Astonishing workflow for the essential task

Comparing your audio to a reference commercial track is essential for every mixing and mastering engineer. Of course you can do that in your host, but the workflow is what matters here. And it cannot be any easier. Press one button and the plugin quickly crossfades between your track and whatever track you choose. Press another one to choose a different track. Or compare the sound at several different stage of your mastering chain for example, each click a different comparison.

Don't let your ears fool you!

Louder music makes you think it sounds better. It lets you feel spectral and spatial balance incorrectly. It lets you ignore acoustic errors hidden under the loud wall of sound.
But the plugin can help you avoid that! It can automatically make the reference tracks match the loudness of your own track. With MCompare you don't need to doubt your senses anymore. If your audio sounds better, it really will be better, not just louder.

Does your master actually sound better?

How many times did you spend hours working on your project and just when you felt it's perfect, you took a break and when you listened to it later you were horrified? That's because your ears fooled you somewhere along the road.

MCompare lets you compare your master to multiple stages in your chain, the dry mix for starters. It will compensate for any latency and match the loudness, so you will really be comparing the sonic qualities of your master and your ears won't be able to deceive you! So when you start doing something wrong, you will know quickly enough, in one click to be precise.

The ultimate mastering chain with referencing

MCompare is the only plugin that lets you compare your master to the chosen reference tracks, dry mix, different stages of your mastering chain and even different versions of your mastering chain. All in a single instance, where everything is one click away. It just cannot be any easier.

Key features

The most advanced user interface on the market - stylable, resizable, GPU accelerated

Unique visualisation engine with classic meters and time graphs

M/S, single channel, up to 8 channels surround processing...

MIDI controllers with MIDI learn

64-bit processing and an unlimited sampling rate

Extremely fast, optimized for newest AVX capable processors

Global preset management and online preset exchange

Supports VST, VST3, AU and AAX interfaces on Windows & Mac, both 32-bit and 64-bit

No dongle nor internet access is required for activation

Free-for-life updates

System requirements

Windows

Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
VST / VST3 / AAX compatible host (32-bit or 64-bit)
Intel/AMD processor with SSE2 support

Always use 32-bit plugins in 32-bit hosts, or 64-bit plugins in 64-bit hosts!

64-bit plugins can't work in 32-bit hosts even if the operating system is 64-bit. Do NOT use 32-bit plugins in 64-bit hosts. They would have to be bridged and can become unstable. Please check your product PDF documentation (available directly from its web page) for more information and installation instructions.

MAC OS X

Mac OS X (10.6 and newer, 32-bit or 64-bit)
VST / VST3 / AU / AAX compatible host (32-bit or 64-bit)
Intel/AMD processor with SSE2 support

Please check your product PDF documentation (available directly from its web page) for more information and installation instructions.

AU note: in some hosts, the GUI is not shown for the first time, if so, then please just restart the host.

Linux

Linux is not directly supported, but it is apparently possible to run the plugins via Wine. Before installing you have to make sure that your ".wine/drive_c/windows/Fonts/" directory is populated with Microsoft True Type Fonts (which is generally available as a package on Linux distributions).