Acustica Audio Howie Weinberg Mastering Console 2023-R2R

November 24, 2023 0

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Diamond – HWMC Howie Weinberg Mastering Console has been created by Acustica Audio and Studio DMI in collaboration with Howie Weinberg. The award-winning mastering engineer has 200+ platinum and gold records, 15 Grammy Awards, 31 Grammy nominations, 19k album credits and 25 billion streams to his name.

For the first time, Howie Weinberg opens the doors of his studio to bring you the benefit of his 30+ years of elite mastering experience in an exciting new plugin. Don’t miss the opportunity to take your music to the next level thanks to the workflow and closely-guarded mastering chain of one of the world’s most sought-after pro audio gurus.
Golden ears make gold records

What You Get

HWMC Howie Weinberg Mastering Console features six different sections:

C: A “Coral-style” mastering tube compressor with 4 different switchable compressor operating modes, which depends on the rectifier circuit emulations selected (GERM, GERM2, SILIC or LED)
E: A “Scarlet-style” parametric stereo mastering EQ with LF/MF, HF/MF bands offering ±9dB gain.
F: High and low shelf filters, plus continuously variable high-pass (20Hz – 20kHz) and low-pass (20Hz – 30kHz) mastering cutting filters with a 12dB per octave slope, implemented to Weinberg’s exact specifications.
L: An ultra-transparent, algorithmic brickwall limiter with oversampling rate buttons (1x, 4x, and 8x).
ADC: A clipping stage that includes 3 different models ranging from least to most aggressive (C1, C2, C3), created from the sampling of Howie Weinberg’s various analog-to-digital converters. Controllable via the clipper knob and the oversampling rate buttons (1x, 4x, 8x).
DAC: A preamp stage including 3 modes from the sampling of different digital-to-analog converters (DCS, Mytek, Mytek+Tape), effectively reproducing Weinberg’s signature sound.

To top it all off, this plugin also comes with a series of additional controls, including control link, M/S – LR, HQ, dim buttons, a complete meter section, and a series of routing buttons/functions enabling you to change the plugin’s internal routing.

Check out the manual’s “Operation” chapter for more details.