1. 01 / 04

   Spectrum + reference

   Put your mix next to the genre

   A big spectrum analyzer with reference curves shows where your low end and top sit. Genre placement guides cover Melodic Techno, Afro House, Progressive House, Tech House and Techno.

   

2. 02 / 04

   Loudness + scopes

   Read what you will export

   True-peak L/R, mid and side bars, integrated LUFS, PLR and correlation, with loudness target and true-peak ceiling readouts. Put it last on the master, after your limiter, and the numbers match the bounce.

   

3. 03 / 04

   Listen on Phone

   Check the mix on your phone

   Stream NEO-IX's output to your phone's browser over Wi-Fi: scan the QR code, tap to start. No app needed. Delay is about 0.1–0.2 s, so it is a listening check, not timing-critical monitoring.

4. 04 / 04

   Views + presets

   Full or simple

   Switch between FULL and SIMPLE views. Start from 6 factory presets and save your own. Left-click PHONE for a phone-speaker simulation, the only thing that ever alters what you hear.

1. 01 / 05

   Scrolling display

   Watch the compression happen

   Grey is the input, neon green the output, and the peach line from the top is gain reduction. Drag the dashed threshold lines right on the display, and set the window from 1 to 16 s to see single hits or whole phrases.

   

2. 02 / 05

   DELTA listen

   DELTA: hear what it takes

   Click DELTA to hear only what the compressor removes. No compression means silence, make-up GAIN does not change it, and switching crossfades over 10 ms with no clicks.

   

3. 03 / 05

   Levels

   In, GR, out at a glance

   Input and output peak meters (L R) with peak hold, plus a gain reduction meter. Click the meter panel to reset the held readouts.

   

4. 04 / 05

   Zero latency

   Parallel, perfectly aligned

   With no latency, the MIX knob blends dry and compressed signal sample-aligned, from 0 % (untouched) to 100 %.

5. 05 / 05

   Presets + window

   10 factory presets

   Save your own as .cmpix files. Resize the window from 630×364 up to 1800×1040; it keeps its proportions.

Ctrl-drag for fine moves · double-click to reset · all controls automatable

1. 01 / 05

   Clip display

   Green stays. Red goes.

   A scrolling waveform of the signal going in, on a scale from silence in the centre to +12 dB at the edges. Dashed lines mark the 0 dBFS ceiling: green stays under it, red is what gets clipped off.

   

2. 02 / 05

   Clip amount

   Know exactly how much you cut

   The big CLIP readout shows how many dB the clipper is shaving, holding the highest value of roughly the last second. A 0 dBFS sine with INPUT +6 dB reads CLIP -6.0 dB; green 0.0 dB means nothing is clipped.

   

3. 03 / 05

   Levels

   In, clip, out

   Input and output peak meters (L R) with peak hold and dBFS readouts, plus a CLIP meter from 0 to 12 dB. Click the panel to reset the held readouts.

   

4. 04 / 05

   Signal flow

   The ceiling always holds

   INPUT → hard clip at 0 dBFS (2x/4x oversampled if chosen) → OUTPUT → re-clip at 0 dBFS. Pushing OUTPUT above 0 dB just clips harder, like more drive.

5. 05 / 05

   Presets + window

   Save your settings

   Presets store Input, Output, Link and Oversampling. The window resizes from 630×364 up to 1800×1040 and keeps its proportions.

Ctrl-drag for fine moves · double-click to reset · all controls automatable

1. 01 / 05

   Dual-stage engine

   Two stages, one ceiling

   The display splits the work: peach is clean-stage gain reduction, gold is shaper reduction, green the output under a dashed ceiling. Kick and snare tips go to the shaper; sub notes and pads stay with the clean limiter.

   

2. 02 / 05

   Hardness + mode

   Dial in the density

   HARDNESS 0 is clean limiting only, 3–6 a soft saturating knee, 7–9 harder up to clipping. Versatile mode allows up to 9 dB of shaping; Loud allows 12 dB with faster recovery for denser, flatter transients.

   

3. 03 / 05

   Levels

   Hit your number

   True peak max, SHAPE MAX, GR MAX, and integrated, short-term and momentary LUFS with PLR. Raise GAIN until INTEGRATED reads your target while watching the reduction.

   

4. 04 / 05

   1:1 + DELTA

   Judge sound, not volume

   1:1 plays the limited sound at the input's loudness. DELTA plays only what the whole chain removes: quiet clicks on kicks are fine, audible bass or crunch means back off GAIN. Both are for monitoring; turn them off before export.

5. 05 / 05

   Recovery

   Punch without pumping

   AUTO brings kick and hat punch back fast while holding dense bass steady. INSTANT gives maximizer-style recovery, with a 16 ms bass-hold window that keeps low notes free of gain ripple.

Ctrl-drag for fine moves · double-click to reset · all controls automatable

1. 01 / 08

   Two drive stages

   Grit, warmth, density

   DRIVE A for odd-leaning grit, DRIVE B for even-leaning warmth, in series between input and output transformer models. DENSITY pushes both harder at the same level.

2. 02 / 08

   Harmonics display

   See what's added

   A live display shows the harmonics SAT-IX adds, with in / SAT / out meters beside it.

3. 03 / 08

   Fair A/B

   AUTO GAIN and DELTA

   AUTO GAIN keeps the output level-matched, so you judge tone, not volume. DELTA plays only what's added.

4. 04 / 08

   Parallel sat

   Smooth or Hot

   Blend in a parallel saturation voice, Smooth or Hot, focused on the Low, Mid or High band, with its own amount.

5. 05 / 08

   Sub guard

   Keep the sub clean

   SUB GUARD keeps the low end clean: after saturation it restores your original signal below SG FREQ (30-150 Hz), in Low Latency or Linear Phase mode.

6. 06 / 08

   Punch + iron

   Transients stay sharp

   PUNCH protects transients from the drive. IRON adds transformer character.

7. 07 / 08

   Stereo

   Stereo, Mid, Side, M+S

   Saturate the whole signal, only the Mid, only the Side, or both separately. ADV BYPASS switches the ADVANCED panel off for an A/B.

8. 08 / 08

   Presets

   10 factory presets

   From Techno Drive to Velvet Reel Warmth: start points for masters, drums and bass.

1. 01 / 09

   70 Hz

   Rumble high-pass

   Removes low rumble and handling noise below the voice.

2. 02 / 09

   New in 1.2.0 · Mono below 120 Hz

   Stereo Fix

   Re-centres a voice that sits off to one side: a louder, weaker, silent or out-of-phase channel. Mono and centred files pass untouched.

3. 03 / 09

   Levelling

   Speech levelling

   Evens out loud and quiet talkers.

4. 04 / 09

   Two-pass

   Noise reduction

   Learns the noise from every pause, with a natural low residual floor and no "musical noise".

5. 05 / 09

   Dynamics

   Voice compression

   Program-dependent release.

6. 06 / 09

   Whole-file analysis

   Smart gate

   Planned from the whole file, so it never clips word starts or soft endings.

7. 07 / 09

   New in 1.2.0 · About 1 dB

   Transient clipper

   A clean soft clipper shaves the loudest peaks, like plosives and laughs, so the voice is louder at the same peak level.

8. 08 / 09

   New in 1.2.0 · Level-matched

   Tube brightness

   A gentle tube-style stage adds presence and air, about 10% brighter.

9. 09 / 09

   0 / -3 / -6 dB

   True-peak limiter

   Holds the output to your chosen ceiling.

1. 01 / 07

   One click

   Master button

   A big Master button does the whole job.

2. 02 / 07

   -0.1 / -0.3 / -1 dBTP

   True-peak ceilings

   Pick the ceiling your release needs.

3. 03 / 07

   x2 / x4 / x8 / x16

   Oversampling

   Up to 16 times for the cleanest result.

4. 04 / 07

   Metering

   LUFS panel

   Integrated, short-term and true peak.

5. 05 / 07

   Live

   Spectrum

   A live spectrum of the master.

6. 06 / 07

   A/B

   Before / after preview

   Hear the original against the master.

7. 07 / 07

   Import & export

   File in, master out

   Import a file and export the master, or drag the result straight into your DAW.