drum hit, a pick attack, a consonant—often masks the quieter sound that follows, making it inaudible.

TIME detects these post-transient shadows across the entire spectrum and dynamically recovers them. The body after the snare crack. The sustain behind the pick.

Reveal the depth and detail no EQ or compressor can reach. Only UNMASK can.

EXT Glue — Psychoacoustic Fusion

Make your tracks belong together.

Traditional sidechain processing ducks or compresses. EXT Glue does something fundamentally different: it analyzes the mutual masking between two signals and resolves the psychoacoustic conflicts between them.

Route your instrumental as the external sidechain, and the vocal doesn't just sit on top of the mix—it blends into it, sharing the same spectral space, envelope shape, and temporal dynamics.

Easy to Dial In

Three Depth knobs, one per module. Turn them up, and the sound improves. SPEC, TILT, and TIME each start from sensible defaults; in most sessions, dialing in these three controls is all it takes to go from raw to polished. Adjust further only when needed.

Precision Control

Gain Range

Set independent upper and lower limits for how much UNMASK can boost or cut. Use tighter ranges for subtle processing, or open them up for more aggressive reshaping—per module or globally.

Processing Frequency Range

Define exactly where UNMASK is allowed to act. Narrow the range to protect frequencies you've already dialed in, or widen it to process the full spectrum. Since it is independent of the detection range, the algorithm can analyze the full signal while only processing the range you specify.

Priority Curve

Focus Where It Matters.

Not every frequency band needs the same amount of attention. The Priority Curve lets you scale UNMASK's processing intensity across the spectrum—push harder in the midrange where vocal clarity lives, and ease off in the low end where you want the weight untouched.

Monitor Modes

Solo each module's boost, cut, or combined delta to hear exactly what UNMASK is doing. Precise monitoring for precise decisions.

Master Controls

Scale, Smooth, Attack, Release, Gain Range, Processing Frequency Range, Priority Curve — all available at the global level. For most sessions, the Master panel is all you need.

A view selector (MASTER / SPEC / TILT / TIME) switches the display between global and per-module views, allowing for easy independent adjustment.

Zero Latency Mode

By default, UNMASK uses linear-phase filters, which are transparent, phase-accurate, and ideal for mixing.

But when latency matters, switch to Zero Latency Mode: minimum-phase filters, zero samples of delay. Live performance, tracking, or arranging—UNMASK keeps up without lag.

Flexible Routing

UNMASK supports LR, MS, Mid-only, Side-only, M2S, or S2M channel modes. A Link control adjusts how independently the stereo channels are processed.

Dry Mix blends the processed signal with the original at any ratio, allowing parallel processing without extra bus routing.

More Features

• Global Delta Scale.
• Global Time Adjustment.
• Global Mix Control.
• Oversampling.
• Real-time Spectrum Analyzer.
• Sidechain Monitoring.
• External Sidechain Support.
• Preset Library.
• Retina / High-DPI Support.
• Undo / Redo.
• A/B Switching.
• User-Defined Default Settings.
• Customizable Behavior Settings.
• Theme & Skin Support.
• Extreme CPU Optimization.
• GPU-Accelerated Graphics.
• Native Apple Silicon Support.

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