TOONTRACKS EZMIX

Studio plug-in with optimized presets

FOR: Great mixes in a snap. Toontrack master sound designer Mattias Eklund has partnered with DSP gurus Overloud to come up with a preset-based plug-in that makes dialing up killer treatments a snap. The sortable Name, Type and Instrument columns make finding what you’re looking for easy. The Shape, Blend and Level faders allow you to quickly fine tune presets, which can then be renamed and saved. Noting that EZmix requires a scant 512mb of RAM, we tried loading our favorite Very Wide Stereo Chorus preset on a pair of tracks in Pro Tools, duplicated until 16 tracks were playing away—without any fear of a crash.

NOT FOR: Hardcore tweakers.

– Doug Doppler