BABY Audio Smooth Operator Pro: Spectral Signal Balancer 1.1.0 Win MAC

Product Highlights

• Remove unwanted redundant frequency energy from your audio tracks
• Achieve mix clarity by removing muddiness, harsh resonances, and masking effects
• Fix specific problem areas or completely reshape the tonal balance with precise control

🚀 Instant Track Optimizer

We've retained the popular and efficient workflow of Smooth Operator 1 when developing the new Pro version. Set the target curve, then turn the global threshold knob to let the plug-in begin rebalancing your audio. For complete control, delve deeper into the settings. Smooth Operator Pro removes fatiguing frequency energy and improves audio clarity. Subtly adjusting it is like pulling a blanket off a speaker.

🎯 Resonance Suppression 2.0

Unlike other spectral equalizers, Smooth Operator Pro offers unprecedented depth: you can override global settings for any frequency node, setting up independent dynamic profiles across the entire spectrum. For example (within the same plugin instance):

• Fixing harsh cymbal on the left side at 7500Hz
• Processes only the sides at 150Hz to clean up the bass
• Tame vocals using a softer compression profile at 2.5kHz

🔄 Smoother operation

We listened and learned. The new Pro version incorporates user feedback from the four years since the release of V1.

• Enhanced performance and sound quality
• Full control over all dynamic and imaging parameters
• Freely add and remove spectrum nodes
• Create independent dynamic processing configuration files for each node
• Two cutting-edge correction algorithms: uniform and skew

🎛️ Technical Specifications

• Plug-in formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX (64-bit)
• Supported platforms: Mac OS 10.11 and above (including native Apple Silicon M1/M2/M3 compatibility), Windows 10 and above
• Supported DAWs: All major DAWs, including Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper, Reason, etc.

💡 Main application scenarios

1. Bring clarity to any audio track

• Works dynamically, performing target processing only when the frequency exceeds the threshold
• Real-time updates of focus area and intensity
• Can be used as an instant track cleaning tool

1. Reduce harsh resonance

• Targeted processing of unwanted frequencies only where needed
• Maintain the original characteristics of the signal
• Avoiding phase shift problems

1. Bass Control

• Equally effective across the entire frequency range
• Use a shelving filter to focus on the bass area
• Carving out harmonic space at the most critical locations

1. Shaping the stereo field

• Independently adjust left and right channel harmonics
• Each node offers L/R or M/S imaging options
• Easily solve complex stereo signal problems

1. Unmask mix

• Reduce energy concentration in similar spectral regions
• Reduces masking effects more quickly and effectively than traditional EQ

🔄 Sidechain functionality

Enable sidechain mode to use the spectral content of another track in the mix to rebalance the current signal. For example:

• Use the lead vocal as the sidechain input for the guitar track
• Using the kick drum as the sidechain input of a bass track
• Provides precise spectral sidechain processing

⚙️ Technical Features

• Uses linear phase processing to ensure the highest sound quality
• Operate in the frequency domain (using Fast Fourier Transform)
• No oversampling option required
• Provides a variety of shortcut key operations

🎵 Preset Packs

Includes 184 presets created by world-class engineers, including:

• Craig Bauer, 30-time Grammy nominee
• Max Jaeger (Ariana Grande, Drake, Diplo)
• Preston Reid (Chris Brown, Usher, Muni Long)
• Ryan 'Skinny' Shanahan (Zedd, Lady Gaga)