Montagem Punch

Montagem Punch is a single-parameter effect plugin, third piece of the Montagem mixing chain (alongside Montagem Finisher for drive/loudness and Montagem Widener for stereo space). The Amount control drives a fast/slow envelope-follower pair that detects transients in real time and boosts the attack portion of each hit while pulling down the sustain, adding punch and contrast without separate attack/release/threshold controls. The plugin is currently in public beta: builds are functional and tested on both Windows and macOS (universal binary: Apple Silicon + Intel) but are not yet code-signed or notarized, which requires a one-time manual step on first install (documented in the download).

Available as VST3 and Audio Unit, plus a standalone application for use without a DAW.