Halo upmix

From naturally extracted and expanded soundscapes to full cinematic big-stage enhancement, Halo Upmix from NuGen Audio delivers all the control you need to fine-tune your surround mix to perfection. With unique centre channel management, including switchable dialog extraction, Halo Upmix is perfect for all types of production from archive restoration and TV to a full feature film experience. With the 'Exact' control engaged, Halo Upmix can be used with confidence that the original source integrity is precisely preserved in the downmix. Powerful real-time analysis of the original stereo material identifies and extracts locational cues to naturally extend the panorama, leaving the inherent character of the original source intact. Halo also includes a powerful spatial analysis view, intuitively showing the energy distribution of the upmixed panorama. Color can additionally be used to indicate the speaker source for audio in any position, clearly indicating cases including phantom vs. hard centre predominance. Downmix compatibilityBecause Halo Upmix generates a coherent spatial sound, you can be assured of a high-quality downmix. The 'exact' mode function ensures ultimate downmix performance in situations where maintaining the relationship between the original, upmixed and downmixed versions is imperative, for example in TV repurposing.For TelevisionWith surround delivery requirements becoming more and more common, Halo Upmix can be indispensable. Providing sophisticated control including neural network powered dialog isolation Halo transfroms time intensive workflows and improves output quality with ease.For Film and Sound DesignWith powerful control accessing every dimension of the upmix, Halo is indispensable for upmixing original and vintage scores - right up to Dolby Atmos and Auro 3D with the 3D Immersive extension. Multiple instances in sound design and score work on synths, stereo FX archive and effects returns breath life and energy into the sound in ways that legacy delay and panning techniques can't approach, all with a solid reassurance of a highly downmix compatible result. With optional Ambisonic format output, Halo Upmix is equally at home when working in a VR and game audio environment.Order the Halo Upmix plug-in today.

3D Immersive Extension for Halo UpmixHalo Upmix required for this extension!The 3D Immersive Extension introduces additional vertical controls via an expanded user interface including control over Ltm and Rtm placement for Dolby Atmos compatible placement. An additional real-time analysis view is also included for the vertical dimension, showing energy distribution of the output audio.The enhanced upmix algorithm allows for simultaneous use of all the original features including dialog isolation and individual channel output control.The Halo 3D option is suitable for numerous applications including sound design, film score, restoration & archive, music and atmospheric soundscape production.(7.1.2 Dolby Atmos® bed track-compatible upmix/Amisonic Output).Applications :Stem and group upmixing7.1 cinematic sound stage enhancementTV stereo to surround upmixing with hard centreRe-purposing of original stereo for cinematic releaseTV archive enhancement for 5.1 broadcastNatural extension of original stereo panoramas and atmospheresUpmix to Dolby Atmos compatible 7.1.2 bed tack (3D extension required)Umpix to 1st order Ambisonic (AmbiX format) for VR applications (3D extension required)System Requirements and Compatibility :The Halo Upmix 3D Immersive Extension currently supports Avid Protools (AAX) & Steinberg Nuendo (VST3) for Windows and OSX.**Halo Upmix is required for this extension. Halo Upmix is available in VST, AU and AAX formats & requires a surround-compatible plug-in host (5.1/7.1).Minimum System SpecificationMac OSX 10.9 or above (not yet compatible with macOS Big Sur / Monterey), 521 MB RAMWindows (64 bit) Vista or above, 512 MB RAM Demo versionDownload Halo Upmix demo versionVideos

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Surround, Nugen Audio Halo Upmix, and Waves UM226 handle the kinds of audio we are likely to throw at them.Korey is not alone in replacing the Waves UM226.In his article Moving To Dolby Atmos - Tips On Products That Helped Roger Guerin shares…“Being a long-time user of Waves 360° Surround Tools, my template included their UM225 and UM226 upmix plugins, but unfortunately, they can only go up to 5.1. Side note: while participating at one of the Mix with the Masters week-long seminars with Oscar-winner score mixer Shawn Murphy (Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Mission Impossible, etc.) he demonstrated his weapon of choice: the Penteo 7 Pro upmixing plugin. I was convinced after trying the demo but felt it was a bit rich from my blood at the time, plus the UM225 and 226 were still serving me well.But the call of immersive mixing was getting stronger… then Penteo upgraded to 16 Pro, the Black Friday special was just around the corner. The planets were just too well aligned to pass. Penteo 16 Pro was in!”Mike’s preference for an upmixing plugin has always been the Penteo Surround plugin, from Penteo 3, to Penteo 7 Pro and onto Penteo 16 Pro, which he awarded Expert’s Choice.Korey chose to replace the Waves UM226 with Halo Upmix from Nugen Audio. When Nugen Audio joined the Upmix plug-in group with their Halo Upmix plug-in, Mike Thornton asked how would it fare against the established plug-ins in this sector? In this preview video, Mike got his hands on a pre-release copy of Halo to see if it delivers. Watch and find out how it performs.That’s Waves LoAir, in this next video, Mike takes the Avid Pro Subharmonic plug-in for a spin on speech, music and sound effects in stereo and surround modes and finds it has a neat trick up its sleeve. It can be controlled by MIDI. What About You?There we have it. A look at how some of us working in audio post-production have been able to replace some Waves plugins with alternatives, but shave struggled to replace others. What about you? What Waves plugins have you been able to replace and what plugins are you yet to find an alternative for. Please do share your experiences in the comments before… Mike Thornton has been involved in the broadcast audio industry for all his working life, some 45 years. Mike has worked with Pro Tools since the mid-1990s recording, editing and mixing documentaries, comedy and drama for both radio and TV as well as doing the occasional music project. He was the co-founder of Pro Tools Expert and has now retired and has taken up the role of Chairman of Production Expert Ltd. Read