4 PSP Audioware Plugins You Should Know About

The plugins you missed from the brands you trust

You Know the Name. But Not the Full Story.

There are some audio plugins that have become household names. For PSP Audioware, that plugin is VintageWarmer2.

For years, producers, engineers and mastering professionals have turned to VintageWarmer2 for its combination of compression, limiting, saturation and unmistakable analog character. It has earned its place as one of PSP Audioware’s signature processors.

But here’s the thing: PSP Audioware is much more than VintageWarmer2.

Behind the flagship is a deep collection of carefully designed tools covering everything from immersive mixing and stereo correction to fast, musical tonal shaping.

So, in this edition of Under the Hood: Beyond the Flagship, we’re looking at four PSP plugins that deserve far more attention.

PSP auralComp: Compression Built for Immersive Audio

Immersive audio has changed the way engineers think about mixing. More channels mean more possibilities, but they also mean more complexity.

That’s where PSP auralComp comes in.

Designed specifically for surround and immersive applications, auralComp can handle up to 16 channels per multichannel input bus and supports configurations ranging from traditional stereo and Mid-Side processing all the way to 9.1.6. Version 2 adds four compression types: Opto, FET, VCA and OldTimer.

What makes it particularly interesting is how much control it gives you without turning multichannel compression into a routing nightmare.

Channels can be grouped, sidechains can be customized, and an integrated brick-wall limiter provides additional peak control.

And you don't have to be working in Atmos to appreciate it.

auralComp can also be used as a powerful stereo dynamics processor, giving producers another way to approach bus compression and creative dynamics shaping.

Why it deserves a closer look:
If you work with immersive audio, auralComp is an incredibly practical tool. If you don't, its flexible multichannel architecture still opens up some creative possibilities that conventional compressors simply don't offer.

PSP auralControl: Your Immersive Mixing Utility

Not every great plugin is designed to make your mix sound dramatically different.

Some are designed to make your life dramatically easier.

PSP auralControl is one of those plugins.

It puts individual control of level, polarity, bandwidth and timing for each channel of a multichannel signal into a single interface. It supports standard multichannel configurations and lets you work with channels individually or in groups.

Need to adjust the timing of a center channel?

Want to roll off the LFE?

Need to change the level of the rear speakers without affecting the front?

Trying to shape a multichannel reverb return?

auralControl is built for exactly these kinds of jobs.

It can also perform more creative processing, including different delay, filtering and level treatments across channel groups.

The result is a plugin that doesn't necessarily grab your attention when you first see it, but can quickly become one of those tools you wonder how you worked without.

Why it deserves a closer look:
Because good utility plugins save time. And when you're working with complex surround or immersive sessions, saving time can be just as valuable as adding another processor to your effects rack.

PSP Tilt-Q: Stop Overthinking Your EQ

Sometimes a mix doesn't need surgical EQ.

It just needs a better balance.

PSP Tilt-Q takes a different approach to tonal shaping. Instead of encouraging you to make dozens of tiny EQ adjustments, it is designed around broad, musical changes that can quickly shift the overall character of a track, bus or mix.

The centerpiece is its tilt EQ, which lets you rebalance the relationship between the lows and highs with a simple, musical approach.

But Tilt-Q goes further.

It also includes a contour control, high-pass and low-pass filters, multiple response characteristics and processing options for Left, Right, Mid and Side signals.

There’s also PSP’s soft saturation, FAT double sampling and a built-in spectrum analyzer.

The result is an EQ that encourages you to listen and make a decision, rather than getting lost staring at frequency graphs.

Sometimes the best EQ move is simply:

“A little brighter.”

Or:

“A little warmer.”

Tilt-Q is built for those moments.

Why it deserves a closer look:
It's fast, musical and intuitive. When you need to change the overall personality of a sound rather than surgically remove a problem, Tilt-Q can get you there remarkably quickly.

PSP stereoController2: The Stereo Fixer You Didn't Know You Needed

Stereo problems can be surprisingly difficult to fix.

Maybe two microphones weren't perfectly aligned. Maybe the stereo image is too wide. Maybe the center of the recording feels slightly off. Maybe the low end needs to be mono.

Or maybe someone simply recorded the left and right channels incorrectly.

PSP stereoController2 is designed to solve these problems.

It provides detailed control over stereo balance, width, center positioning, channel delay, polarity and more. It can even decode Mid-Side recordings and provides dedicated control over the width and gain of low and high frequency regions.

One particularly useful feature is its ability to adjust stereo width by frequency.

Want a wide top end but tighter low frequencies?

No problem.

Want to make the bass mono for more reliable playback?

Done.

Need to compensate for a small microphone distance mismatch?

stereoController2 provides up to 2 ms of delay between channels for correction.

It can be an incredibly useful tool during mixing, mastering or even simply troubleshooting a stereo recording.

Why it deserves a closer look:
Because stereo problems don't always announce themselves until they're causing problems somewhere else. Having a dedicated tool for correcting and shaping the stereo field can save a surprising amount of time.

Look Beyond the Flagship

VintageWarmer2 may be the PSP Audioware plugin that gets the most attention, and for good reason.

But the real story of PSP is much bigger.

auralComp brings sophisticated dynamics control to immersive and multichannel workflows.

auralControl simplifies the complicated business of managing multichannel signals.

Tilt-Q gives you a faster, more musical way to shape tonal balance.

And stereoController2 provides the kind of detailed stereo control that can rescue a recording or put the finishing touches on a master.

None of these plugins are simply trying to be another version of something you already own.

They are purpose-built tools designed to solve specific problems, and that is ultimately what makes the PSP catalog so interesting.

So if your experience with PSP Audioware begins and ends with VintageWarmer2, it's probably time to go a little deeper.

The flagship gets you in the door. The rest of the catalog is where things get interesting.